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The following specimens are all strictly first-class in every respect, with exception of skins 

 marked * which have become mishaped in transportation. Terms strictly cash with order or 

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NATIVE BIRD SKINS 



Puffiin $ 75 



Dovekie 75 



Laughing Gull 1 no 



Am. Scaup Duck, female 75 



Baldpate, female 75 



Ruddy Duck 50 



Lesser Snow Goose 2 00 



Am. Bittern 75 



" Egret 1 50 



" Eared Grebe 50 



Black-necked Stilt 75 



Zenaida Dove 1 50 



Mexican Jacana 1 00 



Swainson's Hawk, female 75 



Groove-billed Anl 75 



Mangrove Cuckoo 1 00 



White-headed Woodpecker 40 and 75 



Red-breasted Sapsucker 75 



Arctic 3 toed Woodpecker, male 25 and 10 



Red-sh af ted Fl icker 20 



Ruby-throated Hummingbird 30 



Anna's Hummingbird, male 25 



Gray Kingbird 50 



Derby Flycatcher 1 00 



NATIVE SKINS. 



Lawrence's Flycatcher $ 75 



Am. Raven 1 75 



Troupial, male 75 



Bryant's Marsh Sparrow 25 



Townsend's Sparrow 20 



Spurred Towhee, male 80 



Sharpe's Seedeater. 50 and 75 



Grossquit hO and 75 



Blue-headed Euphronia 75 



Bahama Honey Creeptr 75 



Worm-eating 'Warbler 40 



Brasher's Warbler 1 00 



SOUTH AMERICAN AND FOREIGN 

 SKINS. 



Golden-bellied Redstart, Costa Rica 35 



Plumbeous Warbler, West Indies 40 



Black and White Tit. Costa Rica 40 



Garnet-throated Hummer, West Indies 10 



Sickle-bellied Hummer, Costa Rica 50 



Wayler's Hummer, West Indies 1 00 



Booted Racket Tail, South America 75 



Amethyst-bellied Hummer, Costa Rica... _ 75 



Helmet Crested Hummer, West Indies 75 



Azure Creeper, male. Costa Rica £0 



Blue Chatterer. South America 1 < 0 



*Golden-headed Oriole. Central America.- 50 



Rufous-headed Yellow Warbler, W. 1 10 



Splendid Leedeater, male, Costa Rica, 35 



Dupont's Hummer, Central America 50 



Emerald-throated Hummer, W. 1 75 



Blue Wren, Australia 50 



Oler's Flycatcher, W. I 2 00 



Grass Parraquet, Australia ■ 50 



Satin Bower Bird, Australia 1 50 



Antillean Sparrow Hawk, W. 1 1 00 



*Sand Grouse, India 1 00 



White Hawk, female, Australia 1 75 



King Parrot, male, Australia 2 00 



Thick-head, Australia 50 



FOREIGN SKINS. 



Golden-rumped Cazique. male, S. A $1 85 



Golden-naped Woodpecker, Costa Rica .... 50 



*Ashy-neeked Crow, India 1 00 



Great Titmouse. Europe 35 



Flame-breasted Robin, Australia 40 



Yellow-faced Grassquit. Costa Rica 40 



Pileolated Sparrow, Costa Rica 40 



White-browed Warbler, Costa Rica 60 



Musky Lorikeet. Australia 7.i 



Black-headed Tody, W. I ; 0 



Orange-headed Oriole, Costa Rica 75 



Bronze Cuckoo, Australia 50 



Blue Rock Thrush 1 00 



Friar Bird. Australia 1 00 



Diamond Bird, Australia 35 



Plumbeous Pigmy Shrike, Central Am 50 



Indian Oriole 75 



European Wren 20 



Blue Creeper, Costa Rica, male 35 



Warty-faced Ibis. India 2 00 



Costa Rican Tanager, female 2 GO 



Yellow-crowned Tanager. male f0 



Green and Yellow Tanager, male 75 



White Cowpidectes, male 3 00 



Antonio's Cowpidectes. male 8 00 



CURIOS. 



