NATUKAL 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, 

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 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 

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Best books with fine illustrations on Insect 

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Eberhart's Elements of Entomology, 40 full 

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Eberhart's Economic Entomology, finely 

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Eberhart's Key to the Families of Insects, 

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

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

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Knobel's Butterflies and Dusk Flyers, illus- 

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

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Mantou's Insects; How to Catch and Pre- 

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Send 4c stamps for large illustrated cata- 

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CHAS. K. REED, 



262 Main St., 



Taxidermist, 

 Worcester, Mass. 



MINERALS 



SHELLS, etc. The White 

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MINERALS, 



Ancient Indian Relics, Stamps and 

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1876. 



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order and foreign books obtained 



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JUST Pl'HLISIilD: Minerals and How to Study Them.— 

 a book for beginners in mineralogy. 880 pages, illustrated with 300 

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A Christmas Present* 



My process of mounting and preserving birds, game pieces, deer heads, 

 plaques, etc., with full instructions for work, together with one pound of pre- 

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 the size of a Quail, only 



50 CENTS! 



Over 400 orders in '95. Over 700 pounds of compound sold in '95. 



A tirst-class Christmas Present and acceptable to all. The holiday season is 

 the best time in the year for amateur taxidermists to practice. 



N. B,— This offer holds good, at this figure, only until December 31, 1895. 



MORRIS GIBBS, M. D., Kalamazoo, Mich. 



