t\* FOR THE PEOPLE FOR EDVCATION FOR SCIENCE LIBRARY OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Central park,'^^'^ :WYC.",: ^^^J^sW " / ^^Ig^*** Monthly, i^f^ 50c. per Year. ^^ ■^ Vol. VII, ALBION, N. Y., JAN, 1889. No. 1 Exchanges and Wants. Brief special announcements. "Wants." "Ex- changes" inserted In this department for 25 cents per 2.5 words. Notices over 2.') words charged at the rate ot one-half cent per word. No notice in- serted for less than 25 cents. Notices which are merely indirect methods ol soUcltlng cash pur- chasers cannot be adniltted to these columns under any circumstiuice.s. Terms, cash, with order. The Ooi.or.isT "works wonders". From my little Ex. notice In Dec. No., I received an an.s- wer by same mall that I received the "Oologist" Every mail brlng.'^ leply's from the East, North, South and West, I can't spealc to highly of it as an advertising medium. Resnt. Yours, GEO. L. WHITE, Mt. .Morris, N. Y. CUlilOS wanted for my musetim. SEEBACH Peru, Ills. Bird Slvins, Egus. \Var l!ellcs. (sabres). Micro- scope, Curiosities, Books on ornithology, Indian Relics, Tamliouriiie. ( caiinas etc., io exchange or Type. etc. JOHN o. yNYDER. Waterloo, Ind. WANTED.— Good Oi'nithology (with colored PlatPS preferert). will give Mtd. Birds Mammals Blrd^^klns Birds e.'gs and some cash. OTTO L. BULLTS. Wiunego City, Minn. Wantel. to e.x:oliaQ5-^ or s^ll Chinese coins and second class eggs, will exchange or sell eggs at h:ilf price. Onlv first cias.s egjs taken. Lists ev- changed, cn.\S. 11. CULI'. Gilrov, Cal. TO EXCHANGE OR SKLL.-A flrst-class collec- tion ol Birds Eggs Of I. -.0 variety, including Cerulean Warljler, Ostrich. Ruby Throated Humming bird, and others, for paitli ulars address H. L. MER- RITT, Box, 116, Chatham. Ont., Canada. WANTED,— The Icillowing tirstclass Eo-gs in original sets wtih data. White Ibis, Glossy Ibis American Osiney. Turkey Vulture, Black Vul- ture, Night IIawk,Bartramain Sandpiper. E vt TABOR, Meridian, N. Y. TO ESCTl ANGE.-A collection of eggs In sets with data, 60 kinds worth f2->-oo, for a Winchester re- peater, must be in good condition and either 44 or 45 - 90 cal. L. N. HOSSITER, Lake Forest, His. THE LIMPKIN.— Set of four with data to ex- cliange for best otter of sets or large singles cilAb.TURTUN, 1240 Flower St., Los Angeles! TO EXCHANGE.- Specimens of Natural His- tory for same. Dealers in above will send catalo- gues to Society of Natural Sciences. 330, W Mar- shall street, Norristown Pa. WANTED.— TO PURCHASE COLLECTIONS OF INDIAN RELICS AND OTHER CURIOSITIES FOR WHICH CASH WILL BE PAID. PARTIES HAVING SUCH FOR SALE WILL PLEASE CORRESPOND WITH W. H. H. KING, JACK- SONVILLE. ILLS, ayr WANTED— Reliable collectors in the United States and Canada, to collect tor me. liberal caah commission guaranteed. Write for particulars. FRED W. CURTIS, Wauwatosa, Wis. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE,— .500, Orlskany sand stone Fossils, And also many other Fossils from the Shale Rock of cayuga Couaty., win take In exchange Indian Relics, sea Shells, or flue Crystals. JOHN MINcHIN, Fleming, Cayuga Co EXCHANGE NOTICE.- Fh'st - Class singles (A. O. U. NOS.) of 4, 13. ItiO, 172, 203 264, [2T1], 339, 342, 351, 3u), 378, 394, 452. 474b 512' 595, 631, 731 hud Others equally desirable, tor'flrst class singles, listed at not le.-'S than 30c each (1890 List) or tor full sets of first cia.ss eggs with comr plete data, of the most common species send lists. All correspondence answered. WILL A MOORE. Box. 661, Norwalk Ohio. American, European and Exotic Butterflies and Moths for cash and ia exchange for Birds' Eo-t^s Bhtls' Skins. All mounted and peifect Ver" rare and beautiful specimens from India, Africa and South America: also live cocoons from India and Europe to exchange tor others of this country S^^nd for catalogue. PROF. CARL BRAUN, Nat- nralist, Bangor, 5Ie. WA NTED the following sets all flrst-class with complete datas: iSj, 1^, n^-i, 41 1-6, 67 i-T, xfAM 197 1-5, 2U1-5, 2441:1, 2.54 1-5, 260^.r, 263 1-5 277h' 2781-5,304 1-5. 312 l-.'j, 3211.1'. 326I4', SSl^f, SsSjI' 431 1-5, 462':^, E. s. ?4, 656i:i. In exchange for every $1 worth of the above sets I will give $3 worth of the following flrst-class singles Cala ShrlKe, Green backed Goldfinch, Western Larli Finch, Heerman's song Sparrow, Parkman's Wren Red-eyed Vireo, Brewer's Blackbu-d and Road- runner. M. L. WICKS, JR., No. 1. So. Hill St Los Angeles, Cala. JAMES p. BABBITT- TAXIDER^flisT. And dealer in all articles required bv Ornitholo- gists. Oologlsts anJ Tttxldermists. A*laro-e stock of Stuffed bi^rds, Birds skins, eggs, and Irtlflclal glass eyes always out hand. I carry nothing but the be.st English:eyes. I can give as low a price as any dealer in the U. S. I am constantly need- ing eggs and skins and willgve good exchinffe in mounted birds and skins to paities havlu"- the above to exchange. 10 Hodges Ave., Taimton, THE OOLOGIST. *ill be chM^ > uuDths »S CM. ; 0 ■D.nlU. W cc : 1 ,«,, 73 «i 4c.nU ,ot •^a pnold ,» mon Ibau one dapulisatt, oMtudf ol ibra ntn ^^^^'■"^IS' °°' ^'.?°« •" "^"'"S «» Import— of k^bv thdr «™. . Uiat voold h« ff inietw • lueiud »•< KiK u • CM of ouli 10 OKKTa i. til,, nireeloi/ ^ widM of /iiM Ci^I^tian uui vlU >l ttmj may hAW for aole chwip; - Jo tb» penoiu wt > of plMlog vjnpki < iD tha oiMof only 10 CSKTS iu ,u« wirecw Addnai, TEB OOLOpiffT, , D r. BIRDS' EGGS. Percy G. Bourne, No. 4 Arch Place, Haverhill, Mass. Will A. Moore, Box 6G1, Norvvalk,Ohio. John B. Seymour, New Berne, N. C. Chas. E. Cram, No. 410 Jefferson St., Burlington, loAva. " [JB H. W. Davis, North Granville, N. Y. [y TAXIDERMY. V.N. Marsh, Mount Union Coll., Al- liance, Ohio. INSECTS, Roy L. Lj'le, Cedar Springs, Kent Co., Mich. [j Eliot Field, Box 1, Wayne, Delaware Co., Pa. STAMPS. Fleming & Freeman, Box 174 and 1267, Natick, Mass. [n3 BIRD SKINS. V. N. Marsh, Lock Box 6, Mt. Union, Ohio. [ii2 CURIOSITIES. Ed. VanWinkle, Box 10, Escanaba, Mich.. [3n S. C. Wheeler, Waterbury Centre, Wash Co., Vt. IMPORTED JAPANESE AND INDIAN SILK Worm eggs for seed. In Silk culture. Different species, also the celebrated Madras Silk Cocoons Avarrantcd to be raised successfully in this country. Directions given how to raise them profitably. Prices low. PROF. CARL BRAUN, NATURALIST, BANGOR, - - MAINE. OUR XMAS In December Oologist has proven a great success ;ind we have conchuled to extend a portion of it for 30 days lf)ng- er, viz: Having a large surplus of the eggs of the species advertised in the December Oologist, we will till orders until Feb. 15, at the following low rates: For $1.00 we will send you eggs, 3'oiu" selection to that amount, and The Oologist for 1890. For $2 you can select to the amount of $3. For $3 you can select eggs to the amount of $5. For $5 you can select eggs to the amount of $10. Our stock of many species will no doubt become exhausted at an early date in which case it is desirable to name a second choice in case we cannot furnish the ones you mostly desire. Orders under 50 cents' must (tontain 5 cents additional for return packing and postage. All specimens post-paid at our ex- pense, and should loss occur through breakage we will stand hnlf. SPECIAL. NOTIOE The following species we withdraw from the oft'er as our surplus has al- ready been disposed of: Ridgway No.s— 729, 696, 698, 660, 661, 681, 694, 646a, 620, 628, 593a, 580x, 5.58. 514, 473b, 474, 475, 434, 436b, 439, 442, 414, 420, 425, 360, 3.53, 280, 283, 179, 213. 240b, 26, 19, 53, E. T. S., and all foreign eggs. Address very plaiul}', Frank H. Lattin, Albion, Orleans Co., N. Y. 4 H i # VOL. vn. ALBION, N. Y., JAN., 1890. NO. 1 Notes on Florida Birds. When in Florida last winter, I met with a great many birds under circum- stances very favorable for studying them, especially when camping on the Indian river. An account of the whole trip might be interesting, but, brief as I eould make it, it would till the whole of several numl^ers of the Oologist and would not be confined to ornithology and oology alone, but would have to contain something about camping, boat- ing, adventures with animals, reptiles, insects, etc.; so I must leave the space which it wonld take, for articles of more valuQ^; but I will try from time to time, to give brief notes of some of the more prominent birds. 1 , Florida Jay, {Aphelocoma Jiori- dana.) The Florida Jay i^ found in larger numbers on the Indian river than in any part of Florida. Prof. Maynard took live, sets of eggs in one season near where I \ras camping, which was a pretty good find, consider" ing that the bird builds in a tangled thicket. I saw a Jay fly into an or- ange tree one day and immediately shot him. Glancing into the tree, I saw a nest there made of sticks and looking very much like a Jay's nest. It took me about ten seconds to climb into that tree and stick several sharp thorns into my legs, only to find it an old nest of v/hat kind I do not know. The Florida Jay is a handsome bird with his mettallic blue and ashy gi-ay coat, and I do not think he is quite so mischievous as his notorious relative, the Blue Jay; but I have not had the opportunity to study his habits that I have had of those of the Blue Jay, and perhaps if I saw him skirmishing through the woods and eating up the eggs and young of servicable birds, I might have as bad an opinion of him as I have of Cyanocitta cristata, and Corvus americaniis are the two birds which I dislike, for I have setn them I'ob the nests of smaller birds, like the tyrants that they are. Again I have seen them unmercifully henpecked by Kingbirds, Red-wing Blackbirds and even Sparrows for trying to break up their homes. There is scarcely a bird iu South Florida, save the Grackies, as tame as the Jays. They will come into a house, and although there may be several pei- sons in the room, will hop around as freely as if they were in tlie woods out of' sight of a human being. At one grove I saw Jays so tame that they would eat out the hand of Mr. Sackett, the owner of the grove. They make great pets, he says, and he thinks a great deal of them, for they are lots of company to him, his nearest neighbor being several miles away, and wtth their lively notes and gay plumage and manner, they are a source of much en- joymient to him, as they would be to anyone w^ho would treat them as friends and not as mere specimens fit only for the cabinet. 2. Tnv'kG J Hvizz&v A, (Cathartes aura). This bird is protected by law in Florida far better than the deer, for venison i.s exposed for sale in the open markets there during the "close" season, while who would think of hanging up a Buz- zard in his market at any season? Public opinion is on the side of the Buzzard, as it should be, for without this invaluable scavenger, life in the tropics would be decidedly unpleasant. Buzzards are seldom shot, and during the time I was in Florida, I neither shot at nor killed one, although I could have killed fifty or more without going a step out of my way. THE OOLOGIST. Buzzards are by no means bad look- ing when you see them sailing in the sky, but I am not desirous of a very close acquaintance with them untilthey change their diet. One day I left an alligator that I had shot on the banks of the Banana creek, as I wished to get the teeth when they got loose enough for me to get out. Going past there a few days later, as many as forty Buz- zards were around it enjoying them- selves immensely, gorging themselves, as they Avere. with his putrid flesh. But who docs not want the Buzzard to enjoy himself, when in doing so, he docs all mankind a priceless favor? 3. American Coot, {Fulica americn- na.) Coots were everywhere and in countless legions. So thick were they that I do not donbt a story told me by the person avIio shot them, to the effect that he i)icked u)) seventy-six Coots after tiring into a ilock of them, and there was as many more dead ones floating in thc^ water, which In; did not pick up. All through the Banana creek, twenty miles long and from one-half to one mile in width, the water was literally black with Coots, and they are so tame that they only get away from a boat when it gets very near. It is in- teresting to watch the Coots, especially when they are feeding, when they can- not reacli the grass on the bottom of the river without diving, they dive down head flrst, but come up tail tirst in a most comical manner. They make sailing hard though, for they do not eat all of the grass thej- pull up, and it floats in the water, making fast sailing next to impos.siljle. I was sailing across the Banana river one day under reefed sail with the water so rough that every wave threatened to swamp us, and the wind blowing almost a gale, when a number of Coots were on the water, un- able to rise on account of the waves, which were so high that they could not run along on the water but a j-ard or two without pitching into one, whii-h they did not seem to relisli. Tln^y would dive when about four feet from the boat. The Coots in some places on the river were very tame and in other places quite wild. One night when we were camping on the Banana creek, Ave miles from the nearest house, a flock of Coots numbering many thousands, came in very close to the boat, seemingly out of mere curiosity. They w^ere so close together that thej' looked like one solid mass, and as far as the eye could see the Coots were so thick that yoii could not Sije the Avater for them. Yai'ious kinds of Ducks were flj'ing ovei-, so thick as to darken the sky, and making a whining, whistling roar, which lias has to be heard to be appreciated . At such a time a shot in anj' direction is sure tf) make sad havoc, iiud if the ])ot hunter could find a market here for his game I should i)ity tiie poor liirds. But as it is, comparatively few aie kil- led, and they are nearly all eaten. Wild aniiuals kill some, and Balil Eagles frequently attack tliem. They usually show fight, however, when at- acked by Bald Eagles, and, ehising uj) into solid ranks, give him a showei- bath, much to his disgust. They say it is dangerous to eat directly aft(;r bath- ing, Which 1 suppose is the reason that Mr. Baldhead doi^s not giv(; the Coots further trouble. But in order to get a good idea of I lie immense numbers of Coots found in Florida in the Avinter, or to study their habits, one must visit the Indian River. 4. Bald Eagle (Haliacctus lencoceph- alus.) On any clear day if you glance upAvard, the chances are that ytni will see one or more Bald Eagles, oi- "Bald- heads." They are A'ery common but very Avild and hard to slioot. Their food consists of fishes, (Avhich they do not always get by honest labor) an/j<.) 1 found these to be very abund- ant along the west bank of the Bana- na River, and, unlike the Wilson's Snipe, which 1 found there also, they ffy in Hocks. 1 saw a large Hock light on tlie edge of tlie river one da}', and by making a detour and creeping up, we succeeded in getting aljout half a bushel of them in five successive shots; ' Now don't think I wa.'s slaughtering these poor, innocent birds— kind reader merely for the love of killing, for every one of them was eaten— even to a plate of them which we had all cooked for suijper, and a wild-cat, possum or something stole and ate up. Mingling with the Snipe might be seen an occasional Killdeer, and Pec- toral Sandpipers also seemed to be fond of their company; Yellow legs did not associate Avith them, liut wcjuld shirk for themselves along the shore; either singly or in small parties. The Gray Snipe, like the Wilson's Snipe and most all shore birds, is a green looking bird with its long legs and longer, soft tipped bill well adapt- ed to the use it is applied. Its whole frame seems to be on as long and slim a ]^lan as i)ossible, which gives it an appeaiauce. when flying, of being a large bird— and it is large according to measurements— which is changed to an appearence of being a very small Ijird when it is skinned oi- i)lncked. But it makes \\p in quality what it lacks in quanity, foi- though small. A number of tliem make a very good meal for the hungry collector. Clarence W. Rowley, Ellis, Mass. Ornitholcgy and Bicycling-. I think the most healthful, instructive and pleasing exercise one may take, is to roam in the country, through forest and meadow, and over brook and stream, in pursuit of the study of birds; and I think the second most healthful and pleasing exercise is bicycling; aside from walking, there is no exercise that puts every part of the body so in mo- tion as does bicycling; and I venture to say that there is no exercise that so builds u]) the muscle; and now combin- 10 THE OOLOGIST. iug these two pleasures, Ave have a .sum, total of happiness and health. I had beeft an earnest student of birds for a number of years, when I became the owner of a bicycle. Then my next study was to learn how I could best work my wheel in with my ornithological studies; and it was not so A^fery difficult a problem. How often has it been the experience of the collector, that he has hastened at early morning, to some distant woods or glen, which he knows to be rich in oological treasures and reaches there only to see by his watch, that so much time has been consumed on the way that he has but a few moments here be- fore he must hasten back, and so is obliged to return disappointed. With the bicycle tlus is overcome to a goodly degree. One of my favorite spring-time ram- bles is to mount my wheel at 4 or 4:80 a. m., with rubber boots on, (imagine a bicyclist in rubber boots,) and with my collecting box strapped to the bundle carrier, and ride out into the country some three miles to a certain swamp; here I lock my wheel to the fence and have whole hours to myself and the birds before I need worry about getting home to breakfast. I imagine the readers of theOoLOGiST would be somewhat amused if they were to see me riding into town in the morning, just as the pleasant odors of breakfast begin to stir themselves, ar- rayed in old clothes and rubber boots, with perhaps a bird's nest or two, tied to my wheel; when I do reach the breakfast table, it is with no invalid's appetite I assure you. And after break- fast when everyone is hurrying to their business, I doubt if there is anyone among them who feels any more like a day's work than I, myself. It was my pleasure during the past summer, (1889,) to take an overland bicycle tour through Orleans, Genesee, Wyoming, Cattaraugus, and Chautau- qua counties to Chautauqua Lake, re- turning along Lake Erie by the way of Buffalo; and during the trip my orni- thological note-book was in the hand- iest corner of my handiest pocket, and was used even oftener than my oil can. I kept a careful record of all the birds I saw, and consideral)ly enlarged my ornith(jlogical knowledge, although ornithology was by no means the object of my trip. One afternoon in particular, I shall not soon forget, I was riding along the road between Sandusky and Franklin- ville, in Cattaraugus Co., heated and dusty, when, turning a bend in the road, I reached a miniature Rip Van Winkle glen, where the road ran along side of a woods. Dismounting, I seat- ed myself on a hummock of earth in the cool shelter of the grove, and soon found that the birds, as well as myself, were aware of the beauty of the place, for the grove was full of bird music. Here were Thrushes, Tanagers, War- blers, and many strangers. Indeed I could have spent the rest oi the day there if I were not so far from a night's lodging; but that little grove of birds I shall not forget. Now in conclusion, as a proof of the value of a wheel to the ornithologist, I can point to many a valuable set of eggs and many a curiously constructed and pretty nest now in my collection which would not be there had it not been for my faithful steed of steel and nickel. To be sure his backbone is somewhat curved and his ribs show decidedly, but notwithstanding this, for his assistance to me in my ornithological studies; I would not part with him for twice his weight in dollars. Neil F. Posson, Medina, N. Y. The Audubon Ornithological Club. I [All letters of inquiry and communi- THE OOLOGIST. 