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THE OOLOGLST. 



THEOOLOGIST;„:;r, 



Niituniiii^ts Ifiiectory is linnu<i to be 



EDITED AND PUBLISHED MONTHLY 



BY 



urade au eveu ^5. on from a single excLau.ue 

 that was uiiide from liavin»< his 

 uaiue ill last issuer N«.t i I •- 1 iiiwst- 



PBANE H. LATTIN. - ALBION. N. Y. , Juent 



("orrespondence and Hems of Interest to the 

 student of Birds, their Xests and Eggs, solicited 

 from all. • •. 



TERI-IS OF SXJBSCRIPTIOlSr. 



Sli5gle Subst-Tipiion. 



sample Copies. 



The above rates include postage and premiuiu 



* c i->f r annum. 

 .5c each. 



Single insertion. *i cents per line, nonpareil 



1 mo. 3 mo. 6 mo. i yr. 



Five lines; i Oo 2 -M) 4 oo 6 <»i 



One Inch. 2 fni 5 oo ? w 1-2 oo 



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OW page. 93 00 «a 50 lUO oo 1«) 00 



\d\erlsements under livu imes. cliarKed one 

 line extra Special discounts can be given on 

 laanv advertisements. Send copy for esUmate 

 and we will give you Che exact cost of the advt. 

 you wish insetted. 



Kemlltances should be made b>- draft on Kew 

 York; money order or postal note payable at 

 Albion. N. Y".: resrtstered letter: or by the Amer- 

 ican, U. S.. or Wells i Fatgo E.tpressCo. Money 

 order. Tnused U. S. post agr stamps of any de- 

 nomination wui be accepted lor sums under one 

 dollar. Makemonev orders and drafts payable 

 and address all subscriptions and communications 

 to. F R AN K H . L A TTIN . 



ALBION. Orleans Co.. X. Y. 



Entered at the Post Ofhce at Albion, N. Y., a£ 

 second-class mall matter. 



Jottings. 



All prices iiuoted iu Sept.. "88 HulUUn 

 will hold good for SO. If yon have not a 

 copy •write for one. 



At the time of going to preRS the report 

 on the prize article contest has not been re- 

 ceived from the judges. 



Jesse Craven, of Holley, X. Y.. writes its 



thai the '• Brewster's, Linnet," described 



by F. C. L. iu last Ooi-ixjist wa.« the Pine 

 Siskin. 



Parties desiring eggs or nests f.»r E^vster 

 decoration or souvenirs had better obtain 

 some of the Rart-'ain Lots that are oflFered iii 

 this issue: alsn the cheaper eggs ami the 

 nests offered in the Davie ccdhction. 



Oar IQc.vooppou- ottt-r given in the 

 Pbemiim List does not guarantee lyon to 

 receivd the Ooi-ogist bj the ) 0th of ench 

 , mouth, but is a forfeit which we will pay if 

 the OoLOGisT is not M<'^i4Y«-ff by the 10th of 

 each inmith. Feb. is.si»e was mailed Feb. 

 .sth. 



At the low price.- wbicb uui; Eai"g;iin 



! Lots are offered, collectors csiu make 



' selections from a lot for their own culJection 



; which would cost mtich more to ptircbsise 



' at retail and then have duplioitts enough 



I left to eitber sell or exchange with other 



! collectors for twice the amount i' the llot 

 I • 



' vrUl cost jthem at out p]fice.s. 



Davie's New Key, 3d ediiiou, l>- expectetl 

 almost daily. If not mailed before the 

 next issue of the Ooi.ogist we shall have 

 another let tt;v from friend D — . The dehiy 

 mu.st be iiggravatiug to onr jxitrons, but 

 nevertheless we will c'./an'nU-^ iheui to 

 receive good interest on theii iuvestmeut, 

 and if Mr. Davie continues to add i>ago 

 after page of iuter«?sting m-itt^r us he is 

 now doing, it will be only the advance 

 subscribers that will Le able to cbiain :i 

 copy at the low price of *].i'i'. 



Davits eggs are going off r:ipi<lly, but 



uevertheless every purchaser will receive a 



prize ihat will prove quite acceptable and 



will well Te\my them for sending in their 



; orders. From present outlook, we think 



a -§15 order will come pretty ch se to tbe 



I 1st prize, and fB^' there will not be 



competitors enough to take fhe otli to 2.5th 



prizes and also that an order of only ^:^.( 



or 81.00 will take the atli or Bth prize. It 



will prove a big iuves uient to any collector 



, to send in a *:i. 00 order. There will nnt 



I be competitors enouj;h to lake the bii'aucc 



: of the prizes. It will pay colltctors to 



