VOL. I. No. 6. 



ALBION, N. Y., MAECH 9, 1895. 



Wants, Exchanges, and For 

 Sales. 



Brief special announcements, "Wants," "Ex- 

 changes," "For Sales," inserted In this depart- 

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

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

 dltlonal 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. 



PHOTOGRAPHS. Superb cabinets of birds, 

 nests and scenery for sets of common eggs and 

 skins. Over 100 different subjects. E. B. 

 WEBSTER, Cresco. Iowa. 



TO EXCHANGE.— Davie's Nests and Eggs of 

 North American Birds, paper, in good condi- 

 tion. Will exchange for a few fossils. Write 

 and make me your offer. H. J. TWIGGS, 

 Summerville, Augusta. Georgia. 



TO EXCHANGE.— U. S. silver and copper 

 coins, some rare dates. Foreign silver and cop- 

 per coins, value $90, will exchange for large 

 fine shells, minerals, corals, mosses, sponges, 

 birds' eggs; singles or insets. Wi'l exchange 

 whole cabinet or in part. F. E. WITHE RELL. 

 Warwick, Mass. 



BEETLES, fossils, plants, land and fresh- 

 water shells, and other specimens in exchange 

 for shells, plants, lichens, and beetles. JOHN 

 C BRIDWELL. Baldwin. Kansas. 



CABINET photographs of American Bit 

 tern's nest, containing two young and two eggs, 

 for sets of commonest eggs. E. B. WEBSTER, 

 Creso. Iowa. 



BOOKS! books! books! — Lyell's Elements 

 of Geology, Wood's Class Book of Botany, 

 Bird Notes, Mrs. Lincoln's Botany, Elements 

 of Chemistry, Amt. Trappers' Guide. Tour of 

 World, by Gen. Grant; How Plants Grow. Man- 

 ton's Taxidermy. Adventures of S tanley. Hook- 

 er's Natural Historv and lots of other j. I offer 

 these for books, volumes of natural history pa- 

 pers, climbers, or specimens. What can vou 

 offer? What can you use? G. N. UI'HAM. Cof 

 feyville. Kan. 



TO EXCHANGE. -Iguana, ready mounted. 

 3 ft long. For best offer in mineral or coral 

 specimens. SAM FOGG. Rat Portage. Ont. 



FOR S\LE. — Insect books, and other's; 

 Eberharts' Elements of Entomology, 40 page 

 plates, 300 figures of insects. 2d, Eberhart's 

 Outlines of Economic Entomology, price 38cts. 

 3d, Eberharts' Key, names of all insects, price 

 lOcts. Three books for Wets. Write for partic- 

 ulars. FRED K. WARREN. Box 136. Holley. 

 N. Y. 



WANTED.— The address of a dealer in Fancy 

 Pigeons. Lop-eared Rabbits, etc. Address. 

 GUY K. BARNES. Strawberry Pt.. Iowa. 



WANTED.— To exchange with the original 

 collector for sets with datas. of 3. 197. 199" 202. 

 211. 224.305. 331, 339b, 360. 368. 378. 611. H. C. 

 HIGGINS. Cincinnatus, N. Y. 



I WILL be glad to hear from those willing to 

 give Southern Bird skins for those of Snow- 

 flake and Evening Grosbeak. T. McIL WRAITH 

 Hamilton, Canada. 



CABINET of solid oak. just the thing for 

 minerals, shells, or eggs, to exchange for eggs 

 in sets with data. For particulars address. 

 CLINTON De. LA. M. CARY. i81 W. 135th St.. 

 New York City. 



LOOK! STOP!!-I have a mounted Great 

 Blue Heron for sale cheap, or exchange for 

 Coues' Key. or Packard's Entomology. GUY 

 K. BARNES. Strawberry Pt,. Iowa 



TO EXCHANGE.— 22 cal. Stevens pistol, cost 

 $7.00. press. 12 gague belt, minerals, fossils, 

 curios, for camera, lens, photographic supplies. 

 MORT CULVER. LaSalle. Ills. 



FOR EXCHANGE. — 1 egg of Anna's Hummer 

 3 of Least Bittern, and a skin of each of the 

 following A. O.U. Nos. 431 and 581d. for stamps, 

 old U.S. preferred. STEPHEN P. HARWOOD. 

 1532 Park Ave.. Baltimore. Md. 



WANTED.— To exchange first-class eggs, sin- 

 y gle. the coming season for single eggs not in 

 my collection. EDW. I. STREETER. Box 82. 

 Chatham, N. Y. 



