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Any one who will write an article for the Col- 

 lector's Monthly, founded on facts, which 

 come under their own observation, and of 

 interest to the student of Natural His- 

 tory, the same to occupy one col- 

 umn or more, will receive this 

 paper one jear FREE. 

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 make every is- 

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 worth a year's subscrip- 

 tion, and to do this we .vant 

 good, reliable, interestingman- 

 uscripts relating to Natural History 

 from all sources and especially from 

 those who have had year's of experience, 

 and made Natural History a Study. Full 

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A popular journal published in all branches of 

 collecting. Established 1S82 and now published 

 by A. Macdonald. Box 1782 San Francisco, Cal. 

 It will be sent you one year for 25c your address 

 on a, postal will bring you one sample copy. 



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Ten varieties of second class California birds 

 eggs, all good specimens, sent post paid for 25 

 cents. Enclose stamps for list of first-class eggs. 

 Fine sets of two eggs and nest of Black-chinned 

 Hummer, post-paid, at 70 cents per set. 



L. ZELLNER, 



839 W. 1 8th St., 

 Los Angeles, Cal. 



To Exchange. 



One good Elgin watch, two Flobert rifles, one 

 Pocket rifle, one nickled revolver, two cabinets, 

 five thread cases, Indian clubs, climbers, com- 

 pound microscope, eggs and minerals for Bicycle, 

 .printing press, shot gun, repeating rifle ; type or 

 any other good personal property. 



IiBTSON BALLIET. 



Des Moines, Iowa. 



Oar Premium. 



A Valuable Curiosity 

 for Goliecfors. 



Don't miss this opportunity of securing while 

 you can, a 1704 Curiosity. No collector's cabinet 

 is complete without it. Only a limited number — 

 we make this offer to any one who will send us 

 two new subscribers for the Collectors' Monthly 

 at 30c each (60 ct's cash). We will send as a 

 premium to the sender, a copy of the Boston News 

 Letter the first news paper printed in America 

 in April 1704 together, with Antique Curiosities 

 containing a picture of the First Steam Railroad 

 j Passenger Train in America, giving the name of 

 engine, the weight, engineer's name and names of 

 passengers on board at first trip. 

 Picture of First Steamboat in the world, giving 

 I name of inventor and builder and where built. 

 1 Picture of the First Successful Steam Locomo- 

 I five in the world and name of the inventor. 

 1 A picture of the Old Liberty Bell which in thun- 

 dered peals proclaimed liberty throughout all the 

 land, July 4, 1776. 



A picture of Independence Hall in 1776. It was 

 from the tower of this edifice that the Liberty 

 Bell first proclaimed a nation free. 



Picture of the house in which Thomas Jeffersoa 



wrote the Declaration of Independence. 



Picture of New York city as it appeared in 1650. 



Think of it, we send all of the above for only 



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once before the supply is exhausted. 



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Life-like hand paintings of birds in oil, size 

 7x10 incnes; sent by return mail for only 50 cents, 

 prepaid. I will exchange one painting for every 

 dollars worth of desirable eggs in sets with data, 

 sent with 10 cents to pay postage. Address 



J. W. P. Smith wick 



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