NATURAL SCIENCE NEWS. 



New York 



And Hudson River Railroad. 



WE8TWAHD. 



Stations. a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m p.m 



Rochester 8:00 10:30 2:20 5:35 1(1:00 



Albion 7 00 9:10 11:35 3:25 6:50 11:06 



Lockport S:U5 10:05 12.22 4:20 7:40 12:00 



SUSP. Bridge . . 8:45 10:45 1:00 5:05 8:20 12:35 



Niagara Falls. 9:06 10:50 1:10 5:10 8:30 12:45 



Buffalo 8:55 10:55 1:25 5:15 8:45 



EASTWARD. 



Buffalo 6:25 11:00 1:30 5:00 5:o( 



Niagara Falls. 6:35 S:05 11:18 1:40 6:00 



SUSP. Bridge . 6:45 8:10 11:25 1:48 6:05 



LCCkport 6:00 7:25 8:50 12:00 2:25 5:55 6:4s 



Albion 6:50 8:15 1:00 3:25 6:45 7:50 



Rochester 8:00 9:20 2:05 4:35 9:00 



\1 AT I P F Spriag is coming. So 

 l>U I ll^L. are the Birds, You 

 will want Blowing Tools. I have them. 

 Best Blowpipe at 35c: cheap ones at 20c. Best 

 Embryo Hook at 75c (set of three different 

 sizes with engraved handle) ; cheap one at 10c. 

 Drills from 8c to $1.00. A good outtit for 40c: 

 a fine one for $3.00; the best in the world for 

 $5.00. Trays at lowest rates. Taxidermists 

 supplies always on hand, Address ERNEST 

 H. SHORT, Albion. N. Y. O. 



Send 1 5c stamps and you will receive my 

 I new Normal Catalogue of all European- 

 I palasarctic bird eggs, in over 600 numbers, 

 with prices and number of sets for each 

 species. Send $5 bill by. registered letter and 

 ! you will receive, by return steamer, a fine col- 

 j lection of European Birds Eggs, in- 

 I eluding Falco tinnunculus, etc., etc. 



HERMANN ROLLE, 

 INSTITUTION FOR NATURAL HISTORY 

 Emdener-Str. 4, Berlin, N. W„ Germany. 



Come to Florida. 



A fortune can be made in a few years 

 in pineapples and tomatoes; vegetables 

 raised the whole year. An ideal home. 

 For particulars write R. P. Osier, 

 Avon Park, Fla. 29&Otf 



THE LITTLE MIDGET 



SELF-INKING RUBBER STAMP. 



Every Naturalist should have one. 

 Sent complete with your name and 

 address for only 50 CENTS. 



E. BREWSTER MYERS, 



Mfr of Rubber Stamps, 



117 Clifton Stieat, Rochester, N. Y. 



CABINETS I; 



Send lOcts for 

 loto of our spec- 

 ify— Self Lock- 

 ing. T perches — Oak samples by mail 

 8c, 10c and 15c; also stands. shields, glass 

 cases, gam? panels, &c. Cabinets to or- 

 er. HANAFORD CABINET CO., 139 

 and 141 W. Fulton St., Grand Rapids, 

 Mich. 58 MO tf 



' Large stock of 

 Illustrations to select from.C?> J 

 Send for sheet of specimens 

 and prices of JOB PRINTING. 

 Prices a little lower and work a 

 ittle better than elsewhere. Write us what 

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



MINERALS 



SHELLS, etc The White 

 City Collections. 50 fine cabi- 

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

 teur size, $1. 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. 



