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THE OOLOGlbT. 



LOO WORTH OF PRIZES 



Will be Piesentfd duriug ]'893 to 

 The Patrons (Contributors and Readers) of 

 THE OOLUGIST. 

 Each moiilh dmiug 1893 we shall 

 give ti\ e prizes. Tlu-se prizes aie to 

 be awardeil lo tiie live best articles ap- 

 pearing ill t'ai-h month's DoLoGisT. 



The prizes tliroiigliout the year will 

 reniaiu the same, except the tirst one 

 which will be the wiiiuer's choice from 

 the unawarded articles ami piiblicatious 

 named in the following lisl: 

 (Jones' 'Key to North American 



Birds " $7 50 



Ridgway's '•Maiinal of North 



American Birds" 7 50 



Cham ber Iain's "N nit al's Ornithol- 

 ogy" (2 vols.) 8 00 



Goss's "Birds of Kansas" 7 50 



Wilson's(aud Bonaparte's) '"Amei"- 



iciiu Ornithology" 7 50 



Maynai"d's'Bii-ds of Easier nNorth 



America" (text complete). 15 00 

 Washingt(ju 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 UOO pageil Vohmies.. 25 00 

 Sir Walter Scott's Works, 12 vols 12 00 

 $10 worth of Phonographic Books 



and Pnblications 10 00 



An 8-qt. Jack Frost Ice Cream 



Freezer 6 50 



A Dne-Bill good for$31.50towards 

 a new $4(5.50 MarlinRepeat- 



ing RiHe 31 50 



A Dne Kill good jor$33 OOtowards 

 a ne\v$-15.0UAnericanUnion 

 (same as New Home) Sew- 

 ing Machine 33 00 



A Due Bill good for!;i2 OOtowards 

 a new $20 double caseOdell 



^Typewriter 12 00 



- Prize each nioiilh Avill be a i)arc 

 ot 'lUaynard'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 ])nl)lisher's original price not 

 far from $7 50. 



3d Prize — Langille's "Our Birds in 

 Their Haunts", $3.00 



4th Prize — Brewer's "North Ameiican 

 Oology" unbound, no plates, original 

 price about $8.00. 



5th Prize — Baird's Review of Ameri- 

 can Birds" originally sold at $2.00. 



Each article receiving at least as 

 many credits as there are nuniljer of 

 Judges and not; winning one of the 

 leading prizes Avill be awarded the 

 OoLOGifrT for 18U3 bound if cloth and 

 gilt. 



Each article recei\ ing at least one- 

 half as inaM_\ credits as the number of 

 Judges and not winning any otiier 

 •prize will be awarded a yeai''s subscrip- 

 .lion to the Oologist. 



All Mss prizes are sent by mail or 

 express prepakl, vxcejit the Mrst, which 

 is shipped at winner's expense. 



You are a Judge. 



Yoii have been selected to act as one 

 of the Judges in this month's Prize 

 article contest, and 3 our de ision must 

 be promptly and fairly gi\en. 



Your decision must be nuiiled us not 

 later than the first of iiex month. 

 Write on back of a pf)stal card the five 

 articles which you have decided to be 

 the vio-tl valnnblc, instrnctirc (ind inter- 

 esting in this number of Oologist and 

 mail to us. Number the articles in the 

 order whicli yon think the prizes^ 

 should be awarded. 



We give our Judges five special 

 prizes, one to each <ftlie live whose 

 decisions are nearest the final aw.ird of 

 prizes and in this month's competition 

 the Judge whose list of five articles is 

 tiie nearest tht; awarded list, we will 

 give a part of Maynard's "Birds of 

 Eastern North America", each of these 

 jiarls conlain an average, of 2 plates 

 and 2(54 pages, strongly boinnl in heavy 

 mauilla covers and at i)iiblishers orig.- 

 inal price are worth at least $5.00. 



2d A handsomelj' bound book "Small 

 Talk about Business." 



3d A Combination . icro.-^cope. 



41 h An Agate Watch Charm. 



5tli A l^ocket Knife. 



To cacli .ludge naming the five pi'ize- 

 winniiig articles in theiresact orderaml 

 not winning one of the live special 

 prizvswewill giveacopy of the "Stand- 

 ard Catalogue of North America Birds 

 ;Eggs." 



To each Judge naming the prize- 

 iwinning articles but not in their exact 

 order and not winning one of the tive 

 special prizes we will give a copy of 

 that elegant new Columbus or World's 

 Fair Almanac, (value 25 cts.). 



All Judges' prizes are sent by mail 

 prepaid. 



Address A'our decision to 



Fkank H. Lattin, 



Albion, N. y. 



