VOL. I. No. 36. ALBION, N. Y., OCTOBER 5, 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 num her. 



FOR SALE.— Complete set of the Natural 

 History of New York. Botany, Zoology, Min- 

 eralogy, Geology, Palasontology, etc., with 

 many hundreds of plain and colored plates. 

 Low price. GEORGE P. HUMPHREY, Roch 

 ester, N. Y. 36-4t 



MONEY! OLD PAPER MONEY! 



6 varieties of Broken Bank Bills only 25c. A 

 collection of 12 varieties from $1 to $10 only 50c. 

 A dealer's lot of 100 mixed, 10 kinds, only '$3.00. 

 These bills usually sell at 10c each. 6 varieties 

 of Confederate bills 25cts., 25 $100 Confederate 

 bills, 2 kinds, $1.10. 12 Indian Arrowheads from 

 N. C, only 50cts. All postpaid. Stamps, bills, 

 etc., wholesale or retail. Your trade solicited. 

 Address J. E. HANDSHAW, 

 095-34-4t Smithtown Branch, N. Y. 



Bird Skins. 



Hermit Thrush $ 20 



Tufted Tit 25 



FLORIDA SHELLS 



In reach of all. Cheaper than the 

 cheapest. Now is the time to start a 

 collection. 



1. Strombus alatus, 2 to sy inches 4c 



2. Fulgur perversus, 3 to 8 inch 6 



3. Fasciolaria tulipa,2 to 6 inch 8 



4. •' distans, 1 to 3 inches 4 



5. " filamentosa, 1 to 3 inch 2 



6. Cardium magnum, 'i l A to 4 inches 6 



7. " muricatum. 1 Hindi single valves 1 



FINE MINERALS, fossils, sea shells and 

 coins to exchange for fine minerals and fossils. 

 Fine collection of thirty-one different woods, 

 polished and correctly labeled. A bargain at 

 $2; or will trade for good fossils or minerals. 

 ARTHUR D. CUTLER, Sullivan, Ind. C7 



8. " serratium.l to 2y inch 3 



9. Area ponderosa, 2 to 3 inch 3 



10. " noas, 1 to 4 inch 3 



11. " floridanum, 2 to 2y inch 3 



12. Cytherea (callista) gigantea, 3 to 5 inch... 10 



13. " " maculata, 1 to 2y 2 inch 6 



14 Natica duplicata, 1 to 3 inch 2 



15 Chama Arcinella. 1 to 2 inch 5 



TO EXCHANGE.— A World Typewriter, 

 nearly new, in elegant walnut case, for a cam- 

 era in good order, about 4x5. A. M, EDDY, 

 Albion, N. Y. 



16 Dosinia discus, 2 to 4 inch . 5 



17 Pholas costatus,3 to 6 inch, double valve. .15 



18 Murex pomum, 1 to 3 inch 3 



19 " salleanus, 1 to 3 inch 5 



I WISH to purchase a second hand micros- 

 cope. Have to invest $5 or more if cheap. 

 Parties having desirable instrument send for 

 examination to H. ANDERSON LAFLER, 

 DeWitt, Neb. All letters answered. 



Carolina Chickadee 25 



Red- breasted Nuthatch 25 



Carolina Wren 30 



American Redstart 20 



20 Pyrula papyratia, 3 to 5 inch 8 



21 Pecten exasperatus. % to 3 inch, single 1 



22 Conus Floridanus, % to 1 inch 2 



23 " proteus, 1 to 3 inch 10 



24 Pinna muricata, 4 to 10 inch. S 



25 Lucina edentula. \y> to 3 inch, single 2 



FERN Students should have the "Linna?an 

 Fern Bulletin" the only journal in America de- 

 voted to this subject. Sample free. LINNJE- 

 AN FERN BULLETIN, Binghamton, N. Y. 



Kentucky Warbler 60 



Louisiana Water Thrush 50 



Water Thrush 20 



26 Cancellaria carolinensis, 1 to 1% inch 3 



27 Oliva litterata, 1 to 2V4 2 



28 Anomia ephippium, 1 to 2V 2 Inch .. 1 



29 Melongena subcoronata, 2 to 6 inch 8 



30 npn't.Viim^i phni'lliiTn 1 tr\ 1 1,£ in^>i Q 



31 Turritella, 1 to 1 V-i inch 2 



TO EXCHANGE.— Mounted Bald Eagle, 15 

 inch Alliaator upright playing violin, 36 inch 

 Alligator playing banjo, Eggs of Alligator, 

 Gopher, Soft Turtle, Bob-white ; for Parrot or 

 View Camera. W. DEHART, Brooksville, Fla. 



