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THE OOLOGIST. 



$300,00 WORTH OF PRIZES 



Will be Piesented during 1893 to 

 The Patrons (Contributors and Readers) of 

 THE OOLOGIST. 

 Each month during 1893 we shall 

 give live prizes. These prizes are to 

 he awarded to the tive best articles ap- 

 pearing ill each month's OoloGist. 



The prizes throughout the year will 

 remain the same, except the tirst 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 



Chamber Iain's "Nuttal's Ornithol- 

 ogy" (2 vols.) 8 GO 



Goss's "Birds of Kansas" 7 50 



Wilsou's(aml Bonaparte's)"Amer- 



ican Ornithology" 7 50 



Maynard's"Bii'ds ofEasternNorth 



America" (text complete). 15 00 

 Washington living's Works, 10 



vols •. 7 50 



Wm. M. Thackerav's VN'orks, 10 



vols .' 10 00 



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

 Jenk's "ConipreheiisiveCommen- 

 tary of the Holy Bible " 5 

 large 5)00 paged Volumes.. 25 00 

 Sir W^alter Si-ott's Work.s, 12 vols 12 00 

 $10 worth of Phonographic Books 



and riibiieatioiis 10 00 



An 8-qt. -Jack Frost Ice Cream 



Fieezer 6 50 



A Due-Bill good for$31.50towaids 

 a new $4(5.f.OMarlinRepeat- 



ing Ritlc 31 50 



A Due-Rill good jor$33 OOtowards 

 a ne\v$45.()()AnieiicaijUnioa 

 (.•-ame as New Home) Sew- 

 ing Machine 33 00 



A Due-Bill good for$12. OOtowards 

 a new $20 double case Odell 



Type writer 12 00 



2ud Prize each mouth will be a part 

 of "Mayuard's Birds of Eastern North 

 America," each containing an average 

 of 8 plates and 340 pages strongly' 

 l)ouiid in strong maiiilla and cloth and 

 worth at publisher's original price not 

 far from $7 50. 



3d I'rize — Langille's "Our Birds in 

 Their Haunts". $3.00 



4th Prize— Brewers "North American 

 Oology" unbound, no plates, original 

 price about $:'. 00. 



5th Prize— Baird's Ke\ iew of Ameri- 

 can Birds'" oii<;iiiaIlv M)ld ;il $2.00. 



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 the 

 OoLOGiM" for 1893 bound ii cloth and 



gilt- 

 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, exce2)t the hrst, which 

 is shipped at winner's expense. 



You are a Judge. 



Yon have been selected to act as one 

 of the Judges in this month's Prize 

 article contest, and your decision must 

 be promptly and fairly given. 



Your clecisiou must be mailed us not 

 later than May 1st. Write on back of 

 a postal card the tive articles which yoti 

 have decided to be the mo.'<t valuable, 

 instmctive 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 live special 

 prizes, one to each of the live 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 ])art of Maynard's '"Birds of 

 Eastern Noith America", each of these 

 parts contain an average, of 2 plates 

 and 264 pages, strongly l)oun(l in heavy 

 manilla covers and at ])ublisher's origi- 

 nal price are worth at least $5.00. 



2d A handsomely bound l)ook "Small 

 Talk about Business." 



3d A combination lV. icroscope. 



4th An agate watch charm. 



5th A Pocket Knife. 



To each .Judge naming the five prize- 

 winning articles in their exact order and 

 not winning one of the live special 

 prizes we will give a copy ofthe "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 tive 

 special jirizes we will give a copy of 

 that elegant new Columbus or World's 

 Fair Alnuinac, (value 25 cts.). 



All Judges' prizes are sent by mail 

 prepaid. 



Address your decision to 



Fkank H. Lattin, 



Albion, N. Y. 



