NATURAL SCIENCE NEWS. 



PUBLISHERS'S DEPARTM'T 



Popular Excursions. 



a. o. F. 



Low rates to Cleveland, Sept. 

 ioth to 14th, via the Nickel Plate 

 Road, account of the Ancient Or- 

 der of Foresters of America. 



G. A. R. 



To the Grand Army of the Re- 

 public Encampment at Louisville, 

 Sept. 12th to 14th, low rates will 

 be offered by the popular Nickel 

 Plate Road. 



Low Rates West. 



Take advantage of the home- 

 seekers excursions on the Nicke! 

 Plate road, Sept. 9th and 23d. 

 Write F. J. Moore, 23 Exchange 

 St. Buffalo, for information. 



The Popular Nickel Plate road 

 will sell tickets at very low rates 

 for the round trip, to points in the 

 west, north-west and south-west, 

 on Sept. 9th and 23d. Ask agents 

 or address F. J. Moore, General 

 Agent, 23 Exchange St. Buffalo, 

 N. Y. 



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INERALS andlndian Relics. List for 

 2c stamp. Isaac S. Kirk, Fremont, Pa.lyi 



More of those Bargains 

 in .Minerals. 



They are bargains, too. Look at this 

 from a customer to whom we sold two 

 representative lots. 



"I have a large collection, and have 

 dealt with many dealers, but have never 

 done as well for the money, as now. 



C. T. M.,Claremont, N. II." 



We can still furnish many of those offered 

 in August Bulletin (this list was also pub- 

 lished in Natural Science News of Aug.lOth) 

 at the prices there quoted, also the following 

 which are fully as desirable. 



Beryl, crystal, large and line $ SO 



■' massive, brown or green 35 



" " '• " smaller 10 



Chalcedony Geode, beautiful 25 



from Coral beds of Tam- 

 pa, Fla., Showing coral formation. 



.Large, line and rare 1 fO 



Calcite, beautiful pink, crystalized form 



from S. Dakota .. '■ 50 



Chalcopyrite in Quartz, Penn., fine large 



spec, of this showy mineral 42 



Azurite and Malachite, more of those fine 

 blue and green specimens from Arizona 50 



Tourmaline, fine crystal 20 



Fluor-spar, splendid crystalized speci- 

 mens, violet, green or yellow, Eng 35 



Fluor- spar, very large, yellow, with sever- 

 al terminations 1 00 



Doubly terminated Quartz Crystal, Hot 

 Springs, Ark., 4 in. long, with side ter- 

 mination go 



Kubellite, fine specimens of this beautiful 



mineral 35 



Rubellite, a very large and fine spec 1 10 



Jasperized Wood, a fine polished piece 



from S. Dakota 1 75 



Sulphur, fine specimens 24 



Smithsonite, splendid green crystals from 



Laurium, Greece f.o and 75 



Meteorites. Arizona, rare 25 and 50 



Only a few of each. First come, first st reed. 

 Address, 



ERNEST H. SHORT, Albion, N. Y. 



SEE THAT 



ARROW? 1 



That is the size of the beautiful Ore- 

 gon. New Mexico and Arizona points 

 of Chalcedony, Obsidian and Jasper 

 found in those states. 



(Jive 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 fouud some white 

 Chalcedony encodes 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 sclcuile, 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 Ge>des in your 

 collceiion 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. 



Sliells, Indian Photos of a 

 hundred leading chiefs. 



Send stamp for priced catalogue. 



Natural History Establishment of 



L W. STILWELL, 



Deadwood, S- D 



Better Than a Shot Gun ! 



A 'it. . 



A Rare Chance 



to obtain a high-grade Op- 

 era or FIELD GLASS 

 at a veryjow price. 



The entire stock of Queen 

 & Co., Inc., being offered 

 at great reductions, including some special 

 forms for Naturalists. 



Send for circular No. 4S1 giving full descrip- 

 tions and prices. 



