March i, 1891] 



THE HUMMING BIRD. 



Vll 



MONTHLY LIST OF STAMPS. 



FOE SALE. 



Bahamas, Id. lake, no wmk 



Vancouver's Island, 2£d. pink, perf., unused 



British Guiana, 1 cent, on 1 dollar, 1 cent, on 2 dol- 

 lars, 1 cent, on 3 dollars, 1 cent on four dollars... 



Canada, 3d. oblong, unused 



Cape of Good Hope, 1857, fine pair of Is. green 

 Denmark, 1853, 16 Skill, lilac, roul, fine copy 



Great Britain, set of 8 Gov. Parcels 



Ditto, £1, wmk. anchor, bluish paper 



India, 1854, 4 annas, blue and red, uncut 



Madeira, 1868, 100 black and lilac 



Mexico, 1867, Gothic surcharge, 4 reals, rose on lilac, 



fine copy ... . . 



Ditto, 8 reals, black on brown 



Natal, 1857, Id. buff, fine copy 



„ „ 3d. pink „ ,, 



; , ,, 6d. green, fair copy 

 New Zealand, 6d. brown, pelure paper 

 Ditto, Is. green, pelure paper 



s. d. 

 3 



5 



4 







6 







12 







10 







5 







8 







2 



6 



15 







10 







30 







30 







25 







10 







6 







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6 



10 







3 



6 



20 







1 



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50 







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15 







STAMPS (continued). 



Pacific Steam Navigation Company, 2 reals, rose, un- 

 used 



South Australia, 1859, Is. yellow, roul 



Straits Settlements, 1867, 12 cents, red and green, 

 fine used copy 



Ditto, 1872, 5 cents, plum 



United States, 1851, 5 cents, brown, fine unused copy 



Ditto, 5 cents, brown, perf., with projections... 



Victoria, 1862, 3d. lake 



Western Australia, 1855, Is. brown, uncut ... 



WANTED. 



Old collections containing from 500 varieties upwards, to 

 which none have been added since the last 20 years. 



Old stamps on their original letter sheet or envelope, especi- 

 ally Colonials and old German states. 



Mulready Wrappers and Envelopes. 



Old unused English and Colonials. 



Old works on stamps. 



Proofs of stamps, etc. etc. 



TO BE LET 

 OR SOLD. 



Several Splendid VILLAS, with Beautiful Gardens, 



at SAN REMO, the well known Winter Resort, 



40 minutes from MONTE CARLO. 



Apply at the Office of the Journal. 



TO CONCHYLIOLOGISTS. 



JUST AEKIVED. 



A large collection of Shells from Japan which are to be sold 

 at very moderate prices. 



Also Shells from Central America, N. Africa, New Guinea, 

 etc., etc. 



List of these will be published in successive numbers. 



FOE SALE. 



100,000 Marine, FluvialUe and Land Shells, about 20,000 

 species (collection of Mr. Boccard). It contains the celebrated 

 Saunders, Layard, Walpole, and Fritsch collections and many 

 others, and a very large choice of the species collected by 

 Messrs. Wallaae, Cuming, Brewer, French, Salle, Wallis, 

 Bartlett, Chesterton, Buckley, Crossley, Duboulay, Majastre, 

 Pianos, Reed, Bebouch, Bland, Gabb, etc., etc., etc., as also all 

 the Shells collected by Mr. Boucard in N. America, Mexico, 

 Central America, Panama, etc., etc. 



TO ETHNOLOGISTS. 



TO ZOOLOGISTS. 



FOR SALE. 



Twelve finely carved Arrows and 1 Bow from New Guinea 



Price 20s. 



African Bhinoceros War Club 



Price 30s. 



Three distinct Zulu War Clubs, made of iron wood and very 

 nicely carved Price 30s. each. 



Pagaie from New Guinea, made of palm tree Price 30s. 



Magnificent Gold Antiquity from Panama, representing what 

 appears to be Musicians, two large figures in the centre and 

 six small ones round. It weighs 6 oz. 187 grammes. It is 

 quite unique, and no Museum in the world possesses anything 

 like it Price £50. 



A great variety of American Antiquities, chiefly from Central 

 America, in hardstone, agathe, Idols, Vases, etc. from 5s. 



JUST ARRIVED. 



1 Lot of 100 Diptera from Japan Price 25s. 



1 Lot of 100 Orthoptera from Japan Price 30s. 



1 Lot of 100 Neuroptera from Japan Price 35s. 



1 Lot of 100 species of Butterflies from Japan Price 150s. 

 1 Lot of 200 species of Moths from Japan Price 200s. 



1 Lot of 100 Coleop'era from Japan, including Damaster 



Price 50s. 

 Price 100s. 

 Price 100s. 

 Price 100s. 

 Price 75s. 

 Price 100s. 

 Price 100s. 

 Price 80s. 



bottles 

 50s. 



fortunei and other rare species 



1 Lot of 100 species of Shells 



1 Lot of 100 Crustaceœ from Japan 



1 Lot of 100 Sea Urchins from Japan 



1 Lot of 302 Coleoptera from Morocco 



1 Lot of 100 Butterflies from Guatemala 



1 Lot of 100 Butterflies from Venezuela 



1 Lot of 100 Moths from Venezuela 



1 Lot of Coleoptera in spirit from Venezuela, 10 

 containing thousands of specimens. Price 



1 Lot of 100 Butterflies from West Africa in papers, Papilio, 

 Charaxes, etc. Price 80s. 



1 Lot of 100 Butterflies and Moths from India, many fine 

 species of Papilio etc. Price 100s. 



1 Lot o! 100 Butterflies from Trinidad including a rare 

 species of Morpho Price 80s. 



1 Lot of 100 Butterflies from Borneo, containing many rare 

 Papilio, etc. Price 100s. 



1 Lot of 100 Coleoptera from Brazil Price 20s. 



TO MUSEUMS, ETHNOLOGISTS, etc. 



Modern pottery from Mexico and Central America 



from 6d. 

 Statuettes representing the Indians of Mexico and Guatemala 



from 3s. 

 Hats, Baskets, Mats and various Objects made with pal 

 leaves and various textile plants, from Central America, Mada 

 gascar, New Guinea, etc. from 6d. 



Samples of Textile Fibres, Seeds, Qums, Eesins, Medicinal 

 Plants, etc. from Mexico and Central America from 6d. 



Old and Modern Coins from Mexico from li. 



Etc., etc., etc. 