Our Special Easter Sale 



I found ou taking an inventory of my stock of Eggs prior to moving into my 

 new quarters, that I had a surplus of many singles To reduce this I have de- 

 cided to make the following liberal offers, For every Dollar ($1.00) sent me 

 before April 10th I will send prepaid, your selection from the following list to 

 value of $2.50. For every $2 00 sent me I will send you prepaid your selection 

 to value of $5.00 worth and include./>ee a copy of Lattin's New Standard Cat- 

 alogue For every $2 50 sent me I will send you $6.50 worth and include free 

 one egg of Chuck-wills-widow and one copy of the Standard Catalogue. For 

 .$5.00 I will send $13 25 worth and include free an egg of the Canvas back and 

 Hutton's Vireo listing at $3.25 and also send the Standard Catalogue if you will 

 mentiou it. For $1.00 I will send yon $27.50 worth, one copy of Stearns' Natural 

 History Of Labrador, and a copy of the Standard Catalogue 



Send money in manner most convenient. Stamps not taken in sums over 

 $1 00. Parties sending orders amounting to less than $1.00 can select eggs to 

 double the amount sent. Orders of less than 50c must include 5c extra for post- 

 age. Remember that this offer expires April 10, 1896 and that, while I will fill 

 orders at these rates as long as stock holds out, no extras will-be sent after that 

 time Always metition a few substitutes and address everything plainly to 



ERNEST H SHORT, Albion, N Y. 



*Pied-billed Grebe S 10 



*Black Guillemot 25 



Pigeon Guilemot 50 



*Murre 20 



California Murre 20 



*Razor-billed Auk .... 25 



Great Black-backed Gull 40 



Western Gull 30 



*American Herring Gull... 20 



California Gull 3J 



Ring-billed Gull 25 



Laughing Gull 20 



Caspain Tern 50 



Royal Tern 40 



Cabot's Tern 30 



Forster's Tern 10 



'Common Tern 08 



Least Tern 08 



Mountain Partridge 75 



California Partridge 10 



Valley Partridge 15 



Sooty Grouse 75 



Oregon Ruffed Grouse 40 



Prairie Hen 2J 



Wild Turkey 1 00 



Chacalaca 50 



•Red-billed Pigeon I 03 



•White-winged Dove !0 



Ground Dove 20 



Turkey Vulture. 75 



Black "Vulture 75 



Marsh Hawk 85 



Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 0 ' 



Cooper's Hawk 30 



Harris's Hawk 60 



* Red-tailed Hawk 60 



Western Red-tail 60 



Red-shouldered Hawk 35 



•Fla. Red-shoulder. Hawk 60 



American Sparrow Hawk 30 



Audubon's Caraeara 1 00 



American Osprey 50 



American Barn Owl 35 



American Long-eared Owl 30 



Florida Barred Owl 1 00 



Florida Screech Owl 40 



California Screee'i Owl 40 



Road-ruuner 25 



•Yellow-billed Cuckoo 10 



•Black-billed Cuckoo 12 



Belted Kingfisher 15 



Hairy Woodpecker 40 



Downy Woodpecker 20 



Baird''s Woodpecker 50 



•Red-headed Woodpecker. 



•Red-shafted Flicker 10 



Night hawk 40 



Chimney Swift 12 



Costa's Hummer 60 



Anna's Hummer 50 



♦Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 10 



Kingbird 04 



♦Arkansas Kingbird 06 



*Cassin's Kingbird 20 



Crested Flycatcher 12 



•Mexican Crested Flyc'her 25 



Ash-throated Flycatcher.. 25 



♦Phcebe 01 



Black Phoebe 15 



♦Wood Pewee 12 



♦Western Wood Pewee.... 20 



Western Flycatcher 23 



Acadian Flycatcher 20 



♦Little Flycatcher 20 



♦Traill's Flycatcher 25 



♦Least Flycatcher 15 



♦Prairie Horned Lark 15 



Ruddy Horned Lark 30 



American Magpie 20 



Yellow-billed Magpie _ 50 



♦Blue Jay 04 



♦Florida Blue Jay 25 



Blue-fronted Jay 75 



California Jay 20 



White-necked Raven 60 



♦Sooty Tern 



♦Black Tern 



♦Noddy 



Fulmar 



♦Leach's Petrel 



Anhinga 



D'ble-crested Cormorant.. 



