VOL. I. No. 27. 



ALBION, N. Y., AUGUST 3. 1895. 



Weekly, $1.00 a Year 



Wants, Exchanges, and For 

 Sales. 



Brief special announcements, "Wants," "Ex 

 changes," "For Sales," inserted in tins depart 

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

 charged at the rate of one-halt 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.— A. O. U. No's 3. 13. 32, 7T, 100. 37S, 

 457, 475, 501, oil, 713 and others will offer sets, rel- 

 ics, minerals, curios, old books, some on Natural 

 History. ARTHUR H. MILLS, West Rutland.Vt. 



TO EXCHANGE. -1 tine dissecting knife and 

 one pair of dissectin - tweezers for Indian Relics 

 worth one dol'ar. A good bargain. LEWIS 

 BUSsEY, Mayfair, 111. 



LOOK ! The curious Ivory Sea Apple for only 

 35c or I will send one in exchange for Indian rel- 

 ics worth as much. (LEWIS BUSSEY, Mayfair, 

 Illinois. 



WANTED.— A good sounding second-hard gui- 

 tar in exchange for first-class sets or will pay 

 part cash. Instrument must be in gool condi- 

 tion. All letters answered. H. L. IIEATON, 

 Parkvllle, Missouri. 



WANTED. — A good Ashing pole, Sweater and 

 Books on Ornithology. Will exchange Hawk 

 and Owl skins and birds eggs with data. HOM- 

 ER R. DILL, Gardiner, Maine. 



WANTED.— SkiDS Of 477. 478, 479. 4S0, 4S2 483 



484,4S4b, 48.), 491, 536, male and female. Offer 

 skins of this locality in exchange. Also eg°-s in 

 sets for skins. P. K. OILMAN, Bo : 322, Palo Al- 

 to, Cal. 



WANTED.— Good skin of Pacific Pocket Gop- 

 her with skull attached. Must be from Wash , 

 Ore., or N. calif. Will give good exchange or 

 cash. Address ERNEST H. SHORT, Albion, N.Y 



CAL. MURRE EGGS.-WiU parties who order- 

 ed from me in ex. 30i eggs, now correspond as I 

 am ready to make lny exchanges. These eggs 

 wont hold out very long so write soon. T. E. 

 SLEVIN, 2413 Sacramento St.. San Francisco, Cal. 



BICYCLE for sale or exchange : — A Crescent 

 wheel, cost $100, as good as new except the 

 cushions. Have had the wheel some time but 

 as there are no good roads here have used it 

 very little. I will take $50 cash for it or ex- 

 change for Baltimore or Columbian hand press 

 and first-class Roman type. Address D. S. 

 EBERSOLD, Oceanus, Brevard Co., Fin. 26-4t 



FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE:- 35 1st Class 

 bird skins, mostly from Rocky Mountains in- 

 cluding Golden Eagle. Blue Grouse. Magpie 

 3 Mt. Jays, 2 Water Ouzels, etc. Will s^ll 

 cheap for cash or exchange for rifle or kodak. 

 JONAS ROBfNSON, 2y N. Madison St, Iowa 

 C'ty. Ia. 2«-2t 



PARKER HAMMERLESS :— Damascus steel 

 barrels, 12 gauge, cost $80; to exchange for 

 pneumatic safety 1894 or 1895 pattern, 35 lbs. or 

 less, combination preferred. O. H. WARREN 

 Palmer, Marquette Co., Mich. 2G-2t 



FOR SALE. — The following first class sets 

 collected this season. 2011-4 1-4 1-4 1-4 1-4 at 

 lOcentsper eggs 305 1-8 1-13 at 6 cents per egg. 

 337 1-3 1-2 1-2 at 15 cents per egg. 701 1-4 at 25 

 cents per egg. 501 1-6 1-5 1-5 at 3 cents per egg. 

 3(3 1-4 at 15 cents per egg. 598 1-4 at 2 cent! per 



r%^Th 4 ,? tl0cents l 1el ' e 8'S- R - A - TOM- 

 LINSON, Alden, Iowa. 



