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VOL. I. No. 22. ALBION, N. Y., JUNE 29, 1895. Weekly, $1.00 a Year 



Wants, Exchanges, and For 

 Sales. 



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

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

 ment lor 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. 



BOOKS. I want good clean second-hand 

 copies of any Book which I offer for sale in my 

 new (May 'issue! Naturalist's Bulletin. 

 Look over your old Books and send me a list of 

 the ones you will "swap," stating lowest ex- 

 change price and what you can use for the 

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



FOREIGN COINS and stamps, stamp papers, 

 Oologists. Magazines, sea curios. Scott's (1891) 

 stamp catalogue. California Giant Tree Bark, 

 petrified woods and roots for a, tent and revol- 

 ver or stamps. ROBERT L. STEPHENS, 

 Danville, Ills. 



YOD "SPRINTING 



a little CHEAPER or a little BETTER by 

 sending to A. M. EDDY, ALBION, N.Y. 



A specialty of natural history printing, cata 

 logues, books, magazines &c. iwioo envelopes, 

 100 letter heads and 1C0 cards, all for 100 cents. 

 Send for samples of our printed stationery. 9 



Large Resurrection Plants,^ 



By mail. 10c. Small. 5c. G. W. TUTTLE, 

 19tf-o Pasadena, Calif. 



WILL EXCHANGE.— Eight (8) vol. "Out- 

 ing" Magazine: Eight (8) vol. "American 

 Field": Two (2) vol. "Forest and Stream:" 

 Sporting books: fine fishing tackle: Telescope, 

 Compass and lots of other truck for best offer 

 of specimens, shells or minerals. What have 

 you. c. D. v ikiLiD, l liayei . Mo. 



I HAVE lfOO small T perches. 3 inch base, 

 oak line 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 verv low price. Write 

 for prices. E. L. HALEY, Phillips, Maine. 13t5 



To Dealers and Collectors: Will 



furnish small Fossils, Shark's Teeth and Cork- 

 screw Fossils from Stafford Co., Va., for $1.50 

 per 100. The fossils are something new and 

 unique. GEORGE W. KIRTLEY, Fredericks- 



hnvtr Va A n-T fln-p^mr* 



TO EXCHANGE. — For Wood's Natural His- 

 tory, complete or a 33 Winchester. The Sol- 

 diers in Our Civil War, 2 vols., 950 12x17 pages, 

 P> Ills., value $16. O. W. CHANDLER. Elk- 

 dale, Snsq. Co., Penn. 



PALMETTO Scrubbing and Dusting Brushes. 

 Fly Switches, Plain or Fancy Braid for Hats, 

 very durable Fans and Mats. Made at home on 

 rainy days. Send 25 cents for samples. THE 

 EBERSOLS, Oceanus, Brevard Co., Fla, 



Send 1 5c stamps and you will receive my 

 1 new Normal Catalogue of all European- 

 1 palaaarctic bird eggs, in over 600 numbers. 

 1 with prices and number of sets for each 

 species. Send $5 bill by registered letter and 

 | you will receive, by return steamer, a fine col- 

 lection of European Birds Eggs, in- 

 1 eluding Falco tinnunculus, etc., etc. 



HERMANN ROLLE, 



INSTITUTION FOR NATURAL HISTORY, 

 Emdener-Str. 4, Berlin, N. W., Germany. 



BAKER & HANSON, 



Collectors of 



Florida Sea Shells and Curios. 



Bird Skins and Eggs a Specialty. 

 PRICE LIST FURNISHED FOR STAMP. 



FORT MYERS, FLORIDA. 



MINERALS and Indian Relics. List for 

 IvI 2c stamp. Isaac S. Kirk, Fremont, Pa.4yr 



NOTICE.— Sets and singles of Texan birds 

 in exchange for singles not in my collection. 

 No sets wanted. Address GEORGE S. DOW- 

 ELL, Austin. Texas. 



20 VARIETIES of stamps, all different for 

 5 cents. Agents wanted for our fine approval 

 sheets at 50 per cent commission. CRESCENT 

 STAMP CO.. 28 Ripley Place, Buffalo, N. Y. 



LOOK! I will sell my 32 XL. Hull Dog Re- 

 volver in good order for best offer over " if 1 00. 

 mike offers! All answered. WM. GILBERT, 

 Elk River, Minn. 



ALLIGATORS. We now have among this 

 spi'ing's collections a fine lot of Alligator 

 Skulls, Teeth and Skeletons. Also skins, live 

 and mounted Alligators. "Gator" Oil. "Gator 

 Musk and ''Gator-' Leather. These "Gators" 

 were all secured by ourselves on collecting 

 trips and have been prepared in first class 

 shape. We will sell any of them cheap for 

 cash, or will exchange for any of the best 

 works on Natural Science. For 50 cents we 

 will send yon a large polished "Gator" tooth 

 dog call or whistle. Address THE EBER- 

 SOLDS. Oceanus. Brevard Co., Fla. 



