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VOL.1. 'No. 49. 



ALBION, N. ¥., JANUARY 4, 1896. 



Weekly, $1.00 a Year 



Wants, .Exchanges, >and For 

 Sales. 



Brief special announcements. "Wants," "Ex- 

 changes," "For Sales," inserted in tins depart- 

 ment tor 25c per 35 words. Notices over 35 words 

 charged at the rate ot one-half cent per each ad- 

 ditional word. No notice inserted lor 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. 



EXCHANGE —Fossils, mineral 5 , curios, for 

 photographic supplies or mounted birds. For 

 sale— fossils, 23c ; ten minerals, 25c ; pet moss, 

 10c. MORT H. CULVER, La Salle, I1R 



5C FOSSIL CORAL. — For 5c. and 2c postage, 

 will send fine specimen Monticulipoa mammul- 

 ata. size about 2x3 inches, and larger. Full 

 geological data. Small specimens prepaid 5c. 

 OTTO GltADY, Ludlow, Ky. 



WANTED. — A good typewriter and Volumes 

 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, of The Ooloyisf, of Albion. N. Y., 

 also sets and singles. Will give good exchange 

 in sets and singles, and stam <>s. Send for lists. 

 All letters answered. W. J. WIRT, Gaines, N. 

 Y. 



FOR SALE or Exchange.— Carborundum ; 

 finest specimens to be had. Will exchange for 

 minerals, fossils, star fish, bird skins and eggs 

 in sets, shells, etc. F. A. W. DEAN, Natural- 

 ist 37 Falls St., Niagara Falls, N. Y. 2t 



FOR SALE. — A collection of 250 flint arrows, 

 spears, drills, knives and scrapers. Will sell 

 for $5 cash. Also have a collection of 90 differ- 

 ent fossils listed at $18, which I will sell for $5. 

 GEO. W. DIXON. VVatertown, S. D. O 



WANTED. — Raine's Bird Nesting in North- 

 west Canada, Fisher's Hawks and Owls. Will 

 give A. O. U. sets 339 1-3, 755 1 2. 756 1-3, or cash. 

 State condition and terms. THOS. POTTER, 

 Dundee. Mich. 48 2d 



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 vou can use for the 

 same. FRANK H, LATTIN, Albion, N. Y. 



WANTED.— Books on Taxidermy, Oology, 

 first class eggs in sets and skins, will give good 

 exchange in A No. 1 eggs, skins, mounted birds 

 and mammals. BERT ROD WELL. Holley; 

 Orleans Co.. N. Y. 



BARGAINS. — For 10 days only, large 8 in. 

 Atlantic starfish, regular price 35c, special. 20c 

 prepaid. Sawfish saw. 8 in., regular price 35c, 

 special, 15c. ; same. 10 in., regular 45c, special 21c 

 prepaid. Mail your letter before Jan. 8, '96. 



ERNEST H. SHORT. Albion, N. Y. 



TO EXCHANGE. — Volumes LIX, LX, LXI, 

 LXII of the Yoit/h Companion, twenty-five 

 numbers of the Century, twenty volumes of 

 Government Reports. Cooes' Birds of N. w., 

 Gray's School and Field Botany. Magic Lan- 

 tern, a few sets, skins, and fossils. I desire 

 Coues' i Key or perfect Indian Relies. Make 

 offers. L. V. CASE, Naples, N. Y. 



TO EXCHANGE— Good sets A 1 for sets or 

 birds in the meat. Birds Skins. Revolver or 

 Davie's Key latest edition. E. B. PECK. Hol- 

 ley, N. Y. 



WANTED. — American and foreign birds 

 eggs, sets and singles, Indian relics, shells, 

 curios and books on birds and eggs. I can of- 

 fer a new $5 bicycle lamp, Cork's Birds of 

 Michigan, sets and singles, stamps and stamp 

 journals, etc.; also Scott's Standard Color 

 Chart, and Mekeel's Stamp Collectors Souven- 

 er, 1892 edition. Send your lists and receive 

 mine. WM. J. WIRT. Box 137, Gaines. Orleans 

 Co., N. Y. 



WANTED.— Meteorites. New and unde- 

 scribed ones ejpecially desired. Good prices 

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

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



2 5 small shells from the San Diego Bay re- 

 gion for shells from any other locality. All 

 shells are correctly labeled. H. de F. EARLE. 

 Hotel Florence. San Diego. Calif. 



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. 



WANTED. — Insects of any order. Can offer, 

 and will also sell very cheap, fine bird skins, 

 mounted specimens, curios, arrowheads and 

 insects. Correspondence solicited. E. J. 

 SCHAEFER. 650 Ninth St., Milwaukee. Wis. 



NOTICE.— Large arrowheads from old In- 

 dian camping ground, 40c a doz. Good spear 

 heads. 3V° to 4 inches long. 55c a doz. Stock 

 limited. LEE ROY J. TAPPAN. Newark Val- 

 ley, N. Y. 



TO EXCHANNE.— For Plymouth Rock Poul- 

 try a 3 2 cal. Remington rifle nearly new and in 

 perfect condition. Value $8. E.P.MARVIN, 

 JR., Lockport, N. Y. 



WANTED. — Books on ornithology or eggs in 

 sets for "Cook's Birds of Michigan," and 

 Sterns' Bird Life in Labrador." R. W. HEG- 

 NER, Decorah, Iowa. 



"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- 

 g ist 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 l A "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. 



FOR f ALE 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. 



Special Bargains 



For the next ten days only. 



1. "Student's Mineral Collection" (large size) 

 53 10c specimens, regular price, $1.50 special 

 price, $1.20, prepaid. Five or more to one ad- 

 dress at reduced rates. 



2. Fragment of very aneient Indian pottery 

 from mound -in Western New York. Regular 

 price. 25c. Special price, 18c. 



3. Six arrow pomts as follows; 2 from Ken- 

 tucky. 2 from Indiana, 1 from Mississippi and 1 

 from North Carolina; regular price, 50c; special 

 price. 28c. 



Any of these bargains sent prepaid as quoted 

 if your letter is mailed on or before January 15, 

 1896, to 



Ernest H. Short," Albion. N. Y. ' 



First-class Bird Skins. 



Mammal Skins. 



Rare Reptiles in Alcohol. 



Batrachians in Alcohol. 



Live Batrachians. 



Live Reptiles. 



Cleaned Skulls, Bo an h d ^ a d mmal . 



Histological Material. 



LIST ON APPLICATION. 



H. H. & C. $. BRIMLEY, 



RALEIGH, N. C. 



You can get 



Minerals 



of me you cannot find in any other lo- 

 cality. Peculiarly local, fine and cheap 

 enough. 



White Chalcedony Geodes, Sherry 

 colored Barite, Goldeu Calcites, Needle 

 Tourmaline, Deep Rose Quartz, Petri- 

 fied Knots of Black Wood, Tin Ore, 

 Griphite (new and only here), etc. Four 

 tons of Crystals, Ores, etc. 



Send $1, S3 or $5 and see what a fiue 

 "layout" you will get postpaid. 



Bad Land Fossils. 10,000 Arrow 

 Heads from all over the United States 

 — Sioux, Alaska, etc., Indian Relics and 

 Photos. Large priced Catalogue for 

 stamp. A series of 7 Geodes, all differ- 

 ent, by mail for $1.75. Unequalled in 

 the whole world. 



Black Hills Natural History Establishment, 



L W. STILWELL. 



Deadwood, S- D 



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. Pull stock 

 of Glass Eyes always on hand. Send stamp 

 and mention your specialty. 



