VOL. I. No. 31. 



ALBION, N. Y., AUGUST 31 , 1895. 



Weekly, $1.00 a Year 



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. 



ORDER? received now for bird and mam- 

 mal skins from this locality to be collected dur- 

 ing the coming fall and winter. G. D. 

 FRENCH, Ivoryton, Conn. 29-2t 



BEING interested in Entomology and Botany, 

 I will collect specimens in any line in exchange 

 for what 1 want. Send your lists to J. C.BRID- 

 WELL, Baldwin, Kan. 30-2tO 



I WILL Exchange fine Geodes, a few whole, 

 Mound Pottery, arrows and spears, mounted 

 birds and sm ill mammals, they must be well 

 mounted. Send list. WM. PIEDRIT. War- 

 saw, Ills. 30-2t 



LOOK! A snap for somebody. $-Oworth of 

 1st class sets of eggs with full data for the best 

 offer over $15. Must be sold at once. Send for 

 list. W. E. TYLER, Lyme, Conn. 



WANTED. • A Frank Blake Webster 5 shot 

 collecting gun. Can give in exchange eggs or 

 complete sets of Magic City portfolios. GEO. 

 -QUEGLEY, 25 West High St., Lockport, N. Y. 



TO EXCHANGE.— Eggs, sets or singles. 

 Send list of sets. Many common ones wanted. 

 Davie's Naturalist's Manual for 11 Noddy, first 

 offer. Egg drills, set of three, 25cis. OTIS 

 TROTTER, Hillsboro. 111. 



FOR SALE.— The following first-class speci- 

 mens for $1. Money Order: Fifty assorted ar- 

 rowheads, one axe, one celt, three knives, two 

 pestles. Cash with order. JAMES B. ROB- 

 BERTS, Clifton Springs, N. Y. 



TO EXCHANGE. — Year Book of Facts, 12 

 vols; 3 vols. British Insects; 2 vols. British 

 Mammals (the latter containing 68 full page 

 colored plates) ; 3 vols. Intellectual Observer, 

 for works on North American and Oology. 



C. C. SMITH, Decorah. Iowa. 



FOR SALE CHEAP— 6x9 LeverPress.and 3x5 

 5x8 Excelsior Press, Job and Body Type and 

 Printer's Supplies. Send for list. PRINT- 

 ER'S EXCHANGE, 17 Maple Ave., Galesburg, 

 Illinois, 



STUFFED Birds, first class, to exchange for 

 Small Birds Mounted in Case. Screech Owl. 

 Great Blue Heron, American Bittern, Grebe 

 Ducks, Hooded Merganser, Buffle-head, Great 

 Horned Owl, Barred Owl, Cooper Hawk. Bronze 

 Grackle. JNO. MuKOWEN, 0527 Rhodes Ave , 

 Chicago, Ills. 



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. 



TO EXCHANGE. -Hundreds of first-class 

 singles, both common and rare, for sets with 

 data, 22 cal. Stevens' rifle revolver or fancy 

 pigeons, will give good exchange. J. O. JOHN- 

 SON, Lock Box 550, Southington, Conn. o 



FERNS ! ! ! Western and Southern ferns de- 

 sired in exchange for Central New York ferns. 

 Send lists and receive mine. Write me any- 

 how stating what you have, WILL R. MAX- 

 ON, Oneida, N. Y. 



When answering advertisements always men- 

 tion the NATURAL SCIENCE NEWS. 



"NEW ENGLAND Bird Life," 2 vols., good 

 as new. Oologist for 1888-9 and 2 sets Florida 

 Gallinule for best offer of 1st class sets with 

 data. F. C. JOHNSON, 380 Center St., Chicago, 

 Ills. 



WANTED.— Back numbers of Nidiologiet . 

 Vol. I, Nos. 1. 2, 3. 4, 5, 6; Vol. II, Nos. 2-7. Also 

 Oologist, Vol. XII, Nos. 2-5-8; Museum, Vol. I, 

 No. 2-9. Address stating price. C. L. HOWES, 

 Stamford, Connecticut. 



LIFE OF AUDOBON, Taxidermists' Guide, 

 Indiana Geological Reports. One Vol. Golden 

 Days and other books to exchange for 1st class 

 eggs in sets. Send list. ROY HATHAWAY, 

 Red Key, Ind. 



IF YOU ARE A BOTANIST write me at 

 once relative to interchange of Ferns. I desire 

 correspondence. Send lists and receive mine. 

 All , communications answered. WILL R. 

 MAXON, Oneida, N. Y. 



BARGAINS. Periwinkle egg cases, extra 

 fine, only 18c; Moon stones, 15c; Zepho 

 Raflnesgints, 12c; Crinoid lilly heads, 12; Fine 

 garnets, 15. All with locality, etc. postpaid. 

 Send 2c for Catalogue of Shells, Coins, Stamps, 

 Relics, Minerals and Curiosities. Printing 

 cheap, send for estimates. Notice ad. in last 

 week's Natural Science News. 



GO WE Y BROS. & CO., De Pere, Wis. 



SEE THAT 

 ARROW? 



Thiit is the size of the beautiful Ore- 

 gon, New Mexico and Arizona points 

 of Chalcedony, Obsidian and Jasper 

 found in those states. 



Give reference and you can get a few 

 on selection postpaid one way. 



Have 10,000 flint arrows and spears 

 from a dozen states. 



I have recently found some white 

 Chalcedony Geodes in the Bad 

 Lands, South Dakota that are different 

 and more elegant than any I ever saw 

 from any part of the world. They are 

 rarities, in size from a hen's egg to a 

 goose egg and lined with brilliant spark- 

 ling, frost-like white crystals; a few 

 amethystine tinted and a few with tran- 

 sparent selenite, and others like snow. 

 I will send them postpaid for 25, 35 and 

 50 cents. Small ones unopened 10 and 

 15 cents. 



You never had any Qeodes in your 

 collection as handsome. 



Minerals from all parts of the 

 world, especially the Black Hills and 

 the west. 



Cheyenne River Fossils. 



Indian Buckskin Relics and 

 Weapons from many nations. 



Shells, Indian Photos of a 

 hundred leading chiefs. 



Send stamp for priced catalogue. 



Natural History Establishment of 



L W. STILWELL, 



Deadwood, S« D 



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. 



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. 



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. 



MIMED A I O SHELLS, etc. The White 



lYIinCnALO City Collections. 50 fine 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 <f8. 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. 



Birds Eggs in Sets. 



Per Egg. 



King Rail, 1-7, 1-11, 1-12 $ .10 



Green Heron, 1-3, 1-4 06 



American Woodcock, l-3(notquite 



lirst-class) 50 



Acadian Flycatcher, n3 10 



Blue Grosbeak, n-4 15 



Indigo Bunting, 13 00 



Cardinal, 1-3 05 



Bachmans Sparrow, 2-4 (not lirst- 

 class) 25 



Pine Warbler, n-3, n-4 25 



Yellow-breasted Chat, 1-3, 1-4 05 



Maryland Yellowthroat, 1-2 0« 



All first class, except where noted, 

 with full data. 



Birds Skins, Mammal Skins, Reptiles, 

 and Batrachians. 



H. H. & C. S. BRIMLEY, 



RALEIGH, N. C. 



MINERALS, 



Ancient Indian Relics. Stamps and 

 Curiosities. 

 Price List, Postage Free. 

 W. Perry Arnold, Stonningrton, Ct. 



