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THE OOLOGIST. 



1.00 WORTH OF PRIZES 



Will be Presented during 1893 to 

 The Patrons (Contributors and Headers) of 

 THE OOLOGIST. 

 Each month during 1893 we shall 

 give live prizes. These prizes are to 

 1)6 awai'ded to the five best articles ap- 

 pearing in each month's Oologist. 



The prizes throughout the year will 

 remain the same, e.\ce])t the tirst one 

 which will be the winner's choice from 

 the unawarded articles and publications 

 named in the following list: 

 Cones' "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 



(toss's "Birds of Kansas" 7 50 



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

 ican Ornithology" 7 50 



Maynard's" Birds ofEasternNorth 



America" (text complete). 15 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 "ComprehensiveCommeu- 

 tary of the Holy Bible." 5 

 large 900 paged Volumes . . 35 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 50 - 



A Due-Bill good for$31.50towards 

 a new $46.50 MarlinRepeat- 



ing Rirte 31 50 



A Due-Bill good for$33.00towards 

 a new$45.00AiuericauUniou 

 (same as New Home) Sew- 

 ing Machine 33 00 



A Due-Bill good for$12.00to wards 

 a new $20 double caseOdell 



Type writer 12 00 



2ud Prize each month will be a part 

 of "IVlaynard's Birds of Elasteru North 

 America," each containing an average 

 of 8 plates and 340 pages strongly 

 l)ound in strong manilla and cloth and 

 wortli at luiblisher'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 

 pi'ice about $3.00. 



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 number of 

 Judges and not winning one of the 

 leading prizes will be awai'ded the 

 OoLOGi&T for 1893 bound ir. cloth and 

 gilt. 



Each article receiving at least one- 

 half as many credits as the number of 

 Judges and not winning any other 

 prize will be awarded a year's subscrip- 

 tion to the OiiLOGIST. 



All Mss. prizes are sent by mail or 

 express prepaid, excejtt the tirst, which 

 is shipped at winner's expense. 



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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 promptly and fairly given. 



Your decision must be mailed us not i 

 later than the first of next month. 

 Write on back of a postal card the li\'c 

 articles which you have decided to be 

 the most valutible, instructive and inter- 

 esting in this number of Oologist and 

 mail to us. Number the articles in the 

 order which you think the prizes 

 should be awarded. 



We give our Judges five si^ecial 

 pi'izes, one to each of the five whose 

 decisions are nearest the tiual award of 

 prizes and in this month's competition 

 the Judge whose list of five articles is 

 the nearest the awarded list, we will 

 give a part of Maynard's "Birds of 

 Eastern Nt)rth America", each of these 

 parts contain an a^erage, of 2 plates 

 and 2(34 pages, strougly bound in lieavj' 

 manilla covers and at ])ublisher's origi- 

 inal price are worth (U least $5.00. 



2d A hamlsomely bound book "Small 

 Talk about Busini'ss." 



3d A Cojubination ,v,icroscope. 



4th An Atrate Watch Charm. 



5th A Pocket Knife. 



To each .Iiulge naming the tiwi prize- 

 ■ winning articles in theirexact orderand 

 not winning one of the five special 

 ])rizes we will give ao py of the "Stand- 

 ard Catalogue of North America Birds 

 Eggs." 



To each Judge naming the prize- 

 winning articles but not in theirexact 

 order and not winuiug one of the five 

 special prizes we will give a copy of _ 

 that elegant new Columbus or World's a 

 Fair Almanac, (value 25 cts.). " 



All Judges' prizes are sent by mail 

 prepaid. 



Address your decision to 



Frank H. Lattin, 

 Albion, N. Y. 



