Natural Science News. 



VOL. I. No. 8. 



ALBION, N. Y., MARCH 23, 1895. 



Weekly, $1.00 a Year 



Wants, Exchanges, and For 

 Sales. 



Brief special announcements, "Wants," ''Ex- 

 changes," "For Sales," Inserted in tins depart- 

 ment for 25c per 35 words. Notices over 35 words 

 charged at the rate of one-half cent per each ad- 

 dition U word. No notice inserted for less than 

 25c. Terms, cash with order. 



All copy must reach us at least three days 

 prior to date of issue in order to insure inser- 

 tion in any given number. 



NOTICE.— Anyone wanting first-class sets 

 from this locality the coining season will do 

 well to write to me for lists and prices. E. L. 

 HALEY. Phillips, Maine. 



EXCHANGE.— Al skins of Oregon birds. 

 Desire in return bird skins, eggs, camera, 

 printing outfit, microscope, guns, natural 

 history books, etc. Eggs collected to order 

 the coming season for exchange. Correspon- 

 dence solicited. ALBERT G. PRILL. M. D., 

 Sodaville, Linn Co. , Oregon. 



FOR EXCHANGE. — A beautiful skull with 

 a full head of hair and skeleton of a woman, 

 found in a mound in Southern Ohio, one of 

 the greatest wonders ever offered -for Indian 

 relics and stuffed birds, best offer. Adders* J. 

 W. MYKRANTZ, Ashland. Ohio. 



FOR SALE. — Navajo blankets. Mexican 

 opals and other curios. Write for prices. 

 CLIFF HALE, Phoenix. Arizona. 



FOR SALE.— A good dynamo 6x5x2 1 .. inches, 

 new, cost $6. Sell it for $3 at purchaser's ex- 

 pense. All letters answered. CHAS. STURM. 

 Ashbourne, Pa, 



FOR SALE.— A $20 violin outfit, almost per- 

 fect condition. Will sell for $14 or exchange 

 in part payment for Ithaca gun. A. D. Du 

 BOIS, 702 E. University Ave.. Champaign. 111. 

 . & , 



WHAT CAN you offer for three live young 

 Great Horned Owls, fine specimens, suitable 

 for pets. Want cash, climbers, eggs in sets. 

 All letters answered. CRAFTON & ESSIG. 

 Plattsburg. Mo. 



"WANTED.— Insect cases for which I will 

 make a liberal offer in eggs, inset i s. minerals, 

 fossils, woods, etc. Write at once to E. 

 D WIGHT SANDERSON. 503 Hollister Blk.. 

 Lansing. Mich. 



TO EXCHANGE. — 32 Winchester repeater 

 '92 model, new. 50 bird skins, 35 books travel, 

 explorations, etc. Mounted birds and sets. 

 Correspondence invited. No postals answered. 

 STEPHEN VAN RENSSELAER, JR.. 39 

 Broadway. New York. 



TO ANYONE sending me a common set of 

 eggs I will mail them" 100 Columbian stamps 

 and 20 rare U. S. stamps, all different. B. 

 CUDLIP. JR.. 2006 H St.. N. W.. Washington, 

 D. C. 



EXCHANGE.— 1 set boxing-gloves, 1 pair 

 roller skates. 500 foreign stamps (mixed) crys- 

 tals, tufas, live birds, insects, natural history 

 specimens. 1 world almanac (new) for scien- 

 tific books and Tribune almanac. Want lists 

 exchanged. Stamps exchanged. ELBERT T. 

 BELDEN. Hot Springs. Ark. 



TO EXCHANGE.— Miniature Incandescent 

 light; one-inch Beck eye-piece: two-storied 

 nest of Yellow Warbler, nest of White-eyed 

 Vireo. naturalists' papers for Ornithological 

 and Mammalogical books. CHAS. F. SWAN 

 Box 3, Abingdon. 111. 



FOR SALE to highest bidder a 7'4X13' 4 Ex- 

 ceisior press, cost $44 : 25 lbs. 10 point Roman 

 type: and several fonts job type. All good as 

 new. Proofs of type for stamp. W. A. JOHN- 

 SON, Galesburg. 111. 



WILL EXCHANGE 4-keved flute in good 

 condition with instruction book, cost $4.50 

 for $2.00 in U. S. fractional currency or $1100 in 

 rare issues. First answer gets *it. E. H. 

 SHORT. Gaines. Orleans Co., N. Y. 



CLOSE OUT.— Offer collections war relics 

 Indian curios, marine specimens, alcoholic 

 specimens, shells, corals, fossils. Confederate 

 money, reward bills, papers containing re- 

 wards, Columbian stamps and others for 

 bookcase and bound books and magazines. 

 Send lists. EUGENE SHUGART. Box 71 

 Harpers Ferry, W. Va, 



FOR SALE.— Any person wanting an extra 

 fine pair of climbers will receive the same by 

 sending 80 cents to R. C. ALEXANDER. Ply- 

 mouth, Mich. 



