Natural Science News. 



VOL. I. No. 11. 



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- 

 ditional 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. 



WANTED.— No. 1 and 3, Vol.1 Cassier's Maga- 

 zine. Have Harper's. Scribner's. Century. Cos- 

 mopolitan and Outing from 1890. Good ex- 

 change, write for what you want. J. L. DAVI- 

 SON, 55 Waterman St.. Lockport. N. Y. 



WANTED.— An 8x10 rectilinear photo lens. 

 I have two New Mail bicycles, floe 10x12 view 

 lens in exchange, or will give part cash. A. 

 S. McKEEN, Phillips, Maine. 



EXCHANGE.— Fine crinoidal stones and a 

 variety of fossil coral from Lake Michigan to 

 exchange for curios of any sort not alreidy 

 in my collection. Correspondence solicited. 

 MRS. E. C. W1SWALL. Kenosha. Wis. 



TO EXCHANGE. Eggs in sets for hammer- 

 less shot gun in good condition. Those having 

 gun to ex. please address. R. G. PHELPS. 532 

 Eleanor St , Kalamazoo, Mich. 



A FJNE Collection of stamps catalogued 

 from $30 to $35 in new album, to exchange for 

 first class printing press, type or microscope. 

 G. W. BAILEY, London, West. Ontario. 



WILL exchange a 82 calibre hammerless re- 

 volver (nearly new) for a fishing tackle box 

 (place for two reels) and with lock or collection 

 of stamps or single eggs not in mv collection. 

 Formei' prefered. J. K. AUMACK, Box 907. 

 Ballston Spa., N. Y, 



TO EXCHANGE.— Best of Steel Climbing 

 Irons and egg drills. Bird Skins, sets and 

 stamps for sets, relics and other goods. CLAR- 

 ENCE C. WATROUS, Chester. Conn. 



NOTICE.— A few first class common skins 

 and fine singles, with data, to exchange for 

 first class skins, sets or Lepidoptera in papers. 

 Send lists and receive mine. C. HOUGHTON. 

 L. Box 297. Potsdam. N. Y. 



BARGAIN.— E flat Cornet, highly burnished, 

 good condition. $7.50. Wanted, books on Nat- 

 ural History, also Oct. and Dec. Nidiologist 

 1893. C. F. STONE, Branchpoint, N Y. 



TO EXCHANGE. — Ornithologists' and Oolo- 

 gists' Manual, leather; Davie's Naturalists' 

 Manual; The Living World, cloth; and Fossil 

 Shells. For books on Ornithology, Mammalogy 

 or Taxidermy or best offers. CHAS. F. SWAN, 

 Abingdon, 111. 



WANTED, GUNS.— Two or three small col- 

 lecting guns, for small bird collecting. Must 

 be in first class order. Will give part casn,rare 

 eggs or skins. W. RAINE, Toronto. Canada. 



LOOK ! Anybody who sends me 75 cents I 

 will send a first class Great Blue Heron skin 

 JOHN RIEXINGER. Box 544. Holley. N. Y 



HAVE Annual Report of the Bureau of Eth- 

 nology. 1883-84 to exchange fo„- "Birds of Kan- 

 sas" or other books on ornithology and oology 

 A. J. McKAY, Lock Box 39, Girar'd, Kan. 



WANTED. — I want cocoons of all the large 

 moths. Luna, Promothea, Cecronia, Allan, etc 

 ALEX. H. NOEL, Lacleda School, St. Louis 

 Mo. 



WANTED.— Second copies of Coues' Key 

 Birds of Pa., Bulletin on Hawks and Owls of 

 U.S. Parties having same please write. H. 

 L. VANDEGRIFT. Ambler, Pa. 



$.50 WORTH for nothing.-I will give $150 

 worth of minerals, fossils or Indian Relics, well 

 selected and labeled, postpaid for 17 6c Colum- 

 bian Stamps unused. Send for price catalogue 

 L. W. STIL WELL, Deadwood, S. D. tf 



SECOND HAND BOOKS.— I want 2d hand 

 copies of Packard's "Guide to the Study of In- 

 sects;" Coues' "Key to North American Birds" 

 and other Standard works relating to Natural 

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



B! When answering advertisements alw ays men- 

 tion the NATURAL SCIENCE NEWS. 



ALBION, N. Y., APRIL 13, 1895. 



PARTS 1 to 8 inclusive of "Pugilists of Amer- 

 ica" to exchange for eggs, Columbian or U. S. 

 stamps, cash or offers. FRED MALTBY, 

 Olathe, Kansas. 



AN "EDLAND" type writer, price $10 to ex- 

 change for A 1 skins or sets with full data, at 

 % catalogue prices. Send for circulars. J. F. 

 ILLING WORTH, Pomona College. Claremont. 

 Calif. 



EXCHANGE.— Bird skins for western and 

 southern skins, send list and receive mine. 

 MRS. A. L. NISSLEY, Box 20, Landisville.Pa. 



TO EXCHANGE. — Golden Hours and second 

 hand books for scientific books, papers, speci- 

 mens or instruments. HOWARD HIXON, 

 Washington, Pa. 



EXCHANGE —I have a limited number of 

 choice Mexican opals to exchange for stamps 

 or any offers of curios. All letters answered. 

 WILL D. WALTMAN. 209 North Wahsatch 

 Ave., Colo. Springs, Colo. 