11 cations relating to the club should be addressed to the secretary, J. M. Howard, 284 Marshfield Ave., Chicago, 111.] The Audubon Ornithological Club was organized in October, 1888, when several of the young men in the neigh- borhood met and adopted a constitution and by-laws, and elected the following officers: President, E. F. Walker; sec- retary, A. M. Cox, and curator, J. M. Howard. By the following year, very little had been done except to revise the constitution and by-laws, and be- come acquainted with each other. We found ornithologists, indeed, to be ' ' few and far between . ' ' Several active and a number of cori'espouding mem- bers were admitted. In October, 1889, the first annual meeting of the club was held, when important business was transacted and the following officers were elected; President, A. R. Hager; secretary and treasui-er, J. M. Howard; cui-ator, A. M. Cox, and librarian, C. A. Jones. A collection and library has been started, an(^the club is on a fair road to suecess. The OoLOGiST is the official organ of the club, and should bo ordered by evei-y member. It will contain notes and items of interest as well as the more important papers .\ May 6, 1889, A.M. Cox shot a full- plumaged female Blue Grosbeak about half a mile west of Chicago. They are considei-ed accidental visitors in this part of the state. We are sorry to hear that the splen- did collection of H. K. Coale (number- ing about fifteen hundred specimens) has been sold to the British Museum. It should have been obtained by some museum in this country; at least as such a chance does not run along the road every day waiting to be picked up. Pine Siskin. On November 23d, a cold, moist morning, I had the pleasure of record- ing a visit from those erratic little fel- lows, the Pine Siskins. While on my way down street, my attention was at- tracted by the "tsee-a-daing" of three Goldfinches as I thought at first, which came undulating overhead and alighted in an evergrean in a near by door-yard. Approaching the place, I soon found no difficulty in identifying the charact- eristics of our little erratic winter visi- tant, the Pine Siskin, for such they were. The crowd of three soon took wing and dissapeared to be gone perhaps for a year or more. Neil F. Posson. 'Medina, N. Y. From Michigan. Up to the middle of last week we have had a great number Nuthatches, Woodpeckers. Kinglets, Yellow-rumps and' various sparrows with us. The weather was very warm, and I was somewhat surpi'ised one' day to find that they had all disappeared, seem- ingly, without cause. Two days after, a storm set in which lasted two day^ and which left the snow over a foot deep. I merely cite this as an illustration of the wonderful instinct of our feathered friends. The Slate-colored Juncos arrived here Sept. 30; a very early date. Passenger Pigeons have been mox*e common in this county than for some tim» hei'etofoi'e. I have seen two flocks of about twenty each, and have heard of one containing sixty. On Mackinaw Island I shot a specimen of the rare Connecticut Wai'bler, Aug. 30. Stewart White, Nov. 30. Kent Co,, Mich. 12 THE OOLOGIST. THEOOLOGIST EDITED AND PUBLISHED MONTHLY FRANK H. LATTIN. ALBION, N. Y. correspondence and Items of Interest to the student ol Birds, their Neats and Eggs, solicited trom all. XEKlVtS OF STJ"BSCR.IPa?IOIsr. single Subscription, Sample Copies, Tlie above rates include postage and premium. 50c.per annum. 6c each. A.I3VEJR,TISI3SrO K,.AwTES Single Insertion, 20 cents per line, nonpareil. 1 mo. 3 ma 6 mo. 1 yr. Five lines, l 00 2 so 4 00 6 00 one incli, a 00 . 5 00 s 00 12 uo M column. 7 uo 17 50 28 00 i's 00 I " 13 00 33 50 52 00 78 00 One page, 25 oo «2 so loo oo iso oo Adverilsements under live lines, ciiarged one line extra. Special discounts can be given on many advertisements, send copy tor estimate and we will give you tlie exact cost of the advt. you wisli inserted. Kemlttauces sliouiu oe maue oy uia,it uu xnuh York; money order or postal note payable at Albion, N. Y.; registered letter: or by the Amer- ican, U. S., or Wells & Faigo Jixpress Co. Money Order. Unused U. S. postage stamps of any de- nomination will be accepted for sums under one dollar. Make money oi'ders and drafts payable and addi"ess all subscriptions and communications to. FRANK U. LATTIN, Albion, Orleans Co., N. Y. Entered at the Post UiTice at Albion, N. Y., as eeeond-ciass mail matter. Florida Field Notes. Mr Willaixl Eliot, Tlionotosa-ssa, 1 Fla., sends u.s hi.s Field Note.s for 18S0, I from which we take tlie following: — March Lst. Wood Duck; found a ne.st in a natural cavity in a live pine tree j 50 feet up, as I had uo (•linil)ers I could | not got to the hole. March 22. Loggerhead Shrike; took a set of live fresh eggs, the nest was in an orange tree 8 feet up, made of crab grass and sticks lined with green maid- en hair moss gathered from the dead pines near by. March 29. Went to an old field full of dead pines clim))ed to a Flicker's hole 40 feet up and found a Fla. Screech Owl sitting on one fresh egg. Also found a Brown-headed Nuthatch nest in a pine snag containing two eggs and three young and on my wa}' home took a tine set of thi'ee eggs of Fla. Screech Owl from an old Flicker's hole 8 feet u]), the eggs were laid on rotten chips and a few dead oak leaves. April .oth. Am. Sparrow Hawk; four fresh eggs, nest was in an old Flicker's hole 10 feet up, eggs were laid on rotten chips at bottom of cavity. April Ifith. Ground Dave; took set of two fresh eggs, the nest was a shallow platform composed of grass and weeds and was situated on the tip end of an orange liml) 10 feet up. It was an old nest repaii'ed. April 18th. Kildeer; took a set of three fresh eggs, nest was a slight de- pression in the ground lined with bits of grass and was on the lake shore. April 20th. Cardinal Grosbeak; three eggs, the nest was small and deeply cupped, composed of Spanish moss lined Avith tine grass, and placed in a small pine 8 feet up. I notice one thing about the nest of this bird in this locali- ty; the nest always contains pieces of dead palmetto leaf, no matter how hit it may be to a palmetto patch. April 22. Fla. Screech Owl; three eggs, incul):itiou ailvance I'UBLISHED MONTHLY BY FBANK H. LATTIN, - ALBION, N. Y. correspondence and items ot interest to the student or Birds, tlielr Ne-sts and Eg-gs. solicited rrom all. TER,3VES 0]e SXJBSCIlir>TIOIsr: Single Subscription, - - 50c per annum. Sample copies, - - - oc eacU. Entered at the Post Office at Albion, N. Y.. as second-class mall matter. General jngtruction^. -<•» PLEASE READ CAREFULLY, 'Write your order 011 spiMralc <.\wv\ I'rom your letter. No matter how often you write, al- ways give your name, post-offiee, eouurv, and state, plainly and in full. Tlie querist nuist enclose stani]) for i-e[)ly. How to Send Money by Mail. Small amounts, under $2.00 eaii be .sent by mail Avith very little risk, not one letter in a hundred being lost when j)r(^perly sealed and directed, but we do not hold ourselves responsible when money is sent in this way; it is at the risk of the sendei-. Amounts less than $1.00 can be .sent in United States or Canada postage stamps, smalln- ({cnavi- iiiations preferred. Kemitances should be made jjy V. <). Money Order payable at Albion',' N. Y., Bank Draft, Registered Letter, P liiiti just \v!iat they want. We Iiuvf also arranged Ihcni so that tiie series taken as a wliole contains no dui)lieates. 'J'lie ndvantaye of liavino- tlieni so arranoed will !>e rer.dily iioticc-d liy eolleet- ors desiring; more tlian one iireminm No. (>)• even the wliotf series. Anyone desiring to piireliase the wliole series, ]S'os. tion of whieli any collector ought lie i)r()ud). We will l)y express at our risk and expense for an even $1(3.00. Every egg offered as a premium is true to name and liist-idass in ei,'ery res- pect (unless otlierwise stated.) Having liad years of exjH'rience, we can and will pack tliem .so that tiiey will go safely through the mails. All eggs are marked with Ridgwav's numbers. to 14 (making a col'ec- irefullv pack and send No. 1. Contains eggs of the following com- mon stiPOies: Kobiu. t'atbird, F.rown Tliriisli- ev, Bluebird, Seng. Field, LJiiglish and t'liippiug .sparrows. Cowbird. Ked-wlJig lUackbird, Flicker. Purple Gnickle, I'.lue Jay, KlugDlrd, Mouning Dove, House Wieii. i HIT y wallow. Bank Swallow, I'ewee, i row and Least Tern. Price post-paid o.'ic, or wi:li The oologist one .\ear sOc. (ji\en for ."> subscribers. No. 2. Contains eggs of the following lOasteru species: Wood Thrash, chickadee, Long-billeti Marsh Wren. Yellow W;uijler, Ked-eyed \ireo, (;edar Waxwlug, Americ.ui Goldhnch. Grass Finch, Tudigo i;untlng, ]Meadow Lark, Baltimore Oriole, Purijle Cxrackle, creai Crested Flycatcher Bob-white. Sjiotted sandpiper, Ked-headed Wood- necker. Green Ilcion, Black-crowned Night Heron. Price post-paid, $1.10, or with Th.r; Oologist one year, t,i.6n. vUven for lO subscribers. Woodpecker. Spjrrow Hawk, lluffe'l Grou.se and Killdeer. Price postjiald, $-2,00. or witli The Ooi.ogtst one year, $2 2.=>. Given for 10 subscribers No 3. coutaius H'ggty ot the roilowiiig suutnern species: Mockingbird. Blue-gmy Gnatcatchei-. c;arolina Wren. Logserheiid >hrike. C'aralnal *.Trosbeak, Painted Bunting. Orchard Oriole, Boat- tailed Grackle, Sclssor-tailed Fl^caicher, lellov>- bUled cuckoo. Te.vau (iaall, Purple Martin, Louisi- ana Heron. Price post-paid. $1.10 or with The Ooj.ooisr one .vear, $1.8.5. «;iven for lo subsci-ibers. No. 4. Contains eggs of rite toliowlug Mississip- pi Valley species: Vellow-breast chat. Bells \lreo, SVhlLe-rumped Shrike, Lark Finch, Che- wLuk, Black-throated Bunting, Kose-breasted Grosbeak. Yellow-headed Bluckbird. Western i Meadow Lark, Bronzed (.ruckle, Prairie Shore Lark. Arkausa-s Kingbird. Western House Wren Vellovv-crowLed Night Heron. Price posi-paid, $i.jO, or with The oolOgist one year, $1.ao. Given tor 10 subscribers. No. s. contains eggs of the following very desi- rable species: Prothonotary Warbler, Balrd"s Wren, Hummingbird, 1-ong-eared Owl. American osprey, lied-shouiderert Hawk. Tm-key Buzzard I and Wild Turkey. [ Price post-paid. $i.nO. or with Thk Oologist one year. $2 T-j. Given for 20 subscribers. i No. 9. contains large and showy eggs oi the I following SeabirUs: Flamingo, iiider Duck. Am. ' Herring i;ui)., Uazor-billed .\aK, commun Puftin. I Murre. :aia. Murrc and Brown Pelican. j Price postpaid, .1f,i 2), or with The uoi.otiisT one year, *2..-i0. GlVcu lor ;;;0 subset ibers. j No. 10. Contains eggs vi t tic loilon lag vv ater- ■ biros bi-eediijg Inland: ~ i.,east Bittern, tsora liail, ; Florida Gallluule. Am. coot. M.Uard. Forster's : Tern. Black Tern. Tlilck-billed Grebe, Am. Eared Grebe and Kingbilled Gull. Piice post-paid, •il.iii. or w 1th The Oologii-.t one year, $i.r>0. Given lor 12 subscribers. No. 11. contains eggs of the following Coast breeding species: lUapper i.:;.ll. Black Skimmer. Laugiiin.LT GUil. ComuKiu lern. Black t.uilieniot and Soui.i Tern, ^.uU-billed Tern, Leach'.N Pcirel. Wilson's Plover. Price post-paid. $1.20 or with The Oologi.st one year, $1.4 >. Given for lu subscribers. No. 5. Contains eggs of the following CalUornia Birds: Callforula Bush-Tit, Cactus Wren. Cali- fornia Shrike. House Finch. Western Lark Finch, Heerman's Song .sparrow, Cala. Brown Towhee. BullocivS Oriole, Brewer's Bluckblid, Ked-shaftt'd Flicker, i;oad-runner, CalUornla Partridge, Western Bluebird. Price post-puid, $1.10, or with The Oologist one j-ear, $i..>o. Given forlO subscribers. No. 12. Contains eggs of the following species: Loug-blUed (;urlew. Black-tailed (iodvat, .Nurth- ern Phalarope, Wttlwake Gull and Noddy Tern.' Price post-paid. jf2 O.i, or with Thk OOLo(iibt one year. $2 2-j. uiveu fur is sui..-jcribers . No. 13. Contains Foreign eggs as follows: Barbary Panrldge, Great Crested ^Trebe, Mediter- ranean BiacK-headed Gull. Lesser Kestrel Hawk and Kuad\ SheluraKC. Price puat-paid, loc, or with Tuk Oologist one year, $l.i.->. Given fur b subscribers. No. 14. Contains tne follo»vmg novelties lu the eggUne: one egg of each SKate, Shark, Uevil- tish, Hammer-headed .>hark,Turtie and Aliig:ityr: also an egg-case of the J^erlwlnkle. Price post-paid, I'.'.c, or with The Oologist one Given for 7 subscribers. No. «. Cont^ilns eggs ot the following European Buds that uir on the American List: Wheat-ear I Jear, $i.00 While WagLidl, Meadow Pipit, Starling, Skylark, i ■ ■ Kestrel, Lapwing, Eup. Coot. Bed-necked Grebe ' ^'*^- ^^- <-'ontaln.s second-<.ilass eggs that would Price postpaid, $1.10. or with The Oologist one ''^'^''^'"*^ "'^*--^ were tuey hrst-class. The se- year, $1.3".. Given tor lu subscribers. ; lection is left entirely wlt.n us, but we will put lu — — — . i no egs:s that wiU catalogue at over a.'sc. No. 7. Contains egg-8 of tJie followlDg verj de- ' '^"''l^ piemlum will prove very desirable to Uie slrable species: Curve-blU Thrasher, Summer i young collect^ir and to parties deslrmg speclmeuis Tanager, BoboUak, Dwart Cowbird, Great-tailed for iiaster decoration. Grackle, Fish CYow, Amertcaa Magpie, Nights I'rice pc>st-pald. occ, or with The OoLi^Hwr mmi Uawk, Belted KUigflsher, Burrowing owl. Downy yea*". S6c Glreii roi- • sabscrlber*. THE 00L0GI8T, ALBION N. Y. JUST PUBLISHED. THIRD EDITION Davie's Nests and Eggs OF North AMERICAN birds, Re-Written and Greatly Enlarged, with an Introduction byj. Pariter Norris, and Full Page Illustrations of Nests, etc. by Theodore Jasper, A. M., M. D., and W. Otto Emerson. This ■work is descriptive of the Nl'SCs and Epgs of the Land and Wafer Birds of North America, which includes all the species known to exist— Chose that occur or are indigenous north of the Southern United States boundary, including Greenland and the peninsula of Lower California. The breeding range of each species is given, the time of nesting, the e.xact number of eggs laid, their color and size together with the dliief <;haracteristlcs of the birds. The arrangement of the work is according to the new nomenclature ofthe A. O. L'. Code and Check List, and the old numbers (Rldgeway's), as used in former editions, are placed to the right of each species. Throughout the text all the common names ofthebird.'^ are to be found, and a co.mplete analytical index of these is given. An Invaluable book as an aid tor the Identifi- cation of specimens to all those collecting in the Held. The work consists of 475 pages and is full page illustrations. Paper Edition, $1.25; Cloth, $1.75. FRANK H. LATTIK, Sol« \Vt:ole,«ale Aj;eijl, Orleans Co. Albion, N. Y. Paper Edition, price post-paid $1.25, or witli The OoLOGisT one year $1.40. . Given for 20 subscribers. No. 23. Book of Datap^ Our datas In book form are admitted by all who have used them to be the handiest and best arti- cle in the Data line ever sent out. JIach book contains lOO of our New No. q Data Blanks, with stub attachment, perfuiaied ^u u>. Data can easily be torn from stub, nlci:i.\ an ) strongly bound In board covers (check-book form). When Data Is torn from book, there re- mains a 2-ln. stub with blank for writing the es- sential parts of the data— also for writing how. when, whom and lor what disposed. 