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Fysshe and Fysshyne 



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Birds ot the Northwest 



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Cones' Field Ornithology 



Cones' Key to North American Birds. 



Game Water Bicds of the Atlantic Coast, 



Roosevelt 



Holden's Book of Birds, pa 



Minot's Land and Game Birds 



Native Song Birds 



Naturalists' Guide, Maynard 



Natui-al History of Birds 



Notes on Cage Birds, Green 



Samuel's Birds of New Engiand, 



Shore Birds 



Water Birds of N. A., by Baird, Brewer and 



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Stephens 1 50 



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Canoe Handling, O. B. Vaux i 00 



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Field, Cover and Trap Shooting 2 00 



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Frank Forester s Manual for Yoimg Sportsmen 2 00 



Frank Forester's Fugitive S. Sketches, paper 75 



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How I Became a Sportsman 2 40 



Hunting, Shooting and Fishing 2 50 



Huntuig and Himters of all Nations, Frost. . . 1 50 



HurUngham Gun Club Rules 25 



Instructions In Rifle Firing 3 00 



Nlmrod m the North, Schwatka 2 50 



Rifle Practice, Wingate 1 50 



Rod and Gun in California 1 ,50 



Shooting 50 



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Shootmg on the Wing. 75 



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B. Davenport, illustrated 7 50 



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Sporting Adventures in the Far Wpst 1 50 



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The Gun and Its Development, Greener 2 



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Archery, Witchery of, Maurice Thompson! 



Atlas of Jersey Coast 



Black HiUs of Dakota, Ludlow, quarto, cloth, 

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Common Objects of the Severe 



Eastward Ho I 



Historical and Biographical Atlas of New Jer- 

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How to Make Photographs 



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Insects Injurious to Vegetation 



Keeping One Cow 



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Manton's Taxidermy Without a Teacher 



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Pistol, The 



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Practical Taxidermy and Home Decoration, 

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Practical Orange Culture 



Practical Poultry Keeping 



Randall's Practical Sh^hei-d 



Sportsman's Gazetter, Hallock 



Sportsman's Hand Book, Col. Horace. Park. . . 



Studies in Annual Life, Lewis 



The Cream of Leicestershire 



The Forester, by Brown 



The Northwest Coast of America 



The Heart of Europe , 



The Botanical Atlas, 2 vols, 



The Zoological Atlas ,3 vols 



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Wild Flowers of Switzerland 



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