October i, 1S91] 



THE HUMMING BIRD. 



111 



ARTIFICIAL ETES. 



Wholesale Price. 



No. 1 to 4 



5„ 8 



Black Coloured 



per gross 



Cornered 



6d. 



8d. 



9 „ 10 ls.Od. 



11 

 12 

 13 



14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 



Is. 6d. 



2s. 6d. 



4s. Od. 

 . 5s. 6d. 

 . 7s. Od. 

 . 10s. Od. 

 doz. of pairs 

 3s.0d. Is. 6d. 

 . 2s. 6d. 

 . 2s. 6d. 

 . 3s. Od. 

 . 4s. Od. 



per doz. pairs 

 No. 4 to 6 3s. 6d. 

 )> 7 „ 8 

 „ 9 



2s. Od 

 2s. 3d 

 2s. 6d 



3s. 6d 



4s. Od 



8s. Od 



12s. Od 



10 

 11 

 12 



13 

 14 

 15 



5s. Od. 

 6s. Od. 

 7s. Od. 

 8s. Od. 

 9s. Od. 



10s. Od. 

 lis. Od. 

 13s- Od. 



Cornered 



& Veined 



per doz. pair s 



4s. 6d. 



6s. Od. 



8s- Od. 



9s. Od. 

 10s. Od. 

 lis. Od. 



12s. Od. 

 13s. Od. 

 15s. Od. 



Larger sizes can be made 

 to order. 



Nr. 1 to 4 are good for humming birds and others up to 

 the size of Tanagers. 



No. 5 to 8 Tanagers to Magpies. 



No. 9 to 10 Magpies to Gulls, 



No. 11 to 12 Pheasants, etc. 



No. 13 to 18 Hawks, Owls, Herons, etc. 



Postage Stamps 

 FOR SALE. 



A large variety of rare Stamps and New Issues from all parts 

 of the World. For prices &c. apply to Naturalists Ajiencj, 



225, High Holborn.W.C. 



WANTED TO BUY. 



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 ORNITHOLOGISTS. 



FOR SALE. 



Fine mounted specimen of Alca tmpennis, the Great Auk, 

 (extinct species). Pedigree from date of capture, 1836, will 

 be given to buyer. 



Fine male specimen of the exceedingly rare new genus of 

 bird tiemhardtia oaellato Bp., the greatest discovery of the 

 century. Price £50 



FOR SALE. — From Kina Balu {Borneo'). 

 Calyptomena whiteheadi, male, 100s. A magnifi- 

 cent bird, discovered lately by Mr. Whitehead* in the 

 interior, of Borneo. Many other species from the 

 same collector (magnificent skins). 



FOR SALE. 



A magnificent Collection of Woods from all parts 

 of *"he world. 2,000 varieties. Fifty years work. 

 Will be sold at a bargain. 



Fourteen species of Carabus from Chili. In the 

 most perfect condition. 23 specimens, at 5s. each. 



FOR SALE. 

 Books on Natural History, etc. 



Atlas d'Ornithologie ou Collection choisie d'Oiseaux 

 les plus connus dessinés d'après nature par 

 Martinet, Paris, 1784. 

 1 Vol. grand in folio, in magnificent condition. 

 Contents : Epitre à Buffon, Tableau général 

 du classement des Oiseaux divisés d'après 

 Buffon en neuf Ordres et cent un Genres ou 

 Familles. 150 splendid coloured plates par 

 Martinet. Exceedingly rare, perhaps uni- 

 que. £$Q. 



Agassiz — Nomenclator Zoologicus, Soloduri, 1842- 

 1846, gros vol. in 4to. ... ... 40s. 



— Nomenciatoris Zoologici index universalis Solo- 



duri, 1848, ini2mo ... ... ... ios. 



— De l'espèce et des classifications en Zoologie, 



1 vol. in 8vo ... ... ... ... 4s. 



America, by John Ogilby, Esq., London, 167 1. 

 Grand in folio, 675 pages, 121 splendid 

 Engravings and Maps. £> l °- 



Boucard, A. — Catalogius Avium ; contenant 2,456 

 genres et 11,030 espèces, avec une nouvelle 

 classification systématique. Londres, 1876, 

 1 vol. in 8vo... ... ... ... 10s. 



— Monographie List of the Genus Plusiotis, with 



description of new species. (From the Pro- 

 ceedings of the Zoological Society of London), 

 1874. Brochure in 8vo, avec planche 

 coloriée ... ... ••• ••• 4s. 



— La même, planche noire 2s. 



— Notes sur les Trochilidés du Mexique (Extrait 



des Annales delà Société linnéenne de Lyon), 

 1 brochure in 8vo, Lyon, 1875 ... is. 



— Notes sur quelques Trochilidés, ditto, 



1873 is. 



— Catalogue des collections d'Histoire na- 



turelle, récoltées au Mexique, par Mr. A. 

 Boucard, avec le prix de chaque espèce 6d. 



— Catalogue de Marr mifères, Oiseaux, Reptiles, 



Poissons et Coquilles, de la Californie, de la 

 Louisiane, du Mexique, et de l'Uruguay, 

 1,328 espèces, avec prix ... ... 6d. 



— Catalogue de Coléoptères (Carabidse), et Colé- 



optères divers 1,477 espèces, avec prix 6d. 



— Catalogue de Coléoptères Héteromères et de 



Curculionides, 2,242 espèces, avec prix 6d. 



— Catalogue d'Oiseaux, Reptiles, et Poissons, 1,157 



espèces, avec prix ... ... ... is. 



— Liste de Coléoptères exotiques, 2,636 espèces, 



avec prix ... ... ... ... is. 



— Guide pour collecter, préparer et expédier des 



collections d'histoire naturelle ... 6d. 



— Le même en espagnol ... ... 6d. 



British Museum — Catalogue of the specimens 



and Drawings of Mammals, Birds, Reptiles and 

 Fishes of Nepal and Thibet. Presented by 

 B. H. Hodgson, Esq , to the British Museum, 

 by John Edward Gray, second edition. 2s. 3d. 



— Report on the Zoological Collections made in 



the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of 

 H.M.S. Albert 1881-2. Pp. XXV., 684, 54 

 plates, 1884, 8vo. ... ... ... 30s. 



— Catalogue of the bones of Mammals in the 



Collection of the British Museum, by E. 

 Gerrard. Pp. IV ; 296, 1862, 8vo — 5s. 



