NATURAL SCIENCE NEWS. 



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 .'tamps for 

 catalog, or wi f h 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. 



ERNEST H. SHORT, 



ALBION, N. Y. 



Successor to the Retail Mail and Catalogue 

 Business of Frank H. Lattin. 



Catalogues of Birds Eggs. Shells, (both 

 showy and scientific) Minerals. Relics. Curios. 

 Bird and Mammal Skins, and Mounted Speci- 

 mens and Supplies of all kinds for Entomolo- 

 gists, Oologists, Taxidermists etc. Full stock 

 of Glass Eyes always on hand. Send stamp 

 and mention your specialty. 



' Large stock of ^-fX 

 Illustrations to select from. 3^ J 

 Send for sheet of specimens 

 l and prices of JOB PRINTING. 

 I Prices a little lower and work a 

 little better than elsewhere. Write us what 

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



Come to Florida. 



A fortune can be made in a few years 

 in pineapples and tomatoes; vegetables 

 raised the whole year. Ad ideal home. 

 For particulars write H. P. Oskr, 

 Avon Park, Fla. 29&Otf 



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. 



MINERALS 



SHELLS, etc. The White 

 City Collections. 50 fine cabi- 

 net specimens, $3. 5o smaller size, $2. 50 ama- 

 teur size, 81. 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 $8. A great varie- 

 ty UDios 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. 



MINERALS, 



Ancient Indian Relics. Stamps and 

 Curiosities. 

 Price List, Postage Free. 

 W. Perry Arnold, Stonnington, Ct. 



"Lattin" will send You a 

 Christmas Present 



and wishes to send it by return mail in order that you may receive it during the Holiday 

 season. 



He has left on his hands quite an assortment of desirable specimens in large quantities, 

 and as he no longer caters to the retail trade, he has decided to distribute them among his 

 friends as Christmas presents. 



Below is given a list of these surplus specimens with quoted values and every person who 

 has paid, or pays at the time of making their selection, their subscription to the Oologist 

 through 1896 or to the Natural science News through Vol. II (from Feb. '96 to Feb. '97) and 

 who will send 10 cents, to cover the expense of postage and mailing (in some cases the postage 

 alone will exceed this amount). "Lattin will send them by return mail their selection from the 

 list of specimens etc. offered below to the amount of 50 cents as a Christmas Present. 



RtMEIVlBER you are at no expense whatever except the 10 cents for mailing purposes 

 and that the only condition required in your acceptance is that your subscription to either the 



BIRDS EGGS, Singles. 



Little Flycatcher 



Baird's Wren 



Brown-headed Nuthatch 



Road Runner 



Gambel's Partridge 



Valley Partridge 



Killdeer 



Virginia Rail 



Laughing Gull 



Ring-billed Gull.. 



American Herrirg Gull . 



Seaside Sparrow 



Spurred Towhee 



Sharp tailed Sparrow . . . 

 Belted Kingfisher 



SHELLS. 



Murex ternispina, Japan 



brandaris, Naples 



•■ trunculus. Medit. Sea 



" saleanus Bahamas 



Mon ceros cingulatum. Panama 



Cuma kiosquiformis, Panama 



Sycotypus papyratia, Florida 



Eburna Japonica. Japan 



Oliva litterata (extra). Florida 



Conus marmoreus, Polynesia 



" leouinus, Florida.. 



•• pulcarlus Singapore 



S trombus alatus, Gulf of Mexico 



lentiginosus, Mauritius .... 



Cypraa? moneta. Ceylon 



annulus. Singapore 



erosa. Polynesia 



Isabella, Mauritius 



caurica. Ceylon 



" carneola. Singapore 



vitellu? Ceylon 



Ovulum ovum. Zanzibar 



gibbosum. West Iudies 



" secale on Pterogorgii twig . 



Nerita peleronta. select, W. I 



Tu.'bo chrysostoma, Phillippines 



Trochus pellis serpentis. Panama 



" (Livona) pica. West Indes ... 



