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THE OFFICE OF THE 
VALLEY NATURALIST 
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NATURALISTS' DIRECTORY. 
LUnder this heading we shall publish the 
Name, Address and branch of Natural His- 
tory, at the rate of ten cents per line, single 
insertion. Discount on long-time advertise- 
ments.] 
Calkins, Wm. W., Chicago, 111. Conchol- 
ogy, Botany. 
Davie, Oliver, Columbus, Ohio. Orni- 
thology. 
Fernald, Prop. C. H., Orono, Me. Gen. 
Nat. His., Entomology. 
Heiligbrodt, L., Bastrop, Texas. Entom- 
ology, Beptiles. 
Jones, Wm. L., Lebanon, St. Clair County, 
111. Ornithology. 
Owen, Richard, Prof. Ind. State Universi- 
ty, Bloomington, Ind. Geology. 
Monell, J., Mo. Botanical Gardens, Saint 
Louis, Mo. Botany, Entomology . 
METEOROLOGISTS. 
Nipher, Prop. F. E., Washington Univer- 
sity, St. Louis, Mo. 
Trembly, J. B., M. D., Oakland, Cal. 
Mead, S. B., Augusta, Hancock County, 111. 
SPECIMENS 
—OF— 
Natural History Presence! to Order. 
ANIMALS, BIRDS, 
; P i SHES & REPTIL ES . 
Stuffed and Mounted in a Superior Manner 
ARTIFICIAL EYES 
In Great Varieties at Reduced Prices. 
JOHN W. SHORTEN, 
GENEBAL TAXIDEBMIS T, 
No. 185 W. FOURTH STREET, 
(Send lor Price List.) Cincinnati, O. 
"WA-IFLID 3 © OA.TALOGIJES OZP 
AMERICAN & FOREIGN BIRDS' EGGS. 
THE LARGEST VARIETY EVER OFFERED FOR SALE IN AMERICA. 
Six Hundred and Twenty- Five Species ! 
viz: 
275 North American ; 300 European ; and the remainder from South America, 
Africa, India, Ceylon, Mauritius, New Zealand, Australia, and 
the Islanas of the Pacific. 
Many of these eggs are of extreme rarity. Among the 
WM EXOTIC SPECIES 
which are especially noteworthy, are the 
Apteryx!! Brush Turkey! Condor!! Emeu, African and American Ostriches, Arabian and 
Griffin Vultures! Imperial Eagle! Glamingo! Tropic Bird! Penguin! 
Guacharo Bird!! Etc. 
Equally rare are some of the 
NORTH AMERICAN EGGS, 
Such as 
Bronzed or White-faced Ibis! Frigate Bird! Chaparral Cock! Texas Guan! Hooded Oriole! 
Bio Grande Jay! and many of the rarer Thrushes, Flycatchers and Warblers. 
These Eggs are well prepared and positively identified, and will be sent, postage or ex- 
pressage pre-paid, to any address on receipt of price. 
Send stamps for complete Catalogues, six cents each. 
IPIFLOIF- HEXsTIRrsr WARD, 
Ward's Natural Science Establishment, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
Minerals, Scientific and Medical Books, 
Shells, Fossils, Birds, 
&ND ALL OBJECTS OF NATURAL HISTORY ARB BOUGHT, SOLD AND 
EXCHANGED BY 
A. E. FOOTE, 1223 BELMONT AVENUE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
Specimens sent to any part of the world by mail. Specimen copy of an illustrated monthly 
bulletin of 16 pages sent free. I received the highest award given to any one at the Centen- 
nial Exposition of 1876, and the only award and medal given to any American for "Collections 
of Minerals." Mv Mineral Catalogue, of 50 pages is distributed free to all customers, to 
others on receipt of 10 cents. It is profusely illustrated and the printer and engraver charged 
me about $900,00 before a copy was struck off. By means of the table of species and accom- 
panying tables most species may be \arified. The price list is an excellent check list contain- 
ing the names of all the species and the more common varieties, arranged alphabetically and 
preceded by the species number. The species number indicates the place of any mineral in 
the table of species, after it will be found the species name, composition, streak or lustre, 
cleavage or fracture, hardness, specific gravity, fusibility and crystallization. 
Catalogue of shells giving 2500 species 3c. stamp, printed on heavy paper on one side, ac- 
companied with Genus List, 10c. in lc. stamps. Catalogue of Birds' Eggs and Taxidermists 
Supplies, 3c. Catalogue of Books, 32 pages, 5c. 
COLLECTIONS OF MINERALS. 
For Students, Amateurs, Professors, Physicians and other Professional Men. 
The collections of 100 illustrate all the principal species and all the grand subdivisions in 
Dana and other works on Mineralogy; every Crystalline System; and all the principal Ores 
and every known element. The collections are labelled with aprinted label thatcanonly bere- 
moved by soaking. The labels of the $5.00 and higher priced collections give Dana's species 
number, the name, locality, and in most cases, the composition of the Mineral. All collec- 
tions accompanied by my Illustrated Catalogue and table of species. 
NUMBER OF SPECIMENS. 
Crystals and fragments 
Student's size, larger • 
Amateur's size, 2>£xlK in 
High School or Academy size, 2, 1 ix3>4 in. Shelf Spec. 
College size, 3Kx6 in., Shelf Specimens 
25 
in box 
50 
in box 
100 
in box 
100 
200 
300 
$ 50 
1 50 
$1 00 
3 00 
$1 50 
6 00 
$1 00 
5 00 
10 00 
25 00 
50 00 
$2 00 
10 00 
25 00 
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$3 00 
25 00 
50 00 
100 00 
300 00 
Collections of Shells, Fossils, &c, at equally 
low rates. Send for the "Naturalists' 
Leisure Hours" giving full particulars. In 
sending please state whero you saw this ad- 
vertisement. Specimen copies free. 
A. E. FOOTE, M. D., 
1223 Belmont Ave. Philadelphia, Pa. 
Prof, of Chemistry and Mineralogy. 
Fellow of the A. A. A. "8.; LifeMember of the 
Pa. A. N. 8. and of the A. M. N. II. 