11 you wish to copy the data in full you cari do so by ■\\Tltlng description on back of the stub. sample leaf for stamp. Prit-e i)o.st-p;ud, 35 cents, orwith The Oologist one year 70 cents. Gh'enfor ;} siibscribei-.s. Or we can furnish the same Book of Datas bound in heavy njanllla and unperforated. Price i)(»8t-pai(l, 80 cents, or with TiiK (JoLOGiST one year 60 cents. Given for 2 snbscribers. (I'lJiW No, 24 Puzzle Whistle. -n'liii;,. This Avliistle is a genuine ■' pu/,-/le tu everybody, and Jljj'j'i; , I iiough less tlio,n two inches la &, , , :■ 'i-'th its power is so great ^^-^ -^ i i..u it can be heard for a mile. Blow it. and hand it to your friend, and he can not get a sound out ol It to s-ive his life. Lots at fun in it. I^setul to stop a stage, omnibus or horse car. call a dog. make signals in the night, call a fellow spoi-fsman or collecting friend from a distance, it is small and nickel plated, can be canled In the vest pocket or suspended from the watch chain as an ornament. Price post-paitl, 8 cent.s, or with The Oologist one year 53 cents. Cliven for 1 aubscriber. The Blow-pipe in this prem- ium is made of white metal and h(>avily nickel-))l:itcd and is the best l)lo\v-pi])e mad(>. The drill is made from the best !Stnbl)"s steel and is good for all fresh eggs. It \\-ill drill a hole L5-100ths of an inch in diameter. Price post-paid 85 cents, or with | The OoUHiisT one ,\tai' 7u cents. (;iven tor 3 subscribers. So 26 cMASISM'S 4^NS4^T§. How to catch and how to | l)rei)are them for the cabinet. Comprising a Manual of In- struction forjhe Field Natural- ist. The hoi^ton I'ost says: '• Are you I interested in bugs? Do you like to ] capture the wild and untamed beetle, the insatiable potato bug, and the! festive grasshopper, and impaling" them on pins, see 'em througli a glass? Then you want to know just the correct way to do it. and you wan \ to purchase this little volume." Pi-ice post-paid 50 cents, or with The Oologist one year 80 cents. Given for 4 subscribers. YOUNG l-OLKS' BOOK OF BIRDS. With numerous original, instructive and amusc- lngiii(^r>dMfPs by T. Bllby. This is unquestion- ably tl.- '• f-apest "-Bird Book" ever published and Is so >»n' .1 ;is to be of Interest to everybodv. It contains 2i<; i:u;.'es of reading matter, over 40 full page lllustruti(;iis. Handsomely bound iu cloth and ellt. Prii-e post-p:.id 50 cents or with The Oologut one H'arsO ctnts. Given lor 4 subsound In limp morocco; the ix'st tor general use. Complete desciiptive circular of this work free (0 applicants. Price pr of this book has had, thus lew are better tiiteil •lor the work he has accouiplislied. J II order that those wi^o are not acquainted \vii;i inev.uldf. lUiiv understand uiWH vvuat. sub- )«.;,.■> 1. LiViUS. we give Lho loilo.ving syu.j,.'si.s vf liio CMaienls: Cul.LKCTINO AND PRESERVING BiKDS— it tCllS how to collect, measure, sl:in, determme the sex aiiiply Illustrated.) make llrsc-class skins rapidly •Ai.d niouut birds in all attitudes. Collecting .ind I'kesekving M.\mmals.— It tells how to collect, measure, skin, make skins tor scteuilHc purposes and mount niamals. Al- so teaches t anulug skins for tur. C01,I,BCT1NU AND PKKSEKVING INSECTS FOR THE C.iuiNiiT.— It teaches wiiere to tind, how to col- lect i'.ud how to pi-eserve tieetles, Coleoptera. bugs or Hemlptei;a, Gras-^iioppers, crickets, etc. ov urihoptera .Uoihs and IJuttertlies, or Lepidop- lera. l>ragon Flit-.'-., or Neuroptera, Bees, Wasps, rtc., or llymdoptera, E'nos, Mosquitoes, etc., or Diptera. COl.l.KCTINO AND PRESEKVING FiSHES AND REP- TILES.—It teaClleS inuunting t-'l.shes and making i;.is.is of them lor museums: al.so how to mount jei)illes, make skins of tliem. ete. and preserve all animals of boili these cia.sses in alcohol. Miscju.LANEGUS COLLECiiNG.— It glves full in- structions about where to hod. collect and pre- serve tTabs or Crustacea, Shells ol Mollusks, Laud, Freshwater and Marine Worms, Animal I).u'as;tes. .Jellyhsh, corals. Sea-anemones. Hy- drolds and Biyozm, Star-fishes, Sea-urchins, liwluiuun.uis. Sixtiiges and Si-aweeds. Pressing sea-iiii«j-es and all other kinds of .Sea-side col- lec'la:^'. .VlrHj how to prepare and mount skele- to^^.^ ail cijwsts of Vertt!brate.s. ('(^I.LECIl.NG AND PKl-isEKVING EGGS.— It glTCS exten.ied instructions In collecting and preserv- ing c'gtiS, method of preparing a book lor record- ing their measurements, packing tor transporta- tion, eic , etc. The book contain.s l%'> pages. Is printed on heavy paper, amply Illustrated with ten plates which conraiii twenty-tlii'ee Bgiires,. and la lUiely biuiid In cloth. Price post-paid, 11.25 or with The Oologkt, ons year, $i.;^ >. (ilren far 6 subscribers. r, THE OOLOGIST, ALBION, N. Y. No. 34. Manton'a Taxidermy without a TM-, as U faiJl.v and fullv e.xplaiiis the pnx^-ss of i)i-epariiisr ana 'ireservin^' birds, animals and rishes " — /J.-w/o/t ConiiiwiureiUtli. Priee post-paid ."iO eents, or with The ()0L<_)GIST one yeai' H!) eents. (jiven for 4 subserii)ers. BUFFON'S NATURAL HISTORY ( )f i\Ian, the (ih)!)*', and of (^uadrapeds. with additions from ( 'uvier, Laeepede, and other eminent Naturalists. I'wo vo'ume.s in one. Thi.s ])opular Natni'al History is to well known U) need an extc^nded description; eontain.s over 600 pages; (.v^T (50 i)ages ()f illu.strations: hand- somely boiuid in cloth and gilt. Priee ]iost-paid .")() cents, or with The Ooi.ouiST one year 80 eents. Given foi- 4 .sub.seribers. THE CONTAINS 86 Pages of Valualsla Information. It gives our regular tjHcc list of o6logic.il specimens and .supplier, ftK mo-;! complete ever sent out bv any dealer"), 't ^-.vjs -.'iie common and scientific names of all Nortr •;r,e.ican birds, arranged and numbered accnidr.g lo Ridgeway s (the Smithsonian) nomencla- ture of i8St; it gives the numbers used in Baird's check-list of 1859 and those used in Coue's of 1883 ; it gives the value of the eggs of over 500 species of North American birds, this fact a'.one making thi catalogue invaluable to collectors as a basis of ex- change. It names the various families into which the tvirds of North America are divided, and enumerattj the birds belonging to each family. It gives, approx- imately, the number of eggs in a clutch of every American bird. It tells how to prepare specimens foi cabinet, how to pack them fc" transnortntion, wiO. many other useful hints. Tills Iliinctliook was published In ISS.-j, but It Is now more than worth the uomUial price asked for it.- , • I'llee post-paid V, cents, or with the Ooi.ociisr one year .5."> ceiiLs. Given for 1 subscriber. Birds of Eastern North America. With Original DescriptiooH of all the Species which oocur Bast of the MisBiBsippi River, between tho Arctic Circle aud the Gulf of Mexico, with full Notes upon their Habits etc. by G. J. Maynardi containing thirty-two Pliites drawn on Stono by the Author. REVISED EDITION OF 1881. This important work ib a lai^ qnarta voliune and containe 53i pages. doBcrlpnoD. «itJ» plorui'.itk 0 (riv« r.illy B a Keya. aiuD^- C ,. -_ 'Isltci tind Uiuruugbly ) e^pM' No 33. Tli3 Po.ket Bird Warbler Th=.s l;s a iiio-~t iiiu-entous noveliy. It covers thn ! ^*ulIl•e rantre of bird unU-s. and with a little I practice anvon- can Wiirlile in ej-.acl imi/a/ion of any bird's iiore— the Canary, Nljjhtlngale, Thrush, etc. liinia answer it, so {x^rifct aie the high | notps. trills, wariile. et<\ (This Ik the mauu- factu;er'!< claim fur rill- Warbler. Kd.] Priee po.^t-paid, 8 cents, or with Thk Oi^LOCilfiT one year .IB eent.s. (Jiven for I .snb.seriber. "This descrtptlnrji ol iha 01 baa ef 01 appsantS Id pf.nt l EnrJi apocAn la ef-it^\ljtA wiiuumcof Ui9 nestlln/s. BLuaenW 18 pr nJcuIu-t-^cArr art(fltio; ■ rouDd A |(opular o a waiCii are miDfled t es OD travt)! und.aitTtii I iuaii(», ajuS an exptLOmWy itMr ccaniccen. maiDDg Id kIJ Otrer ) t«2a prepareG wim K»^&t c*re; Fa pMu'i ov en;jeas«t Uarc t»xD sparal to lU «*orlc nxuptaltlo to tegloBcn. aa aTVHocetl !A'u]Qu[s: ana jUL'glns Er«Bi mot exprvasiobS Of approttariQo wlUa ■3 oTOlUtOlogj 1 {:o3Ee»i ivonlCy. Pwvi f.SZ id ViulMt indlTidual mnaur^. TM otAerwlae new and mntpbM. Prir« i>oat paid «10.00, or with Ta« OoLtXJisi t'OA ytax ilO.lO. GlveA for &9 »ubeurlboti. FRANK H. LATTIN. Alblm. N. V. TdE 00L0(4IST, ALBION, N. Y STAR FISH. ((>re/i.'liu tbe BtthcMutui and r»oge from 10 (u 15 iitiihej ac-rvftd Aod ubuul 9 iochea lliil rKit. iut^ro:*!!!^? oor«l. Tlie ,nvr Eg£s of F^afao^.'s, Strpenl. Onr iUirttration fT.vtsi very goM irim al Ihis ecica- til^c wocdcr. whicb d instautly iwrpent slowly uncoils itsalf from tl btirninft egg. Earh fierpent a dtffprent ijotitioti. KacI Rtely after tlie egg 5toi» burning the serpiint hanlens nna may aftnrwat-a9 be k«pt aa an amus^ing curiosity. Thpy are pnl up ia boxes, twelve eggs in a Price poflt-pnid 10 i-ents, 1 subscriber. nt«. Gi\ ifor One TLat of ea'-'% Itdsl. Blue, Violot ar.d Green Jak. p bare been u?iiig these inks for five years, antl think they are I in powders, sjflicient for one pint of I each. Red, Blue, Green and Violet Ink I To make the ink, you simply add one pint of pure rain water to each package . .Ptice post-paid 25 cent*, or with The American Bird Fancier. Or How U> Kr.-^d. Rear, aud Care tor Song" and l).,rueni. Biid.s This vr.luWe aud iiui.-.i u.. i;i''.- nc.rk for all who are ini : ■ ' , . . |,ing of S<.ug.Rird». h I -■. .nJ en- larged, and i- 1 V, '• ■ manual upon the subiv I Ail -*i." own val- uable birds, or wish fj do so. will hud the new Faueier indispeusable. New' Revised, and Enlarged Edition. By D. J. Browne, and Ur,Tuller Waker. lllusi i-al^d Paper Cover. Price p.,«t-paid, 50 cents, or with The OiiLooisT one year W) cents. Given lor i subscribers. Tke Favorito Pictorial Dictionary. __— — — 1 Tlie Pocket Pictoria f^W--:^] •■■ •■•■I'-s :.nd IVoununc I - : .1 i.ngiiage. eon SXo'^yr to 03.ra.p ©'.it Bv John M GouM. Giving full in- forma'.i.in as to Getting Be.'.dv, SinaU ol Large 1 »-ties Trhveling afool ani Camping, Ulothirig. Cooking, Marc^hing, The Camp. Tent.s. T«nt Pole.s. etc.. General Advice. How to do it Hygcuic r i: .l»l. Given h>r « The Animal Life or Onr toShoM. With special reference w the New .TersoT Coast and the southern, shore i>i Long'Islan.l- By Angel.. Hcilpiio, Pr.- fes.sor of Invertebr.ile Pjleonlology -^t the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Fully Illustrated. )2mo. lorn.s of ..nii.i!,! lif» «'"icli .>re -.o.. .stantly r.ttractiug attention— their nat- ure, nsea, babit.s, resort-s. etc.— are se- r-urati'ly described in an easy, attractive and popular style tree from technicalit- ies. The volume is very reanaUo. and win prove an agreeaWe change for those ..lurfeited with the ordinary sum m^r li.ijiit read'ng. aud a fruitful source of inir.mj.irion aud amusement to all who arc lnterest*-d in the study of nat- ure The uumelxiuii illustrations which render the identification of speolnens rery eaey aiid materially (o the value of thowirk Pilcepojt-paidei «, orw-llh w^m ibov/tish Saw. the < fou ^ '.-•?» ' 'i3 'Opical SeaA sootit of thifi tish is fly pK-longwl, i^dd k-O'A IVio a aw.rd- : ittccvH'jd. is well itl- at-fi iu o'lr i-ngrftv It is said ihal this ^<^S>^'£ii']» '*" '^^ jweapou isontdforbolh ^ I proCetiUon from and de- :iosurrecrioa yiimo iMimctit.Ti of oAer fish. .*■ il ■ ;'. i;--i i'l ■ ;;ih-. , ( ihc !TI»« fj>eoimeD8 we tiffer ■ "tl'- of jui-c v*Ty ilo.:'elghi 'neb ■CA vy' Price prat-pcit], a5« n- witb 'fiiE COLoai lae yuAT 70 ceuts, Giv pUt«' In ila lintlre it H«i*m «j> in lh»3 pi. 5 pau', Minjr , me, hen th« div iir)a up jnt-t i Hfl«*d iiWH.v by »nndfc to pUff, HfjmKtiifles fui f mil<8. ^*\^.■n M t^t il Rrftdi I uJ the* l^-ii-*- ^rustpaid. l.'i cents, «> with T« Brazil- Nut Pod. .... hnow that s >D Its we oSer cuaoul be obtained of low prii--ed dealer for leas th»n thr< » tre.,vttaiDS.. beighlunOOft Hir^^our price for tbeni. part ij Crazil, eod l>«*arb J round wovdy L^*'^' *^ ' -. __.' pericarp^ '"j^"*!!^). *i«*-^ly *^ '"^""K* *^ " |h gul^'ribei bead. I*h'i8 p^r'u-ai-p contaloft ibout tweuty-four lungish, triac^nlar- 15 eenls. GWe^ ehaped ae«da we offer oue of thest- uoopwoed peri A good trap, bh&v Spring, I^ iocb ly« . with be«vx unAbc- Price post-paid, 40 oontfi. or wilb TfiE j fi***^^ t-, ^.^ complet*. Jtwt tkr^ yeHrTBceote. Give* for t^^j?? f^^ 'f^-T^R ^^'ifc S^l^tt.- ... I Pnce poftt'p&id S6 cents, or wltb Tk» b-^cnburfl iOoLOOlflT onn year 73 eenta. Givec U -. ■ 3 Fubscriber* Kln^ OF fiorsesfaoe €r&b. A Sea Horse. i Hippocampus Hudsfn- littte bjh, with a hpu< lewmblinp (hat of buriM), and a tiolee' prfbeuaile tiiil. T >j body is covered by derrual nkn^letoD i-oo- sistio^ of norreriMis pioces wbii'i' ai'e jlt- raoged io S'-jnceots. Tbe Joints of xU^--^ pieces are geD'^roUjele- v^Lted aod keeled. A (tood Kptviiuen of the Sua Horft^ i "'- ' — ■ -SeuabinetofaD iiat-tr. mif tbej a^ n.,i ..u! ■.vcunou Itrpeusive, bui it. is a vei-y J^-ult njjf" of ujew t«r for even dwilers to sapn^ the c and ty.iii. rarely U usFacea attarn 1^ l^nglb of two fi-et, wi thiat ihe fii'ike i< m-arly ii foot in Irogth, nnd is o;tpMb'ie of iuflii-tiag a de^ly wound The spec-imeUM we of fer are very tine, perfe<*l oncis. Prifo post-paid 3.1 eent«, or witb Toe — Dis. Oi^ takfo fr< 1 Oela Wif^ *. ;i'y Jii*. and • loaiit hi ' our supply mo short e . Vben in full bU)oi.>. . n»".r Uie Ki09i bcuutifu) ireeA ».i the B»bania.'4 Tbe bltp soDis are fk.'arl«C a.x.it ai ranged similn^, to our \t> _ cust, hanging in boncA** .19 large ** a balf-bn^h* ( inakiug t^e Uwt a ^cM ' lua** of pcail"b. TUr j-. sul«<;riber». THE OOLOGIST, ALBION, N. Y. No. 57. ^.; Club-spine d Urcliin. Cicierls t^^bel'oUl■<. I U:<.r. This very rare echlnortf*rm Is from tUe deep waters oft th« >?abamas. Our collector to ootain tlie ones we offer, was oblig-fccl ro dive In 30 ft. of water, and to thus obtain thein. ^ _. one at a time tu a -^ locality where they are by no means ■ plentiful, has a ten- lieui nuL only expensive, but ex- deuo 1..-. . ---, ceedlnv^'ly scarce in the cabinet of a collector Specimens, of the quality we offer, usually sell at from from To cts. to $l.O(i each. Our Premium List is mailed only to coUectoi's, and we will venture that there is not over one out of one hundred that i-eceive it, that has seen a speci- men of this species. Price p()5!t-pai(l 2') cents, or with Thk OoLOGiST one year BO rents. Given i'or 2 subscribers. Popular Natural History Ti-e:lts of Biixls, Aniniais, Fishes, Rep- tiles, Insect.^ mentioned in the Script- ures with .'^ketches of their haftits, etc., by D. Cj. Wood, B. A.; 328 pages, hand- somely bound in cloth and gilt; illustrat- ed. Price post-paid .lO cen.ts, t'V with TllE OOLOGIST on.e yeai- SO cents. iTivcn for 4 subscriljers. THREE KINGDOMS. Hand-book of Agassiz Ass'n I [LAST EnrrioN.] i This book contains full instructions iu ever.\- ! department of Nutui-al History. It, has directions I tor follectlDS' and preserving Flowers. Kerns. S ^eawcf'd and woods; f' 'r the capture and mount- ; inc- of Moths, Butterllles. Heetles, and other insects: for the shooting-, skinning and stuffing- of birds: for the collection and mounting of I Minerals, for buildint;- a cabinet; for organizing a ISdcicfx- with rules of Parliraent:iry Laws: direc- '),!:.;: oaducting exchanges and preparing i: . , ■ ■ .1 the n.aiL etc.. etc. \ 1 ;:, is! 1,.. !: c; ; l(i7 pages, cloth; j Pi-ice ])ost-paid 75 cents, oi- witli Thk iOoLOGisT one year $1.00. (iiven for (5 snbsci-ibei.s. Coik'cfion of Nvts (!'■ Seeds. This ])reniium contains the following; I Rajah or Betel Nut fi-oui Australia, 2 Red, 2 Gray, 1 Long Red and 1 Bi-owii-banded Sea Bean from the Bahamas; 2 white Nicker Be;uis and 12 Guinea Peas or BUu-k-evcd Susans from the Bahamas; 1 unouened four-inch pod of the Gray Sea Be:'.n, verv handsome, curious and desirahle; one" Vegetalde Ivory Nut from Brazil. Price post-paid, 35 cents, or \vith Ihk OoLOGisT one year 70 cents (iiven for 3 su])scribers. First Steps in Sci8Gtiflc Knowledge, f ^ ||gg[ ^f jjig Tarantnld. nw. 16mo. volume a;- one. Natural Histoid Seven part follows: Pai-t of Animals. Parts Two and Three Plants, Stones, and Rocks. Parts Foui and Five. Phjsics ;uid Cheiuistrj Parts Six and Seven. Anatomj and I Phvsiologv. Bv Paul Bert. Translated l)y" ."Madame Paul Bert. Revised and Corrected by Wm. H. Greene, M. D , Professor of < 'lie'misti-y in the Philadel phia Central High School. With 5".0 Illustrations. Over 375 pages. Com plete in one volume. Kirao. Extia cloth . "It is a wonderfully lucid and thoroughly systematic presentation of the elements of knowledge in the seven departments named It does not attempt too much in any one, hut eacli is a remarkable example of condensation withoui the sacrifice of clearness or tliorougk- ness. There is a profusion of small illustrations which will be found helpful by pupils."— C/ffcof/w mines. " The book Is certainly the most remarkable ever written on scientific knowledge for child- ren. It is ri-ofusely Illustrated."— 7'/V/sft; tlu-ir various purposes, nnd tlu' most siicjesaiLil Ijaits for alliaci lug all kinds of Aiiiiiiiils. P.irds. etc.. Willi tlielr spt cial uses In eai'li ca.se: Introducing receipts lor prcjiarlng 8klns and Furs for Market. This compreliensive woik Is cmbellis'if^d with fifty well drawn and engraved iliu^iraiioiis: and these, togetlier with the clear expUinalions which accompany them, will enaljle aiiybody of modei'ate comprehension to make and set any of the traps. It tells how to inaice all kinds c)f traps, how to make all kinds of snares, hiw to set and .s'-curc traps, how to atiruct animals irom. adlslau«(% how to prepare baits, how to b:dt a trap, how to trap or snare all ki;;ds or animals, how to trap or snare birds of every description how to cure and tan skins, how to skiu andstutl' liirds or Animals. It also gives the baits usually emplo.yed by the most successful hunters and traijper.s, and ex- poses tlielr .secret methods of attracting and cat<;hlng animals, birds, etc.. with scarcel/ a possibility of failure. Large 16 mo . bou.nd in boaras, cloth back. Price })()st-])aiLo(;isT o'lii' vciif *l.(l(l. (ii\ ell tor (i snliseril)ei.s. iV^o. 64. Mantoii -s JUyiunim/.s in'Ui f/ie Microscope. A Avorkiiiq; handlxiok, containing simjile iustriietion.s in the iirt and meth- od (tf iLsing the niici'o.scope, and pi'c- paring ai-tich's for exaiiiinatioii. Thi.s dainty litth' manual treat.s of : 1, Tiie i micro.sc(>])e and working tools. "2, Pre- 1 paring objects. 