December i, 1S91] 



THE HUMMING BIRD. 



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ARTIFICIAL EÏES. 



Wholesale Price. 



Black Coloured 



per gross 

 No. 1 to 4 6d. 

 5 „ 8 8d. 

 9 „ 10 ls.Od. 

 11 2s. Od. 



Is. 6d. 



2s. 6d. 

 4s. Od. 

 5s. 6d. 



12 2s. 3d. 7s. Od. 



13 2s. 6d. 10s. Od. 



doz. of pairs 



14 3s. Od. Is. 6d. 



15 3s. 6d. 2s. 6d. 



16 4s. Od. 2s. 6d. 



17 8s. Od. 3s. Od. 



18 12s. Od. 4s. Od. 



Cornered 



per doz. pairs 

 No. 4 to 6 3s. 6d. 



>i 7 ,, 8 



„ 9 



10 

 11 

 12 



13 

 14 

 15 



5s. Od. 

 6s. Od. 

 7s. Od. 

 8s. Od. 

 9s. Od. 



lOs.Od. 

 lis. Od. 

 13s- Od. 



Cornered 



& Veined 

 per doz. pairs 



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. 



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. 



Postage Stamps 



FOR SALE. 



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

 of tie World. For prices &c. apply to Naturalists Agency, 



225, High Holborn, W.C, 



FOB SALE. 



Fine mounted specimen of Alcn 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 Reinhardtia ocellata Bp., the greatest discovery of the 

 century. Price £50 j£ 



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

 Calyptomena whitehead^ 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 t"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. 



NATURALISTS' AGENCY, 

 225, High Holborn, 



London, W.C. 



5,000 Species of Bird Skins 

 for Sale. 



APTERYGES. 

 Apterix Oweni 



— australis 



— mantelli 

 Tinamus robustus 



— subcristatus... 

 Crypturus sallei 



Otis tarda — 



— tetrax 

 Ocydromus australis ... 

 Psophia crepitans 



— sp. 

 Chauna chavaria 

 Opisthocomus cristatus 

 Penelope purpurascens 



— marail 

 Pipile jacutinga 

 Penelopina nigra 

 Ortalida motmot 



— poliocephala... 

 Chamaepetes goudoti... 



— unicolor 



Oreophasis derbiana ... 

 Crax globicera 

 Talegalus cuvieri 

 Megacephalon, maleo 

 Megapodius freycineti 

 other species at 



Pavo' cristatus, from Japan ... 

 Argusianus giganteus, male 

 and female ... 



s. 



40 



80 



grayi, 



male and 



and 



s. 



3° 

 100 



100 



3° 



3° 

 10 



40 



5 



i5 



3° 

 40 



60 

 24 

 16 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 10 

 10 

 3° 



3° 

 80 



3° 

 20 



3° 

 10 



Argusianus 



female ... ... ... 200 



Reinhardiusocellatus, fine male 1000 



Phasianus versicolor ... ... 10 



Syrmaticus reevesi ... ... 50 



Graphephasianus sommeringi 12 



Euplocomus vieilloti ... ... 40 



Hierophasis swinhcei ... ... 40 



Lophophorus impeyanus ... 20 



Ceriornis satyra ... ... 20 



melanocephala ... 20 



Meleagris ocellata ... ... 80 



Acryllium vulturina ... ..". 50 



Ithaginis cruentus ... ... 16 



Francolinus erkeli and other 



species at .... ... ... 12 



Odontophorus guianensis ... 20 



other species from . . ... 16 

 Ortyx pectoralis and other 



species from ... ... 16 



Quantity of species of Colum- 



bidae from ... ... ... 5 



Furningus spanzani ... ... 20 



Hemiphaga novce-zelandiae ... 20 



Serresius forsteri ... ... 40 



Trugon terrestris ... ... 24 



Henicophaps albifrons ... 20 



Otidiphaps nobilis ... ... 40 



— sp. 50 



Goura coronata ... ... 20 



— Victoriae ... ... 30 



— d'albertisi .... ... 40 



Didunculus strigirostris ... ço 



Carvanaca recurvirostris 

 Many species of Charadriadae 



Glareolidae from 

 Geronticus calvus 

 Pseudibis papillosus ... 

 Lophotibis cristatus . . 

 Dromas ardeola 

 Many species. of Ardeidae from 

 Many species of Anatidae from 

 Many species of Podicepidae 



and Laridae from ... 

 Hypoleucus bougainvilei 

 Many species of Falconidae 



Vulturidae and Strigidae 



from... ... ... 5s. to 



Aquila audax ... 

 Limnaetus gurneyi 

 Henicopernis longicauda 

 Haliastur girrenera 

 Astur etorques 

 — poliocephalus ... 

 Tachyspizias soloensis 

 Melierax gabar ' 

 Falco gyrfalco... 

 Lophostrix stricklandi 

 Ara macawuana 

 Conurus egregius 



solstitialis 

 Brotogeris panychlora 

 Vini kuhli 



Psittacella modesta ... 

 Microglossum aterrimum 



For remainder of Parrots 

 see Humming Bird, No. 3, 

 March, 1891. 



16 



3 



24 



30 



3° 



40 



6 



6 



5 

 30 



20 

 30 



TOO 

 40 

 12 

 20 

 20 

 l6 

 20 

 40 

 3° 

 3° 

 30 

 20 

 20 

 20 

 40 

 24 



