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ALBERT G. KUGK 
[Successor to N. J. PLUMB,] 
iVo. 32 Park How, 
Opposite New Postoflace. NEW YORK. 
ISfPORTBR OF 
Needles aod Fisyooh, 
AND DEALER IN ALL EIND9 OF 
Fishing Tackle, Guns, Revolvers, 
Skates and Sporting Goods. 
W. S. BARltfUM^ 
' SYRACUSE, N.Y 
Dealer in all kinds of Sportsmen’s goods. 
Guns, Revolvers, Fishing Tackle, Base 
Ball Supplies, &c.. 
Also all kinds of ammunition of the very best anality< 
liluzzle-Loadini? Guns altered to Breech- 
Loading a specialty. 
Clark & Sneiier, 
214 West Pratt street, Baltimore, Maryland. 
Gunpowder ! 
ORANGE SPORTING POWDER. 
Orange Lightning Powder. 
Best Powder made. Nos. 1 to 7. Packed only in sealed one pound 
canisters. 
Care must be taken to use no finer size than No. 5 in metal 
shells, or fine breech loading guns, as it is too quickfoi the strength 
of either 
Orange Ducking Poivder. - 
For water fowl. Very strong and clean. Nos. 1 to 5. Packed in 
metal kegs of 6 1-4 11>6., and canisters of 5 and 1 lb. 
Audubon Powder. 
Xery quick, for woodcock and other shooting from mnzzle load- 
ing guns. Nos. 1 to 4. Packed in metal kegs of 12 1-2 and 6 1-4 lbs. 
and canisters of 1 lb. 
Orange Rifle Powder. 
The best for rifles, and good for all ordinary purposes. Sizes, FG, 
FFQ, FFFG. Packed in wood and metal kegs of 25, 12 1-2, and 6 1-4 
ibs., and canisters of 1 lb. and 1-2 lb. 
AU the above brands give high\elocities and lees residuum than 
any other powder. 
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Old English Furniture of the 18th Century. 
IN MAHOGANY AND SATINWOOD. 
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W. & M. have for many years devoted their attention to the style 
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tlemen yisitin? London are invited to inspect their warerooms. 43 
C. J. ilIAYiVARD & CO., 
DEALERS IN SPECIMENS OF NATURAL HISTORY. 
We have just received a fresh supply of BIRD SKINS and EGGS 
as well ae other objects of Natural History, from Florida and else 
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WORKS ON NATURAL HISTORY FOR SALE. 
pictures op game birds and mammals. 
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uable cooperation. 
PROF. S. F. BAIRD, 
Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 
United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries. 
Washington, D. C. 
PROF. THEO. GILL. 
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 
PROF. MARSH. 
Yale College, New Uaven. 
HON. J. D. CATON, L. L. D. 
Late Chief Justice of Illinois. 
Ottawa 111. 
DR. ELLIOTT COUES, U. S. A. 
Surgeon and Naturalist to Northern Boundary Survey. 
Washington, D. V. 
DR. H. C. YARROW. 
Surgeon and Naturalist to the United States Exploring Expedition. 
Washington, D. C. 
MR. ROBERT RIDGWAY. 
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C 
DR. J. B. HOLDER. 
Curator, American Museum, Central Park, New York. 
MR. C. J. MAYNARD. 
Ipswich, Mass. 
MR. ^Y. A. CONKLIN, 
Snperintendant Menagerie, Central Park, New York 
SETH GREEN, ESQ., 
Rochester, N. Y. 
A. S. COLLINS, ESQ., 
Caledonia, N. Y. 
REV. LIVINGSTON STONE 
Charlestowm. N. H. 
FRED MATHER, 
Honeoye Falls, N.Y. 
THADDEUS NORRIS, 
Philadelphia, Penn. 
DR. JARED P. KIRTLAND. L.L.D. 
East Brocknort Ohio. 
DR, I. 1. HAYES. 
The Arctic Explore^, New York. 
DR. T. S. GARLICK. 
Author of “Fish Culture, ’’ Bedford, Ohio. 
DR. THOS. M. BREWER. 
Boston, Mass. 
II. W. HENSHAW. 
U. S. Engineer’s Office, Wheeler's Sun-ey Department. 
.lOIIN BUMSTEAD. 
Author of “On the Wing,” Boston, Mass. 
FRZD. J. ABBEY <fe CO.. 
Importers and Manufacturers of Breech and Mnze-e-loading 
Oruns^ IP isiols^ 
Fishing Tackle and General Sport- 
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Bad shooting gnns made to shoot well. Breech-loading guns, cen 
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BREECU-LOA DERS, 
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A History of North American Birds 
MEbSRa LITTLE. BROWN & CO., 
no Washington Street, Boston, 
Also for Sale atOftice of American Sportsman. 
Have the pleasure of announcing to the public an entirely origins 
work upon the Binds or North America, prepared by Prof: Spen 
cer F. Baird, Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 
with the co-operation of Dr Thomas M. Brewer and Mr. Rober 
Ridgway. 
The Land Birds, complete in 3 vole, small 4to, illustrated by 598 
wood cuts, and b4 plates of full life size < llustrations of the Heads of 
the species. Vols 1, 11. and 111. Land Birds now ready 
Price $10.00 per vol. ; colored by hand, $20.00. Volume 
IV., on the Water Birds, is in an advanced state of preparation 
and will, it is expected, be ready early in 1875. 
Delivered free to any part of the Uiilted States on receipt of price. 
The authors have been permitted access to the unrivalled collec- 
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North America, in the immense number of skins as also of nests 
and eggs, brought from every locality, and properly classified and ar- 
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The object of the present work is to give a complete Nk^connt of 
the birds of the whole of North America, north of Mexico, arranged 
according to the most approved system of modem classification; and 
with descriptions which, while embodying whatever is necessary to 
the proper definition of the species and their varieties, in as simple a 
language as possible, exclude all unnecessary technicalities and Ir- 
relevant matter. On this account it is especially recommended to 
the beginner, The descriptions are all prefaced by analytical and 
synoptical tables intended to diminish as much as possible the la* 
bor of identification. 
John E. Earle, 
SOLICITOR OP 
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ISAAC McLELLAN, Esq. 
The Poet Sportsman, Greenpoint, L. I. 
Seth Green Fish Ponds, 
Caledonia, Livingston Co., New York. 
A. S. COLLINS, PROPRniTOR, 
(Successor to Seth Green & A. S. Collins.) 
Eggs, Fry, Yearlings, etc., of Brook Trout, Salmon Trout, Sal- 
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