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FOSSILS. 



Shark Teeth $ 05 



Trilobite, Calymene senaria 35, 50, 75, 1 00 



Pentremltes 10 



Scaphites nodosus 10, 25, 50, 1 00 



Mazati Creek Fossil Ferns in kidney-shap- 

 ed nodules 50 



Trigonucarpus Nuts 25 



Sea Urchin 10 



Turrillites 10, 25 



Polyp Coral 10. 25 



INDIAN RELICS, ANCIENT. 



Whole specimens of Pottery dug up in 



Costa Rica 50, 1 00, 1 50, 2 00 



Paleolithic Implements, France.. 25, 50, 75, 1 00 



Knives, stone . 15 to 1 00 



Drills and Perforators, stone 15 " 1 00 



Scrapers " 15 " 50 



Chipped Celts 50 



War Club heads 25 " 75 



ARROW AND SPEAR HEADS. 



From Oregon. Bird and JewelPoints.. 35 to $ 75 



" Mass., Red Jasper 10" 35 



" Ohio 05 " 50 



" Illinois 05 • 1 00 



" Indiana 05 " 1 00 



" North Carolina 05 " 1 00 



" Kentucky 05 " 1 00 



MISCELLANEOUS CURIOS. 



Alligator teeth 5 10, 15. 25 



Revolutionary Gun Flint 15 



Tusk or Wampum Shell 5 



Money Cowry Shell 05 



Dove Shell trom British Guiana, exhibit 



at World's Fair, 5 for 10 



Chinese Horn Nut 05 



BeetelNut 10 



Lucky Tooth of Cod 05 



Mammoth Porcupine Quill 15 



Scorpion in Box 35 



Big tree (Calif ) Bark attached to wood 60 



Pkg. containing 1 Liver Bean, 12 assorted 



Sea Beans and 12 Cassia Beans 25 



Set of World's Fair Tickets. 1 00 



Chinese Coin, cash 05 



Broken Bank Bill 10 



" 6var 50 



Chameleon in alcohol 20 



b!gg of Hammerhead or Leopard Shark 15 



" " Skate or Sand Shark 05 



" Case of Periwinkle 15 



Acorn Barnacle 10 



double 20 



Sea Horse 35 



Hermit Crab in Shell 35 



Sawfish Saw, 8 in 30 



Curio (Vase) Sponge 35 



Young Naturalist's Marvelous Collection. 



'95 edition, contains nearly 50 specimens 75 

 Washington School Collection of Inverte- 

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express at purchaser's expense 3 50 



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TAXIDERMISTS. 



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OOLOGISTS. 



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Peabody's Field Note Book 25 



ENTOMOLOGISTS. 



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Disinfecting Cones, per doz ' 20 



Magnifier, 3 -legged 75 



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GEOLOGISTS. 



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Magnifiers and Tweezers, see above. 

 Specimen Vials, for small specimens of 

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express at purchaser's expense per doz.!. 30 

 BOOKS. 



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1000 Objects for the Microscope • 50 



Apgar's "Key to Birds" 50 



Bendire's "Life Histories of N. A. Birds".. 7 50 



Cook's "Birds of Michigan" 75 



Chapman's "Birds of Eastern North Amer- 

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Earl's "Pets of the Household" 



Hagerup's "Birds of Greenland" 



Ingersoll's "Bird-Nesting" 



Langllle's "Our Birds in Their Haunts" 



Mcllwraith's "Birds of Ontario" 



Steam's "Bird Life in Labrador" 



Bird Preserving and Bird Stuffing 



Maynard's "Manual of Taxidermy" 



L.attin's"StandardCatalogue ofEggs"(l893) 



Steam's "Notes on the Natural History of 

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Eberhart's "Elements of Entomology," 40 

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Eberhart's "Outlines of Economic Ento- 

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Eberhart's"Key to theFamilies of Insects" 



Common Sea Weeds 



Button's "Natural History" 



The Pistol— A practical' handbook on its 

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"Natural History of Selbourne," 2d vol. 

 of While's Letters 



Amateur Trapper and Trap-maker's 

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The Young Oologist, Vol. I and II nicely 

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The Oologist Vol. Ill and IV nicely 

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The Oologist, Vol. IX, 1802. 208 pages, 

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Set of 6 var.. unused, 1 to 50c, Venezuela. 



1880 15 



Set, 4 var., used, Chili Telegraph 25 



Set, 7 var., unused, Ecuador 15 



Set, 4 var., used, Ecuador, '92 10 



Set, 20 var., unused, French Colonies 40 



Set, 6 var., used, Guatemala, 18S6 35 



lc unused Guatemala prov., 18S6. surch 10 



4r unused, Guatemala, 1878 _ 10 



iiv unused. Guatemala, 1879 10 



10c Vermillion, unused, New Brunswick, 



1860 25 



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1891 10 



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MINERALS. 



