The finest Taxidermist’s Gun that Science and Mech- 
anism have yet produced. 
THREE YEARS OF SOLID SUCCESS. THE FINEST COLLECTING ARM IN THE WORLD. 
An ordinary-looking Cane and a Sliot-Gun all in one, and suitable for either* 
Shot or Ball. 
THE TRIUMPH SHOT-GUN CANE, 
CENTRE EIRE. 
This is, without exception or dispute, the finest gun of the kind for either Profes- 7 |f| 
sional or Amateur Taxidermists and Naturalists. It will shoot and kill at 10 rods. ||| 
Can be loaded light enough for a humming-bird or heavy enough for a duck. IT "Is! 
USES THE REGULAR METALLIC, CENTRE-EIRE, RELOADABLE SHELL, 
and is made in calibres 33 and 38. 
This cut represents the 38 cal. centre-fire shell. 
These Shells can he reloaded and xised 
hundreds of times . 
This Gun looks like an ordinary Rosewood Cane, and the trigger is instantly detachable, and 
it is not absolutely required to fire the gun. It can be loaded very rapidly and easily, the shkll 
being EJECTED AUTOMATICALLY. It is very long ranged, and will shoot either shot 
or ball in a satisfactory manner. 
THE TRIUMPH CANE-GUN is in every Avay better than the $30 guns. It is our own 
manufacture, and warranted every way. t 
PRICE either 33 or 38 calibre, SI 3 each, no discount . 
Primed Shell, ( extra loug) 32 cal. $1.00, 38 cal. $1.15 per hundred. * 
Several members of the NUTTALL ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB own these 
Guns, and prize them highly. 
It is guaranteed to be the best Collecting Gun extant, and when LOADED 
WITH BALL it has no equal as a weapon of self-defence. 
The Triumph Shot-Gun Cane has found its way into the hands of Collectors and Taxi- 
dermists in every country on the globe, and the unanimous decision is that it is the finest col- 
lecting gun extant. 
Address G. W. TURNER & ROSS , 17 Dock Square, Boston, Mass. 
NATURAL HISTORY STORE, 
168 Tremont Street* 
BOSTON. 
Have just received 2,000 Skins from South America, consisting mostly 
©f birds in bright plumage, and have made large additions to my 
stock of Mounted Birds in first-class specimens, including 
many choice game birds, and think I can safely 
say that I now offer 
THE LARGEST AND FINEST STOCK FOR SALE 
IN THE UNITED STATES. 
In other branches of Natural History I am receiving fresh supplies of material 
in the line of 
Minerals, Shells, Corals, <Sr.o. 
W. J. KNOWLTON. 