3, Stains and staining. 4, Eml)eddinL:,-. .">, Needh' pi'e])arations and .section cnfting. 0, Mounting. 7, How to work. l», Wliat to work with. Piice post jMid ,")0 cent-., or witli The < )or.oGisT one \ eai- 80 cents. Given for 4 std)scrii)eis. No. 66. rVOSY APPLE. .\. hti <;e am! I ale \ ar- iet_\ of tin- \ ( getalile \\ - o!;, nt;i liom Soulli Sea ls!ai:cls. - It i.s geiierailv mistaken for a petiilied a))i)le, which it e!ose!\ rescmhies. Price i)ost-i>aid '6-'> i-i'iit.^, o!' witii 'J'ni. OoLofa.s't one .'.i-ar VU cents, (iiven for 3 snl)scril)i'i s. Manual, of ^orthAtnerican Birds. For the Naturalist and Sportsman, ''ontni nine- Concise P'^scilption of ev(-ry Hicoies r.f r.lrd known in :;r tl.e present vohiiiii.' Ls to fiirni.'-li in a convenient manual of North .Mnerlcan Orni- thology, reduced to the sniallest con)pass. by the omission of everyilung that is not i^bsolntel\ necessaiy for deti'imiuing tlie cUaT«cter of any given specimeu. and Inciiidihg. be--ides ilie nor- reet nomeiictatiae.of each species >i statement of its natural l.aliitat. and oilierc.oi:ci;!iiltant, data '■i<"or the n;U.ur dist it Is sulncient \<) say l'!:e work is ready: for the spovtsnuin and dihi- tanle naturalist it may be advied that (his worl-:. jjrojecti-d and Commenced by Spencer V. lUiird. antl cairled ou' by Mr. IJobeit liidgeway. is ;i standard iiook of ivference re; resenting the hiylii-st type of systematic ornithology, a work which in f iie lan-'uange of lis iirefac- 'is ijitend'-d as 'a convenient and sati-stactory me:ius of ideiit!- fying on.v .'\merican l)ird Ui all its varia'ions or' Xii\M\VA'ge:"—Thf A>iil(>iK»i .Mtif.inih'f, .V. r. The ■'.Mamial of North ."■ merican I-iids'" will serve as a handy Ijook for itie sp.jrlsman and traveler, asfor the resident narm-alist. contains over 7.M) pages sportsman's idition crown Sve. Hound in lea: her iST.-'O. .Send stamp fir sample pages. Price post paid »r.'!' or with Tv.v. ooi.ot: • t oic- year .$V.60. THE HUNTER'S HAKDB By •' AM OLD HUNTER." LdNTAINING A H! St'lUPlION OF ALL ARTfCLKS gUIKED IS 0AM!'. %vn'H HINTS ON FKOVISIONS AND SfJKKS. AND KBCSIPTS FOK c\yir COOKING THE YOUNG NATURALIST'S, Many years of exjierierjce in tlip. t^conoiuy of camp liff^. stip|:lPii'e-itefl hy dllig-ent research among the best aut.JioriTles. have enahled the nuthor To present almost all thr»t is worth know- Ine: in the compact form of a hanclhO')Iv. eo-silv ttTCkerl awav in thp pocket, wliich shall meet the desires of all chis-;es ot hunters, collectors and excui-sior.Lsts. Price po.st-paiiU ."iO ciMits, or withTuK OoLOGiST onr ycai- 80 cents. (;i\(Mv for 4 sul>scrihc!s. i har>a Do)l£7. Ca^co B^j, )i«k ) Cyproa ly^-x, fiurgapon i Cypraa Arahrm, R. I. ) Scraj>=*crJnta -r-r Shall IVot, t^a^-iT^M M 2 Eg? C«pcalc* of Tcr-ti ^ Ti.-^ of Tf p» Cloth, Hi; r:>AMK H. LAvrr', Wfi^-xitOAj litis J r-ioUrn f tTKfA "M'arctM^ss" ^^ au/'srtion ywr^nfKt, for t/H U t V J li 1 d| 10 THE OOLOGIST, ALBION. N. Y. No. 69. A Monnd Builder's Knife. A rill w ii f :i (1 s arc (•(pniiiiiiii in almost tnery col- h'cnciii, init a g.i I Hint kiiil'e ici bwo'.ning ({uite i-aiv. V\\ liave a rluiirc iot i-oUevtcd in Soiith- fiu Indiana, chi ap at .V) cts. cacli wiiicii \vi' liavc ilccidt'tl t.o oSiiT .is a })ieuiiuui Piiitc ])i)st-])ai(l 35 ct-nts, of witii Tiik ()oL<)(;isr one vcaf 70 rents, (iivcn lor :? siiosri-iiuM's. We U.ivr a fine ;(>sorl nuMit of uninounrt'd Flint Wai- t'lnhs. (Extra iatfj;*' spci-iiucns .Vic). Prii-e ])i).st-pairiisT one vear 60 eents. Given for C' su'uscribers. No. 71. Bird Arrow Pointb. Almosi every eol!ec(/or has heard ot th,.- beaiui- liil arrow pi»hits iroui the lionuwe-sl. TiK-y aie alilce rBumrkuble irr tiieir nilLnue size, tor tiue \vurkma!iiUl|) :n)d bt;»,iitUul material. The ahuve cii's are aorua; slie or llie specimens: they were mad' ti'oiu and we. have Uism smaller. They are iiiaea souj^ht alter tor Jewelry and are luosnly made liom atfai* chaleedony, sard-ony.v. sinuiiy Di|ii/ and ottiw :-ieni{-precl0UH Ht/)iies. T.iey are rapidly iKS>»iiil'>g very rare H«id earj no loag'er be oiiiahied iu (juAulty at auy price. The scr'il)c'.s. Two Flint Scrapers. While Scra})ers arc not as rare as f§^ Knives they are qnite valnableand rai)idly heconiing- more rar(!. Wc liave the l)t'st assoi'tment wc Innc ever seen and as this ])rt!niinm wc gi\c two selected ones; — ()ne notidied and (ine unnotched specimen, collected in same locality as preniium No. 69, and the tv> o are worth at retail from oOc to 75c. Price post-pai<:)LoGisT one year 70 cents, (iivcn for o snliscribers. Xo. 7-'l Mdidiiii's FicliL Boidiuj. A hand-hook fid' the I'ollcctor. ('st-])aid ."iO cents, ov wirji 'I'm-; 1 OoT.OGIST one year H) cents, (iiven foi- 4 siil).st-ril)ers. No. 74. SIX ARROWHEADS. Foi- this premium \\c ha\c selected si,\ line '1 \\\ \ airowlicatls, each from >^^, adillerentstatcorconn. r ^ ? '"* trv, ■^ \\\ labeled giving lo- cality. Price post-paid 85 ott( ly nnide f adobe clay by tlie Pima Indians, of Arizona. All ipieces perfect, no two alike. Vases, urns, pitchers, ■tc. One piece as prem- nm Price post-paid 1:0 cent.<, or with The OoLOGihT one year (;0 ctnis. Gncii lor Z suDscrilu'is THE OOLOGIST, ALBION, N. Y. 11 NO. 76. ^■r^ Cut and Polished Gem. Milking thi' liiifst of cabinet sjx'finn-ns; also very line for ladies hi'oochcs or for a pocket piece or niina- 1 11 iM' p a pe r weig-lits. Our cut shows tlu' exact size and markings of an average, speci- men; tliey are about iin. thick of course no two are exactly alike some | may l)e a tritle larger or smalle)-, or I may be round instead of ol)long. Until j last season, we never sold a specimen of this quality for less than Tocts. We can furnish this premium in the follow- ing var. of agates, viz: IJiack stri}ied. Red striped. Clouded, Kilibon and Cai'uelian. Price post-paid 35 cents, or \ith The OoLOGlST one year 60 cenf-<. (Jiven foi- 2 subscribers. Collection ot Fossils. Tills is a very desirable collection, aud confains regular ijc. sp'-clmeiis ot each species. All are labeled witb scientiric name and locallt,v. Tlie tJoUectlon coIltaiIl^i: 1 Triloblte, Ills. 1 Scapblte. Black Hills. 1 Fossil Shark Tooth. So. t"ar. 1 Fossil Fern lu uodule, Mazan creek. 1 Fossil Sea Urclnn, Terras. 1 Polyp cornl. N. Y 3 pc^liacuUte, Black lUlls. Price post-paid, Si.i , or with The Oolooist one vear, %\:M. uiven tor lo suirscrlbers. NO. 79. No. 78. A Good Trilobite. ( '(ili/Dirnr Siagra- aisis Var (lilnuim- b(irlii) 'rribolitcs ;ire al- ways ill deiitand and coihctois rarely ia\e a chaiu'c to obtain i>iie so rejis- (/iiable. Price post-jiaid, 25 cents, or with The OOLOGIST one year (iO cents, (iiveii for 'i sub-^.-ril "ers. ©POLISHED AGATES.® Tigti- Kij(\ itc, Cri/:lal.< of Anietfi tj.^f Qunr!z, y wrapping up "this ])reniium; ami they had ought to too. for we otter them at al)out half the usual prices. The above cut shows the exact avei-age size of the specimens. Locality i^ given with each specimen. All have one sur- face cut and i)oiished, except the la.st seven which are moi'e ilesirable in their natural state. Red Striped Agate, Black Striped Agate, Crystal Agate, Clouded Agate, (Jreen M()ss Agate, Carnelian Agate, Fortification Agate, Sard-onyx, Ril)bon Agate, Micollo Onyx, Black Onyx. ^^ ood Agate, Bloodstone, Agate-Jasper. i:ve Agate, " Bird's Eye " Coral (J'tr^ rularid, D(icii(i.earl or satin-like iusti'e, from liridgioid, England. (We will mail a line sample in the rough for 'y cts.) Tiiese })iirs are ('(jUaliy ap- |)i-o])riate for eitiier a lady or a gentUmian lo wear. The mountings are of the best i-olled- gold and the satin spar iKMuhint...; ' aie of Vaiious forms, the mo.st pojnjar being lound, oblotig, l,ai-rel, bell ami acoi'ii shaped. Price p()st-])aid, 25 cents, or with Thi; OOLOGIST one year, (>0 cents. Given for y subscribeis. No. 83. FOE,E.IGN STAMPS. This premium will more than please the young stamp collector. It i-ontains one p->cket of 10(1 forelsn stamps, no two alike: one pacl^et of r)it(i well mixed loreign stamps and one sheet of 30 varieiies arranged ap- proval sheei syle. The stamjis on this sheet alone at Scott's <';it. rate's are worth tio cts. Price rost-paid, 40 cenis. or with The Ooi.0(iisT one .\ ear. 70 cents. Given for 3 siibscriOers. No. 84. STAMP ALBUm7 And a fine one too. for Mie young i'liUateilst. It contains 94pages wlili spaces for :.>(h)(i stamps. lllustra ed with engravings of the type of almost every Postage Stamp, well bound in boards, half doth. We also give wit ii Mils iiremlum. a sheet of gummed paper, so that vou can mount your stamis on hinges. Price post-paid h.t cents, or with Tiik GotociiST one year, 7i' cents, (ilven for 3 subscribei-s. THE OOLOGIST, ALBION, N. Y. 13 Tbe Solugrapli Tin^keep«r ami Cfflspass, ComblBtl CofDpftSa wtl 1 p.tdfely u wi A Fisherman's Outfit. Tlif Ooi.o(;isrs Klsiiprinan's Outfit contains 4 drab fish lines, f acli IB tt. lonsr. two of wlilcli are \ for trout and small flsli, one tor medium-size i tisU and tlie other for lar^ce and gamey fish: 11 1 also contains one extra tine quality 50 ft. drab line wound on a wooden block: this line is suit- able for all ordinary fishing: one furnished line ! Willi double snell hook, 16 ft. of K>?nuiEe linen | line with a long fancv colored barrel-shaped , lloat. This line cannot fall to suit everyone, and : it's already tor business. KIOIITEKN KKST STEEL KIRBY UIN(;ED EISH-IIOOKS (assorted sizes.) These are best prude of lioows. warranted j strong, t-harp In points and barbs and handy tx) use;anvbodv being able to tie their hne into ! the ring of the'^hook. with this set of hooks the lisherman can try his luck for any size fish from a minnow to a 40 lb catfish. TWO SIZES SNEI.L HOOKS and two double-ringed sinkers of the size generally used, one round tin baitbo.x, size 2'Xxl In. can b3 can-led in the vestpocket. As much sport can be had from this outfit as from a $10 one. Evemhing warrant«d as represented. The outfit Is securely packed In a sliong slide-cover wooden Xxya. size 5;, x 3^8 x 2 \i iu. Just the thing for holding lisilng tackle. Price p(jst-piiid, oO cents, or with The (JOLOGIST oue year 80 cents. Given for 4 .subseriber.s. No. !'l. ALLIGATOR TOOTH SCARF OR LACE PIN. rowder-liorii Design, (tne of the best and most ])OLoaisT Mttv- yo*r 70 8 3itl>3s'i'iU;is. ■ kic juai i;ic wuij (or taXId^rtOlna. OS It wuj I' wiuiuut ajxAUfg Um t*Bi». ftod makes do i"ne Looju. Stnip aad FocLet are aU oooleVsa la Price p03t-pr.id, 10 c^-ats, or witbTuE OoLOGiaT oae year 50 ceota. Given for 1 subscriber. HA7URAL HISTORY PLAYS beara^ Use arjuirrela. ut/L 'ihhj life imsiO'i. KUtdeT7Brb»-jtla7& proRrilMd bf e year 75 wnte. Glrea for t«4. aU from aou-A locstities: Qnartx CrysuU. Chalopdony. Elettric Stone. Pipe«tua.>. Satin Sow, CaIciI*. Pyritea. Tvanaftliie. OtMMfiM Mje», Petrified Wood. A3b, or with TuK OoLOGisT one year, HO cents. Given for 5 subscribers. Crispin's Awl- I This is a tool for everybody. It is a hollow ha/:- I die made ot hard wood, flve inches long, and weighing three oances. It contains inside, on a ; spool, .io feet of hest wax linea shoe thread. The , spool is also hollow, and contains three awls and three needles of various shapes and sizes. The i thread tits the needles, and the awls fit the han- I die. and are held by a set screw, it is for use in the house, stable. Held, camp or on the road, for 1 making immediate repairs, when one use of it ' will be worth more than Its whole cost. Every collector and TaxidarmLst should have one in 1 his kit. Price post-paid 35 cents, or with Thk Oologist ' one year 65 cents. Given for three subscribers. u THE OOLOCIIST, ALBION, N. Y. FORT ANCIENT. A New Work on Ohio Valley Earthworks BY WAKKKX K. MOOKEHEAD. For M iiunilx'r of joars Mr. Moort'- lii'acl lias spi^'iit his entire time in open- ing mounds and in photographing iind snrvcviug tlie earthworks of the pre- lii.Ntoric races that once inliabited tiie Ohio vaHey. He has ])reparKd a work on Fort Ancient whicli dill'ers from any ever i)nl)!isiie(l on antiqnitics. It jias liecn the cnstfini of thos.' wlio wrote upon this snbject to comi)ile from tiie writings of other,'^ and do very little tield wiH-k themselves. ]Mr. Moorehead in his work has not used an illustration that has been used by anyone else, his matter is new and is taken from the mounds and graves themselves, and not from ir/uit of hers //arc irrittrii. He makes tield work a specialty. No expense or pains have been spared to make this book attractive to the seientitic public. The old arclue^dogist will Iind it a valual)le addition to his library. The young coUiH-tor will find in it matter for his cai'<'fnl >tudy and ^•onsiileration. It is a large book with '200 jjages, <'ontaining 'd'y full i)agc illustrations madf! from j)hot()graphs taken in the held. Post-paid $'2.00 or with The Oolo- <-f 1ST one year $'2.10. (iiven for \'l sul)- .seribers. Five polished Gems. This collection contains a choice |)olished specinien of Onyx, Agate, INloss Agate, Tiger-ej-e {(■roridolitt') and Ame- thyst, size from one inch to two inches each. Westei-n dealer?* charge $1.00 for a similar but no better collection. Price post-paid 50 cents, or with The OoLOOiST one .year 75 cents. Given for four subscribers. Collection of Corals. Contains a line small sjiecimen of FIFTEEN ditt'erent species of t'oral. This collection contains specimens from all noted localities and shows a great variety of forms and color.) Price post-paid 75 cents or with The Ooi.ogi.st oiie year 85 «;ents. Giyen for six sub- scribers. 35 Small Shell: A eollei'tion of 8U named species of small shells, average size al)out one inch The following s))ceies will be found in this collection: Aporrhdis pes- pclcrani, Mi.rrer piidorirolor, F(ts- oriUtrid tttUpa. Pnrpnrn puluht, ('(ihnnln'lUt iiurvdloria. sevei'al species of (Hirds. ('i/j)ra'i(s. Ncn'tfts. MartjlncUa upifiiKi. Jsdp/iis cocrincd. I'fUina rndi- dtfi, C/iifoii t!(/t/d)>tosi(,-i, Fissftrel/a Barbaden- g^,s-/.s\ Crepidiila fornicd- {d. DentuliKm cnkdh. Pitpd KCtl. The following families also have rep- resentatives in this collection: Co/id.-^. TdrriffUft, Vcrmi'tns. AV<7(ra.and others. A si)lendid collection, scientilicaliy named, and ottered at one-tlurd the price usually charged for as good a ojie. Price ])ost-pai(l $1.00 or with The OoEOGisT one year $1 .'25. (Jiven f(ir eight sub.scribers. Caliper Rule. 'mMiU^iMT' iJil lllHlliM: ^T|Tn]Tl|_jIT '■'■W-j^*-' ruie r A like c u t can we Kide this w e fiir- otfer nish you for $'2.50. The as premium is a fine six-inch, brass- trimmed, folding rule with a brass cali- per attachmiMit. registering 16ths. Should you desire the results in lOOths you i-an readily obtain ir by mnltii)ly- iugbyGi. Price post-paid '25 eenls. oi' with J HE OoLOGisT one year 00 ccnl>. (iix en for two subsci'ibers. Brown 3ug Charmg. One of the latest '•rag- es." Perfectly shaped little .jugs in t'xact imita- tion of a regular 'vine- gar holder." Tlu-y arc full gla/ed finish, natural color and cor- rect miniatures in (>very respect. They are in great favor as cliarms or bangles, some peoph^ wearing four or live at a time of assorted sizes. \V»! give 12 Jugs of assortcnl sizes and colors for this pre- mium. Price post-paid 25 cents, or with The OOLOGIST one year GO cents. Given for two subscrilwrs. THE OOJ.OGIST, ALBION, N. Y. 15 A Palmetto Basket. | Revolving Trap or Cage. A very liaiuly article I'or llic naturalist U> iiavc on liand; that lart; ^jjccicis Mu.s iti"-<- fidus can Ix" i'<'i>- it as a caj^c yon can jjrolitahlv stitute for the popular haud-bag, while the larger ones, tliut of a satchel o; basket. Collect- iMs wiil tiud them nidispeusaple for carry- ing bmch, iiistruuieuts, tackle, gaaie or specameus, in fact it i!» one of the best cou- tn^auces we have seen fir these jiurposfg. NvV keejj tiiem iu four Mzes, aud offer them as foUows, post-paid: Xo. 1, size (J X 5^, X 3 iu. 30 cents. No. 2, size 7 x 0^ x '^h iu. 45 ceuts. No. 3, size y X 8 X 4 m. 60 ceuts. No. 4, size 10 X 9 X 4 in. T-') ceuts. If you desire The Oologist, add '25 cents to these prices. Giveu respectively for 2, 3, 4 aud 5 subscribers. ROSSIL.RISH. .\ Very tine s])eciineii scientiiically named, from Green Rivsr, Wyoming, and such as are usually sold for at least $2.00. The slab on which it is imlied- ded, i-s about four inches by 8 inches. Price post-paid $1.25, or with The OoLoGiST one year $1.50. GiA^en for tei\ subscribers. -ollection of Corals. ..v.^,.. ' •Jit'.-! ^ Contains a tdioice 25 i-ent specimen of 12 ilitferent species. This makes a very fine and sluiwy colJeetion and one that we can giuir- antee to please. ]f you order this collec- tion 1)V ex])ress we' can giv(! you-niuch|_ larger specimens of many species. Price pos t - j) a i d $2.50 or with The Oologist one year $2.75. (4iven for 20 subscribers. A Good Microscope. A good Three-legged Microscope with double- leiise of very strong magnifying power. This is the liest micro- scope made, for examin- ing ores, minerals, flow- ers and specimeu.s of all kinds, and is the samw that is usuallv retailed at from 75 cts. to $1.00. Price post-paid, 50 cents, or with The OoLOGi.'