VOL. I. No. 42. 



ALBION, N. ¥., NOVEMBER 16. 1895. 



Weekly, $1.00 a Tear 



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. 



WILL Exchange 65 sets and singles, 140 eggs 

 in all for best offer in a shot gun or printing 

 press. L. R. GROYER, care Mrs. Thomas, 

 36 Arlington Ave., East Orange, N. J. 41-2t 



WANTED.— Meteorites. New and unde- 

 scribed ones especially desired. Good prices 

 paid for complete "falls"or 'finds. ."EDWIN E. 

 HOWELL, 612, 17th St. N.W.,Washington,D.C. 



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. 



COLLECTING GUN for sale. A Stephen's 

 20 bore single barrel (24 inch) detachable skele- 

 ton stock, new last fall. For particulars ad- 

 dress, G. F. DIPPIE, 17 McMillan St., Toronto, 

 Ont. 



FOR EXCHANGE. — 500 Strombus pugilis, 

 500 Melonga corona, and other Florida Sea 

 Shells. Send for full samples. Add a few 

 cents for postage. H. T. ALLEN. Seven Oaks, 

 Fla. 



CACTU S— Prickly pear variety, gold ore and 

 galena specimens, for fossils and sea shells. 

 MRS. O. F. WRIGHT, Sheridan, P. O. Box 27, 

 Madison Co., Mont. 



TO EXCHANGE:— Vols. I to XI inclusive, of 

 The Oologist for best cash offer, ancient pot- 

 tery or rough gem material. B.O. LONG YEAR, 

 Agricultui al College, Mich. 



PARTIES having curios of any description 

 for sale or exchange, will do well to address, 

 BOWMAN'S MUSEE, Aspen, Colo. 42-2t. 



TO EXCHANGE— Stuffed birds for second- 

 hand jeweler's lathe. Not particular what 

 make if in good condition. Address J. M. 

 BARTLETT, Monson, Calhoune Co., Ia. 



EXCHANGE NOTICE.— Have fine sets and 

 singles, revolver and goods from racket store, 

 to exchange for grey hound one year old. also 

 sets. Write at once. CLYDE BINGHAM 

 PARKER, Oberlin, Kans. 



WANTiOD. — A good field or opera glass and 

 a copy Coue's Key, latest addition. " Will ex- 

 change minerals, fossils, birds eggs or pay 

 cash. GEO. W, DIXON, Watertown, S. D. 



WANTED.— 3, 4, 6, 15, 30 and 50 cent Colum- 

 bian stamps, also Canadian stamps. Have 

 eggs, stamps, or cash. H. DAVIS ACKERLY, 

 Northport, Long island, N. Y. 



I HAVE a 32 string Zither, concert size, cost 

 $30,guaranteed as good as new. Will exchange 

 for a first-class mandolin or will sell cheap for 

 cash. H- L. VANDYKE, Edinboro. Erie Co., 

 Pa. 



"AUKS" Wanted.— I will allow 30c each for 

 any back number of the "Auk" you may have, 

 if in good condition and sent prepaid. You 

 to take your full pay in Bird Skins. Eggs, 

 Shells (showy or scientific), Corals, Echino- 

 derms, Fossils, Minerals, Indian Relics, Cu- 

 rios or Novelties as listed in the Premium 

 List Supplement. I can also use on same 

 terms Nos. 1 and 2 of Natural Science News 

 at 10c each and the following No's of the Oolo- 

 gist at prices quoted: June, 1888, 25c: July- 

 Aug., 1886, 15c: Jan.-Feb., 1887 or Dec, 1886 with 

 same attached, 20c; June-Sept., 1887, 15c; Apr., 

 1889. 12c. All must be complete, clean and in 

 good condition. I will also accept back No's 

 of the Ornithologist and Oologist or Nidiologist 

 any issue and in any quantity at 5c per copy 

 on same terms. I can also use books on sub- 

 jects pertaining to Natural History if in good 

 condition and cheap, also A No. 1 sets of eggs 

 with data at % "Standard" rates. Lists of 

 books and eggs must be submitted for my se- 

 lection or approval before sending. Address 

 at once FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion, N. Y. 



"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. 



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. 



FOR SALE 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- 



RARE SPECIES 



Of North American Bird Skins a specialty, 

 also fine Mammal Skins, with Skulls, etc. Over 

 10,000 fine Bird and Mammal Skins in stock. 

 Finely mounted heads of Deer, Elk, Caribou, 

 Rocky Mountain Sheep and Goats, etc. Fine 

 Geodes of many varieties— order a few beauties 

 for your cabinet. I also have a few sets of Illi- 

 nois Geological Reports, (Vols. 1 to 8) complete 

 and elegantly illustrated. This magnificent 

 work is now becoming extremely rare, and will 

 soon be beyond reach. Send two stamps for 

 catalog, or with letters of inquiry. Refer- 

 ence, all prominent Scientists or Institutions 

 throughout the Country. CHAS. K. WORTH- 

 EN, Naturalist, Taxidermist and Dealer, War- 

 saw, 111., U. S. A. Established In 1873. 



More About Coral. 



In my last I tried to give you some 

 idea of the Organ-pipe Coral. This 

 time we come to another family of cor- 

 al. The Eye Coral (Occulina pallens), 

 is a branching species marked miscella- 

 neously with round star-shaped spots. 

 It comes in pieces from two to rive in. 

 or more in length. I can furnish fine 

 ones at from 20 to 50 cents prepaid. 

 Address, 



ERNEST H. SHORT, 



Albion, N. Y. 



WANTED-AN IDEA 2?^^ 



thing to patent? Protect your ideas ; they may 

 bring you wealth. Write JOHN WEDDER- 

 BURN & CO., Patent Attorneys, Washington, 

 D. C, for their 81,800 prize offer. 



When answering advertisements always men- 

 tion the NATURAL SCIENCE NEWS. 



Better Than a Shot Gun ! 



A Rare Chance 



to obtain a high-grade Op- 

 era or FIELD GLASS 



at a very low price. 



The entire stock of Queen 

 & Co., Inc., being offered 

 at great reductions, including some special 

 foimsfor Naturalists. 



Send for circular No. 481 giving full descrip- 

 tions and prices. 



J. G. GRAY, Assignee for 



QUEEN & CO., Inc.. 



ioio Chestnut St., PHILADELPHIA. 



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. 



Man tou'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. 



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. 



Large stock oi^frt 

 Illustrations to select from. 3^ J 

 Send for sheet of specimens *jg^ 

 and prices of JOB PRINTING. 

 Prices a little lower and work a 

 little better than elsewhere. Write us what 

 you want A.M. EDDY, ALBION, N.Y. 



Send 15c stamps and you will receive my 

 I new Normal Catalogue of all European- 

 I palfflarctic bird eggs, in over 600 numbers, 

 I with prices and number of sets for each 

 species. Send $5 bill by registered letter and 

 ! you will receive, by return steamer, a fine col- 

 lection of European Birds Eggs, in- 

 | eluding Falco tinnunculus, etc., etc. 



HERMANN ROLLE, 

 INSTITUTION FOR NATURAL HISTORY 

 Emdener-Str. 4, Berlin, N. W., Germany. 