TO EXCHANGE.— Mounted birds such as 

 Snowy Owl. G. H, Owl, Bald Eagle, Pelican, 

 Peacock, etc.. for a good hammerless shotgun 

 12 gauge, Parker preferred. H. M. WOLF. 

 Kewanee, 111. 



FOR SALE.— Data blanks ' two styles" at 

 twenty cents per hundred. Please send postal 

 for samples. R. E. CASE. Avon. Conn. 



PRIME SPECIMENS of birds and mammals, 

 either land or water, in the meat or fresh 

 skins to exchange for arrowheads, spears, etc. 

 Send your list and receive mine. RILEY P. 

 BROWN. Collector and Taxidermist. Milton, 

 Wis. 



TO EXCHANGE.— A good orchestra drum, 

 almost new, value $15, for a camera or cash. 

 JOS. N. PATTISON. Oak Lane. Station A, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



FOR EXCHANGE. -Camera 4x5 tripod, two 

 rubber trays and printing frame, fair con- 

 dition, value $2.00. for bird skins, minerals or 

 curiosities, etc. RICHARD Mc'MURTBIE. 

 East Coulter St.. Germantown. Phila. 8w2 



CORRESPONDENTS.— Those desiring to 

 exchange the coming season in Ornithology. 

 Conchology. Entomology. Mineralogy, and 

 Geology of Minnesota will do well to commun- 

 icate with GEO. C. FUl'ROYE. 569 Marshall 

 Ave.. St. Paul. Minn. 



COLLECTORS.— I will send two recipes for 

 tanning skins with the fur on for only 20 cents 

 silver or money order. FREDERICK HILL. 

 Lyme, Conn. 



WANT SKINS of 393, 394a, 395. 396. 400, 402 

 405, 406, 409, 410, 452, 475. 476. Offer California 

 skills in exchange. PHIL K. OILMAN, 170 

 9th St.. Oakland. Cal. 



WANTED.— Correspondence with collectors 

 (amateurs preferred) upon subjects of inter- 

 est to the student of Ornithology and Oology. 

 ARTHUR W. KIRKPATRICK* 212 Ashmont 

 St.. Dorchester. Mass. 



EXCHANGE.— Collecting gun. detachable 

 barrel and stock: brass shells and loading 

 tools complete. Waut Davie's "Nests and 

 Eggs." Ingersoll's "Bird Nesting" and eggs 

 in sets. J. GORDON CRAWFORD. Dalby. 

 Va. 



TO EXCHANGE. -Bohemian Waxwing and 

 Snowflake, a few choice skins. Want offers 

 in Southern and Western skins. Send lists. 

 Address FRANK HARRIS. LaCrescent. Hous- 

 ton Co.. Minn. 



FOR SALE.— A $5 Colt's single action 32 

 center fire revolver finely engraved with 

 pearl handle or will exchange for good U. S. 

 stamps. All letters answered. GEO. C. 

 FUTROYE. 569 Marshall Ave.. St. Paul. Miun. 



BICYCLE WANTED.— Will give good ex- 

 change in mounted birds. Game Heads. Skins. 

 Mats. etc. Will exchange skins for sets with 

 data.. JOHN CLAYTON. Lincoln. Maine 



EXCHANGE.— Well crystallized microscop- 

 ic minerals and one year of Great Divide for 

 Lepidoptera and birds eggs (singles). E. A. 

 SCHUMAN N. 7000 Tulip St.. Tacony. Phila- 

 delphia. Pa. 



EXCHANGE.— I Goodel combined lathe and 

 saw. Wanted a 3 candle-power Incandescent 

 lamp. What am I offered? Lathe in Al con- 

 dition with tools, cost $13. C. E. CUMMINGS 

 560 Auburn Ave.. Buffalo. N. Y. 



FOR EVERY 2 perfect arrowheads or every 

 cent made before 1859 will give 30 varieties of 

 stamps. SEWARD HOSP. 714 Orville Ave.. 

 Kansas City. Kansas. 



WILL EXCHANGE the following sets with 

 data, all 1st class: A.O.U. 511b. 2-4:"406 1-4 - 444 

 1-3:456. 1-4:529. 2-4;622a. 1-7:619. 1-3 : 674 1-2 - 333" 

 1-4: 339. 1-3: 360. 1-5: 598, 1-4: 704. 1-4; 687, % 

 with Cowbird: 759b. 1-2 with Cowbird: at one- 

 fourth rates for U. S. fractional currency, 

 (shinplasters.) E. H. SHORT. Gaines. Orleans 

 Co.. N. Y. 



When answering advertisements always men- 

 tion the NATURAL SCIENCE NEWS. 



FOR EXCHANGE. — Single barrel, unused. 