^T one jear, 75 ceuts. Given for 4 subscribers. k; THE OOLOGIST, ALBION, N. Y. STUDE THB MINERAL COLLECTION IS COMPOSED OF 50 DIRPERENT MINERAL.S From all parts of the World, viz: Europe Asia, Africa, North America, South America, West Indies, etc. Ami ^vill l)e sent pre-paid, iU'cora p:iii- nl with c()iiij)U>te Descriptive Hand 5o"k. for ONL.V S1.25. ihel<)ll()^\ mg mineralsiare found in this collection, viz: Actinolite, Agate, Alabns- tcr,Al!)ite,AnH4hyst,Anhydrite,Argi'ntifer()U.s(.Jalena,Asl)t'stiis,As])h:utuin,Bariifc', ]inh)'st;)ae, Calcite. Catlinite, Chalcedony, Chalk, Chalycopyrite. Chroniite, ( -oquina. Dendrite, D()loinit(\ "Electric Stone," Enstatite, Fil)r()lite, Flint, Garnet. Cold Or?, Cyp.suni, Indurated Clay. Hematite, Jasper, Leelite, Linionite, Lode- stone, Maoaesite, Magnetite, Marble, Marcasite, Mex. Onyx. Muscovite, Milky Quartz, Cokt(, Obsidian, Wood Opal, Pearl Spar, Pet. Wood, Porphyry, Pyrites, (Quartz Xtal. Rose Quartz. Satin Spnr, Serpentine, Stibnite, Cifn-idolite, Tour- lualiiie, 'J'ufa, Yariscite, Wa\ellitc, Williaiii.site. The speeiuiens in this colU^ction ;ire not the cliippiugs that are usually sent out in low-priced collections, but are good specimens that will nverage iie:irly 1 in. X 1 in. each, projierly labeled and wrapped sej)arat(!ly. Price post-paid $1.25 or with The Oologist one year $1.40. (iiven for 10 subscribers. Twenty-five"Large Showy Shells. From our large assortnuMit of lu-auliful shells Ave have selected 25 species :imong which will be found the following. All are very beautiful and many, when necessary to add to their beauty, have been polished: Magpie Trochus {Lii'onn jncn), Turk's Cap (Turbo fannatict/n). White Ear (f{aliOii--i t?il>iTrHlata),Coc'k]c i^lwW {('aruium magmmi). East Indian Horsefoot (!lani iIJipju)pus ))iacnliil)t). Silver-lip {^trombus Icti/igiiiosns), Snipe-billed Murex iMurcr /laii.-iellinH). White ilurex {Miircx r(imof^u^). Rose Murex {Murex rcgiuf). liay\) i^hir-U {H(irp((H''/i/ri<-o.<<{(), Marliiispik(> (Tercbrd Duicuhda). Lettered Cone [CouNs litteratNs), "Kid"' Conch (>Stroi)ibns bi(id)e)-cnhitus). Spider »Sliell {rtcrocera Iambi:,), Hooked Scorjiion {Fterocera rvgosa), Mole Cowiy {Cyirra'a tulx)(t)\ Tiger Cowry (Ci/prfpu ligrif:), Cam(>o Shell {('assis rvfa), Spotted Snail Ttirbo marmor- 'V(',2/.s),'Pearl Trochus {Trochns wiloiicns.) The shells in this collection, in size, will range from Ihiee to six inches. They lire of all cobns and from nil parts of the world. At ordinary prices Uiey f-cW at an average of 25 cents each in the East and from 25 cents to 75 cents in the West. This collection is carefully i)acked in a light box and sent by express at tliv l)urchaser's expense. Price $4.00 or with The OoLoijiST one year $4.25. (.Jiveu for 30 subscribers. ^(ys ■^ (^]\<^- pi ■V'l,^ ■■■■•■■■■•■■■■■■■■■■■•■■■■■■••■■■■•■■iiB»»««ii»BeB«B«««««w«»»«**" ^ miffiSils^iiiisix Vol. VII, ALBION, N. Y., FEB, 1890. No. 2 Exchanges and Wants. Brlel special announcements. "Wants," "Ex- changes" Inserted in this department for 25 cents per 23 words. Notices over 2:5 words charged at the rate oi one-lialf cent per word. Mo notice In- serted tor less than 25 cents. Notices wlilcli are merely indirect methods of soliciting cash pur- chasers cannot be admitted to these columns under any circumstances. Terms, Ci "-ith order. — #r- - — THE EXCHANGE Notice In Jan. Oolog.stIs working wonders, and I have received ah>ad.y more offers oi exchange than I en n very well at- fnd to. Very truly yours, WILL A. MOORE. Norwalk, Ohio. CUBIOS wanted for my museum. Peru, nis. SEEBACH FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.— 100 minerals; loO species lossUs and lot ot cmiositles. Want fur overcoat, rooe or held glass or offers. HOLLER SQUYER, Mingusvllle, Montana. WANTED.— Reliable collectors in the United States and Canada, to collect Birds Eggs for me this season (W). Collectors will do well to write to me for terms before engaging elsewhere. WILLIS N. FLP:MING, Natick, Jlass. TO EXCHANGE.— A Telegraph Instrument, valued at |3.50,for Birds eggs or one pair climbers. What offers? Correspondence solicited^ Address, ALLEN OGDEN, Brocton, N. Y. BOrs' Useful Pastimes, for Davie's Key. Rol- lo's Experiments and Museum, and Simi-ise Lands; cost $3.50, for Engle Spring gun, or (;hlca- go air rifle or climbers. J. C. GALLOWAY, Montgomery, Ohio. WANTED.- To exchange the "Magicians Fun Book." 999 startUug Tricks. Edited by W. H. Cremerr (valued at $i.) For Lue best offer of U. S. cents lu. good condiuou. GEu. VAIL, 438 Saratoga St. coiioes, N. Y. )^° EXcllANGK.— An 111 ternatioual Stamp Album, contains lOo stamps, flags, rulers coats of arms. Small seif-inkiiig piess, type, cuts. etc. Will exchaa;.e for mici'oscope or sell. ELLIOT FIELD, Bo.K 1, V\'ayne, Delaware Co., Pa. WANTED.— To exchange a World Typewriter in good order for best oiler of Bii-d skius. Type- 11 er cost $10.00 when new. WILLIAM T. SMITH, Box W, Wayne, Del. Co., Pa. A GOOD.— 12.50 International Album, (8th ed.) with 4.'>0 var. stamps for perfect Indian relics, or lor a fine first-class egg of Golden Eagle. Also some Iowa eggs to exchange. (.'HAS. KEYES, Mt. Vernon, Iowa. WANTED.— TO PURCHASE COLLECTIONS OF INDIAN RELICS AND OTHER CURIO.SITIES J'-OR WHICH CASH WILL BE PAID. PARTIES HAVING SUCH FOR SALE WILL PLEASE . URRESPOND WITH W. H. H. KING, JACK .-'UNVILLE.ILLS. a^ American, European and Exotle Butterflies and cloths for ca.sh and lu exchange for Birds' Eg^s iJirds' Skins. All mounted and perfect. Very i-are and beautiful specimens from India, Africa and sourh America; also live cocoons from India and Euiope to exchange for others of this country S^ud for catalogue. PROF. CARL BRAUN, Nat- nialist, Bangor. Me. W' ANTED.— To exchange a House Scroll Saw and tools, also eggs and curiosities to exchange F. B. WHITFIELD, Box 1. 0, Clinton, Miss. A FINE collection of over 100 kinds of eggs, also a fine set of egg blowing instruments in neat case to exchange for good single-barreled shot gun in good condition; side snap preferred. Eggs valued at S 2. Write for particulars. GEO. M. LINCOLN, Lock Box 713, Malone, N. Y. WANTED.— Good Ornithology («ith colored plates pi-eierred). Will give Mtd. Birds Mammals lUids 8kins, Birds eggs and some cash. oTTO L BULLls, Winnebago city, Minn. TO EXCHANGE.— For every complete first- class set of Bh-ds' Eergs, with data, sent me, I will give a receipt tor making Rubber Stamps. FRED W. STACK, Poughkeepsle, N. Y. f OLLECTORS.— $1.33 Steam Engine for $1.00 In eggs; 13 var. Stamps for every tg§ sent; or. Alas- ka and Wash, Curios, to exchange. U.L.HERTZ, Kent, Wash. I WILL GIVE 32 good foreign stamps all differ- ent on sheet, for every twelve cents worth of eggs first-class sent me. GEO. A. FREEMAN, Natick, Mass. \V ANTED.— A good Partridge dog, Pointer or Setter much preferred, but any good Partridge dog acceptable. Young dog preferred. I will give in exchange. Birds eggs In sets and mounted birds. Address, H. E. BERRY, Damariacotta, Me. AMERICAN Single-barrel breech loading shot gun. Trigger Action, Fine stub Twist Barrel, No. ii bore, 2.5 brass shells, tomplete set of loading anU cleaning implements. Mills' woven cait- rldge belt with shoulder straps. Gun and outfit are entirely new; worth $25. WUl exchange for VTiiltar or Marlin repeating rlfie model I8s9. or sell for $2ii. Reasons given for selling. D. H. SCHWA- COFER, Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio. V ExcJumge Solicea Continued on next page. THE OOLOGIST. EXCHANGE NOTICES ,— Contirmed. TO EXCHANGE.— A good Baltimore, No. l prmting- press (sell inker) with one tout of type, and '21100 forelg-u stumps for flrst-class birds eggs in sets or singles. OsMUN LATROBE, Jr., 14 East Eager St. Baltimore. Md. A WINCHESTER, single sliot, plain sporting rlflle, :-8-.'i5 cal., set tlgger. Rocky Moimtalu sjgbls and set of Ideal reloading tools. All in good condltiorf. Will exchange for desh-able books on Natural History or Microscopy, choice Fos.« joor' pnolcd lo niote than one departioeot OT*-hjilf of lh«» rai« will tM> cbat^ for ezoluiU}afon, as my experience will show. It is a singular fact that though riiave found seven nests in the hist three years, yet 1 know jjositivel.y that no other collector in this a icinity has found a single nest. The earliest nest I have found was on the 23d of March, 1889. (It is quite jjrobahh^ that they sometimes lay earlier, as a friend of mine found a young liiid in tlie latter part of April that could 11y some.) It was ]il;iced in a hole. e\iiiently made for the i)urpo>e liy llie bird, in a field that li:i(! been used as a pasture the fall before, it was made entirely of thistle down and was very dry and snug. The bird was on the nest when found. It contained three fresh eggs. They were greenish white spotted so thickly with has and lavendar as to give them a cloudy appearance. On (he lOtli of April following I found another nest similarly situated and constructed. This contained three eggs like the first set Avhich 1 took, but left the nest. On going back to the nest tAvo days later I found another egg, but it had been fro/A-n and cracked. After this 1 foiuid no more nests until midsumnu'r. On the 2nd of June I found a nest (-(Uitain- ing three fresh eggs. This was situated in a growing cornlield close und(^' 'the edge of a sod, and Avas made Aery poorly of dead grass. On the 1st of July I found another nest in the s^me tield containing four eggs; nest lik/ the last. If the Horned Lark lays more than four eggs I Avould like to hear from .'^lome Avho has found a set of live through the columns of the The Oolo- gist. I have found one set of two near- ly hatched, the I'cst have ;dl beeji sets of three and four. Tiie average size is .87 X m. Ekxkst Shout . Winter Birds of Hennepin Co., Minn. 1 do not intend to gi\e a complete list but only some of our less ciunmon Avinter visitors, Avhicli have fallen under my notice: Evening (iros))eak. Plentiful. Re- side hcj'e all winter, feeding on l)ox elder seeds. These birds are r;\rely found Avithont the city, but ])refer to rennxin Avithin the limits. Tiiis iuakes it dillicult to oljtain thein, still the air guns a!id "nigger shooters" enable one to obtain any reasonable num))er. Bohemian WaxAving. Conur.on at times. Winter \ isitor. This I think is one of oui' hnndsdmest l)irils. This year are very rare, l^ast year common. Northern Shrike. Arrive a!>out IS'o- A'ember. Same hal)its as White-rump- ed. Fairly alnmdant. Lapland Longspur. A few stray birds are found in large flocks of Snow Buntins's. I^asily distinguished from THE OOLOGIST. 25 Buntings b^' being darker. Hubits same as the Snow Buntings. Pine Siskin. Noticed in company with Kedijolls. Pih-ated Woodpecker. Found gen- erally in tamarack woods. This large and wary woodpecker is ver^' difficult to get. These birds are generally found far from civilization, and choose the M'ildest places for their retreats. Gos Hawk. Rare. Observed several specimens, one of which was pursuing a flock of tame doves, which, despite his frantic efforts managed to elude Jiini. Pine Grosbeaks. Rare. Shot sever- al males in red plumage. White-winged Cros-sbill. Obtained several of these out of a tlock which were feeding in the top of a tamarack tree. Snowy Owl. Rare. One of tliese birds remained all of last winter on a ■rocky island in the river until I found it out, and the t-hances are that he will now remain for some time to come.in my i;abiuet. Th.i Red-bellied Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Barred (Jvvl, Long- ^ared Owl, Amerieait Crossbill and Redpolls are common. . , W. i>E LA Bak !{!■:. Collecting Experience. May Ctii, about 10:30 o'clock in the morning I left home intending to go to a small lake a crmple of miles distant. I was going to look at sonni (hakle nests tiiiit 1 had found a few days pre\'- ious. After walking along the ro;i(l for ab()ut a mile, I climbed a fence aiul started across a: field. I soon came up- on a Mockingbird nest in a small bush. Taking these, I proceeded on a short distance and soon noticed a hcjle in a dead tree a little in advance of me that had a feather floating at the enti-ance. This looked rather suspicious, so'^strik- ing the tree with my climbers I had the .satisfaction of seeing a female Sparrow Hawk lly out. On reaching the nest I found it to contain four incubnted eggs. The nest at sonjc remote time had evi- dently been a Flicker's nest, but of late .W'ars the Sparrow Hawks had had it as their home in the far side of tlie same held. I flushed a Fhn-ida Nighthawk from the ground and was agreeably- surprised on looking down to see two eggs. When I blowed them I found them to be slightly incubated. I soon reached the lake and going round to the south side saw a Sparrow Hawk fly from an old stub and seeing a hole near the top concluded at once that it flew out of it. So strapping on my climliers I started up and hearing a noise above me, looked up and saw a Flicker leav- ing the hole. However, I went on up and got live eggs. They were not smooth like Woodpecker eggs usually are, but were exceedingly rough, some- thing like Turtle eggs. I then went down to the lake, got an old boat and was bailing the water out when a young colored bo3- coming down for water hailed me.. "Ha dere white man, haint you de one djit ^its bird eggs"? I of course^ answered in the athrmatiAo and asked if he knew of any. "Yes saw% dere is a crow nest in dat i)ig ole pine wonder, I jes no runded him of de nest when I hit de tree." That 'big ole pine" was not so \-ery big aro:inil, l)ut was at least one liun irom examined stomachs. Q 7. i\i( jisurements and Aveights. «. Plmnage of adults, albinos or melanistic specimens. 9. If its flesh is ever used as food by man, or by other animals, i. e., its ene- mies. 10. If at anj- time they are gregar- ious. 11. Nests; eggs; plumage of young. 12. NcAvspaper clippings. 18. Thermometrical and barometri- trical records bearing on the move- ments of this species. 14. Of the life of the SnoAvy Ovvl in confinement. L. S. Foster, 35 Pine St., Ncav York City. December 12, 1889. From Forest and Streavi, December 26th, 1889. [We trust the readers of The Oolo- THE OOLOGIST. 27 uisT Will comply v/itli Mr. 1 oster s re- .quest, as their notes and observations anay be of considerable value to him.- Ed.] An Albino Blue Jay. While visiting a brother naturalist at Grinnell, I.)wa, a sh..rt time since, he interested me considerably by bnnonng iu a white Blue Jay. As it might interest some of tlie readers of the Oologist I will give a description of him. The Jay was presenled to Mr. Wm. Berry, of Grinnell, Iowa, by his br.>ther-in-law, Mr Geo. B. Earp, of Monmouth, 111. A neighbor of Mr. Earp found it in a nest in their front yard. When hrst hatched was perfectly white with pmk eyes There were three others in the nest, but they were blue like the parent bu-d. is full grown now and in full plumage which is all white except the wings and tail, which have a very light tmge of blue with a little darker shade of blue where it is black in other Jays;_ also a band of blue around topknot, with a li - tie patch of blue at the base o bill where it black in other Jays. Bill ami legs perfectly white, eyes pink. He_ is coufmed in a cage but seems to enjoy himself as well as though at home in the woods. R. D. Goss, New Sharon, Iowa. Blackbirds by the Million. I read with much interest the com- munication of Neil F..Bosson, Medina N. y., and was especially uupressed with it as I do not believe there is any- thing at all strange in it. The black- l3irds are merely going to their roost which in some localities cover many hundreds of acres. Now as if in inten- tional contradiction of the intimation of Mr. Posson when he says "always North-east" on Sunday evening, Nov. 24 '89. I saw a drove of blackbirds nu'mbering up among the hundreds of thousands Hying directly South-east. The blaek line reached from far in the N-W to the S-E, as far as the eye could reach, and they continued to come for over an hour, until after sundow^n. Tuesday morning during a driving rain the drove lessened at least two-thirds; came away from south-east and were going due north-east. Nov. 27, '89. ^^ ^^ W. L. McDaniel, Mincola, Tex. Nest of the Texan Bobwhite. (Volinus virginianus texanus.) On the 12th of May, as I was careless- ly sauntering across a meadow, I ac- cidentally came acro.ss a nest of this species. It was the most beautiful nest that 1 ever saw of this species, or 1 may well say, of any other kind. It was on the ground in grass about six inches high. The parent bird had made a depression in the ground, and had constructed her nest. The nest was oven shaped and made of grass closely interwoven. It was fastened lirmly to the hole by being interwoven with the neighboring grass. It w^as situated about forty feet from the woods. I was not long exploring its contents. In it I found two eggs. I came back four days after, and two more eggs were in. This time I caught the parent bird on the nest, so there is no doubt to the identity. I came back tive days later and found three more eggs in it. I came back twice to see if she had not finished the set, and find- ing both times there were no more eggs in°it and that the birds were gone. I took the seven eggs. They measured 1.18X.94, 1.19X.94, 1.20x.98, 1.22x.9.5, 1.48X.91, 1.49X.945, 1.53x.95. The last one was twisted at the smaller end, It also has a bubble on the the smaller end, caused by a deficiency of lime. All the eggs are pyriform, but some, more than others. LEWIS Knox. Lee Co., Tex. 28 THE OOLOGIST. THEOOLOGIST EDITED AND PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY FRANK H. LATTIN, - ALBION, N. Y. Correspondence and items of Inter-est to the student of Birds, their Nests and Egfrs, solicited trom aU. TEHaVCS OF SXJBSCRIFTIOKT- blngle Subscription, - - 50c per annum. Sample Copies, .... oc each. The above rates Include postage and premium. A.r>vER,a?isiisrc3- r.a.tes single Insertion, 20 cents per line, nonpareil. 1 mo. 3 mo. 6 mo. 1 vr b'ive lines, 100 250 400 600 one Inch, 2 00 5 00 s 00 12 wt .^ column. 