1 doz assorted, my selection, small 50 



1 doz. assorted, my selection, choice 1 00 



The "Students Jr." Mineral Collection, 



contains 53, 3 and 5c specimens 1 00 



Washington School Collection (Howell's) 



40 rocks 2 00 



40 minerals 2 00 



20 rocks and 20 minerals 2 00 



The Washington School Collections are 

 sent by express at purchasers expense 

 and for the money are the best collec- 

 tions ever put up. 

 Washington Building Stone Collection: 

 20 "stones" 1 00 



CORALS. 



Precious, Vorallium rubrum, y* oz. package 



of polished branches 25 



Red Coral, Distichopora coccinea 10, 25, 50 



Violet Coral, " violacea 25 



Pink Coral, Stylaster sanguineus 10, 25, 50 



Rose Coral, Manecina areola! a 10, 15, 25 



Organpipe Coral, Tubipora musica 10, 25, 50. 1 00 



Soike Coral, Madrepora cervicornis 10, 25 



Branch Coral, Pocillopora bulbosa 10, 25, 50 



Yellow Se&Fi\n,Phipidogorgia occaterial5,2b, 50 

 Purple Sea Fan, " flabelluml5, 25, 50 



Creamy Sea Fan " elegans. 25 , 50, 75 



Purple S^a Feather, Pterogorgia se/o.sa2b. 50,1.00 



Sea Pen, Pennatula aculeata 20, 35 



Giant Sea Pen, Pennatula borealis 1 00 



ECHINODERMS. 



Sand Dollar. Echinarachnius parma 5. 



Philippiau Urchin, Loganum bonani 



White -spiuned Urchin, Ilipponoe e'sculenta 



"Aristotle's Lantern," the sea urchins den- 

 tal apparatus 



Giant Purple Urchin. Strongylocentrotus 

 franciscanus 



Deep Sea Spatanga, ScMzaster 



Deep Sea Hedgehog, Phormosoma placen- 

 ta, very rare 25, 



King of the Eehinoderms, Metalia pectoralisS 



Spider Starfish, op/tiopholis aculeata 



Medusa's Head, AstropUyton Agassizii 



25, 50, 1.00, 2 00. 3 



Deep Sea Starfish, Archaster Agassizii 



Atlantic Starfish. Asterias vulgaris 25, 35, 



Black Starfish. Echinaster sen'/ us.. 



California Starfish, Asterias ochracea 25, 



Compass Starfish. Heliaster Kubingii 



Armor Starfish, Nidorella arma/a.. 



SHOWY SHELLS. 



White Murex if 



Rose Murex 



Pink Murex 



Snipe billed Murex 



African Murex 



Thorny Woodcock Murex (ternispina) 



Melon'Shell 



Foxhead 



Marlinspike 



Ha 



Marbled Cone 2 



Dotted Cone 1 



Winged Stromb 



Banded Stromb 



Silver-lip 15 



Spider Shell 35 



Tiger Cowry 25 



Blued Cowry 25 



Panther Cowry 25 



Egg Shell 25 



Cameo 25 



Apple Shell 50 



Screw 25 



Bleeding-tooth, extra tine 10 



Pearl Trochus 25 



Turk's Cap 25 



Magpie 35 



natural 25 



White Ear 35 



Green Ear 35 



East India Clam 25 



Heart Shell 25 



Venus Shell 25 



Thorny Oyster, (Spondylus) 2 00 



Cassidaria 25 



Gold Mouth, natural 25 



Japanese Eburna 25 



BIRD SKINS. 



Snowtlake 25 



Scarlet Tanager 61 1 



Blue-winged Y'ellow Warbler 35 



Y'ellow- breasted Chat 40 



California Patridge 1 00 



Rose-breasted Grosbeak 50 



Wren-Tit 75 



Indigo Bird 25 



SCIENTIFIC SHELLS. 



Murex saleanus $ 10 



Trigonia pectinata, 1 valve 15 



Helix iideles 15 



Area ponderosa 15 



Cuma kiosquiformis 20 



Trochus pellis-serpentis 15 



Achatinella perrersa 10 



': uniplicata lo 



" spirizona 10 



" olivacea 10 



Bulimus Bahamaensis 15 



Pithea pyramidata 10 



Partulagibba 10 



Fissurella Barbadensiis 10 



Sycotypus paparatia 25 



Cypraja erosa 15 



15 

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 10 

 10 

 15 

 25 

 20 

 20 

 10 

 20 

 30 



caurica.. 



" Isabella 



" annulus 



moneta , 



" carneola 



" vittellus 



Ovulum secale, on twig of Pterogorgia. 



Helix Zebuensis 



" muscarum 



Naninahepatica 



Humphrey siana 



Orthalicus fasciata 15 



undatum 15 



Ancillaria glabrata 25 



Monoceras muricatum 25 



