MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAILWAY. Full and
reliable information can be had by applying to Mr. C. N. SOUTHER, Ticket
Agent, 95 Adams Street, Chicago.

Please mention "BIRDS" when you write to advertisers.

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#MONARCH#

#THE LADIES FAVORITE#

#"RIDE A MONARCH AND KEEP IN FRONT."#

#MONARCH CYCLE MFG CO.# #CHICAGO.NEW YORK.LONDON#

Please mention "BIRDS" when you write to Advertisers.

#N. O. LAWSON,#
#TAXIDERMISTS,#
THE CHEAPEST IN THE WORLD.

All work guaranteed equal to the highest priced.

50c. Specimens, Thrushes, Blackbirds, Blue Jays,
Woodpeckers, Swallows, Larks, etc.

Send for price list.

GENEVA, ILL.

#COLUMBIAN DENTAL COLLEGE,#
S.-W. cor. Quincy & State Sts., CHICAGO, ILL.

The College year begins Oct. 1, 1897, and closes April
1, 1898.

Students corresponding with the Dean will please be
careful to give full address, and direct their letters to
GEO. T. CARPENTER, M.D.D., D.S., Dean.

ANDREW W. ROGERS, D.D.S. Sec'y,
103 State Street (Columbus Memorial Bldg.)

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#A Linen Marker#
_Helen E. Scott._

Any 2 or 3 letter Monogram or
Name in a handsome script type
(see samples), complete with guaranteed
#indelible# ink and pads, sent
prepaid on receipt of 50c. Postage
accepted.

#C. L. SAFFORD,#
MANUFACTURER OF RUBBER STAMPS,
175 Madison St., CHICAGO.

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#THE# ...
#"BIRD"#

#_$75.00_#

_Or Ninety Subscriptions to "Birds."_

DIAMOND OR DROP FRAME.

This wheel is made especially for the Nature Study Publishing Co., to
be used as a premium. It is unique in design, of material the best, of
workmanship unexcelled. No other wheel on the market can compare
favorably with it for less than $100.00.

#SPECIFICATIONS FOR 1897 "BIRD" BICYCLE.#

#_Frame._#--Diamond pattern; cold-drawn seamless steel tubing; 1-1/8 inch
tubing in the quadrangle with the exception of the head, which is 1-1/4
inch. Height, 23, 24, 25 and 26 inches. Rear triangle 3/4 inch tubing in
the lower and upright bars. #_Frame Parts._#--Steel drop forgings,
strongly reinforced connections. #_Forks._#--Se