7 00 17 50 28 00 42 00 I " 13 00 32 50 52 00 78 00 One page, 25 00 62 50 luo 00 150 00 Adverdsements under live lines, charged one line extra, special discounts can be given on many advertisements, send copy for estimate and we will give you the exact cost of the advt you wish inserted. Kemittances should be maue uy uiuii uu jnkv, York; money order or postal note payable at Albion, N. Y.; registered letter; or by tha Amer- ican. U. S., or Wells & Fargo Express Co. Money Order. Unused U. S. postage stamps of any de- nomination will be accepted for sums under one dollar. Make money orders and di-afts payable and addi-oss all subscriptions and communications to, FRANK H. LATTIN. ALBION, Orleans Co., N. Y. Entered at the Post umce at Albion, N. Y., as second-class mall matter. A New Book. Eggs of Noith Amprlcan Birds liy (^has. J May- nard. 1B9 pages in mil pngp hand colored plates bv Mrs. Mnynard, represMnting the eggs of 82 species. Boston: De Wolfe, Flske &("o. 1=190. It is with pleasure that we announce this valual)le work from the pen of this well-known Author and Naturalist but we too regret that it could not have been jilaced ou the market at least a year or more ago for noAv owing to Davie's Woi-k, Maynard's can only be expected t) secure the ])atroiiage of col- ectors that can afford more than one work. Wc liave not liad the lime to examine the text carefully, as yet, so can add no positive testimony as to the correctness of the descrijjiions, but owing- to the author's standing as an oologist we liave but little hesitancy in pronouncing it both reliable and accu- rate. It is a difficult matter to "pi( - ture an egg" among lln'm" harshly of th( to suit one that "lives so that if we sjxak too ■ plates, it is trusted that Ave are excusable ou that ground. Plate I is excellent and is a credit to the Work. Some may think the Murre's egg too high coloied, but then it is to be remembered that an egg of this species is of almost an,y color. Plate II is fair and unquestionablj'^ much 1 letter than the writer could have produced. The balance of the ten plates are in our opinion "horrid" and as a work of reference they have a ten- dency to lower rather than increase its value. Perhaps one-half the eggs rep- resented on the last eight plates are very fair but as to the other half, well, the writer had to look them up to find what they were intended to represent. We first "guessed" at Avhat they were but almost invariably found ourselves "way off" and even now it is rather a "sticker" for us to believe that the egg intended to represent either the Red- tailed or Red-shouldered Hawk Avas uIy hear the well-known, but harsh er.V of the Blue Jay; this bird is viu-y abundant in almost all parts of the Uiiited States; they are somewhat gre- garious in their feeding, but unusually solitary in their nesting habits; the nest of the Blue Jay is a very bulky affair, composed of twigs and an oeeasional rag; they alwaj's line their nest with string and tine roots; they lay from four to six eggs of a dull green eolor, spotted all over with blotches of olive- green. The only fault I have to find with this bird is its natural prosj^en- sity for uest robbing. Most farmers consider this bird as a great nuisance, but in my estimation this is a mistaken idea, for the reason that the Blue Jay destroys innumerable insects that would otherwise eat up the crcjps. The Blue Jay is very j)Ugnacious, often tighting with l)irds a great deal larger than itself. The Blue Jay is often confined in cages and I have heard that they can be learned to talk, but I have never heard one myself. I have noticed that the Blue Jay, in finding material for its nest, breaks dead twigs from the ti'ces instead of picking them up from the ground. The majority of the Blue Jays pass the winter in the same vicin" ity as they do the breeding season. H. E. Hershey, Otoe Co., Neb. Harris's Woodpecker in Nebraska. Along the latter part of Dec(Mul)er, I was ualkiug through a strip of timber al)out one-half mile west of town, when right in fi'>itic JaLgcr Long-tailed Jaeger . Ivory Gull . ILittiwake . 40a &58a Pacific Kittiwake 41 6,'59 Red-legged Kittiwake Glaucous (4 nil . Point Barrow Gull . Iceland (iull Glaucous-winged Gull Kumlien's (iiill . Nelson'.* Guil Great Black-backed Gull Slaty-backed (iull . Western (iull Siberian (iull Herring (iull 5Ia 6G6a American Herring Gall 52 667 Vega Gull . California Gull . lling-billed (iull Short-billed Gull . M.wClull . Heermann's Gull 58 673 Laughing (iull . 59 674 Franklin's Gull CO 675 Bonaparte's Gull CO.l Little (iull . 61 G70 Ro6] 671 57 672 SKINS ?! 25 $2 00 1 50 2 :A) 75 1 50 1 50 2 m 1 25 4 00 1 00 1 ,50 4 •),) t; oi I r. I 3 O'l 1 .-. I 2 5 I 1 25 J U ) 3 00 5 00 3 50 4 ."-0 3 00 4 50 1 50 1 00 1 5) 1 0 » 2 00 2 00 1 50 2 03 1 03 1 50 3 .->0 5 00 •J 00 3 50 1 25 2 00 2 r>() 3 .50 3 50 4 5 > -', 1 5) 1 :;5 2 50 3 01 2 OJ 4 00 3 00 2 00 ;; 01 2 03 3 00 1 50 2 00 1 53 2 00 1 50 1 5( 2 00 1 25 3 ,50 1 50 2 09 2 00 3 00 1 75 5 00 2 00 > 00 3 00 75 1 .50 - 00 1 ,5) Caspian Tern Uiiv.ll Tern .... El.;g..;it Turn Cai ot's Tern Trudeuu's 'J't-rn . For.^tt r's Turn . Common Tern . Arctic Tern Roseate Tern Aleutian Tern . Least Tern .... Sootv Tern .... Bridird Tern Black Tern .... White- winged Black Tern Noddy Bla 74 690 75 601 [76] t;02 77 603 [78] 694 79 695 80 656 81 7iX) 82 701 [83] 702 84 703 [85] 704 86 705 80a 88 S'J 709 [OO] 711 no 712 713 714 715 716 [07] 707 [98] 717 [9'] 100 [101] 718 [102] 710 103 720 IM 721 Stormy Petrel Fork-.tailed Petrel . Leach's Petrel . Guadaloupe Petrel . Black Petrel Ashy Petrel Wil.son's Petre; . White-bellied Petrel White-faced Petrel . Yellow-billed Tropic Bird 113 655 Red-billed Tropic Bird . [114] 651 Blue-faced Booby . Blue-tooted Booby . Cory's Booby Booby Brew-sters's Booby . Red-looted Booby . Gail net .... Anhinga .... Cormorant .... D'mMe-crested Cormorant 120a 61,ii Florid I Corn.nraut . 1201> 643b Wli;t<--cresttil Cc)rmorant 120(^ Farrailiine Cormorant l.:l 644 Mexican Cormorant 12i 645 Brandt's Cormorant 12.i Pelagic Cormorant . 105 106 723 10.i.l 107 724 108 7:^5 109 7.'2 [110] 728 [111] 112 6.54 114.1 114.2 115 652 115.1 [116] 6,53 117 650 1 18 649 110 612 120 643 ?1 ."0 v2 5(. 1 25 2 OO • 25 2 00 75 1 Oa> 50 1 00 75 1 iMi 75 1 25 2 00 3 00 60 ! 25 1 "-5 2 50 2 00 3 00 60 1 25 1 ,:.() 2 00 2 00 3 Oiv 50 1 50 f, no 8 OO 3 00 4 r.() ;i 0 ) 5 00 1 ,50 2 50 2 50 3 00 3 00 4 00 3 00 4 OO 3 00 5 00 1 50 3 (H> 2 50 4 00 1 00 1 25 3 50 5 OO 3 50 5 00 3 00 5 00 3 00 2 00 3.00 2 OO 1 50 2 00 1 75 123a 0-IG Violet-gri'cu t ciiiioiuiit 123b WOa iJaiiil's (.'oriiiojiuit . 124 047 lled-faci'U Coniuir.uit 125 040 American VVliitc Pelican 126 tj41 Hrovvn i'elican . 127 Calilornia Brown Ptlicai 128 639 Mau-o'-\Var liird 12J t)3G American Merganser 13;) 037 Ked- breasted Aler^anse 131 63.-5 llocdc-d .Mergan:er . 132 001 :\lallard 133 002 151ack Duck 134 603 Florida Duck . 135 604 (i ad wall 136 006 N\ idgeon 137 607 H.Jupate . [138]611 European Teal . 139 612 (Jreen-winged Teal . Blue-wingtd Teal Cinnamon Teal . Shoveller I'int.al Wood Duck Rulou^-crested Duck Redhead Canva^-back 140 141 142 143 144 [145] 146 618 147 617 OO'J 610 008 6I»5 013 148 614 American Scauj) Duck 149 615 Le^^er Scaup Duck . 150 616 King-necked Duck . 151 020 American GoUlen-eye 152 619 Harrow's Golden-eye 153 621 Buffle-head 154 623 Old-squaw . 155 622 Harlequin Duck 156 624 Labrador Duck . 157 025 Steller"s Duck . 158 020 Spectacled Eider 159 627 (ireenland Eider 160 027a Amer.can Eider 161 628 Pacific t.;der 162 629 King Elder 163 630 American Scoter [164]03l Velvet Scottr . 105 632 White-winged Scoter 166 633 Surf Scoter 167 634 Ruddy Duck [108JC35 Ma.- kid Duck . 169 591a Lesser Snow (ioose . 1 69a 59 1 ( i reate r S no w G oose 16:1.1 5:i0 Jilue Goo.-e 170 592 Ross's Snow Goose . [171J5J3 White- fronted Goose 171a 5.t3a Amer. White-fronted G 172 594 Canada (lOose . 172a 5."4a Hutchin's Goose 17k:b 5:)4c White-cheeked Goo. c 172c 5 )4b ( ackling Goose . 1 174 [175 170 177 178 [1.9 180 181 596 1.-.97 598 599 600 • 89 lirant Bl.ick Brant Barnacle (ioose . Emperor (Joose . BKuk-tiellied Tree-duck Fulvouv Tree-eau P>uzzard . 337 436 Red-tailed Hawk . 337a 436a Krider's Hawk . 337b 4361) Western Red-tail 337c 4,36c Saint Lucas Red-tail 338 4.38 Harlan's Hawk . 339 439 Red-shouldered Hawk 339a Fhu-ida Red-ahouldered Hwk, 339b 4.3na Red-lKllied Hawk . 340 44') /"ue-t;.iled Hawk . 341 441 White-tailed Hawk . 342 442 Swainson's Hawk .343 443 P.road-winged Hawk [3441 » Short-tailed Hawk . 345 '444 ]\Iexican JSlaok Hawk 346 445 Mexican Goshawk . [347] Rough-legged Hawk 320a 465 321 466 [3221 467 SKINS $1 25 $1 50 1 00 1 50 2 00 1 00 40 50 50 3 00 2 50 1 00 1 00 50 50 75 1 00 2 50 3 00 3 00 3 00 1 00 1 (iO 2 00 1 50 2 00 3 00 2 00 1 00 1 00 75 4 00 5 00 1 50 1 50 1 00 75 1 no 1 00 1 50 5 00 4 00 4 00 4 00 1 50 1 25 1 25 3 00 2 25 1 75 3 OO 2 00 3 00 1 00 1 2.5 1 ,-.0 2 00 1 00 2 (JO 3 00 6 00 6 00 1 50 1 25 2 00 1 00 1 50 1 50 25 2 00 1 50 1 00 30 50 75 3 00 2 00 2 50 2 m 2 ."-O 2 50 4 00 40 40 40 1 50 3 00 1 50 1 50 75 3 00 1 00 1 00 2 00 2 00 2 00 1 50 1 00 3 00 1 .W 3 00 5 00 8 00 8 00 2 fK) 1 50 3 00 2 00 3 00 3 00 75 3 50 2 50 2 00 75 1 00 1 50 5 00 2 50 3 50 4 00 3 .^.0 3 50 6 00 2 .')0 75 1 00 3 50 4 00 2 50 2 00 1 50 5 00 1 75 1 75 3 00 4 00 3 .50 2 50 1 75 4 00 5 00 2 00 3 00 2 00 2 50 5 :547a 417 Amcr. Tlo-.igh-legged Hawk 34H 448 ierruginouj Uough-leg' . o4;» 449 Golden Laglo |350j4.")0 Harpv Kuiile |3.M)452 (;ray ^v.a Kagle . .•;5'J 451 Bald l.agle .... ■m:6 412 White <.yrfahM;u 3.")4 412a Gray Gyrialcoa 3.54a 41'Jb Gvrtalcou .... 3!)4li 412c Black Gyrf:..lcon :i."i5 413 i'rairie I'alcon . ;;.'.(; 414 fuck ilawk ... .TiOa 114a I'eale's Falcon ... .■5.')7 417 ligtun Hawk ... 357a 417a Black Merlin ... ;{5s 418 Ricliardson's Merlin [.'5.58.1] Merlin 35i» 419 Aplomado Falcon 3.')'.).. 422 Kestrel .... ;;60 420 4'20a American Sparrow Hawk |361]421 Culuui Sparrow Hawk 3(;2 423 Audubon's Caracara :;i3 424 (iuadalupe Caracara .■;u4 425 -American 0^ prey a65 3'.i4 Amer'can IJarn Owl . 3a) 395 Ann. rican Long-eared Owl .'5^17 3 <(' .'^hort-eared Owl 3(i8 397 Barred Owl .... 368a 397a Flo -ida Barred Owl . 3i;9 3;i8 Spotted Owl 370 .'599 (ireat (Jray Owl [.■J70aJ 399a Lapp Owi . .•!71 400 Richardson's Owl 3;2 401 Saw-whet Owl . 373 402 Screech Owl 373a 402a Florida Screech Owl 373n 4021) Texan Screech Owl . ."■7;;c California Screech Owl . :i7.'.il 4'i2d Kennicott's Screech Owl .■:::;e 40_'c Rocky Mountain Screech Owl ;;;:'.; 403 .Mexican Screech Owl :\'.\ 404 Flaniiiiulated Screech Owl 37') 405 (ireat Horned Owl . .•,7.ia 405a Western Horned Owl 3751) 4051) Arctic Horned Owl . 375c 405c Duskv Horned Owl . 376 400 Snow'v Ow! .... [3771407a Hawk Owl .... 377a 407 American Hawk Owl .378 408 Burrowing Owl . .'!78a 408a Florida Burn)wing Owl . 379 409 Pygmy Owl ::7.ia409 California Pygmy Owl . 37). 1 HdSkin's I'ygmy Owl :{.-iO 410 Fernigiuous Pvgmv Owl ,"^l 411 Elf Owl . ' . 3.-12 .392 Carolina Paroruet . • [:583].389 Ani 384 3!)0 (iroove-billed Ani . 385 385 Road-runner 386 .386 Maiigiove Cuc>oo . 386a .'5^6 Maynard's ('I'd OO . ;;87 3*7 Yellow-i iV.c.i I ucKoo ."^87:1 387 California Cuckoo . ;;8S o8(i lila k-billed Cuckoo [.'.s/]:isi Coiiiery-tailed Trogon . 39 I '3*2 Belted kingfisher . .3;)! 383 Texan Kingfisher 392 3'.9 Ivory-billed Woodpecker 393 300 Hairy Woodpecker . 3. 3.1 3(;na Xortiiern Hairy Woodpecker 39;!1 • .'560 Southern Hairy Woodpecker 3:'.'ic 360b Harris's Woodpecker .•'33d 3C0b Cabanis's W()odi)ecker . .3:u 361 Downy Woodpesb 261 Bahaman Red-wing 499 2(ila Bicolored ]?Iackbird 51 0 26t2 Tricolon d Blackbird 601 24 Western Meadowlark [502] 265 Troupial . 503 266 Audubon's Oriole . roi 268 Scott's (;r:ol.' . Hooded Oriole . Arizona Hooded Oriole Orch.ird Oriole . Baltimore Oriole FUiUock's Oriole 509 273 Rusty Blackbird 510 274 Brewer's Blackbird . 511 278 Purple Grackle . 511a 278a Florida (iraekle 511b 1:78b Bronzed Crackle 512 275 Great-tailed Grackle 513 277 Boat-tailed Grackle. 514 16) Evening Grosbeak . 515 166 Pine Grosbeak [.516] 167 Cassin's Bullfinch . 517 H 8 Purple Finch . 517a lC8a California Purple Finch 518 169 Cassin's Purple Finch . 519 170 House Finch 519c 170a St. Lucas Houfe Finch . 520 171 Guadalupe House Finch 521 172 American Crortbill . 521a 172a Mexican Crossbill . 522 173 White-winged Crossbill . 523 171 Aleutian Leucosticte 521 175 Gray-crowned Leucosticte 524a 175a Hepburn's Leucosticte . 525 176 Black Leucosticte . 526 177 Brown -capped Leucosticte 527 178 Greenland Redpoll . 5 '7a 178a Hoarv Redpoll . 528 179 Redpoll .... .528:1 179a Holbflpll's Redpoll . 528b 179a Greater Redjioll .'■'29 181 American Coldfinch 5.30 l«2 Arkansas Goldfinch. .n-IOi l.s'i'i, Arizona Goldfinch . 530b ISib Mexican Goldfinch . 605 5 5a 506 507 .508 JG9 271 •.:71 272 15 35 50 rrt 25 60 1 25 2 00 75 1 00 75 1 25 75 1 00 1 75 2 .50 1 75 2 50 15 25 75 1 00 lb 25 25 35 30 40 531 183 Lawrence's GoUlfnu'.h [532] 184 Black-lii-'aded (iokltinch 533 185 I'ina Siskin 534 18G Snowtlake .... 534a 186 I'l ybilof Snowilalce . 535 ^ JMcKay's Snowttake . 53G 1S7 Lapland Longspur . 537 183 Smith's Longspur . 538 18J Chestnut-collared Longspur 539 1;)0 McCown's Longspur 540 197 Grass Finch 540a igTa Western Vesper Sparrow 540b lv)7a Oregon Vesper Sparrow . 541 192 Ipswich Sparrow 542 193 Sandwich Sparrow . 542a 19ia Savanna Sparrow a42b 193b Western Savanna Sparrow 542c 191 Hryant's Mar.-li Sparrow . 543 194 Belding's Alarsh Si>arrow 544 190 Large-billed Si>arrow M4a 19i St. Lucas Sparrow . .545 191 Haird's Sparrow 546 198 Yellow-winged Sparrow . 546a 198a 'West. Yellow-winged Sparrow 547 19J Henslow's Sparrow . .548 2J9 Leconte's Sparrow . 549 2J1 Sharp-tailed Siiarrow 549a 2)la Xelson's Sjiairow 549b 201 Acadian Sharp-tailedSparrov^ 550 202 Seaside Sparrow 550a 2v)2 Scott's Seaside Sparrow . 55')b202 Texas Si'aside Sparrow . 551 2J3 Dusky-Seaside Sparrow . .532 2J4 Lark "Sparrow . 5.52a 204a Western Lark Sparrow . 553 205 Harris's Sparrow 554 2J6 White-crowned Sparrow 555 20ra Intermediate Sparrow .556 207 (;and)ers Sparrow . 557 203 (Jolden-crowned Sparrow 558 209 Wliite-Throated Sparrow 559 210 Tree Sparrow 559a 210 Western Tree Sparrow . 560 211 Chipping Sparrow . 560a 211a Western Chipjiiiig Sparrow 561 212 Clay-coIored Sjiarrow .562 213 IJrewer's Sparrow 563 214 Fiekl Sparrow . 563a Western Field Sjiarrow . 564 Worthen's Sp.irrow . 565 215 Black-eliinned Sjiarrow . 566 210 White-winged .Junoi 567 217 .Slate-colored .lunco . .■i67a 218 Oregon Junoo . .567.1217 Carolina Junco . 568 219 Pink-sided Junco . 569 2J:t 2 232 Aleutian Song Sjiarrow . .'iH> 234 Lincoln's Sjiarrow . 553a P- Forliush's .Sjiarrow . .5-(4 233 Swamp Sjiarrow 555 235 Fox Sji.'irrow 585a 235a Townsend's Sjiarrow S^5b 2;i5b Thick-lii 1 led Sp.arrow 585c 2.35c Slate-colored Sparrow 688 236 Texas Sparrow . 8KIN9 40$ 50 75 1 25 15 25 20 35 50 75 00 10 W 20 50 50 30 20 25 15 25 25 25 15 20 50 1 00 30 1 00 1 50 1 00 25 20 40 20 20 20 30 15 15 25 15 '20 20 30 15 50 1 25 1 00 50 15 30 .50 35 40 40 40 2 00 30 35 75 1 00 .50 75 .50 25 25 20 40 60 3 on 20 40 40 25 30 30 50 25 oO 1 00 1 50 2 .'.0 1 5') 1 00 30 60 35 60 3.5 40 1 25 2 00 1 25 40 30 50 35 35 35 50 .50 1 00 .50 60 60 60 3 00 50 50 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 50 75 1 00 75 1 00 1 00 25 ,35 35 35 .'!0 50 1 03 5 00 30 30 25 40 50 587 237 Towhee 587a 237a White-cved Towhee 588 238 Arctic Tciwliee . 588a 2.38a Sjiurrtd Towhee 588b 238b Oregark Bunting . 606 160 Blue-headed liuphonia 607 162 Louisiana Tanager . [607.1] (iray's Tanager . 608 161 Scarlet Tanager 609 163 Hepatic Tanager 010 164 Summer Tanager 610a l(i4a Cooper's Tanager 611 152 Purjile Martin . (ilia Western Martin. [611. Ijl52a Cuban Martin . 612 153 Cliff Swallow . 613 1.54 Barn Swallow . 614 1.55 Tree Swallow 615 1.56 A'iolet-Green Swallow 616 157 Bank Swallow . 617 1.58 Rough-winged Swallow 618 1.50 Bohemian Waxwing 619 151 Cedar Waxwing 620 26 Phainopepla 621 148 Northern Shrike 622 149 Loggerhead Shrike . 622a 149a White-rumjied Shrike 6221) 149a California Shrike r623]137 Black-whiskered Vireo 624 1.35 Red-eyed Vireo . 625 1.36 Yellow-ereen Vireo . 626 138 Philadelphia Vireo . 627 139 139a Warbling Vireo . 628 140 Yellow-throated Vireo 629 141 Blue-headed Vireo . 629a 141a Cassin's Vireo . 629b 141b Plumbeous Vireo 629c 141 Mountain Solitary Vireo 6.30 142 Black-capped Vireo . 631 143 White-eyed Vireo . 631a Key W^est Vireo 632 144 Hutton's Vireo . 6.32a Stephen's Vireo 633 145 Bell's Vireo 633a 146 Least Vireo 6.34 147 Gray Vireo ... 635 1.50 Bahama Honev Creejier 636 74 74a Black and AVhite Warble 637 75 Prothouotarv Warbler 638 76 Swainson's Warbler . 6.39 77 Worm-eating Warbler 640 78 Bachman's Warbler . 641 7J Blue-winged Warliler 612 81 (ialden-winced Warbler 643 S3 Lucy's W.ubler . 644 84 Virginia's V.'.irhler . (•45 85 Nashville A\arMfr . 645a 85 Calaveras Warbtfr . 64(5 86 Orange-crowncil Warble 6k;a 86a Lutescent Warbler . (•47 87 Tennessee Warbler . C48 1-3 Paru'ia Warbler 649 89a Sennetfs « arbler . 650 U.^ Ciipe May WarbKr . «r,i 92 «j-> ©'J! G V^ 1 ■.ys G53 Go4 Ui C5-. '.)> Go 7 97 G5S 'Ji G50 9 1 6G.) 1)1 661 1)1 6G2 102 0o3 1J3 G6J- lj:i G64 l»l «35 Ii)3 G66 ]>:; G67 1J7 G68 IDS 669 109 G70 110 G71 111 <572 113 01iv3 Warbler . Yellow W.iriiler S iiioi- 1 V.-lli)\T Warbler . .Nl.iii;;rove W.irblcr . I'.l.ick-Uiro iteil Hliio Warbler .Myrtle W.ul)ler . Au(l(il)()ii'.-i Wariiler. M i;;ii()li.i W.irbh-r . Cerulean Warbler ('tu'-.t!iut-si(li'(l Warbler JJiv-l)re i-ted Warbler . Black-poll War.il.'r . JUackburiiian W.irbler . YellDW- throated Warbler , Sycamore Warbler . (Trace's Warbler IJlack-throateil Orxy Warbler (Tolden-cliieked Warbler IJl'k-tliroited Green Warbler To\vn-end'.s Warbler Hermit Warbler Kirtland's Warbler . Pine Warbler . Palm Warbler . 672a 113a Yellow Palm Warbler 673 114 Prairie Warbler G7-1 115 Oven-bird .... C75 116 Water-Thrush . G75a llGa GrinneU'-s Water-Thrush C76 117 Louisiana Watei'-Thrush Kentucky Warbler . Connecticut Warbler Mourning; Warbler . Macjjillivray's Warbler Marylan d Yello w- throat Western Yellow-throat Bjldin:;'s Yellow-throat Yellow-breasted Chat G83a 123a Lon^-taUed Chat 631 124 Hooded Warbler GS5 12> Wilson's Warblei 6S)a 125a Pileolatsd Warbler . C86 127 Canadian Warbler . 687 128 American Redstart . 688 123 Painted Red. tart [G8D] 130 R3d-belli3d Rsdstart G90 131 Rad-faced Warbler . [631] 132 Red AVarbler [692|133 Bra-shsr's Warbler . [693] 134 Bell's Warbler . [694] G9 White AVagtail '. L695] Swinho9'.s Wagtail . 