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THE OOLOGIST. 



l.flO WORTH OF PRIZES 



Will be Presented during 1893 to 

 The Patrons (Contributors and Readers) of 

 THE OOLOGIST. 

 Each month during 1893 we shall 

 give live prizes. These prizes ai'e to 

 lie awarded to the live 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"Nuttars Ornithol- 

 ogy" (2 vols.) 8 00 



Goss's "Birds of Kansas" 7 50 



Wil.son's(and Bonaparte's) "Amer- 

 ican Ornithology" 7 50 



Maynard's" Birds of EasternNorth 



America" (text complete). 15 00 

 Washington Irviug's Works, 10 



v(;ls 7 50 



Wm. M. Thackeray's Works, 10 



vols 10 00 



Chas. Dickeus' 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$31.50tow^ards 

 a new $46.50 MarlinRepeat- 



ing Rifle 31 50 



A Due-Rill good jor$33.00towards 

 a newiMo.ObAmericanUnion 

 (same as New Home) Sew- 

 ing Machine 33 00 



A Due-Bill good for$12.00towards 

 a new $20 double caseOdell 



Type writer 12 00 



2nd Prize each mouth will be a part 

 of "Maynard's Birds of Eastern North 

 America," each containing an average 

 of 8 plates and 340 pages strongly 

 bound in strong manilla and cloth and 

 worth at publisher's original price not 

 far from $7 50. 



3d Prize— Langille's "Our Birds in 

 Their Haunts", $3.00 



4th Prize— Brewer's "North American 

 Oology" unbound, no plates, original 

 price about $3.00. 



5tii Prize— Baird's Review of Ameri- 

 can Birds" originally sold at $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 

 OoLOGifcT for 1893 bound ir 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 ayeai''s subscrip- 

 tion to the Oologist. 



All Mss. prizes are seut by mail or 

 express prepaid, excex)t the first, which 

 is shipped at winner's expense. 



You are a Judge. 



You have been selected to act as one 

 of the Judges in this month's Prize 

 article contest, and your decision must 

 be promptl}' and fairly given. 



Your clecision must be mailed us not 

 later than June 1st. Write on back of 

 a postal card the live articles which you 

 have decided to be the most 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 live special 

 ])rizes, one to each of the live whose 

 decisions are nearest the linal award of 

 prizes and in this month's competition 

 the Judge whose list of hve 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 coversand at j)ublisher's origi- 

 inal price are worth at least $5.00. 



2d A handsomely bound book "Small 

 Talk about Business." 



3d A combination ..icroscope. 



4th An agate watch charm. 



5th A Pocket Knfe. 



To each Judge nan)iug the five prize- 

 winning articles in their exact order and 

 not winning one of the live special 

 prizes we will give a copy of the "Stand- 

 ard Catalogue, of North America Birds 

 Eggs." 



To each Judge nannng the prize- 

 winning articles but not in their exact 

 oi'der and not winning one of the five 

 special prizes we will give a copy of 

 that elegant new Columlnis or World's 

 Fair Almanac, (value 25 cts.) 



All Judges' prizes are sent by mail 

 prepaid. 



Address your decision to 



Frank H. Lattin, 

 Albion, N. Y. 