WANTED.— Sets with original data, many 

 common ones desired. Will give double value 

 in good 1st class singles. Send your list and 

 receive mine. H, B. HASKELL, 4DT Winne- 

 bago St., Decorah, Iowa. 



GERMAN taught by mail, exercises correct- 

 ed. &c. Advanced pupils preferred. Natural His- 

 tory books or specimens taken in exchange. 

 Address with stamp. ANGUS GAINES. Vin- 

 cennes, Ind. 20-2t 



TO EXCHANGE.— Eggs in sets and singles 

 to exchange for sineles. All letters answered. 

 GEO. ZIMMERMAN. Austin. Texas. 



TO EXCHANGE.— For one month from date 

 my Process of Embalming, and Artistic 

 Rlouni ing will be offered in exchange for first 

 class specimens. My price is 75c cash, but I 

 will accept three dollars worth of bird skins, 

 eggs in sets, minerals and other curios; all to 

 be in tirst-elats order, in exchange for my In- 

 structions in Embalming and Mounting to- 

 gether with one pound of prepared Compound, 

 enough to prepare thirty to fifty small birds. 

 When you write for exchange' stating what 

 you have, enclose a stamp for reply. MORRIS 

 GIBBS, M. D.. Kalamazoo. Mich. 



TO EXCHANGE.— Zinc ore, fossils, post- 

 marks, for curios, fossils, ores, minerals, 

 shells, stamps. Will buy Columbian stamps. 

 Correspondence solicited All letters an- 

 swered. FR >;D HENNEY, Girard, Kas. 



1 — \ RINTING! Little better; little cheaper! 

 [—/ Enclose a stamp and get our estimate. 

 | Address A. M. EDDY, ALBION, N. Y. 9 



CHOICE Arizona sets, first-class with data, 

 to exchange. ROBERT A. CAMPBELL, 

 Boulder, Colo. 



RARE SPECIES 



Of North American Bird Skins a specialty, 

 also fine Mammal Skins, with Skulls, etc. Over 

 10.000 line Bird and Mammal Skins in stock. 

 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 Illi- 

 nois Geological Reports, ( Vols. 1 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. Refer- 

 ence, all prominent Scientists or Institutions 

 throughout the country. CHAS. K. WORTH- 

 EN. Naturalist, Taxidermist and Dealer, War- 

 saw, 111., U. S. A. Established in 1873. 



WANTED. — Situation in Natural History 

 establishment, or as class-room teacher of Min- 

 eralogy and Chemistry. C. T. MORGAN, 

 Claremont, N. H. 



EXCHANGE. — Fossil coral (Columnnris al- 

 mfolata) for Indian relics stamps, etc. GEO. 

 M. COULTER. Golden City, Mo. 



FOR EXCHANGE.— S a Shells, Indian Ar- 

 row Heads, etc., for other uice Indian Relics. 

 Correspondence solicited. All letters answer- 

 ed. WM. T. BUSH, Hyram, Russell Co., Ala, 



WANTED.— Meteorites. New and unde- 

 sci'ibed ones especially desired. Good prices 

 paid for complete "falbV'or 'finds., "EDWIN E. 

 HOWELL, 012, 17th St. N.W.,Washiugton,D.C. 



WA.NTED at once an A No. 1 adult skin of 

 Bald Eagle and eggs of Hooded Merganser and 

 Swallow-tailed Kite, singles or sets. Address 

 stating best cash or exchange price. FRANK 

 H. LATTIN. Albion, N. Y. 



MINERALS, Corals, Fossils, Shells, Curios, 

 etc. Agts to sell stamps, big commission. 2c 

 stamp for catalogues, circulars, etc. CARL 

 W. IHLING. 1032 W. Main St., Kalamazoo. 

 Mich. 21-2t 



MINER Al Q SHELLS, etc. The White 

 IVSiS^CIlKLw City Collections. 50 fine cabi- 

 net specimens, $3. 50 smaller size. $2. 50 ama- 

 teur size, 91. Printed name and locality with 

 each specimen. 50 Shells. Corals, and Marine 

 Specimens, only $3. 100 Fossils, including fine 

 Fish, Trilobite, Crinoids. Corals, Sponges, 

 several fine Ferns, etc.. only $8. A great varie- 

 ty Unios with one valve highly published from 

 35c to 91, very showy. Taxidermy in all its 

 branches at reasonable prices. Illustrated 

 catalogue by mail. 10c. J.M.WIERS. Natural- 

 ists Agency. 357 W. VanBuren St., Chicago, 111. 



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. 



CALIFORNIA WOODS! cSS,^ 



different varieties cut in plaques, half plaques, 

 &c, each kind stamped with name, mailed for 

 only 75c. These collections include such woods 

 as Orange, Almond, Pomegranite, Prune, 

 Manzanita, Mountain Mahogany, Umbrella 

 Wild Coffee, &c. G. W. TUTTLE, Pasadena, 

 Calif. 19tf-o 



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