696 70 Siberian Yellow Wagtail 697 71 American Pipit . [698] 72 Meadow Pipit . [399] Red-throated Pipit . 703 73 Sprague's Pipit . 701 19 American Dipper 702 10 Sage Thrasher . 703 11 Mockingbird 704 12 Catbird 705 13 Brown Thrasher 703 13a Texas Thrasher . 707 15 Curve-billed Thrasher 707a 151 Palmer's Thrasher . 70S 14a Bjndire'-; Thrasher . 709 14 St. Lucas Thrasher . 710 16 Ca'.il'ornian Thrasher 711 n.i L^conte's Thrasher . 712 17 Crissal Thrasher 713 53 Cactus Wren 714 57 St. Lucas Cactus Wren 715 .5^ Rock Wren G77 119 678 118 679 120 689 121 C81 122 681a 122 682 683 123 [717] 717a 717b 718 71Sa 719 721a 721b 722 .59 White-throated Wren .591 Canon rt'^ren 53 Dotted Canon Wren 60 Carolina Wren . enb Florid I Wren . 61 Bewick's Wren . 719a 61a Vigors's Wren . 719b Gib Baird's AVren . 720 62 Guadalupe Wren 721 63 House Wren 63a Parkman's Wren 63a Western House Wren 65 Winter Wren . 722a 65a AVestern Winter Wren 723 66 Alaskan Wren . 724 68 Short-billed Marsh Wren $1 75 $2 50 20 30 5 00 20 10 30 20 50 10 40 15 20 40 50 2 00 4 00 20 1 50 1 50 4 00 15 30 15 20 15 20 50 45 50 50 50 50 15 40 2 50 30 30 40 33 33 20 15 1 50 1 53 1 53 2 00 2 03 2 03 50 3(! 50 8 OO 35 25 50 30 75 25 75 25 50 60 65 3 00 1 03 6 00 30 2 50 2 50 6 00 25 50 25 40 25 30 75 GO 1 03 1 03 75 50 4 03 49 40 GO 50 50 43 2") 2 03 2 5; 2 0) 3 03 3 03 3 0) 65 63 20 50 1 50 1 00 50 40 20 15 20 40 40 1 50 1 53 1 00 60 1 50 1 00 45 1 25 30 1 00 1 00 1 00 30 75 60 45 45 20 25 25 20 40 2 03 2 00 1 50 75 2 00 1 50 53 2 00 40 1 25 1 25 1 25 40 1 00 75 55 30 35 35 40 50 •25.1 26 2Ga 2Gb 2 3c 27a 28 23 J 3 31 731a 32 33 33a 33b St 9 37 736 736a 1737] 43 738 4) 39 44 40 45 40a 41 46 1 42a 43 43a 43 b 44 41.1 45 46 747 48 48a 49 53 51 52 53 51, 55 56 2 75Ga 37 3 57a 3 58 4 5>a 59 53a 59b [7601 ^61 " 1)1 a 62 8 63 9 [764] 20 71'.5 21 ()6 22 ftGa (i7 23 76>( 24 2 09 3 00 CO 75 67 Long-billed Marsh Wren G7a Tule Wren .... Marian's Marsh Wren 55 Brown Creeper . 52a Mtj.xican Creeper 55 Rocky Alountain Creeper 55 California Creeper . 51 White-breasted Xuthatch 5la Slender-billed iVuthatch 52 Rsd-br^'a^ted Nuthatch . 53 Bri)wn-h Jailed Nuthatch 51 Pygmy Nuthatch 33 Tufted Titmouse Texan Tufted Titmouse Black-crj.-.ted Titmouse Plain Titmouse . Gray Titmouse . A-ihy Titmouse . Bridled Titmouse 35 41 Chickadee . 35a 4la Long-tailed Chickadee 35b 41b Oregon Chickadee . 42 Carolina Chickadee . Plumbeous Chickadee Mexican Chickadee . Mountain Chickadee Siberian Chickadee . Hud-sonian Chickadee Kowak Chickadee Chestnut-backed Chickadee 41a 46a Californian Chickadee 42 35 Wren-Tit . Pallid Wren-Tit Bush-Tit . Californian Bush-Tit Grinda's Bush-Tit . Lead-colored Bush-Tit Santa Rita Bush-Tit Lloyd's Bush-Tit VerdiU: Yellow-headed Tit Kennicott's Willow Warbler Goldsn-crowned Kinglet 33a AYest. Gold. -crowned Kinglet 33 Rubv-crowned Kinglet 31 Du5ky Kinglet . 27 Blue-gray (xuatcatcher 28 Plumbeous Gnatcatcher 23 Black-tailed Gnatcatchei 25 Tovvnsend's .Solitaire Wood Thrush . Wilson's Thrush AVillowThruMi . Gray-ch3eke. Prices Low for Honest Goods. JAKES VICH, SEEDSMAN, Eochester, N. Y. 38 THE OOLOGIST. "La Grippe In New York." The Avoi-st treatintnit for a heav}' •-•old is "letting it alone," and the next worse is dosing with drugs and crude mixtures. The gre:\t want then is, a particular specific to allay fever; arrest congestion and intlaniation and prevent extension of the disease to the lungs, i^ow, since reports from various parts of the country are to the eflect that the above disease is on the increase, and to prevent its assuming a malignant type if attacked, we would recommend two of the most highly endorsed remedies in the country, Humphreys' Specifics Nos. one and seven. Hundreds of peo- ple taken with cough and iuHueuza and .symptoms of what is now termed "La Grippe," have been speedily and per- manently cured by them. No. one al- lays the fever, pain and inflamation, Avhile No. seven gets in its good work upon the cough, hoarseness and sore throat. Hundreds of publishers, having found these Specifics of priceless value in their family, never hesitate to recom- mend them to their many readei's. Exchange. Coins, Stamps, Curio. Large, wt-ll illu.stratpd 48piige book, 5c. W, F. Greany, 2T Brannan t^t., - San t'raacisea. Ca!. tf A BIG MONEY-MAKER. "Seebach's Tea." {German and Swiss Herbs.) The best Blood & Kidney Eemedy out. Plenty of free samples to give away in your locality to test its reliable virtue. I want agents, m:ile or female, everywhere. Write quick. Sami^le free for stamp. B. SEEBACH, Peru, Ills. OUR SPECIALTY — IS — Low Prices and Good Work. We do all .lol) Printing-, in the latpet and best styles, at bottom prices. Dala Blanl's, NaturaUhtfi' Labels, Cards, Note Heads, Envelopes, Tags, Price Lists, d'c. Printed to order with neatness and dispatch. Send VIS copy, or write us what vou want, and p-et our prices before driving- orders elsewhere. We will save yoti money. Address •"^TsT". .£i^. CIE^OOI^S «Sc CO., OILMAN. ILLS. POHTKAITS. Electro on Painting taught by mall, bend for Cclrcular. C. Dkmin« Madlsou.Wls. iim4 Best selling article Jn the world. Every housekeeper wants one. Will send set, pre- paid, for $1..56. Agents make success of this when they fail on others. Write (luick. fiir terms, to Cbanipion l^bclT nfg. Co.. Springrfield. O. Belter discount hy nieulioa- iug this paper. IHOTO 01 your (nture Husband or Wile FREE ! Send sump f..r HosUige. CLIMAX CO. CHICAGO. ILL PiiREY Dr. HuMfHREYs'SPEOiKits are Scientifically and carefully prepared prescriptions ; used for many years In private practice withsuccesf;.£.ndforover thirty years used by tlie people. Every single Spe- cific is a special cure lor the disease named. These Specifics cure without drugging, purg- ing or reducing the system, and ore in fact and deed the sovereign remedied of theWorld. UST OF PRINCIPAL NOS. CCUES. PRICES. 1 Fevers, Congestion, ixLflamm.ition. .. .tj.5 'A Worms, Vv'orm Fever, Worm Colic. ,»i5 3 Cryinp: Colic, orTeething of Infants .tJ.5 4 IJiarriiea, of Children or Adults 2.5 5 Pysenterv, Griping, BUlous Colic 25 6 Cholera Morbus, Vomiting 2.5 7 Coughs, Cold, Bronchitis ,25 8 Neuralgia, Toothache, Faceache 25 9 Headaches, SlckHeadache, Vertigo .2-5 10 Wyspepsia, Bilious Stomach .25 11 Suppressed or Painful Periods. .25 12 Whites, too Prof use Periotls 25 13 CroMp. Cough, Difficult Breathing 2.'5 14 Salt Rheum, Erysipelas, Eruptions, .'.i-j 15 Rheumatism, Rhei:macic Pains U-'J 1»» Fever and Ague, Chills, Malaria ttt and can!!().(! at a ii". iiig j rolit forle.ssraoney by any- one. During the past live yeai"s we have sold hundreds of pairs of climbers; have sent them to nearly every state and territory in th<' Union and have \et lo hear of the first dis.satistied purchaser. From many testimonials, we select liie following: I ■'The climbers tliaf ,vou se'itgive entire saiisfac- non and are well made In every particular." T. V. W.. Austin, Ills. •'Received my climbers all right onthe 'istot last month. Have deterred writinff to yon till i had used them. They are as good a spur as I ever tried and I think I am safe in sayinu' that if ^ ou buy your spurs of Lattin, you get good ones." J. P. J., Keiton. Pa. "AH the supplies ordered came duly to liand.a'l u. K. Am more than pleased with rln'm all. The cllmpiug irons are just what I w ,nted: the book of datas is immense and the Naturalist's Guide Is well worth the price. I wish to compli- ment you on .^our method of packing. The goods that I received could hardly have bein better fixed for transportation. Am more impi-essert with your promptness every time I order: and iti tutui'e, let me say, If there is anything in your line that I need, you may be sure that I shall give you theprefereuce " H. C. O., Shelburne Falls, Mass. Our prices are as follows: Strapped, ieady for use, by express, at purchas- rr's ex])ense, $"2.50, or prepaid to any ])art of the United States, $3.25. Climl')- eis without straps by express. $1.50, prepaid, .$2.00. RRANK H. LATTIN. ALBION, N. Y. Improved Pocket Gun or Snip Snap. The new improved Pocket Gun requires no powder, no caps, is neatly finished, durable and can be carried in the pocket, as it weigns only three ounces. Will shoot shot or l}ullets with accuracy and fni-ce and with a little practice will kill birds on the wing or bring them down from the highest tree. It IS just tiie thing for taxidermists, as it will kill without spoiling the game and makes no report. Iron frame, leather loop, straps of best kind of rubber. Send for sample at once and practice on the Sparrows. Address, FRANK H. LAniW, - ALBION, H. Y. AIT EXPLAMTIOK. In the last issue of The Oologist this cut appeared to "till up": — UllllfV IbUMV. >cIor»wUli>.l.liu. rKANKH.IJkTIIH,AII>l<>i>.N.V, VVe have a new lai'ge illustrated cat- alogue in press, it will be ready to mail aliout March 1st. Our pati'ons need not write for a co})y as we shall send them one as soon as issued, until that time our prices for e\'ei'ything except eggs i-emain as advertised in the Sept. '88 Bulletin. The i)rices for Eggs are as listed in Nov. 'Si) Oologist or as piinced (Ui our new ''Oologlst's Checling Lists". Faithfully, Frank H. Lattin. Exotic Butterflies and Mottis In brilliant colors and of rare beauty, from India, Australia, Africa and South America for cash or half c;.,sh and half in rare eggs or tine bird skins. Also fine cocoons fi'om other countries. Send 6c for catalogue. State what you want distinctly. Ahsi/lutely no attention i)aid to postal cards. Co'- lectlons made up in cabinets for museums and colleges, containing all the classes of insects from every clime. We have the largest stock of Lepidoptera in New England ajQd chai'ge the low- est prices in the United States. PROF.CARLBRAUN, NATURAL.IST, THE OOLOGIST. Vy^M. O. SMITH, -COLLECTOR OF- BIF^DS, MAMMALS ^ EGGS, LOVELAND, COLORADO. I make a specialty ot mailing birds same day as skinned, or sent In tbe flesh after subjecting tUem to a preservative preparation, i^nciose stamp for Price List. ^THE NAUTILUS^ For Concbologists. (Formerly tbe Conch- ologists' Exchange.) Improved, -5- Enlarged, -^ Illustrated. Issued Monthly. Subscription, !|1 per year. H. A. PILSBKY, EDITOE. Address WM. D AVERELL., Manager, Mt. Airy, Philadelpliia Penna. — FOB — NATUEALISTS AND OTHERS. GOOD WORK, LOWEST PRICES Corresponderws Solicited H.A. CARHART, d yr Syracuse, N. Y. TAXIDERMIST. GARLAND. i MAINE. Tbe new process of embalming fuUy explained Tbe quickest and easiest method, and gives the best satisfaction. PRICE, POST-PAID, ONLY 5^ CENTS. Birds and Mammals r.;ouutea In a superior manner at lowest cash price, and promptly re- turned. Send for Keduced Price List for mount- ing. Sent Free. Bird t^kins and Birds in meat wanted. Dm3 n^^M BOOK. EGGS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS, BY CHAS. J. MAYNAKD. 159pp. i2mo., 10 colored plates, clothi, $2.00. \ full description with breeding dates. Sent post paid on receipt of price. FRANK H. LATTIN, ALBION, N. Y. IIVIPORTED JAPANESE AND INDIAN SILK Worm eggs for seed. In Silk cultuie. Different speeies, also the eeleliratetl Madras Silk Cocoons warranted to be raised .siicces.sfuljy in this country. Directions given how t<> raise them jirotitably. Prices low. PROF. CAR BRAUN, NATURALIST, BANGOR, MAINE. soivietHiNg NeW! A Manual of the Vertebrate^ of the United States. By David S. Jokdon. A work by which anyone can identify a speci- men belonging to the Vertebiata. It is arranged on the same plan as Grey's Bota- nies, 1. e. an analytical key. and is indispenslble to anyone studlng zoology In any of its divisions. It is a 27."! page, cloth bound book cuntainlng ac- curate descriptions of all North American Birds, by means ol which one can determine a parent bird very easily. 'It Is Indespensible t) the- working zoologist." A. A. Handbook. It is the cheapest work yet offered to the Orni- thologist and Oologlst, and Is needed by all. To each purchaser In • he next 3r days, we will present a year's subscription to The oologist, price, ')0c. To those purchasing In ten days, we will also . elve the Oologlsfs Handbook and six new Check fists, 23cts; making a total of $ .25, which, we will send, post-paid for $2..0O Address, W. A. Chocks & Co., CHlman, 111. Hard Times Offer! 1 Davie's New Key, paper $i.'25 2 Climbing Irons (without straps) i.oo 3 Setoftwo, Whip-poor-will, worth $3 i.ro 4 Sets ot two of - 31 and 436. worth $i.8o gi i 5 Nos. 1. 2. 3 and 4, worth !t;T..i5 3.70 6 Any possible combination of l, 2, 3 and 4 at 2j per cent, discount. Dickinson & Durkek. Sharon, Wis. Taxidermist and Dealer in all articles required by Ornithologists, Oologis- ts and Taxidermists. A large stock of Stuffed Birds, Birds Eggs and Skins always on iiand. Artificial Glass Eves. I carry nothing but the finest makes or Eiighsh bird, animal and fish eyes, and can give as large a discount as any dealer in the U. s. Send for discount. 1 am constantly neeulng flrsi-dass skins and eggs and will give good exciiauge lor the above. 1 generally have a few stuffed birds to exchange tor desirable eggs and skins. Note:— Send list ol what you have to exchange, stating about what you would like in exchange and I will make an offer; always enclose stamp. lo Hodges Ave., Taunton, Mass. Catalogue will be ready In April. '"^M^''* Monthly. <^(^i^ 50c. per Year. ^^*?'? 12/;^ ^AWt?- LTJ Vol. VII, ALBION, N. ^i:., MAICH, 1890. No. 3 Exclianges and Wants. Brief special aniiouiicements. "Wants," "Ex- changes" Inserted In this department for 25 cents per 25 words. Notices over 25 words charged at the rate ot one-hall cent per word. No notice In- serted lor less than 25 cents. Notices which are merely indirect methods of soliciting cash pur- chasers cannot be admitted to these columns under any circumstances. Terms, cash with order. THE EXCII.\NGE Notice In Jan. Oologist Is working wonders, and I have received already more offers of exchange than I can very well at- tend to. Very truly yours, WILL A. MOORE, Nor walk, Ohio. CUKIOS wanted for my museum. Peru, Ills. SEEBACH TO EXCHANGE.— Five pairs Evening Grosbeak Skins and a Chicago .'\ir Kifle (new) for best offer In Bird Skins (Southern birds preferred.; Address all offers to II. L. MERUITT, Box 116, Chatham, Ont. ATTENTION.— A nrst-class Kogei-s Scroll Saw with modern attachments, also a Magic Lantern and outtit used only Ave times, cost $2.00, for Curios, Relics or IJiids' Eg^'s. Addiess offers and inquiries to U. W. ESTABROOK, Box 51, Natick. Mass. EXCHANGE.- 1 will give 30" good Stamps. 100 fine Minerals for the best offer of Printing I-'re.^s and outfit. Give size of chase and how many fonts of type. HIRAM F. JOHNSON, Lock Box 640, New MUford, conn. For eve-y soc worth of ai-st class Eggs In sets or single 1 will send receipt for embalming birds; also eggs to excliange. A. W. NOLTE, W. I6th •St., Los Angeles, Cal. I will give 75 Foreign Stamps, all different, for every 30c worth of lirsi -class Birds' Eggs sent me. GEO. A. FREEMAN, Natlck, Mass. WANTED.— To exchange Specimens of Wood Minerals, Insects, Marine Curiosities, Bird Eggs and Skins, Stamps and Coins, for Eggs, Insects, Butterflies and Moths. Write, sending list of what you have. Ftrst-class specimens given and expected in exchange. No postal cards. Ad- dres COLLECTOR, care of Lock Box 628, Parls.Ill. WANTED.— A Printing Press, size not less than 6x9 in. chase, foot or hand power.self-lnker. Will give a collection ot Birds' Eggs valued at $ino or give same amount from large list. Also want complete outfit. First-class Eggs to exchange for a good Gun, Revolver or Typewrl ter. F -T C 3RLESS, Los Gatos, Cal. WANTED.— TO PURCHASE COLLECTIONS OF INDIAN RELICS AND OTHER CURIOSITIES FOR WHICH CASH WILL BE PAID. PARTIES HAVING SUCH FOR SALE WILL PLEASE CORRESPOND WITH W. II. H. KING, JACK SONVILLE,ILLS. ayr American, European and Exotle Butterflies and Moths for cash and In exchange for Birds' Eggs. Bli-ds' Skins. All mounted and perfect. Very rare and beautiful specimens from India, Africa and South America: also live cocoons from India and Europe to exchange tor others of this coimtry send for catalogue. PROF. CARL BRA UN, Nat- nrallst, Bangor, Me. Vol. 8 of Golden Days. vol. 8 ot Argosy and Scott's International Postage Stamp Album, 8th edition, cost $3.50, entirely new, tor the best offer of flrst-class Birds' Eggs. RONALD BATES, Clyde, N. Y. Double glass door, cork lined Walnut Case, 2 x 19 X 27 Inches, with 72 kinds Moths and Butter- flies; also same case In Antique Oak, 2x15x22 Inches, with 127 kinds Insects, Including pair Hercules Beetle from Guadalupe, for best offer Indian Relics In perfect condition. Wm. H. FISHER. 14 W. North Ave., Baltimore. Md. WANTED In large quantity, Eggs and Skins ot many common and rarer American Birds. Will give in exchange Egss of British Birds in sets or singles. JOHN A. MORDEN, Hyde Park corners, Ontario. WANTED.— Collectors having well prepared and carefully Identified eggs, specimens or cur- iosities tor sale or exchange at low rates, In large or small quanlties, will please send their lists and prices. All eggs must be blown through one hole smoothly drilled In the side, and without stains or Ink-marks. FRANK H. LATTIN, Albion, N. Y. (f6) WANTED.— Davie's ••Egg Check List," Cloth binding, third edition. WUl give ca.sh. L. C. FREENY, Plttsville Maryland. WANTED.— Stamps, Minerals, Birds' Eggs, Indian relics and Birds' Skins. I especially de- sire U. S. 90c Purple '88 and Match, Medicine and Playing card stamps, l have to exchange Stamp, Minerals, Birds' Eggs and Botanical Specimens. J. D. SORNBORGER, Andover, Essex Co., Mass. TO EXCHANGE.