WILL EXCHANGE Lepidoptera of Missouri 

 and Illinois, for those of other localities. Send 

 list. All letters answered. HERMAN 

 SCHWARZ. 1520 Lafayette Ave.. St. Louis, 

 Mo. 6-2w 



TO EXCHANGE. — Gray's Botany and Man- 

 ual. Bentley's Physiological Botany. Carpen 

 ter's Comparative Physiology and W. J Hop- 

 kins Elementary Physic . for Coues' Key. late 

 edition in good condition. W. B. SAMPSON. 

 Salina. Kansas. 



WANTED.— Second-hand copy of Hornaday's 

 Taxidermy Will give mounted birds or pay 

 cash if cheap. Write stating price. H. J. GID- 

 DINGS, Sabula. Iowa. 



WANTED. — Small Cabinet specimens of min- 

 erals, relics, curios. &c. will give in exchange, 

 seeds, plants, or bulbs from catalogue of a 

 prominent seedsman. GEO. B. REMSEN. 

 Box 24, Floral Park, N. Y. 



FOR EXCHANGE OR SALE.- Eight house 

 lets in Fresno. California. 1 in Grand F„apids. 

 for a Merry-go-round or other offers. G. ROSA. 

 Box 58. Allegan. Mich. 



TO EXCHANGE for shells, a nice lot of 

 Moose horns. Write what you have for ex- 

 change at once. HUGO LEUSCH. Frazee. 

 Becker Co.. Minn. 



□ TO EXCHANGE. — Fossils, stamps, eggs, 

 fragments of pottery, minerals and books, for 

 Indian and war relics, coins, eggs, minerals, 

 fossils, books. and stann s. Send list and stamp. 

 HARVEY H. BROWNE, Hamilton. 111. 



LOOK AT THIS !— A large fine spray of pink 

 coral eylaster sanguineus, for every set of eggs 

 with data listed over 40cents. K. B. MATHES. 

 St. Augustine. Fla. 



TO EXCHANGE. — Davie's Nests and Eggs 

 of North American Birds, value 75 cents; in 

 good condition, Also a World type-writer, 

 nearly new. cost $7.09. value $4 00. for a set of 

 the Gray Sea Eagle's eggs with data. I have 

 also some single eggs tc sxdtssBg? foe ju 

 sets with data. Send your lists and receive 

 mine. All letters answered. L. M. CLARK 

 Suffield. Ct. 



LOOK HERE — I will exchange polished 

 specimens of birds' eye marble, fine calcites or 

 fresh-water shells, for shells, crystals, abates, 

 or Indian relics. C. E. BRIGGS, Lisbon, la. 



FOR EXCHANGE.— One Winchester rifle, 

 22 cal. model 1890; fair condition. Will ex- 

 change for American eggs, in full sets with 

 carefully prepared data. JOHN W. DANIEL, 

 Jr., Lynchburg, Va. 



360 OLD U. S. and foreign stamps in Album. 

 What will you give me for them in eegs with 

 data or bird skins. S. A. OGDEN. 506 Day St., 

 Knoxville, Tenn. 



ATTENTION. — "Les Miserables" and "By 

 Order of the King," two vols. "Harold." by 

 Lytton. and Manton's "Insects how to Catch 

 and Prepare " ; all cloth-bound and in good con- 

 dition, for a pair of good climbing irons, best 

 offer. MORRIS RICE, Kinloch, Mo. 



FOR SALE.— Fresh skins of Peacock, $3 50; 

 mounted Gray-crowned Leucosticte, $1 75 ; fine 

 Covote rug. (mounted, half head.) $7. GEO. F. 

 GUELF. Taxidermist, Brockport. N. Y. 



FOR SALE - To every person sending me 

 80 cents. I will send the best pair of climbers 

 ever made, all steel, climb any tree. R. C. 

 ALEXANDER. Plymouth, Mich. 



WANTED. — At once. A cabinet for Natural 

 History Specimens. All persons having such 

 for sale, write meat once stating lowest cash 

 price. F. H, KOCH, Box 1036. Peoria. Ill 6w2 



WILL EXCHANGE.- Back numbers of 

 Sporting. Bicycling. Stamps, and Oologieal 

 papers for United States three, two. and one- 

 half cents, in good condition. HORACE E. 

 BUKER. Rockford. Illinois. 



LOOK ! I will give good exchange in curios, 

 etc.. and possibly part cash, for a "Hornaday's 

 Taxidermy." in good condition, WM. GIL- 

 BERT. P. O. Box 130. Elk River. Minn. 



TO EXCHANGE.-Copies Oologist and 

 datas for Davie's "Nests and Eggs of North 

 American Birds" or eggs with data. Send 

 your list and get mine. JOHN W. SOULE 

 Sandy Creek, N. Y. 



