NATUKAL SCIENCE NEWS. 



RECHOYAL SALEI 



eessorto the retail mail and catalogue business of Frank H. Lattin I sincerely thank the many of his friends who have extended their patronage 

 to me; and shall be pleased to hear from them in my new quarters. All prices are prepaid unless otherwise stated. Money shot Id be sent by 

 Post Office or Express Money Order, or by Registered letter. All currency sent at your risk. Give full shipping directions and address every- 

 thing plainly to 



BIRDS EGGS, Sets with Data. 



Price per Egg 



Reg. Rem. 



price price 



Murre 1-1 $20 $ 9 



Am. Herring Gull 1-3 20 8 



Sooty Tern. 1-1 25 12 



Leach's Petrel 1-1 20 10 



Am. White Pelican 1 3 35 17 



White Ibis 1-3 35 16 



Chacalacal-3 75 18 



Redwing Blackbird i-4 2 l 



Vesper Sparrow 1-4 5 2 



Lark Sparrow 1-3 5 3 



Chipping Sparrow 14 2 1 



Catbird 1-5 2 1 



Am. Goldfinch 1-5 5 3 



This entire lot of fine sets lists at $6.46, or at 

 removal sale prices at $2.52, at anytime be- 

 fore March 1st I will deliver the whole lot F. 

 O. B. at Albion for $2. 10 



BIRDS EGGS, Singles. 



Pied-billed Grebe $ 10 $ 5 



Ring-billed Gull H) 1 1 



Am. Herring Gull 20 8 



Common Tern 8 5 



Least Bittern 20 8 



Spotted Sandpiper 15 6 



Killdeer 20 9 



Bobwhite 10 5 



Valley Quail 20 9 



Little Blue Heron 12 6 



Chacalaca 75 17 



Turkey Buzzard 75 34 



Red-shouldered Hawk 35 20 



Am. Long-eared Owl 35 80 



Belted Kingfisher 20 8 



Florida Blue Jay 35 12 



Brewers Blackbird 3 1 



House Finch 5 2 



Western Goldfinch.. .. 10 4 



Vesper Sparrow 5 2 



Painted Bunting _ 10 4 



Summer Tanager 25 10 



Bank Swallow 3 1 



Yellow Warbler 5 3 



Mockingbird 5 8 



Brown Thrasher 3 1 



Baird's Wren 25 10 



Parkman's Wren : ,. - 15 5 



Tufted Tit 35 15 



This entire lot of 1st class singles, lists at 

 $3.89. At Removal Sale prices it would cost 

 yon $2.46. At any time before March 1st I will 

 deliver them F. O. B. at Albion for $2.00. . 



MISCELLANEOUS EGGS. 



Musk Turtle $ 15 $ j 



Snapping Turtle 15 6 



Alligator 35 20 



All three for only '5 



SHOWY SHELLS. 



"East India Clams, large $1 00 $ 05 



•Polished Conch, la. ge 50 30 



♦Fasclolaria princeps. fine 1 50 45 



*Fulgur perversa, large 50 20 



Goldmouth ■ 25 7 



Turks-cap 35 21 



Green Snail 35 21 



Marbled Cone 35 . 14 



Silver-lip 10 5 



Pearl Troehus 25 12 



Green Ear. polished 40 18 



Mitre Shell 15 8 



Crown Shell, extra fine 45 20 



Orange Egg Shell 10 4 



Lettered Olive lu l 



Mammoth Tusk Shell 35 . - 13 



Lightning Shell. }<■ doz 15 4 



Louse Trivia, }4 doz 30 10 



Worm Shell 5 1 



Bleeding-tooth shell 10 • 2 



Tiger Cowry 25 9 



Helvola Cowry 10 3 



Helix fidelis £0 7 



" lactea 10 3 



" pomatia, large 15 5 



" pisania 10 2 



" arborustorum 10 .2 



Orthalicus fasciata : j 5 12 



melanocheilus 35 n 



Liguus fasciata 20 8 



Sun and Moon Shell 40 20 



Valve of "Mother of Pearl" shell... 20 



" " Pecten or Scallop io 2 



" " Sun Shell . 10 2 



This entire lot of shells list at $10.05 or at my 



Removal Sale prices at $4.20. At any time 

 before March 1st I will deliver the entire' lot in 

 Albion, F. O. B. for only $3.00 



Those marked (*) must go by freight or ex- 

 press at purchaser's expense always. 



