NATURAL SCIENCE NEWS. 



Supplement to my Removal 

 Sale Bulletin. 



I have deckled to offer my patrons a 

 few more of those unprecedented bar- 

 gains: object, to reduce stock before 

 moving. This is a tine chance for deal- 

 ers as well as collectors, as all of the 

 Curios and Mexican goods are great 

 leaders for the summer trade. Special 

 rates on large lots. 



BIRD SKINS. 



Blue Jay $ 30 $ 18 



Snow-flake 30 11 



South American Hummers, just the 

 thing for ease work or millinery. 4. 



all different 2 00 40 



Assorted lot of 6 different bright color- 

 ed So. Am. Finches, Tanagers, etc 3 03 >"r> 



BIRDS EGGS. 



Pintail Duck 30 11 



Prairie Hen 20 07 



Am. Coot 08 03 



Emne 2 50 1 15 



Emue(cast) l 00 35 



SHELLS. 



Magpie 25 It 



Strombus alatus ]0 04 



Spiney Chama 20 07 



Extra Une mottled Cowry, H'i to 4 in... 75 24 

 CORALS. 



Rose Coral io 01 



Green Coral 65 20 



Pink Spray Coral 15 06 



Spike Coral 10 03 



Bud Coral ]5 06 



Golden Sea-Fan 75 3i 



MINERALS. 



Aragonite. Kans 25 09 



Azurite and Malachite. Ariz. Splendid 



blue and green 50 23 



Catlinite Pipestone. Minn 15 05 



Chalenpynte. Penn 25 08 



Emory, N. Y 15 C4 



Fluorite 15 07 



Lava, Vesuvius 25 11 



Labradorite. N. Y 25 07 



Marble Onyx. S. D.. polished 45 23 



Pearl Spar from "Cave of the Winds." 



Niagara Falls 10 03 



Red Marble. Tenn io 01 



Smithsonite. splendid green crystals. 



from Greece 50 22 



Stalactite. Ariz ]5 08 



Siderite. N. J 15 08 



Staurolite, N. H 10 05 



Vesuvianite. N. Y 15 (17 



Wallastonite. N. Y •>"> 13 



CURIOS- 



Eye-stone. genuine 25 09 



Shark's tooth (modern) iu 03 



Lucky tooth of Cod 11 o:i 



Trap door Spider (mounted) f,0 30 



damaged (mounted) 35 16 



Centipede, fine (mounted) 1 00 19 



Redwood-bark pincushion 25 H 



Sea-horse 15 06 



Squid in alcohol, very large 2 00 61 



Horse-foot or King Ci'ab 50 21 



Alligator tooth extra large 25 08 



Egg of Nurse Shark 50 18 



Tarpoon Scale, selected 10 04 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Valve of large Scallop: just the thing 



to paint on or decorate 25 13 



Valve of Lucina. golden in color, 



splendid for same as last 20 07 



Young Naturalists' Marvelous Collec- 

 tion 1 00 66 



Student's Mineral Collection, 53 fine 



specimens 1 50 £2 



Davie's "Key to Nests and Eggs of N. 



A. Birds" (2d class) 1 00 



Pack of Bird Cards, 60 all different 10 OS 



Short's "Birds of Western New York" 10 07 



Tape-measure Pencil, a measure and 



pencil combined 12 07 



Sioux arrows taken from bodies, points 



left in victim 32 16 



3 in perches for small birds (stained 



and varnished) 15 08 



Mexican irridescent pottery, change- 

 able colors, light and novel, cups, 



bowls, plates, etc 15 09 



Extra flue, with handle 2J 11 



Mexican Bank-shaped and colored to 



imitate fruits, fine 50 24 



Mexican watchman's whistle 15 08 



Everything here listed sent prepaid 



at prices quoted. Mail your order be 



fore March 1st., enclosing Postoliice or 

 Express money order, or currency 

 by registered letter, to 



ERNEST H. SHORT, 



Albion, N. Y. 



Natural Science News. 



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You Havirt an Idea 



By seeing any other Geodes from any 

 where else of the unique beauty of this 

 new rind of white Chalcedony Geodes 

 on the Cheyenne River, S. D. Inside 

 are sparkling crystals of pure quartz, 

 selenite, microscopic, loose, perfect 

 rhombs of calcite, milky, cfrost like, 

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 7 kinds, all postpaid, for $1.75. Opened 

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 them found in the world in my eleven 

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 schools. Arrow Heads sent on selec- 

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