to Hibbing ,Minn.Sep,..19,-1901. 
: AL, a Mr. Brewster, - 
opty? I am offering my two per- 
sonal taken sets of Yellow Rail, -N-8,N-10,-with Photo- 
graphs of nests,and nanerace of site,-a deep coulee ,among 
the North Dakota Buttes,-to the highest bid that shall . 
reach me before Jan.Ist. ,1902. 
I am selling the eggs thus for two reasons:First,I am anx- 
jovs to realize as much as possible from the sale of the 
sets,in order that the proceeds of them may Bave means 
for extending my trips,next season,into regions affording 
interesting and comparatively unexplored fields for bird 
study with my camera;and ,second,in order that I may get 
at somewhat of a unified opinion as to what competent 
collectors may consider the real value of these eggs. A 
divergence from $3.00 to FIFT#"N DOLLARS ,in the price per 
egg,is nothing short of ridiculous, 
I have,in addition to the above,sets of Arctic Woodpecer 
and Hudsonian Chicadee,-the latter,N-6.The prices of these 
are one-third Taylor’?s prices.Rut these two sets have 
teen offered to two other parties. 
Very truly: yours,- 
P.R. Peabody. 
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