INSTRUMENTS and SUPPLIES. 



TAXIDERMISTS. 



Reg. 

 price 



I Brush for cleaning feathers % 30 



1 Pocket wire cutters 35 



I Tweezers, best 25 



I Pint arsenical soap 45 



Rem. 

 price 



% 18 

 22 

 18 

 30 

 28 

 18 

 18 

 20 

 9 

 40 



Box bird lime 50 



I Two lbs arsenic 30 



[ Two lbs alum 30 



! Two lbs preservative 40 



Tow. tine, per lb 15 



Bottle of Tanning Liquor 1 01 



Everything except first three items must go 

 by express at your expense. I will deliver the 

 whole lot in Albion. F. O. B. for $2.00. 



OOLOGISTS. 



Roll of wool-cotton for lining trays 



Name your choice of colors $ 90 $ 50 



Datas, assorted. 4 st.\ les, 100 20 12 



Blowpipe 25 14 



Embrjohcok 15 '8 



Embryo hook (set of 3 and engraved 



handle; 75 56 



Booli of tissue p.tper for patching. 



assorted colors 10 5 



Reed caliper square, nickle plated, 



sliding jaws 1 00 70 



I will deliver this entire lol prepaid for only 

 $2.00. 



CURIOS. 



Scorp'.on in box % 35 $ 20 



C-issia beans, package 10 3 



Red sea beans, V* doz 15 5 



Yellow sea beans, y 2 doz fcO 7 



Black sea beans. % uoz 2J 6 



Brown banded sea bo 11 ea ft 2 



striped sea beau ea 10 3 



Liver beau ea 10 4 



Mimosa seeds, package 10 2 



Chinese Horn nut 10 .3 



B-tle nut 10 5 



Gun-flint, from site of old Ft. Pitt... 15 7 



S. A. Poreupine Quill, 6 in M 6 



Chinese cash coin 5 3 



Broken-Lank bill IB 7 



Extra line pair of polished buffalo 



horns 5 00 2 13 



Resuri ectiou plant 15 0 



Tapa cloth , made by natives of Soul h 

 Islands, curiously figured and 



strong 25 7 



Sarpindus btr ijs, semi transparent, 

 come in clusters like grapes, will 



las forever 25 11 



Acorn barnacle, single 10 3 



" " double 25 8 



Skin of 2ft alligator.good for mount- 

 ing 2 50 94 



Hermit crab in thell 75 20 



Fiddler crab 15 5 



Porcupine fish 45 2i 



•• 1 50 (.0 



Butterfly octopus, in alcohol 3 to 90 



Sucker from Giant Octopus, in al- 

 cohol 50 23 



Saw-fiih saw, 8 inches _ 35 16 



3 feet, fine 5 00 2 3ft 



Tooth of sperm whale 1 00 40 



Alligator teeth. 3 assorted 40 10 



Marine algiE on card, 6x4 in. * no 



two alike: 30 10 



This entire lot lists at $21.00 or at Removal 



Sale prices at $9.58. Before March 1st I will 

 deliver it in Albion, F. O. B. for only $8.00. 



NOVELTIES. 



Reg. Rem. 

 price price 



Chameleon in alcohol $35 $ 10 



Yucca palm pin-cushion 25 9 



Penholder made from tail of King 



Crab 15 9 



Souvenir spoon, bowl of cardium, 



handle of tail of King Crab, 5 iu . £5 17 

 Irridescent nottery from Patzcuaro, 

 Mexico; "a lost art revived, fine 



2H and 3 in. pieces 15 11 



Flower picture, (oil painting) in Ven- 

 etian pearl snail shell frame 50 32 



This entire lot lists at $1.75 or at Removal 

 Sale prices 88 cents. At any time before March 

 1st I will deliver the entire lot in Albion, F. O. 

 B., for only 62 cents. 



MINERALS. 