Ovenbird 20 



Pine Warbler 20 



Indigo Bunting 20 



32 Tellina, V« inch l 



33 Marginella, }4 inch... 2 



34 Large liver sea bean, 3c ; black banded sea 



bean, 2c; grey sea beans l 



35 Sea beaver . 15 



TO EXCHANGE.— Fossils, Land F. W. and 

 Marine shells for same. E. J. POST, Tampa, 

 Fla. 



Also Mammal Skins, Reptiles 

 and Batrachians. 



H. H. & C. $. BRIMLEY, 



RELEIGH, N. C. 



36 Conch spawn ribbon, 18 inch to 2 feet 20 



37 Skate eggs 5 



38 Rose coral, shaped like a rose .. .. 10 



39 Florida air plants 10 



WANTED.— 1,2, 3, 4, 5 Annual Reports of 

 Bureau of Ethnology for Insect Life '90, '91; 9 

 and 10 Annual Report of Bureau of Ethnology. 

 L. B. GARY, Hiram, Ohio. 



40 Tarpon scales 2 



$2 15 



Retail price for the above 40 specimens is $2.15 

 by our price list. We will send any one of the 

 above numbered specimens upon receipt of 

 price quoted, or the entire collection, 40 speci- 

 mens, upon reciept of ;only $1.50. We gather 

 our own shells and gather only first class shells. 

 By comparison our prices will be found a half 

 lower than other dealers, because we are right 

 on the coast and are put to no extra expense. 

 Give me an order and you will be convinced. 

 Send stamp for price list. 



J.C. Baker successor to Baker & Hanson, 



Myers, Lee Co., Florida. 



"NOMENCLATURE of Colors for Natural- 

 ists," Ridgway. I want a good second hand 

 copy at once. State cash or exchange price. 

 FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion, N. Y. 



FOR FALE OR EXCHANGE. — Malachite, 

 Crysocolla, Chalcedony, Quartz, Azurite Mon- 

 azite and Frankline, Microscopic slides,' Infu- 

 sorial earth 100 localities, Trap-tufa and 

 rocks for sale or exchange for other minerals 

 or Microscope slides or Infusorial earths. 

 PROF. ARTHUR M. EDWARDS, Newark N 

 J - O. &N. tf. 



INSECTS. 



Best books with fine illustrations on Insect 

 Life published for the price. 



Eberhart's Elements of Entomology 40 full 

 page plates, more than 300 figures, 45c post- 

 paid. 



Eberhart's Economic Entomology, finely 

 illustrated, 35c postpaid' 



Eberhart's Key to the Families of Insects, 

 illustrated, 15c postpaid. 



Knobel's Guide to Trees and Shrubs of N. E., 

 illustrated, 50c postpaid. 



Knobel's Ferns and Evergreens of N. E., 

 illustrated, 50c postpaid. 



Knobel's Butterflies and Dusk Flyers, illus- 

 trated, 50c postpaid. 



Knobel's Beetles of N. E., finely illustrated, 

 50c postpaid. 



Mantou's Insects; How to Catch and Pre- 

 serve, 50c postpaid. 



Send 4c stamps for large illustrated cata- 

 logue. 



CHAS. K. REED, 



Taxidermist, 

 262 Main st., Worcester, Mass. 



For a short time only, we will 

 sell Buffalo Horns nicely polished and 

 mounted at from $1.50 to $3.00 per pair. 

 Address, GILLBERT BROS. & GRIF- 

 FEN, Taxidermists, 1519 Leavenworth 

 St., Omaha, Neb. 24-13t. 1 



WANTED. — Those having fossils named cor- 

 rectly, with geological formation, and locality 

 to send list with lowest cash price. W. A 

 STEARNS, Atlanta University, Atlanta, Ga. 



Naturalists' Supplies. 



WANTED.— Meteorites. New and unde- 

 seribed 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 m 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, LATTIN, Albion, N. Y. 



1XL Shot Gun, 44 cal 7 50 



Double Barrel, 12 gauge 30 iuch 

 barrel, top action, 4i lbs., stub 



twist Lam' barrel 13 50 



"Full particulars given if desired.'' 



BOOKS. 



Coues' Key, Davies' Taxidermy, Horn- 

 p.day's Taxidermy. 



SUPPLIES. 

 Glass Eyes, Tools, Tanning Liquor, etc. 



F. B. WEBSTER CO., 

 O N tf Hyde Park, Mass. 



