THE OOLOGIST. 



m WORTH OF PRIZES 



Will be Pi esfuted during 1893 to 

 The Patrons (Contributors and Readars) of 

 THE OOLOGIST. 

 Each mouth (luring 1893 we shall 

 give tive jjrizes. These prizes are to 

 l)e awarded to the tive best articles ap- 

 pearing in each month's Ooi.oGiST. 



The pri'/es througliout the year -will 

 remain the same, except the tirst one 

 whicii will be tlie winner's choice from 

 the unavvarded 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 



Gops's "Birds of Kansas" 7 50 



Wilson's(ai)d Bonaparte's)"Amer- 



icau Ornithology" 7 50 



Maynard's-"Birds of EasternNorlh 



Aiiierica" (text complete). 15 00 

 Webster's "111 I (MMi at ional Diction- 

 ary" latest eililion 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 

 Jeuk's "ComprehensiveCommen- 

 tary of the Holy Bible " 5 

 large 900 )):iged Volumes. . 25 00 

 Sir Walt.'r Scott's Works, 12 vols 12 00 

 $10 worth of riionographic Books 



and Publications 10 00 



An 8-qt. Jack Frost Ice Cream 



Frec/.er 6 50 



A Due-Bill good for$31.50towards 

 a new $4(5.50 MarlinRepeat- 



ing Rille 31 50 



A Due-Kill good jor$83 OOtowards 

 a nevv$45.00AmericauUuion 

 (same as New Home) Sew- 

 ing Machine 33 00 



A Due-Bill good f()r$l2.00towards 

 a new $20 double case Odell 



Type writer 12 00 



2nd Prize each month will be a part 

 of "Maynard's Birds of Eastern North 

 America," eacli containing an average 

 of 8 plates and 340 pages strongly 

 bound in strong inanilla and cloth and 

 worth at ))ul)lisliers original price not 

 far from $7 50. 



3d Prize — Brewer's "North American 

 Oology" unbound, no j)latcs, original 

 price about $3 00. 



4'h Prize — Baird's R«'\ irw of Ameri- 

 can Birds" originally ■'oUl at $2.00. 



5th Prize — Mrs. St John's "Audubon 

 the NalmaUst." $1.00. 



Each article receiving at least as 

 many credits as there are number of 

 Judges and not winning one of the 

 leading prizes Avill be awarded a dupli- 

 cate ot the 5th prize. 



Each article receiving at least one- 

 half as iuan\ credits as the number of 

 Judges and not winning any other 

 prize will be avvardeil a year's subscrip- 

 tion to the OoLOGlST. 



All Mss. prizes are sent by mail or 

 express prepaid, except the tirst, which 

 is shipped at winner's expense. 



You are a Judge. 



Ynu have been selected to act as one 

 of the Judges in this month's Prize 

 article contest, and your dei-ision must 

 be promptly and fairly given. 



Your decision must be mailed us not 

 later than April 1st. Write ou back of 

 a postal card the tive articles which yoit 

 have decided to be the viont valuable, 

 instructive and interesting 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 special 

 prizes, one to each of the tive 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 2(54 pages, strongly bound in heavy 

 manilla covers and at ])ublisher's origi- 

 nal price are worth at least $5.00. 



2d A handsomely bound book "Small 

 Talk about Business." 



3(1 A collection of 20 common eggs. 



4th A collection of IG good minerals. 



5th A 50 cent pkg. of Novelties. 



To eacli .ludge naming the five pi'ize- 

 w^inning 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* Jiulge namin^ij the prize- 

 winning articles but not in their exact 

 order and not winning one Of the live 

 special prizes we will give v. copy of 

 that elegant new Columbus or World's 

 Fair Almanac, (value 25 ets.). 



All Judges' prizes are sent by mail 

 prepaid. 



Address your decision to 



Fhank H. I>.\ttix, 



Aliiion, N. V.' 