Helix fideles, Oresron 



muscarum. Cuba 



Fiulimus Bahamaensis, Bahamas 



Partula glbba. Ladrones 



Orthalicus melanoehilus, Fla. Key 



Liguus fasciata. Fla 



Achatmella perversa. Smdwieh Is .... 



uniplicata. Sandwich Is., 

 spirizona. Sandwich Is... 



olivacea. Sandwich Is 



Pythea pyramidata. Guam Is 



MINERALS and FOSSILS. 



Chlastolite Crystal 15 



Tourmaline, brilliant black crystal 25 



Coquina 25 



"Electric" stone 25 



Geodes, select so 



Meteorites, diamondiferous, from Canon 



Diablo 35 



Opal, green var., Wash 25, 50 



Gem Stones, half doz , assorted .... 50 



Fossil Shark Teeth, 3 for 10 



Scaphites nodosus 25, 50 



Polyp Coral 25 



MISCELLANEOUS SPECIMENS, &c. 



35 

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 15 



CORALS and ECHINODERMS. 



Precious Corallium rubrum, 1 oz. pkg. of 



polished twigs 25 



Rose Coral 15 



Organpipe Coral 10, 25, 50 



Creamy Sea Fan 35 



Purple Sea Fan 35 



Yellow Sea Fan 35 



Purple Sea Feather 50 



Sea Pen 25 



Sand Dollar 10 



Phtlipptan Urchin 35 



White-spinned Urchin 35 



Giant Purple Urchin 50 



Deep Sea Starfish 50 



Black Starfish 35 



Skin of Snowflake $ 



Arrowheads, half doz. assorted 



Revolutionary Gun Flint 



Dove Shell from British Guiana exhibit at 



World's Fair. pkg. of 12 



Chinese Horn Nut 



Beetle Nut 



Pkg of Sea Beans (1 Liver, 12 assorted Sea, 



12 Cassia) 



Scorpion in Box 



Broken Bank Bill 



"6 var 



Confederate States Bill 



"3 var 



Set of 6 var. unused, 1880, Venzuela stamps 



Chameleon in Alcohol 



Egg of J lammerhead Shark 



Acorn Barnacle 



Hermit Crab in Shell 



Sawfish Saw 



Curio Sponge 



Porcupine Fish 



Young Naturalist's Marvelous Collection, 



'95 edition, nearly 50 labelled specimens 

 2 sheets < ach containing 25 selected lc 



Foreign stamps 



15-100 Egg Drill 



One Exchange Notice in Oologist 



One Exchange Notice in Natural Science 



News 



Satin Spar Stick Pin 



Cat's Eye Stick Pin 



Agate Watch Charm 



Penholder made from tail of King Crab 



Souvenir Spoons, new and unique. King 



Crab tail tor handle, valve of cardium 



or Pecten for bowl. 



Small size 



Medium size ,. 



Large size _ 



Any six 10 cent Books, your selection, from 



list of "New and Popular Books 



Single Books 



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Be sure and address all letters 

 intended for "Lattin" plainly 

 and in full to FRANK H. LAT- 

 TIN, Publisher, Albion, Orleans 

 Co., N. Y. 



Oologist or Naultral Science News is paid through '96 (if it's paid for both publications 

 you are entitled to a double present or a $1.00 selection). 



Also Remember that if you are entitled to the present that it will give "Lattin" 

 greater pleasure to send you the same than to do otherwise. 



Always write your Christmas Present selections on a sheet separate from any other mat- 

 ter and be sure and'have your name and address signed to the same in full. 



This "Christmas Present" offer will positively expire on Jan. 1 , 1 896 and will not be ex- 

 tended except to the few who cannot conveniently accept the offer with its condition within the 

 time specified— to them the ofler will be held open during the month of January, but not a sin- 

 gle day later. Let me hear from you by return mail. 



Faithfully, 



FRANK H. LATTIN, Publisher, 



Albion, Orleans Co., N. Y. 