Bird-eating Spider, mounted 50 



Scorpion, mounted 50 



Fijii Island adze 1 50 



sceptre •. l 00 



" " shark hook 1 00 



Sioux Indian pouch, beaded 50 



" " (large) beaded 1 00 



" knife case, beaded 1 00 



bracelets, beaded, per pair 



75c: each 50 



Sioux Indian Eagle feathers (decorated)... 25 

 Corean shoes each, $1.00; per pair 1 50 



Guatuso Indian arrows (poisoned) each... 2 00 



Indian stone axe heads 20 



spear heads 10 



African Antelope horns (polished) per 



pair $1.00 to 3 00 



African Gazelle horns, (polished) per pair 75 



Jaguar teeth, each 25 



Inca eyes, each 20 



Bright colored South American butterflies 



(mounted) -05-1 00 



MARINE CURIOS, ETC. 



Common starfish, each % 05 



Spiked " (Panama) 10 



Sun " South Am 25 



basket " - 25 



Serpent " 05 



Spider " 10 



Brittle " 15 



Sea biscuit 10 



Sand Dollar 05 



Sea Urchin 10 



White-spined Urchin 15 



Key-hoLe " _ fcO 



Squid (in alcohol) > 10 to fO 



Sea Pens 25 



" Fani - 20 to 1 00 



Venus flower basket sponge 1 50 



Glass Rope " 1 00 



Hermit Crab in shell 05 



Brain Coral 10 to 50 



Mushroom Coral 25 to 1 00 



Cup Coral 25 to 50 



Branch " 10 to 50 



Porcupine fish (mounted) 75 



SHELLS. 



Pearl Oyster 



Black Murex 



Pink " 



Uiaut Limpit C5 



Key-hole " - 05 



Cameo Shell 10 to 30 



Dentadum (tuck shell) 05 



Tiger Cypraea....: 05 to 20 



Arab " - 10 



Money Cowry 02 



Mitre shell 10 



Marlin Spike 10 



Pearly Nautilus 50 



Paper '■ ; 75 



Spirula 05 



Marbled Cone 15 



BIRDS EGGS 

 All side blowed specimens with full data 

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Red-throated Loju 1-1 



Black Guillemot 80-1, 40-2 



St. Domingo Grebe 1-5. 1-6 



10 



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30 

 10 

 20 



Black-backed Gull 1-2 25 



Am. Herring " 4-2 , 05 



Franklin's Gull 2-2 10 



Common Tern 20-2, 40-3 05 



Arctic " 50-2, 25-3 05 



American Eider Duck 4C-5, 25-6, 30-8 10 



Green Heron 6-4, 4-3, 2-2 L'5 



Am. Coot 1-4, 2-5, 1 6 05 



Florida Gallinule 2 4. 3 5 05 



Red Phalarope 1-4 50 



Bartramian Sandpiper 1-3 15 



Chachalaca 1-3 



Red-billed Pigeon 4-2.. 



20 

 35 



White-winged Dove 60-2 05 



Cooper's Hawk 2-3, 2-4 15 



Red-tailed Hawk 1-2 25 



Red-shouldered Hawk 1-3, 1-3, 1-1 L0 



Gray Sea Eagle 1-2 75 



Audubon's Caracara 1-8 _ 25 



American Osprey 1-2 20 



Rocky Mountain Screech Owl 1 3, 1-4 '0 



Burrowing Owl 10-3, 20-4 08 



Road Runner 1-1 10 



Black-billed Cuckoo 1-2. 1-4 05 



Belted Kingfisher 1-7, 1-6 10 



Lewis's Woodpecker 1-6, 1-5 15 



Golden- fronted Woodpecker 1-6, 1-4 20 



Ruoy throated Hummer 6-2 25 



Black chinned " 4n 2 feO 



Anna's " 3n-2 'M 



Broad-tailed " 2n-2 E0 



Little Flycatcher 1-4, 1-3 10 



Wright's Flycatcher ln-4, 2n-3... 



Bronzed Cowbird 1-1 



Western Meadowlark 10-4, 20-3.. 



Snowfiake n-7, n-6 



Sharp-tailed Sparrow 2-4, 2 5 



Seaside " 6-1, 3-5 



Scarlet Tanager 10 4, 2-3 



Violet Green Swallow 1-2 



Oven bird 2-4 



Yellow breasted -Chat 20-4, 10-3.. 



50 

 10 

 05 

 25 

 10 

 10 

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 15 

 05 

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Hooded Warbler 1-4, 1-2 20 



Long-billed Marsh Wren 20-5, 30-4, 10-6.. 



Tub Wren 4-6, 2 5. 3 4 



Blue Gray Gnatcatcher n-2 



King Penguin 6-1 



Jackass Penguin 3-2, 4-2 



Reck Hopper Penguin4-2. 2-1. 



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