 Shattuck gun, 25 brass shells and loading tools 

 complete, for best offer of rare eggs in sets. 

 Raptores pref erred. Espiccial desiderata A. O. 

 U. Nos. 131 and 327. . THOMAS H. JACKSON. 

 343 E. Biddle St., West Chester, Pa. 5w4 



MINERALS.— 25 nice specimens by mail. 35c. 

 W. S. BEADLES, 814 W. Marshall' St.. Rich- 

 mond, Va. 7w3o 



CANOE YAWL "ACORN," built bv St. Law. 

 Boat Co , in '93. Length 18ft, width 4ft; rowing 

 and sailing outfit complete; good as new. worth 

 $150. will sell for $80. cash only Corresponence 

 from parties meaning business solicited. 

 CHAS. W. REED, Gaines. Orleans Co.. N. Y.tf 



TO EXCHANGE — One splendid mounted 

 young deer head, with the velvet on the horns. 

 I would like to exchange for Black Bear skin 

 for rug. Must be nice. WILLIAM RADDER. 

 Attica, N. Y. 7w2 



FOR EXCHANGE.— Garnets, rough and 

 polished opals, for ores.petrified wood. polished 

 agates, crystals, skins, stamps or cash. ROB- 

 ERT BURNHAM, Dennis. Mass. 7w2 



FLORIDA COLLECTORS.— The Ebersold 

 family, composed of ten persons, devote nearly 

 their whole time to the collection and preser- 

 vation of Sea Shells, Bird Skins and Eggs. 

 Fishes. Snakes. Alligator Skins and Teeth. 

 Florida. Curios and all Natural Science objects 

 to be found on the east coast of Florida. We 

 have on hand a large collect ion of shells and 

 east coast photographs, any of which we will 

 sell or exchange for desirable Natural Science 

 books or collections from other localities. Ad- 

 dress, enclosing stamp. D. S. EBERSOLD. 

 Oceanus. Brevard Co.. Fla. tf 



INDIAN Relics of great value for sale or ex- 

 change. Addresses of collectors wanted. In- 

 teresting collection postpaid for 2fc in stamps. 

 THE ARCHAEOLOGIST, Box 502, Columbus, 

 Ohio. 3-w4 



WANTED. - Catalogues of all dealers in 

 poultry and supplies: also addresses of all 

 teachers in tax. State prices. J. A MUENCH. 

 6743 State St., Chicago, Ills. 7w2 



CASH paid for books on N. American or 

 Ohio birds. A new water blower, eggs and old 

 coins, for climbers, etc. EMMET D. AUSTIN. 

 Randolph. Portage Co., Ohio. 7w2 



WANTED.— Shells in exchange for moss and 

 cacti. MARY HERHOLD, Box 92, Sheridan, 

 Montana. 7w2 



TO EXCHANGE. — Butterflies of Western 

 Pennsylvania, for butterflies of U. S. not in my 

 collection. 1 would prefer unse't specimens. 

 JOHN BRIGHT. Roup St., Pittsburg. Pa. 7w2 



WANTED.— Any species of American birds, 

 either skins or sets of eggs, in exchange for 

 British sets. Only a few species left. Alf must 

 be first class. FRANK HARRIS, LaCrescent, 

 Houston Co.. Minn. 



Ornithology and Oology. — I want to ob- 

 tain a quantity of back numbers of various 

 publications relating to Birds and will allow 

 prices as follows for the same. Will accept 

 any number of copies not to exceed 10 of the 

 same issue. All must 'be complete and clean. 

 "Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club" 

 and ' The Auk" 30 cts. per copy. "The Oolo- 

 gist" (published atUtica. N. Y and Rockville. 

 Conn.. 1.875-81); the "Ornithologist and Oolog- 

 ist:" and "The Nidiologist;" "Random Notes 

 on Natural History" Prov. R. I. 5c per copy. 

 "Wisconsin Naturalist:" "The Taxidermist;"' I 

 will allow 3 cts. per copy. I will allow the above 

 amounts in payment for. specimens, instrum- 

 ents, supplies or publications or if you prefer 

 will send credit check for the amount. All 

 publications must be sent prepaid (you can 

 mail them as "second class mail matter ' @ 4c 

 per lb.). "Returns" will be sent prepaid unless 

 otherwise specified in catalogue. I can also 

 use the following second-hand books on same 

 conditions at prices quoted prepaid. Must be 

 in A No. 1 condition. Cones' "Key to N. A. 

 Birds" $4.50: Ridgeway's "Manual' of N. A. 

 Birds" $3.75: Davie's "Nests and Eggs of N. A. 

 Birds. 3d or 4th : editions, cloth, 85 cts, |>aper 

 65 cts ; other standard publication will be accep- 

 ted at one-half publishers prices. This notice 

 will remain in force until April 15, 1895. After 

 that date write what you have to offer before 

 sending. FRANK H. LATTIN. Albion, N. Y. 