— For eveiy set Of birds' eggs with full data or 10c worth of any other natural history specimens vrlth data, sent me I will send a receipt for petrifying wood and other articles. GUS RAPP, 405, 9th St., Milwaukee, Wis. IMOTO ot your futnre Bnstanl or Wife FREE ! Send SOmp fur FOTlage. CLIMAX CO. CHICAGO. ILL THE OOLOGIST. RRRRI TT Sixty Beautiful Bird Cards, Highly Colored, All Different, Mostly True to Nature. The First Set Co:t HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO PRODUCE. Had we had these same cards made expressly for our patrons, we could not have furnished them for less than §2.00 for the set, but a great manufacturing iirm i)uhlished them and inicked one card with each jjackage of tlicir goods in order to increase its sale. It was in one of these packages that avc tirst found one of the cards and learned that there were Sixtij, all fliJf'ercnt.a-Avh rei)resenting a difl'erent s])ecies. We obtained a coiuplete set at once and were so highly pleased with them that we immediately made arraugements whereby each of our patrons can obtain a complete set of sixty cards either free or for a mere song. Each card is beautifully lithographed in many colors — ^in most cases — as true to nature as small lithographs can Ije made of the species represented. The size of each card is l|x2f inches. . On the back of each is the m mufacturing firm's advertisement and on the bottom of the face — but entirely distinct from the lithograph, so that it can be trimmed, if desired, Avithout injuring the beauty of the card in tiie least — is their trade mark. The following is a complete list of the species represented. One species, usually both male and female on each card: Purple Finch Black-iliroateci Blue Warbler Bluebird Redstart Black -throated Bunting Catbird Hermit Thrush Tree Sparrow Ruby-crowned Kinglet ! Datas we publi.sh iov only live cents. FRANK H. L.VTTIN, Albion N. Y. 20,000 Data Blanks FOR SALE. Size 3 X 5 in. at KJc jtcr 10'), in pa'l form l{)c; $1 .50 and $1 .75 pt-r 1000. Po.stpaid. W. W. ASHE, RATiEIGH, N. C. FOR SALE ! A 5x8 Improved Model Printing Press in good condition, with alxnit 23ft of type. For fnrther ])articnlars, addres.s F. W. McCORMACK, LEIGHTON, ALA. 0 UK) iuldm wfl] U tuMTtod 1 oao ^^Artueofc r. 75 fnr 10 cts.; r ale cheap; «*ch AdditiijnAJ our. LiT« colhxton win Dot be Iodk lii olMwrvlng th* imprTrUDr* of kMpIn tfUMhsg In thia Director? CoUertorw And n >«f^ ictemit to tb« pemma appMT ID thk Dineturr, will rf>o>«ius« the trnportuuM of plocina nmpim «to. in U» tendn of Lire CcU^eton um) vltl ikX oorxmlinplj. CoUecion nweiT« u hiRfa u JT/ty Ltttcra, TortiOn. Clronlaim, SuddIm e»c. fitn UtIiui SuBAMSMiiWHlcdMwbiMataantof oDiy lOCENTS in thU nimrterry. ^ Addzc^ T2CB pOLOpiar. Albkm, S. T. BIRDS' EGGS. Chas. E. Cram, No. 410 Jefferson St., Bnrlington, Iowa. [J3 H. W. Davis, North Granville, N. Y. [y Roy H. Dosb, Stnart, Guthrie Co., Iowa Back Numbeis of THE OOLOGIST ■VA^anted at Once We want at . once 50 coijies of the June 1888 issne of The Oologist. For each copy we will give a card good for 12c paj'able in anything we adverti.se. we also want 50 copies of April, 1889 issue, for which we will give Gc worth of anything we advertise. Mail your extra cojiies at once to publisher of The Oologist, Alliion N. Y. ^ Chas. K. Worthen, ^ NATURALISTS m^ TAXIDERMISTS, ->■ V/ARSA'A'', ILLINOIS. •=<- Large sto-'^k of Native, au'l t'l; liandwmest T ■))"■, I 1 iMrd S!vl IS oaliiQd. Rare sp ;cies a special oy. Enclose stamp with inquiries. ayr BIRDS SKINS. While we do not carry a fu!l stock of B'rd Skins, we have made .irrau^meut-i whereby we can farnish our patrons nnyfchiai; obtain- able at price-' quoted in Feb. 0 iltihst. Orders uuder $1.00 not wa ited. F.iithfiiUy Fr lak li. Lxttii THE MARCH 18^9 OOI.O Jl.sT contains full and instructions for makiuy a Bird or ManiJial >kins. A copy will be mailed you for .5 cts.. or 6 copies for 2."i cts. 2tf A RARE CHANCEI I have a desirable collection of tirst-class eggs embracing im) to llO kinds, several are very rare. In sets and single. Hawks and Warblers are abundant. Send for list and price. Will be sent C. O. D. AMOS BISSELL, Jr., Hartwick Sem., Otsego Co., N.Y. 1 refer to Mr. Linn Kinue of this place. Cabinet Photos of a Dakota Sod Shanty By mail post-paid i^c, 1 doz. for $2. CO. Add;xs E. s. CHENEY, PltrodlB, So. Dakota. 44 THE OOLOGIST. ^THE NAUTILUS-^ For Conchologists. (Formerly tbe Conch- ologists" Exehanpe.) Improved, -!- Enlarged, -)- Illustrated. Issued Monthly. Subscription, *1 per year. H. A. PILSBKY, EDITOE. Address WM. D AVERELL, Manager, Mt. Airy, Philadelphia Penna. THE- NATUKALISTS AND OTHERS. GOOD WORK, LOWE STPRICES. C'orrespon dence Solicited H. A. CARHART, d yr Syracuse, N. Y. JUST PUBLISHED.' THIRD EDITION Davie's Nests aM Eggs North AMERICAN birds, Re-Written and Greatly Enlarged, with an Introduction byj. Parker Norris, and tuu Page Illustrations of Nests, etc. by Theodore Jasper, A. M., M. D., a Id W. Otto Emerton. CONTAINS 86 Pages of Valua'ble Information. It gives our regular price list of oological specimens and supplies (ih -. most complete ever sent out by any dealer). 7t sr.vis ".ne common and scientific names of all jN'ortn ?irr;e.ican birds, arranged and numbered accordirig to Kidgeway s (the Smithsonian) nomencla- ture of i8St ; it gives the numbers used in Raird's check-list of 1859 and those used in Coue's of 1883; it gives the value of the eggs of over 500 species of Xorth American birds, this fact alone making ihj catalogue invaluable to collectors as a basis of ex- change. It names the various families into which the birds of North America are divided, and enumeratfS the birds belonging to each family. It gives, approx- unately, the numl)er of eggs in a clutch of every American bird. It tells how to prepare specimens for c.-ibiiiet, how to pack them fc" transDortation, wirV. nai'y oti'.er useful hints. Price post paid 15 cents. ADDRESS Publisher of the OOLOGIST, ALBION, NEW YORK. * » • Tills Handbook was publishert In 1S85. but If i- umx more tliaii vvovth the uoialntil price -mis work iK descriptive of the Nests atiA Eggs 01 the Land and Water Birds of Noith America, wmcli includes all the species known to exist- thosethat occiu- or are indigenous north ottlie southern United States ,l50»il'^^'"-I; r.^mn, , vf Greenland and the peninsula o£ Lower CalUoniia. The breeding range ot each species is given the time ot nesting, the exact ii^™.^,f "i ^f^j^s laid, their color and size together with the chlel Characteristics of the birds. . „„„^^i„„ tn The arrangement of the work is according to the new nomenclature of the A. O. U. Code ana Check List, and the old numbers (Ridgewaj s), as used in former editions, are Placed to the riglit of each species. Throughout the text all the common uai^es of the buds are to be found and a complete analytical index or tnese u ^A*n 'invaluable book as an aid for the Wentin- cation of specimens to all those collecung in the The work consists of 4T5 pages and 13 full page Illustrations. Paper Edition, $1.25; Cloth, Si.75- RRAKK H. LATTir. Sole Wholesale At tut, Orleans Co. ^ '''^'^' ^- ^' Coins, Stamps, Curio. Large, well illustrated 48 page^jook, 5c. W. F. Greany, 87 Braiman St., - San Francisco, Cal. tf M EXPLAHATIOH. Tu the Jail, issue of The OoLOGist lliis cut appeared to "till up": — We have a new large illustrated eat- alogue in prcs.s, it will be ready to mail about Mareli 15th. Our patrons need not write for a copy as we shall send them one as soon as issued, until that time our prices for everything except eggs remain as advertised in the Sept. '88 Bulletin. The prices for Eggs are as listed iuNov. '89 Oologist or as printed on our new "Oologist's Checking Lists". Faithfully, Fkank H. Lattin. VOL. VII. ALBION, N. Y., IVIAECH, 1890. NO. 3 Summer Residents of Buena Vista Co., Iowa. This list does not pretend to 1)6 com- plete, as I have had no opportunity to visit the southern and western portions of the county during the breeding sea- son. 1. {Podilymbus podiccps) Pied-billed (irebe. Breeds abundantly in the ponds and sloughs. 2. {HydrocheUdo7i nigra snrinamcnsis) Black Tern. Nests comuiouly on the floating vegetation anil bogs of the sloughs. 3. {Anas boscas) Mallard. Common but getting scarcer. Nests in tields, meadows and marshes. 4. {Anas obscura) Black Duck. Two nests were found during 1888. One Avas built well above the water in tlie edge af a slough and contained thirteen eggs. The other was built on a marsh. 5. {A7ias carolinensis) Green-winged Teal. One nest was found in 1887, built iu the prairie grass and contained elev- en eggs. Bird was shot, but not very Avell ictentitied. G. {Anas discors) Blue-winged Teal. Common. Lays from eight to eleven eggs in a nest in the prairie gi"ass. 7. {Sixitulaclypeata)^\\o\Q\eY. Com- mon during migrations. One nest was found in 1888. 8. (Bafila acuta) Pintail. Very abun- dant during the spring migration. Some remain to breed. 9. {Branta canadensis) Canada Goose. Was formerly' very common, and In-ed. Now is only with us during spring and fall migration. Perhaps a few still bi'eed in the county joining this on the north (Clay). 10. {Botaurus Untiginosns) Am. Bit- tern. Common. Makes its nest in the edges of ponds, in the high grass. Lays from three to five drab eggs. 11. {Botaurus crilis) Least Bittern. Not as common as the preceding spei;ies. Makes its nest over water. Lays three to five jiale blue eggs. 12. {Grus Mexicana) Sandhill Crane. Formerly bred, l)ut now is only seen during migrations. 13. {Rallus elegans) King Rail. Not very common. Nests are well concealed and hard to find. 14. {Ralbis virginianus) Virginia Rail. Scarce. One nest found iu 1889, but eggs were destroyed. 15. {Porzana Carolina) Sora. The most common of the Rails which breed here. Lays from eight to fifteen eggs. Makes a nest \ii grass in the edges of sloughs. 16. {Fnlica americaua) American Coot. Abundant. Nest is a pile of ■ rushes in the edge of ponds. Eggs are from ten to fifteen in number. 17. {Bartramia Jongicauda) Bartram- ian Sandpiper. Formerly abundant, but the last few j'ears they have been killed in great numbers for eastern mar- kets. Still common. MiVkes its nest in the prairie grass. Lays four spotted eggs. 18. {Numenins longirostris) Long- billed Curlew. Have record of one nest found several years ago. Very rare now. 19. {^gialitis vocifera) Killdeer. Common. Makes its nest in fields and on top of hills. I have never found one near water. 20. {Colinus virginiana) Bobwhite. Not abundant as yet, but seems to be getting more numerous. Two nests were found last year. 21. {Tympamichus amcricaniis) Prai- rie Hen. Common. Nests in the prairie grass. Laying from ten to fif- teen eggs. 22. {Zeniadura inacroura) Mourning 46 THE OOLOGIST. Dove. Nests altundantl^^ in the groves. 23. {Circiis hudsonins) Marsh Hawk. Somewhat eommou. Fomid three nests last year: May 1st. one containing two eggs-, June nth, one containing live eggs, and one July 1st, containing young birtls. I have information of at least two oilier kinds of Hawks that breed in the woods west of here, but do i!ot know which kind as yet. 24. (Asia accipitrinus) Short-eared Owl. One nest was found last year. It contained tive eggs. They had been run over by a prairie fire. Two were quite badly burned and one was cracked, but the other two are line specimens. 25. (Cocrjjzns amcricanus) Yellow- bUled Cuckoo. Quite common. 36. {Coccyzus cryihropMhalmus)B\-M\- billed Cuckoo. Not so common as the preceding species. 27. {CoUipti'x aumtus) Flicker. One nest found last year. 28. {Chordcih's virginianus) Night Hawk. Common, but the nests are not often found, as the bird will not fly un- less nearly stepped upon and the eggs look so much like the ground that they can hardly found. 20. {Tyrdnnus tyranuus) Kingbird. Very common. Nests in the groves and along the shores of lakes. :0O. {Empidonax rninimus) Least Flj'- catclier. Fouftd several nests last year and some before. The nest cannot be distinguished from that of the Yellow Warbler. The eggs are four pure creamj^ white, verj^ handsome. 31. ( Otocoris alpiestrix praticola) Prai - rie Horned Lark. Abundant. Makes its nest in the fields and on the prairie. 32. {Cyanoritta crisinta) Llue Jay. Not very common. 33. [Cordis americanns) American Crow. Heard of a young one being captured in the woods west of here. 64. {Lolirhonyx oryzivorus) Boludink. Abundant, but nests are very hard to find, because so well concealed in tlie grass. 35. (MoIoUirns utcr) Cowbird. Quite common. 36. (X(()dh()repli((hts xaiitliocephuluft) Yellow-headed Blackbird. Very abun- dant. Bi-eeds in the canes and rushes of the ponds and sloughs. 37. {Agela'Ks ptlic^iiccus) Red-winged Blackljird. Exceedingly abundant. Breeds by the hundreds in the grass around ponds. 38. {SturneUa magna) Meadow Lark . Common. Nests in prairie grass and under piles of hay. 39. {Icterus spurius) Orchard Oriole. Not very common. A favorite nesting place is around tlie shores of a small lake. Hangs its nests in the scrub trees. 40. {Quiscalus quiscula ceneu$)'S>You7.- ed Grakle. Abundant. Nests high up in maples-, etc. 41. {Spinus tristis) American Gold- finch. Have found two nests contain- ing eggs and several nests supposed to be Goldtiuches after the leaves were off the trees. 42. {tipizn amcricana) Diclccissel. Abundant. Nests anywhere, on the ground or quite high in the trees. 43. iyProgne subis) Purple Martin. Quite common. Will occupy all houses put up for their accomodation. 44. {Chelido7i cryihrogastcr) Barn Swallow. Common. 45. {Virco gilvus) Warbling Vireo. Not uncommon. Several nests were found this year. 43. {Dendroeca aativa) Yellow War- Joler. Altuiulant. 47. [G aleoseoptes carol incnsis) Cat- bird. Not very common. 48. {Harporhynchus 7-nftt,s) BroA\'n Thrasher. Quite common. 49. {Troglodytes oidon) House Wren. Three nests have been fouml, one in the pocket of a coat that was hanging in a tree, one in a shed and one in a bird- box. 50. {Cistolhorus slellaris) Short-billed Marsh Wren. Rather Abundant. Found THE OOLOGIST. 47 several nests during 1889. Nests A\ere made of grass, in the shape of a eocoa- nut. Eggs six in nunilier, pure white. 51. ( Cistothorus palustris) Long-billed Marsh Wren. Abundant. Breeds in the dry grass in sloughs, 52. {Merula vtigrdtoria) American Robin. Very eomnion. Would like to see lists from other counties of Iowa. John V. Crone, Buena Vista Co., Iowa. A Day in the Woods of Florida. On the banks of the Indian River there is a field of study and delight for the Naturalist, although perhaps tinc- tured Avith some little danger, in ""Searching for the variety of natural products of this semi-tropical country during the spring months. The deep gloomy forests of cypresses and pines, interpersed with tracts of live oaks, maples, varieties of palms and flower- ing vines in full blossom, the open tracts of country and vast swamps, penetrated by the lagcjons and creeks of the Indian River, furnish an abund- ant variety of specimens for the Ornith- ologist, Entomologist and Botanist. Venomous serpents present the only danger. The Water Moccasin (2'oxico- phia pLscivorus) is the most abundant, inhabiting the low, swampj' district, the Land Moccasin (Ancistrodon contor- trix) or Copperhead l)eing less numer- ous, found on the dry lands and fiekls, and that terrible reptile, the Diamond Rattlesnake ( Crotalus adamantens) which attains the length of over nine feet with a diameter of five inches and more, is liable to be encountered in any locality excejit the most swampy tracts where the Water Moccasin is found. These serpents and the Harlequin snake found on the higher lands are the only ones to be viewed with dread. The Rattlesnake is the least common of the Crotnlida'. The Moccasin is quite almndant and equally to be dreaded. With the exception of these reptiles to- gether with centipedes, some largi^ spiders and an occasional scorpion, there are no other drawl)acks to th»^ field naturalist and collector. The tim- id may exclaim that these were surely enough drawbacks and should serve to dampen the ardor of the Naturalist, but there are always dangers and ol>- stacles to the student of Nature which increase to a great extent in more trop- ical countries, where one has to be on almost constant guard against the larg- er beasts of prey, enormous serpents, the Boas and Pythons as well as the smaller venomous snakes, and innum- erable swarms of spiders, scorpions and centipedes and other pests which deter all but the most enthusiastic nat- uralist from thorough investigation. Florida is comparatively exempt from dangerous animals. An occasional Panther or Bear may rarely be encount- ered in the dense forests, but which ai'e of a more cowardly disposition than otherwise, seldom attacking man unless wounded and at bay. All danger is for- gotten by the naturalist eager in pui-- suit of some rare object. I remember encountering a large moccasin while threading my way through a villainous swamp in search of the beautiful Hood- ed Warbler {Sylvia initratus) which frequents low, swampy w'oods. The serpent was coiled and ready to strike when I noticed it. I hastily retreated a few paces and shot it. I decided to retrac-e my steps and not penetrate fai-ther into the morass when my mind was diverted by a few tinkling notes. Looking in the direction from which they proceeded I saAV the object of my search flitting among the l»ushes, antV forgetting my decision to turn back, and intent on securing the warbler, I started in pursuit. The bird leil me a long chase, and eventually disappeared for good and I was left a quarter of iv mile farther in ihe swamp, vexed and 48 THE OOLOGIST. disappointed. It was April. The sun had reached a point nearly overhead and the heat was intense, certainly over one hnndred degrees and the air was suffocating with the effluvia of the coai'se I'aiik vegetation. Before me was a dense tiiicket of green briar or chajiperal utterly impassable. I retrac- ed mj' steps, fortunately^ without loos- ing my bearings. To lose one's self in these vast swamps and forests w