J. G. GRAY, Assignee for 



QUEEN & CO., Inc., 



1010 Chestnut St. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Eirst Class Bird Skins 



WITH FULL DATA. 



Indigo Bunting $ 20 



Varied Thrush GO 



Pileolated Warbler 40 



Tennessee Warbler 00 



Bohemian Wax wing 1 00 



Summer Tanager 40 



Chuck-wills-widow 1 50 



Little Blue Heron (white) 1 00 



Pileated Woodpecker 1 00 



American Pipit 20 



Yellow-throated Warbler 40 



Hooded Warbler 45 



Purple Crackle 25 



Lapland Longspur 40 



Mammal Skins: Reptiles and Batra- 

 chiaus. 



For sale by 



H. H. & C. S. BRIMLEY, 

 Raleigh, IN. C. 32 2t 



Our Special 



September Egg List. 



Everything listed will be sold at these 

 prices until stock is exhausted. 



reg. sp. 



Pied-billed Grebe $ 10 $ 04 



American Herring Gull 20 09 



" ' :j with data.. 60 29 



Canvas-back Duck, with data 1 25 60 



Spotted Sandpiper 15 06 



Gambel's Partridge 25 15 



Sooty Grouse 85 50 



Road-runner 25 is 



Yellow-billed Cuckoo 10 05 



Arkansas Kingbird t6 03 



Kingbird 03 CI 



Ash-throated Flycatcher 25 14 



Phoebe 04 01 



Yellow-headed Blackbird 03 02 



Meadowlark 10 04 



Orchard Oriole i'6 02 



Gray-tailed Cardinal 35 20 



Painted Bunting 10 04 



Sharpe's Seed-eater, with data 1 00 45 



Scarlet Tanager 25 12 



Summer Tanager 25 12 



Barn Swallow 05 02 



Pileolated Warbler 75 30 



Mockingbird 05 02 



Brown Thrasher 03 01 



Carolina Wren 10 04 



Brown-headed Nuthatch 25 11 



Uaird's Wren 25 11 



FOREIGN. 



Jay 10 05 



Bullfinch 10 04 



Redstart _ 10 04 



Hedge Sparrow 10 04 



Brambling 24 10 



Siskin _ 1 00 30 



Partridge 15 07 



Barbary Partridge 35 15 



Pheasant 25 10 



Sparrow Hawk 30 14 



Spotted Flycatcher 10 04 



Rufous Warbler _ 25 12 



Cettia Warbler 1 00 30 



Orphean Warbler, with data 1 00 30 



Grasshopper Warbler 75 20 



Long-tailed Tit 1 00 30 



Dartford Warbler, with data 75 25 



Blue- throated Warbler, with data 75 25 



FOREIGN SKINS 



Fine Copper Pheasant, wings de- 

 tached for mounting _ $7 50 $3 00 



Jay, very tine _ 1 50 75 



Lapwing 1 00 50 



Nightingale 75 40 



Wryneck 50 30 



Robin &5 20 



Bird of Paradise, very rare and ex- 

 tremely beautiful species 15 00 10 00 



Copper Pheasant, mounted on plush, 

 in gilded frame 41x19 in. Bird 42 



in. long 25 00 12 CO 



Everything sent prepaid at prices named 

 if you order 5Pc worth. Under 50c, must, con- 

 lain 5c additional for postage. 

 Address, 



ERNEST H. SHORT, Albion, N. Y. 



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 



Mica Crystals. 



A new thing of great interest to min- 

 eral collectors. Croups of brilliant 

 Hexagonal Crystals, emerald green in 

 color and many of them transparent. 



This is the only deposit of this miner- 

 al we have ever found, and the supply 

 is limited. 



Prices for Groups, 10c to $1, 

 Southern Mineral Co.» 



Henry, Lincoln Co., N. C, 

 Fine Quartzes and N. C. Minerals in 

 general. Indian Relics, &c. tf 



