NATURAL SCIENCE NEWS. 



Natural Science News. 



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 dealers and collectors are sure of having their 

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 30 or more days. 



In t lie NviDRAi. Science News this delay will 

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FRANK B. ARMSTRONG, 

 TAXIDERMIST, 



and Collector and Dealer in 



Bird and Mammal Skins, 



Birds Eggs in fine sets, Mounted Birds 

 and Animals. 

 Alta Mira, Estado de Tamaulipas, Mexico. 



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ost Beautiful 



Geodes, size Hens eggs, of white Chal- 

 cedony, with frost and snow like crys 

 tals inside, 25 cents each postpaid. 

 None finer, From So. Dakota "Bad 

 Lands." 



12 plain perfect Flint Arrow Heads, $ .50 

 12 nice " " " " 1.00 

 6 fine " " " " 100 

 4 splendid " " " " 1.00 

 A fine War Chili of the Sioux, ex- 

 press paid $3 50 



A fine red Pipe with Skin, Sioux, ex- 

 press, paid 2 50 



Five fine "Bad Lands'" Fossils, ex- 

 press paid 1 50 



A beautifully exqusite set of pepper 

 and salt shakes of Aluminum, 



satin finish and polished 1 00 



An elega.it fancy top back comb, 

 (top 2i in. wide) of Aluminum, 

 never tarnish, always bright, 

 better than silver, postpaid... 50 

 Send stamp for priced catalog and 

 learn how to obtain collections of Min- 

 erals, Fossils, Relics, etc., on approval 

 to 



Black Hills Natural 



History Establishment, 



L. W. Stilwell, Deadwood, S. D. 



(Established 1884. Large and excellent 

 Stock.) 



When answering advertisements always men- 

 tion the NATURAL SCIENCE NEWS. 



"Catch on" While You Can. 



RARE SPECIES of North American Bird Skins a speciality, also 

 fine Mammal Skins, with Skulls, etc. Over 10,000 fine Bird and Mam- 

 mal Skins in stock. Secure some of these rare ones while you have the 

 chance. I will mention a few only: Franklin's and Richardson's 

 Grouse, Ashy and Fork-tailed Petrels, Xantus, Marbled and Ancient 

 Murrelets, Farallone Cormorants, Pacific Fulmars, Black-vented Shear- 

 waters, Least, Crested and Parrot Auks, Aleutian and Prybilof Sand- 

 pipers, Rio Grande Turkeys, Aplomado Falcons, Arctic Horned Owls, 

 Copper-tailed Trogans, Ivory-billed Woodpeckers, Carolina Paroquets, 

 Great Black Swift, St. Lucas, Coues' and Sulphur-bellied, Flycatchers, 

 Swainson's, Bachman's Red-faced, Graces, Hermit, Golden-cheeked, 

 Lucy's, Virginia's, Olive and B rasher's Warblers, Mirador Yellowthroat, 

 Townsend's Juncos, White-naped Nuthatch, Anabel's Bluebirds, and 

 thousands of others. Also many beautiful Tropical species. Finely 

 mounted heads of Deer, Elk, Caribou, Rocky Mountain Sheep and 

 Goats, etc. Fine Geodes of many varieties — order a few beauties for 

 your cabinet. I also have a few sets of Illinois Geological Reports, 

 ( Vols, i to 8) complete and elegantly illustrated. This magnificent 

 work is now becoming extremely rare, and will soon be beyond reach. 

 Send two stamps for catalog, or with letters of inquiry. Reference, 

 all prominent Scientists or Institutions throughout the country. 



CHAS. K. WORTHEN, 



NATURALIST, TAXIDERMIST AND DEALER, 



Warsaw, 111., U. S. A. 



Established in 1873. 



Systematic Collections, 



FOR SCHOOLS OF ALL GRADES. 

 LANTERN SLIDES, ETC. 



Washington School Collections. 



Minerals, Rocks and Invertebrate Animals- 

 it is safe to say that no'collectlons of equal excellence have ever before been offered In this country at 

 so low a price ($2 each). Send for circular. 



EDWIN E. HOWELL,6i2 17th St., N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 



New 1895 Catalogue now ready! 



32 pages of Reduced Prices. 

 EGGS. 



Puffin, 8c Am. Herring Gull, re. 



Brown Peiican. 12c Murre. 8c 

 King billed Gull, 10c Night Heron. 6c 

 Razor bill Auk, 8c Koyal Tern, lflc 

 Am. Coot, 5c. 

 Above are fair samples of the way ws have 

 slaughtered eggs. WLi'e we have the stock, we 

 will "allow no one to shout, • -Lowest prices in 

 America." 



GLASS EYES. 



Anyone ready to put iu a stock had better drop 

 us a line before ordering. Our Catalogue covers 

 Supplies, Books, Tools, Skins, Eggs, Curios. 



NOTE. 



Anyone who sends us 10c will have a copy, and 

 their name entered on our list for ail future cir- 

 culars. We are now sending out these Cata- 

 logues to those who have raid us for tin m dur- 

 ing the last ten months. I'ariies who have or- 

 dered goods from us are not required to pay. 



You will save money by dealing with us. 



Frank Blake Webster Co., 



Hyde Park, Mass. 



^T"7 A SHELLS, CONFEDERATE MON- 



EY , COINS AND CURIOSITIES. 

 Two large lists free. 



CURIO CO., Box L, Cuyahoga Falls, O. 



Personal. 



During 1895 we shall use this space in 

 calling attention to our high-class stock 

 of Bird and Mammal Skins; Reptiles and 

 Batrachians, either alive or in alcohol; 

 Mounted Specimens; Skulls; Histological 

 Material, etc. 



We wish all interested parties to 

 watch this space closely, as we shall 

 frequently change the form of this ad- 

 vertisement and special offers will be 

 made here, as our stock warrants it. 



H. H. & C. S. BRIMLEY, 



..COLLECTORS AND TAXIDERMISTS,. 



If RALEIGH, N. C. 



SHELLS, MINERALS, CORALS 



Fossils, Curios, etc. 

 Books on Natural Science. 

 O 9 Catalogue by Mail IO cents 

 J. M. WIERS, 



35T W. Van Buren Street, 



CHICAGO, ILL. 