CONCHOLOGISTS attention ! I am going to 

 sell my collection of Long Island shells in lots 

 for ten cents each. Twelve different species, 

 twenty shells, in a lot. Cardium mortone. Area 

 transversa, etc. FRANK BAXTER, 109 East 

 17 St., New York, N. Y. 



I HAVE 1500 small T perches. 3 inch base, 

 oak fine finish 8c each ; pine painted white at 

 6c each. Will take half cash and balance in 

 exchange. I will turn any kind of T perches, 

 round fiat stands, bases for glass shades or 

 anything in the line at a very low price. Write 

 for price list. E, L. HALEY, Phillips, Maine. 



CHEAP Sets and Singles. Have you seen 

 my bargain list for April'/ If not send 2c stamp. 

 I am offering Grebes, Loons, Petrels, Shear- 

 waters, Gulls, Terns, Cormorants, Swans, 

 Ducks. Geese, Plovers and Herons at prices 

 thatcanuot be duplicated. I must clear out 

 my stock of 8,000 duplicates before I leave for 

 the North. 1st of June. I now offer over 1000 

 eggs of Birdsof Preyriucluding Eagles, Duck 

 Hawks, Buzzards, Owls. Mississippi Kites, 

 Caracaras, &c. Dealers will find my prices low 

 enough for them to buy from me to sell again. 

 W. RAINE, Bleecker St.. Toronto. Canada. 



TO EXCHANGE. - Butterflies, moths, bee- 

 tles of Missouri and Illinois for those of other 

 states. Send list of what you have to offer and 

 what you want in exchange. Also European 

 butterflies. Wanted corre-pondence with En- 

 tomologists who will exchange specimens with 

 me the coming season. J. BODENBURG, 523 

 Mo. Ave., East St. Louis, Ills. 



Ii$10.00 World Typewriter, minerals, eggs 

 in singles and books to exchange for 8 or 10 

 point Roman or Job Tvpe. CLYDE L. SMITH, 

 Oblong. 111. 



ELK FOR SALE. — Herd of 10 Elk. all ages, 

 six does, four bucks, three with antlers. Herd 

 «800. or will sell trios. Write business. WILL 

 C. HALL, Creston.Ia. 



WANTED.— A good collecting pistol. Will 

 give fine sets Columbian stamps, etc. Give full 

 description. EDW. F. WATSON, Kennebunk 

 Beach, Maine. 10-2t 



FOR SALE. — Navajo blankets, Mexican 

 pottery, opals and curios. Write for prices. 

 CLIFF HALE. Phoenix. Arizona. 9w4 



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 $?0, cash only Corresponence 

 from parties meaning business solicitea. 

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



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 ail Natural Science objects 

 to be found on the east coast "of Florida. We 

 have on hand a large collection 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 



Got a Shot Gun? I want a new Baker 

 hammerless, Damascus steel barrels: or a 

 Winchester Repeater, model of 1893. Want to 

 gi". 3 fine Mms l %ls F ossils zi Indi in Relics in 

 exchange. Write me. L, W. STILWELL, 

 Deadwood. S. D. tf 



Weekly, $1.00 a Year 



ARCTIC HORNED OWLS.-A few freshly 

 made skins of this rare bird, worth full $6.00. 

 We can supply a limited number of fresh skins 

 of Old Squaw. In full summer plumage. Cor- 

 respondence solicited. OLIVER SPANNER 

 & CO., 358 Yonge St., Toronto Canada. 



WANTED. — To correspond owith collectors 

 who can make up first-class Warbler skins 

 and put good data on them. Can offer good 

 skins and some sets. H. T. VAN OSTRAND, 

 Polytechnic Inst., Worcester, Mass 



TO EXCHANGE or For Sale.— My collection 

 of eggs in sets, first-class specimen's; includes 

 rare Warblers, Whip-poor-will, etc. Catalog- 

 ue value $60. Also first 10 vols. Oologist, for 

 a first-class collection of postage stamps. W. 

 L. DUNBAR. 11 White St., Bridgeport, Ct. 



FINE SKINS of Townsend's Junco. White- 

 naped Nuthatch. Anabel's Bluebird and other 

 rare birds to exchange for stamps. Three old 

 Chinese coins for 10 Columbian stamps above 

 2c. Set eggs San Pedro Partridge for best 

 offer in stamps. E. C THURBER, Alhambra, 

 Cal. 



WANTED.- A 1l .iX6'^ or 5x8 camera in first 

 class condition. Can offer in exchange mount- 

 ed birds, bird skins, land and marine curios, 

 shells, antlers, Indian relics, etc. A. H. VER- 

 RILL, New Haven, Conn. 



NORTHERN Birds for Sale.— A limited num- 

 ber of very choice skins of Willow Ptarmigan 

 ft $1.50: Gray Ruffed Grouse ft $1.50 and Amer- 

 ican Hawk Owl @ $2. All are '95 collecting 

 with full data and are in extra fine condition. 

 G.F. DIPPIE. 324 George St., Toronto. Ont. 



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I received many answers to my card and it is 

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In reply to my ad. in your valuable paper, I 

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From a little 35 cent adv. on this page in 

 Natural Science News of Feb. 9th Mr. Henry 

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I have received many answers to my adver- 

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Had many replies to my other little ad. I 

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 ROBT. BURNHAM, Dennis. Mass. 



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 Gulf Key, Fla. 



MY AD. in the Natural Science News paid 

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