Weekly, $1.00 a Year 



TO EXCHANGE.-Will Exchange eggs of 

 Virginia Birds for those of birds west of the 

 Mississippi. Prefer exchanging with the col- 

 lector Also eggs of water birds for exchange. 

 J. GORDON CRAWFORD. Dalby. Va, 



I WISH to exchange Minerals for Indian 

 relics. Those from Eastern States preferred. 

 ISAAC S. KIRK. Fremont, Chester Co., Pa. 



WANTED —To exchange specimens of all 

 kinds from this locality, for those of other sea- 

 coast preferred. Specimens must be fully and 

 scientifically labeled. HARRY C. BUTCHER. 

 Box 465. Galesburg. Ills. 



T WANT all kinds of U. S. Revenue stamps, 

 in good condition, and a few stamp papers, in 

 exchange for eggs. Columbian and foreign 

 stamps. Cigarette cards, or cash if cheap. GEO. 

 E. CLEAVER. Reading. Pa. 



WANTED. A few yards, ten or fifteen, of 

 unmounted gill netting, about 6 ft. wide. 1 inch 

 mesh. Have 8 Vol. Oologist. A. B. FARN- 

 HAM. Beuning. D. C. 



TO EXCHANGE.— Native woods for curios- 

 ities or specimens of any kind. JUDDIE 

 KING. Belding. Ionia Co.. Michigan, 



TO EXCHANGE.— I have a collection of 

 stamps which I will exchange for Lepidoptera 

 or Entomological supplies or will sell tor cash. 

 EDGAR BINGHAM. Stayner, Ont. 



TO EXCHANGE. — Unmounted Butterflies 

 from EstfS Park. Col., for the same from other 

 places. W. T. PARKE, Estes Park. Colo. 



WANTED. — 1895 orders for Colorado insects 

 and botanical specimens. scientific data. Prices 

 reasonable. Particulars for two cents. HOR- 

 ACE G. SMITH. 2918 Lafayette St.. Denver 

 Col. 



WANTED. — Price lists of Birds Eggs Fos- 

 sils. Minerals and Indian Relics. Can exchange 

 stamps for eggs. GEORGE A. FERGUSON 

 59 Ambrose St.. Rochester. N. Y. 



EXCHANGE.— Fifty species (200 specimens) 

 British Columbian Shells to exchange for col- 

 lection of postage stamps. Write particulars 

 mo postal cards) to REV. G. W. TAYLOR 

 Nanfmo, B. c 



TO EXCHANGE.— During the coming sea- 

 son I would like to exchange with collectors 

 of eggs in sets or singles, outside of Pennsyl- 

 vania preferred. CHAS. D. QUICK. 4113 Wal- 

 nut St.. Philadelphia. Penn. 



PERSONS wishing to exchange or buy skins 

 or eggs of birds indigenous to North Carolina 

 should communicate with MILTON F. SHEEN 

 Guilford College. N. C. 



WANTED.— Bound or unbound volumes of 

 the Auk, published prior to 1890. State lowest 

 cash price and condition. F. L. BURNS Ber- 

 wyn. Pa. 



WANTED. — Back numbers of Naturalists 

 papers and sporting magazines. Need OoiX)- 

 G ist vol. V No. 5 and 12. Stamp collection 

 worth over $20.00 for $7.50. R. H. Ro< K WOOD 

 Orono. Maine. 



EXCHANGE. — A beautiful photo of Par- 

 tridge on nest. 4'jx3>j. for best offers in bird 

 skms eggs, curios, photos, or the like. Send 

 what you have. JOHN H. ELK1NS Box 414 

 Exeter. N. H. 



I DESIRE to exchange first-class sets of 

 Southern birds eggs, collected the coming sea- 

 son, with reliable collectors. H. B. BLAKE- 

 MORE. 1310 St. Andrew St.. New Orleans La 



BEAUTIFUL Satin Spar from salt mines 555 

 feet below surface, for fossils or offers For 

 sale at 10c to 25c. Also zinc ore. C. E HOI7- 

 DYSHELL. Holtoii. Kansas. ™ 



WANTED. For cash or exchange marine 

 specimens, (alcoholic). Ccelenterates. Kchino- 

 aerms for laboratory work. Write what vo 

 have. O. A. JOHANNSEN. Fremont Neb/ 



, CALIFORNIA Woods. 10 specimens. $1.00: 

 2d for $2.00: 1 for 15c. Native Ferns 15c each 

 MISSJDA C. NICHOLS, Freestone, Sonoma 



W ANTE D. To exchange-Botanical Speci- 

 mens, insects and curios. WM. C. BARBOUR. 



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