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THE OOLOGIST. 



1,00 WORTH OF PRIZES 



Will 1)6 Presented duriug 1893 to 

 The Patrons (Contributors and Readers) of 

 THE OOLOGIST. 

 Each month during 1893 we shall 

 give live prizes. These prizes are to 

 be awarded to the tive best articles ap- 

 pearing in each month's Oologist. 



The prizes throughout the year will 

 remain the same, except the first one 

 which will be the winner's choice from 

 the unawarded articles and publications 

 named in the following list: 

 Coues' "Key to North American 



Birds" $7 50 



Ridgway's "Manual of North 



American Birds" 7 50 



Chamberlain's "Nuttal's Ornithol- 

 ogy" (2 vols.) 8 00 



Goss's "Birds of Kansas" 7 50 



Wilson's(and Bonaparte's) "Amer- 

 ican Ornithology" 7 50 



Maynard's" Birds of EasternNorth 



America" (text complete). 15 00 

 Webster' s"lnternational Diction- 

 ary" latest edition 10 00 



Washington Irving's Works, 10 



vols 7 50 



Wm. M. Thackeray's Works, 10 



vols 10 00 



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

 Jenk's "ComprehensiveCommen- 

 tary of the Holy Bible " 5 

 large 900 paged Volumes. . 25 00 

 Sir Walter Scott's Works, 12 vols 12 00 

 $10 worth of Phonographic Books 



and Publications 10 00 



An 8-qt. Jack Frost Ice Cream 



Freezer 6 50 



A Due-Bill good for$31.50towards 

 a new $46.50 MarlinRepeat- 



ing Ritle ;. 31 50 



A Due-Rill good ^or$33.00towards 

 a nevv$45.0bAmericanUnion 

 (same as New Home) Sew- 

 ing Machine 33 OU 



A Due-Bill good for.$12.00to\vards 

 a new $20 double case Odell 



Type writer 12 00 



2nd Pi'ize each month will l)e a part 

 of "Maynard's Birds of Eastern North 

 America," each containing an average 

 of 8 plates and 340 pages strongly 

 i)ound in strong manilla and cloth anil 

 worth at ])ublislier's original price not 

 far from $7 50 



3d Prize— Brewer's "North American 

 Oology'" unbound, no plates, original 

 price about $3.()(). 



4th Prize— Baiid'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 of the 

 leading prizes will be awarded a dupli- 

 cate of the 5th prize. 



Each article receiving at least one- 

 half as man} credits as the number of 

 Judges and not winning any other 

 prize will be awarded a year's subscrip- 

 tion to the Oologist. 



All Mss. prizes are sent by' mail or 

 express prepaid, except the lirst, which 

 is shipped at winner's expense. 



You are a Judge. 



You have been selected to act as on» 

 of the Judges in this month's Prize 

 article contest, and your decision must 

 be promptly and fairly given. 



Your decision must be mailed us not 

 later than Mch. 10th. Write on back of 

 a postal card the live articles which you 

 have decided to be the mofit valuable, 

 instructive and iiiteresling in this num- 

 ber of Oologist and mail to us. Num- 

 ber the articles in the order which you 

 think the prizes should be awarded. 



We give our Judges five si^ecial 

 prizes, one to each of the five whose 

 decisions are nearest the final award of 

 prizes and in this month's competition 

 the Judge whose list of tive articles is 

 the nearest the awarded list, we will 

 give a part of Maynard's "Birds of 

 Eastern North America", each of these 

 parts contain an average, of 2 plates 

 and 264 pages, strongly bound in heavy 

 manilla covers and at publisher's origi- 

 nal price are worth at least $5.00. 



2d A handsomely bound book "Small 

 Talk about Business." 



3d A collection of 20 common eggs. 



4th A collection of 16 good minerals. 



5th A 50 cent pkg. of Novelties. 



To each Judge naming the five urize- 

 winning articles in theirexact orderand 

 not winning one of the five special 

 prizes we will give a copy of the "Stand- 

 ard Catalogue of North America Birds 

 Eggs." 



To each Judge naming the prize- 

 winning articles but not in their exact 

 order and not winning one of the five 

 special i)rizes we will give v. copy of 

 that elegant new Columlms or World's 

 Fair Aluumac, (value 25 cts.). 



All .Judges' prizes are sent by mail 

 prepaid. 



Address your decision to 



Frank H. Lattin, 



Allnon, N. Y. 



