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THE NATURALISTS' COMTANION. 
Alden Loking, Owogo, N. Y.—Four 
})erlcL‘t Indian arrow-heads for the hrst 
four numbers of this paper and the 
Ih st three niinibeis of the Sunn}’ South 
Oologist. 
Hany Fox, JMurdoeksville, Fa.—An 
arrow-head, a red-headed woodpeeker's 
or yellow-billed eiiekoo’s egg for the 
lirst number of the Natukalists’ Com- 
pAEioN, Fossil crinoids and stems 
for U. S. coppers earlier than 1845. 
J. W. Jacobs, Waynesburg, Pa.— A 
collecting case (used for an egg collec¬ 
tion; cost «i'5; nearly new; size inside 
-1x10x30 inches; send for drawing) 
and a collecting box, size 4x8, for the 
best otter of birds' eggs. Will also 
exchange birds’ eggs for same. 
Eugene W. GiiAEFOKD, Danbury, la. 
—I will exchange the following birds’ 
eggs for others: Turtle Dove, Pewee, 
Kingbird, Robin, Thrush, Bank Swal¬ 
low, House Martin, Prairie Hen, Blue 
Jay. and Yellow-shafted Flicker. I 
would like three specimens of each. 
F. N. Massoth, Je., Hanover (.'entre, 
Ind.—Type writer, printing press and 
and outlit, watch, books, papers, min¬ 
erals, birds’ eggs, Indian relics, coins, 
microscope, stamps, shells, and many 
other articles for a bicycle, rotary 
printing press, stamps, Icssils ot any 
kind or any, thing else. 
G. D. Story, Carterville, Mo.—Min¬ 
erals, woods, fossils and curiosities to 
exchange for minerals, fossils, petrifac¬ 
tions, coins, fractional currency, Indi¬ 
an relics, ocean curiosities, match, 
medicine, playing card and revenue 
stamps and curiosities of all kinds. 
Books of all kinds nicely bound and in 
good condition, papers and magazines 
lor books on geolog}^ minerals, arch¬ 
eology and natural history. Lists. 
W. A. Ackekmann, Marengo, Iowa. 
—Stamps of all kinds to exchange for 
Golden Days, coin sale catalogues, 
stamp, coin, and curiosity papers. 
W. W. PiDLLiBs, Clark P. O., Pa.— 
I will give a packet of 40 varieties of 
S. A. and African stamps for two per¬ 
fect arrow-heads or two good minerals 
not less than l^xI2^.in! not in ny- collec¬ 
tion; also Longfellow’s poems bound 
in cloth, for best oti'er in minerals, 
birds’ eggs, Indian relics or any natur¬ 
al history specimens. 
R. D. Goss, New Slfaron, Iowa.—To 
any one sending me $2.50 worth (deal¬ 
ers catalogue prices) of lirst-class eggs 
with data (or $2.00 w'orth, my selec¬ 
tion) I will send recipe with full in¬ 
structions for embalming birds and 
mounting them by the process 'which 
keeps them from moths, mice and sweet 
for ages. Have used it with best of 
success for past live 3 ^ears. Many ex¬ 
changes last season; no complaints 
but many testimonials of its merits. 
Reference, J. A. Singley, Giddings, 
Texas, and Julius Schneider,Anaheim, 
Cal. Will also exchange for same 
value in Indian relics, fossils and min¬ 
erals. 
QUERIES AND ANS’WERS. 
W, W. P., Clark, Pa.—The bird de¬ 
scribed is the Cedar Wax’wdng. 
G. S. W., Jersey City, N. J.—Your 
article is not the proper thing tor a 
natural histoiy journal; would answer 
better for a story paper. 
N. F. M., New Salem, N. C.—The 
specimen sent is not a delinite mineral 
specie, but a lithological specimen. It 
is a cleavable dentritic silica schist. 
Rather pretty but not worth much. 