American Merganser 



Black Duck 



Blue-winged Teal 



Pintail 



Ruddy Duck 



Roseate Spoonbill 



♦V\ hite Ibis 



Wood Ibis 



♦Least Bittern 



♦Great Blue Heron 



Snowy Heron 



American Crow 



♦Bobolink 



Cowbird 



♦Yellow-headed Blackbird 



♦Red-winged Blackbird 



Bicolored Blackbird 



Tricolored Blackbird 



Meadowlark 



Western Meadowlark 



Orchard Oriole 



Baltimore Oriole 



Brewer's Blackbird 



Purple Grackle 



•Bronzed Grackle 



Boat tailed Grackle 



Great-tailed Grackle 



Purple Finch 



House Finch 



♦>m. Goldfinch 



Ark. " 



•Ch'tn't-collar'd Long-spur 



Savanna Sparrow 



Seaside " 



•Lark " 



West. Lark " 



♦Chipping 



Black-throated Sparrow 



♦Song Spnrow 



♦Heerniann's S'g Sparrow. 



•Swamp Sparrow 



♦Towhee 



•Spurred Towhee 



•Calif. Towhee 



Gray-tailed Cardinal 



Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 

 •Black-headed Grosbeak... 



Blue Grosbeak 



•Indigo Bunting 



Lazuli Bunting 



Painted Bunting 



DicWcissel 



•Lark Bunting 



•Scarlet Tanager 



Summer Tanager 



•Purple Mir tin 



Cliff Swallow 



♦Barn • 



♦Tree " _ 



Bank " 



♦Rough-winged Swallow... 



Cedar Waxwing 



Phainopepla 



♦White-ruuiped Shrike 



♦Red-eyed Vireo 



♦Warbling Vireo 



Yellow-throated Vireo 



White-eyed Vireo 



Bell's Vireo 



Prothonotary Warbler 



Lutescent " 



Parula " 



•Yellow " 



•Chestnut-sided li 



Prairie " 



Oven-bird 



Louisiana Water-thrush. . 

 Maryland Yellow-throat... 

 ♦Western " 



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Louisiana Heron 



♦Little Blue Heron 



♦Green Heron 



King Raii .... 



♦Sora . 



12 

 10 

 12 

 20 

 10 



Purple Gallinule 25 



Florida Gallinule 10 



♦American Coot 08 



Wilson's Phalarope 1 00 



American Woodcock 1 25 



Bartramian Sandpiper .. .. 30 



Spotted Sandpiper 15' 



Killdeer 20 



Ring Plover 25 



Snowy Plover 50 v 



Oystercatcher 25" 



♦Bob-white 10 



Florida Bob-white 15 



•Yellow-breasted Chat 08 



Long tailed " 15 



Pileolated Warbler.... SO 



•Am. Redstart 15 



•Mockingbird 05 



♦Catbird (2 



•Brown Thrasher (-2 



Sennett's " 15 



•Curve-billed Thrasher 15 



Calif. Thrasher 20 



Cactus Wren 20 



Bewick's Wren 20 



Baird's Wren 20* 



House Wren 05 



Parkman's Wren 10 



♦Long-billed Marsh Wren 05 



♦White-breasted Nuthatch 35 



Brown-headed " 25 



Tufted Titmouse 30 



Plain •' 50 



♦Chickadee lj 



Oregon Chickadee 35 



Carulina Chickadee 15 



Wren-tit 50 



Calif. Bush-tit... ■ 



Blue gray Gnatcatcher 2) 



♦Wood Thrush 06 



♦Wilson's Thrush 12 



•Russet backed Thrush .. 15 



Hermit Thrush 30 



Am Robin 0 



Bluebird 03 



Mountain Bluebird 10 



FOREIGN. 



♦Song Thrush 05 



♦Blackbird 10 



♦Redstart 10 



♦Willow Warbler 05 



Wood " 15; 



Marsh " 20! 



Cettia " 4<| 



Orphean " 50 



Grasshopp'r " 35 



Rufous " 25 



Jay Iff- 



Garden Warbler 10 



Hedge Sparrow 10 



Siskin 75 



Wren 05 



Robin 05 



Black-cap : 10 



Spotted Flycatcher 10 



Long-tailed Tit 30 



Mongolian Pheasant 35 



Partridge 15 



Barbary Partridge 25 



Pheasant 25 



Sparrow 1 lawk 30 



Dartford Warbler 40 



Blue-throated Warbler 40 



Black-headed Gull 30 



All guaranteed 1st class. Or 

 those marked (♦) I have orig- 

 inal sets with data. Write for 

 price on what sets you want. 



Sets with nests for Easter 

 decoration a specialty. 



