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THE OOLOGIST. 



LOO WORTH OF PRIZES 



Will be PiesoiitL-(l tluring 1898 to 

 The Patrons, Contributors and Readers of 

 THE OOLOGIST. 

 Oiu- prize scheme during '92 has 

 proved highly satisfactory to both our- 

 selves and the pariieipants, and Ave 

 might also add lo the readers of the 

 Ooi-0(iisT. Taking these facts into 

 consideration we have decided to not 

 only continue making monthly awards 

 during '!j3 but to almost, if not quite, 

 treble their value. 



P^aeh month during 1893 we shall 

 give live prizes. These prizes are to 

 be awarded to the five best articles ap- 

 pearing in each mouth's Oologist. 



The prizes throughout the year will 

 remain the same, except the first one 

 which. wMl be the winner's choice from 

 the unawarded articles and publications 

 named in the following list: 

 Cones' '"Key to 2\orth American 



Birds" .. $7 50 



Ridgway's "iManual of North 



American Bird-;'" 7 50 



Chamberlain's Nultal's Ornithol- 

 ogy" (2 vols ) 8 00 



Goss's "Birds of Kansas" 7 50 



Wilson's (and I'onaparle's) Amer- 

 ica' Ornithology" 7 50 



Maynard's-t Biids ofKasternNorth 



Amei'ica" (text complete). 15 00 

 Webster's " 'international Diction- 

 ary" (Merriams latest edi 



tion) 10 00 



Washington Irviug's Works (10 



vols) 7 50 



\Ym. I\l. Thackerav's Works, 10 



vols ' 10 00 



Chas. Dickens' Works. 15 vols... 11 25 

 Jeuk's "Comprehensive Commen- 

 tary of the Holy Bii)Ie." 5 

 large 900 paged Volumes.. 25 00 

 Sir Walter Scott's Works, 12 vols 12 00 

 $10 worth of Phonographic Books 



anil Publications 10 00 



An 8-(|(. Jack Frost Ice Cream 



Kreezer ... G 50 



A Due-Bill good for$31.50towards 

 a new $40.50 MarlinRepeat- 



iiifl Bille 31 ',() 



A Due-Bill good for$33.00 towards 

 a new$45.(l()Ami'ricanrnion 

 (same as New Home)* Sew- 

 ing Machine 33 00 



A Due-Bill good for$15.0!itowards 

 a new $2<< douiilecase Odell 



'J'ype writer 15 ( 



2nd Piize each month will be a part 

 of "Maynard's Birds of Ea^t in North 



America" each containing an average 

 of 8 plates and 340 pages strongly 

 Ijountl in strong nianilla and cloth and 

 worth at publisher's original price not 

 far from *7.50. 



3d Prize — Brewer's "North American 

 Oology'' unl)ound, no plates, original 

 price about $3.00 



4th Prize — Baird's "Review of Ameri- 

 can Birds" originally sold at $2.00. 



5th Prize — Mrs. St John's" Audubon 

 the Naturalist.'' $1.00. 



Each article receiving at least as 

 many credits as there are number of 

 Judges and not winning one ot the 

 leading prizes will be awarded a dupli- 

 cate of the 5th prize. 



Each article receiving at least one- 

 half as many credits as the number of 

 Judges will be awarded a year's sub- 

 scription to the Oologist. 



New standard Catalogue 



OF 



ISjorih /\merican 3"'ds f^ggs 



( OMPILED BV 



FRANK H. LATTIN, 



Assisted by Capt. Chas. E. Bciidirc, J. 



Parker JS' orris, Esq., ayid 



Capt. B. F. Ooss. 



It gives the Common and Scientific name of 

 every Mortli American Bird according to the 

 A. O. U. NonieucIatiU'e. It al.so gives tre A. O. 

 U. Nuiubeis as well as those ot bolli Coues' and 

 Kidgeway, and last Irat not least it gives thr 

 value of eggs of we-rtr/*/ eeery species, oyer oiw 

 hundred of which never appeared on any print 

 ed list befoi'e. 



It is not a personal catalogTie of any one 

 Dealer orCollector, as there is not a Collector 

 in the entire World who has or could furnish 

 all the species whose values are given, and 

 there is not a Dealer who could furnish over 

 from 50 to 1.") per cent of the s-pecies priced. 



The Catalogue is printed on extra t.uality of 

 paper and contains 53 pages, size aj.ix;^; A m. 



Price 35 cents per copy, 3 copies for $1.00. 



Collectors.^— g-^,y 



Should send two cent stamp to James P. Bab- 

 bitt. 10 Hodges Ave., Taimton. Mass., for a 

 sau pie of skin tanned withBabbitt's Glove 

 Kid Tan, the cheapest. (lUicUestand best Tan 

 on the market. 



A large Catalogue of Naturalists' Supplies. 

 Tools, Eyes and price list ot Stuffed Birds and 

 Eggs— L' cents. 



James P. Babbitt, 



DEALER, 

 10 E(?dgf s Ave., Taunton. Iklass. 