Reg. Rem. 



price price 



Large Brazilian agates, polished $ 75 $ 3J 



Fine polished malachite 50 27 



" " bloodstone 25 13 



" moss agate 35 16 



y s doz. small pjlished agates, all dif- 

 ferent 50 23 



Quartz crystals 10-50 4-21 



tine, group 1 25 57 



Chiastolite crystal 15 5 



Electric stone 25 1 1 



Gold-bearing quartz, Mont 10 6 



Green opal, Wash.. ;5 9 



Rubelite. Calif 25 11 



Lodestone, Ark. , 15 7 



Sphalerite, Mo 25 9 



Bournite, Mo 10 4 



Limonite, Va 15 5 



Ueysente, YellowstonePark, strange- 

 ly streaked and variegated 50 23 



Native sulphur, Calif 25 10 



A^bestus, Penn 15 6 



t ine quartz, geode formation 10 3 



Magnesite, Greece 20 8 



Iceland spar, Tex 10-50 6-27 



Celestite, Penn 10 6 



Meteorit-', Ariz 25 13 



Carborundum. N. Y 25 13 



This lot of fine minerals lists at $8.15, or at 

 Removal Sale prices at $3.84. At any time be 

 fore March 1st 1 will deliver the entire lot in 

 Aloion, F. O. B. for only $2.90. 



FOSSILS. 



Athyris spiriferoides $15 $ 6 



Atrypa hystrix 2ft 11 



Ortnis cyclas 1 30 14 



biforata 10 4 



lencosia 10 4 



Spirifer.granulifera 30 16 



'.' strlatus 15 6 



Rhynchonela capax 10 4 



Athyris subtilita 10 2 



Ortherceras dusseri 25 9 



Nucleocrinus vermuilli I 00 41 



Trigonocarpus triloculare 25 9 



Anchyrocrimi:! bulbosus 50 23 



Pentremites godonii 15 6 



Scaphites nodosus 25 9 



Fossil Shark's tooth _ 10 4 



" Fern, fine 50 27 



Fossil Coral 25 7 



This entire lot lists at $4.80 or at Removal 

 sale price at $2 02. At any time before March 

 1st I will send the entire lot for $1.8f>:iprepaid. 



STARFISH, ETC. 



Aslropkyton Basket-fish $i 00 $ 38 



Arc/taster, Deep-Sea Star _ 1 25 30 



Benthopecton, Spiney Star 50 23 



As/erias, Atlantic Star 35 16 



Cidaris, Ciub-spintd Urchin 75 27 



Echinus, Deep-sea Hedgehog 75 23 



Laganum, Phillipine Urchin 75 17 



A rbucia, Florida Hedgehog 30 11 



Giant Calif. Urchin 1 00 30 



Bahama Sea-beaver 3 00 . 97 



This entire lot of Echinoderms lists at $9.65, 

 or at Removal Sale prices $3.32. At any time 

 before March 1st I will deliver them in Albion. 

 F. O. B. for only $2.20. 



ARROW and SPEARHEADS. 



Good Arrowpoint, Ky $10 $ 4 



Good Spearhead, Ky 20 8 



Serrated Arrowpoint, Ky 25 1 \ 



Good Arrowpoint, Ind 10 05 



Good Spearhead, Ind 20 9 



Serrated Arrowpoint, Ind _ 20 10 



Drill, Ind 25 13 



This entire lot lor only 55cts., prepaid. 



POSTAGE STAMPS. 



U. S. 3c, Rose. 1656, $ 01 



'• 3c, (Locomotive) Blue, 1869 02 



'• 3c, Green, 1872 01 



3c, (Embossed), Rose, 1868 02 



8c, (Sherman) Lilac, 1890 _ 04 



3c, (Envelope) Pink, 1864 05 



2c, (Internal rev.) Orange, 1868 01 



2c, (Proprietary) Blue, 1865 01 



2c. (Playing card) Blue, 1865 15 



This entire lot of U. S. stamps for only 15cts. 



*MOUNTED BIRDS. 



Blue Jay, on perch $1 60 $ 70 



Cedar Waxwing. on perch 1 40 60 



Willow Ptarmigan, on stand 3 50 2 25 



Cotinga (S. American) 5 00 2 28 



*A11 mounted birds by Express at pur- 

 chaser's expense. This entire lot sent to one 

 address for only $5. 



ERNEST H . SHORT, ALBION, N. Y. 