WANTED. — Meteorites. New End unde- 

 scribed ones especially desired. Good prices 

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

 HOWELL, 612, 17th St. N.W.,Washington,D.C. 



T Perches for sale.— I have on hand 15,000 

 small T perches 3 inch base. I wish to dispose 

 of these at once and in order to do so have put 

 the price clear down to hard pan. Oak finished 

 5 cents each ; pine, painted white, 4 cents each ; 

 pine, not painted, 3 cents each. All sizes will 

 be turned to order. Sample sent prepaid for 10 

 cents in stamps. E. L. HALEY. Phillips, Me. 



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, LATT1N. Albion, N. Y. 



WANTED at onee 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. 



Our Special Egg List for 

 August. 



Reg. Spec 



Double-crested Cormorant 2.5 n 



Mallard 20 09 



Blue- winged Teal 20 08 



American Golden-eye 1 25 47 



Virginia Rail 20 09 



Purple Gallinule 2"i 10 



Killdeer 20 09 



Cooper's Hawk 30 13 



Flicker 03 01 



Kingbird 03 01 



Red-winged Blackbird 3 for 01 



Meadowiark 10 C4 



Bronzed Gracklc 05 02 



English Sparrow 3 lor 01 



Barn Swallow 03 02 



Red-eyed Vlreo 10 04 



Yellow-breasted chat 08 03 



I'atbird 2 for 01 



lirown Thrasher 03 Of 



Mockingbird ...05 02 



Carolina Wren 10 04 



Wood Thrush .06 02 



Robin 03 01 



American Herring Gull 20 09 



" 5 for 40 



All eggs 1st class and sent prepaid at prices 

 quoted. Remember orders under 5Cc must con- 

 tain 6c for postage. 



This offer positively expires Aug. 3flth. 



Address ERNEST H. SHORT, 

 Albion, N. Y. 



SHELLS, etc. The White 

 City Collections. 50 tine cabi- 

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

 teur size, $1. 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 $1, 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. 



THE LITTLE MIDGET 



SELF-INKING RUBBER STAMP. 



Every Naturalist should have one. 

 Sent complete with your name and 

 address for only 50 CENTS. 



E. BREWSTER MYERS, 



Mfr of Rubber Stamps, 



117 Clifton Street, Rochester, N. Y. 



Are You a Dealer 



IN 



Sea Shells, 



Manufactured Shell Goods, 

 Souvenirs, Fancy Goods, &c.? 



If so it will pay you to send for our illustrat- 

 ed catalogue. 



We make a specialty of Fair, Resort and 

 Bazaar Goods. 



E. L. FORD & SON, Middlefield, Ohio. 



BAKER & HANSON, 



Collectors of 



Florida Sea Shells and Curios. 



Bird Skins and Eggs a Specialty. 

 PRICE LIST FURNISHED FOR STAMP. 



FORT MYERS, FLORIDA. 



CALIFORNIA WOODS! oSfcWXSS 



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, Pomegrauite, Prune, 

 Mauzanita. Mountain Mahogany, Umbrella, 

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

 Calif. 19tf-o 



MINERALS, 



Ancient Indian Relics. Stamps and 

 Curiosities. 

 Price List, Postage Free. 

 W. Perry Arnold, Stonnington. Ct. 



"Natural Science News" is a 

 good advertising medium. 



If it pays others, why will it 

 not pay you? 



My last notice more than paid me my sub 

 scription back in sales and exchanges of satin 

 spar. C. E Uoudyshell, Holton, Kans. 



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

 received 235 letters in the months of February 

 and March. W. DEAN, Niagara Falls, N. Y. 



I received over one hundred answers to my 

 ad. in the N. S. N. and think it a splendid ad- 

 vertising medium. J. S. Noah, East Liverpool, 



Ohio. 



RARE' 



INERALS andlndian Relics. List for 

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



We have in stock or can 

 furnish on short notice books, 

 magazine articles and infor- 

 mation on anyAT TV subject desired. 

 'Out-of-print' II Jjll books a specialty. 

 Literary Light $1 a year;_ sample 



copy lOcts. Raymer's Old 

 Book Store, 243 4th Ave. 

 S., Minneapolis, Minn. 



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