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Marine Curios. 



No Collection Complete 



without one of my 



Trap-door Spider Nests! 



(Usually sold as Tarantula Nests.) 

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The Spider's Nest of itself is one of the most 

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G. W. TUTTLE, 



19tf-o PASADENA, CALIF. 



Southern Indian Relic?, 



Ancient stone relics from Southern 

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 Spearheads 10, 20, 35 and 50 cents, some 

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 large 50cto $1.00 each. Celts, all sizes, 

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Write to us what you want. 

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Pieces Mex. Indian Poltery, perf't 15 



Steel Pointed Arrow, Sioux 21 



Tobacco Bag, Siouv 32 



Pima Indian Vase 23 



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Navajo Bow and Arrows 5 00 



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Peruvian Pottery, very ancient and 



rare 2 00 



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Cameo $ 16 



Spider Shell 15 



Pink Murex ' 20 



Harp Shell 25 



Cockle Shell 15 



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Tent Olive, tine 1 00 



Marbled Cone 15 



Angels Wings, tine pairs 50 



Black Murex 28 



Tulip Shell 15 



Kid Conch 08 



Black-mouth Snail 10 



Banded-Snail 10 



Scorpion Shell 15 



Parula Shell 08 



Large Bleeding tooth 05 



Pearl Trochus 1 (j 



White Murex 15 



Turk's Cap 18 



Trumpet Shell 75 



Snipe-billed Murex 20 



Angel Shell 10 



Borneo Land Snail 20 



Japanese Eburna , 10 



Strombus Alatus 10 



Spotted Cone ll 



Mitre Episcopalis 15 



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Atlantic Starfish, 4 in $ 14 



California Starfish 21 



Black Bahama, Starfish. . . . 21 



Mammoth Bahama Starfish 48 



Brittle Starfish 19 



Sea Horse, very fine 18 



Sawfish, saw, 10 in. perfect 21 



Devil fish Egg 09 



Skates Egg 08 



Hammerhead Sharks Egg 14 



Nurse Shark Egg 30 



Sand Dollar 07 



Hermit Crab in shell 19 



Key-hole Urchin 23 



Sea Biscuit 23 



Sea Pan '. ' 



12 



Club-spiiied Urchin 19 



Acorn Barnacle 



Mammoth Cala. Urchin 



Spined Urchin, Atlantic. . . . 



Large Tarpon Scales 



Florida Sea Urchin, small. . . 



Auger Shell. 

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" Granulatus. 

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Branch Coral 18 



Rose Coral > 09 



Honeycomb Coral 18 



Venus Coral 99 



Porcupine Fish 57 



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Sunflower Starfish 50 



Basket Starfish 1 50 



Cracker Starfish 75 



Land Curios. 



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" Tarantula in box 59 



" Alligator, 11 in 75 



" Scorpion in box 35 



Centipede 45 



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By mail, 10c 

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W. TUTTLE, 

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FIRST-CLASS 



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Pine Warbler, n-4, n-3... 30 



King Rail. 1-12 10 



Cooper's Hawk, 1-3 25 



Ruby-throated Humrnin bird, u-2.. .30 



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Indigo Bunting, 1-3 06 



Cardinal, 13 05 



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