THE OOLOGIST. 



03 



DAVIE'S EGGS. 



It has been deemed advisable to offer the few 

 remaining eggs at the following greatly 



Reduced f^ate? 



Which range from 10 to 50 jier cent less 

 than previous quotations and will 

 average over 25 per cent. 



$20.00 Worth of Eggs 



m SETS 



We have coucluded to show that we appreciate 

 the efforts of our oologlcal friends In assisting us 

 In disposing of tnls collection by making the 

 largest purchasers presents of the following 

 valuable eggs: 



To the person sending us the largest amount 

 of money lor Davie's eggs, either sets, singles or 

 nests on or before May 15, 1SS9, we will give a set 

 of one egg of the Bald Eagle. 



To the second largest purchaser a set of 1 

 egg of the Bridled Tern. 



To the third largest purchaser a set of 4 eggs 

 of the Horned Grebe. 



To the 4th and .5th largest purchasers each a 

 set of 1 egg of the American Flamingo. 



To the 6th and 7th largest purchasers each a 

 .set of one egg of the Noddy Tern. 



To the Sth to 10th largest purchasers eacli a 

 set of 1 egg of the Sooty Tern. 



Tothellthto 15th largest purcha-sers each a 

 set of 2 eggs of the Black Tern. 



To the lUth to 2.5th largest purcha.'<ers each a 

 set of 2 eggs of the Mourning Dove. 



Conditions. 



The winner of the 1st to 3rd prizes, must pur- 

 chase at least $5.00 worth of the Davie eggs; 4th 

 to lOth prizes, at least $2.00 worth; ilth to 25th 

 at least so cts. worth. To compete for these 

 prizes only orders for the Davie eggs will count. 

 Orders can be mailed at any time between Apr. 1st 

 and May I5th. Prizes will be awarded May 25th 

 and announced In June oologist. s^hould a 

 person send a dozen or more orders between 

 Apr.lst a?Kl May I5th it will be the total sum of 

 all the.se orders that will count In the competi- 

 tion. In case two or more persons should send 

 the same amount the earliest order will rank 

 first. 



All eggs will be carefully packed In strong tin 

 or wooden bo.xes and sent by mall or e.xpress at 

 our risk and (on orders of $1.00 or over) e.xpense. 

 Make remittances in most convenient manner. 

 Address Plainly 



FRANK H. LATTIN, 

 Albion, N. Y. 



EGGS IN SETS. 



AUprlces ai-e for the complete set as describ- 

 ed. 



Orders "under 30 cts. must contain 5 cts. ad- 

 ditional and under $1.00 10 cts. additional, for 

 postage and packing. 



In aU cases you must name additional sets that 

 you can use as substitutes In case the ones 

 ordered have been sold. In case this Is not done 

 we wui take equallly desirable sets from our 

 stock to;nil the order, or money will be refunded. 



Abbreviations. 



To condense the list, the foUowlng abbrevia- 

 tions have been used: 



ch chipped holes 



^c data complete 



dnc data not complete 



F. C. O. andfco Frankhn Co.. Ohio 



L. I Long Island, N. Y. 



N • nest accompanies set 



^•1 no data 



O : Ohio 



S. O. P. C. or .sgpc San Gorgonla Pass, Cala. 



SDC set not complete 



' questionable 



1-2 Wood Thrush, 3, nd $ og 



3-5 Wood Thrush, 4, coll. by OUver Davie, Frank- 



Un Co. o., dnc is 



6-T Wood Thrush, 5, coll. O. Davie. Franklin'co.. 



O. dnc 22 



8 Russet-backed Thrush. 4, Cala. nd...... ."'.35 



10-11 Catbird, .3, FCO?nd 04 



12-13 Catbhd. 4, F CO?nd '"06 



14,16 Brown Thrasher, 3, FCO?nd 06 



19 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 4, sGPCdc ..70 

 21 Black-crested Flycatcher, 2. S G P C do .75 



26 Ground Tit, 2, sncS GPCdc 1.15 



87 Tufted Titmouse, 4, Clinton Co.. Ind dc 1 23 



28 California Bush-tit. 5, S G P C dnc 50 



;« Carolina wren. 5, coll. by O. Davle, F C O 



dnc 1.00 



32 House Wren, 4, (ich) Waterloo, Ind dnc .15 



33 Swahison's Warbler, N 3. Ogeechee Swamp. 

 Ga.. a fine and desirable set of this rare spe- 

 cies 6.00 



36 Yellow-breast-Chat, 3, O. Davle, F C O dnc 

 35. 



37 Yellow-breast-Chat, 3. F C O ? nd 20 



33 Yellow-breast-Chat, 2, F CO ? nd 14 



39 Am. Redstart,, 3, O . Davle, F C O dnc .... 80 



40 Am. Redstart, N 2. nd 20 



41 California (?) Shrike, 5, San Jose, Cal., dc .35 



42 California (?) Shrike, 5. S G P C dc 35 



43 Cedar Waxwlng. 3, Lake Co.. 111. dc 25 



44 Purple Martin, 3. snc St. Law. Co.. N. Y. 

 dc 35 



45 White- bellied (Tree) Swallow, 4 snc. St. 

 Law. Co. N. Y. dc, eggs dirty 35 



4« Summer Redbird, 3, Athens Co. O. dc 60 



47 House Finch, 4, HaywardsCala.de 18 



50-51 House Finch, 4, 8 G PCdc 15 



54-55 Am. Goldfinch, N4nd io 



56-57 Arkansas Goldfinch, N 4 S G P c dc 75 



58 Lawrence's Goldfinch, 5 (3 ch) S G P C 

 dnc 60 



59 Lawrences Goldfinch, Nl SGPC nd..30 



60 Grass Finch, 4 snc St. Law. Co. dc 15 



61 Sharp-tailed Finch, 2 snc, Mass. dc 55 



62 Field Sparrow, 2, FCO nd 0€ 



63 Field Sparrow, SFCOnd 08 



64 Field Sparrow. 3 .snc F C O nd 07 



65 Song Sparrow, N 6, nd 12 



66 Cal. Song Sparrow, 3, Marlon Co., Cala. 

 dc 20 



67 Cal. Song Spanow, 3, near San Francisco 

 dnc 15 



68 Heermanns Song Sparrow, .5, Riverside, Cal. 

 dc 60 



69 Rusty Song Sparrow, 4 (l ch) Oregon dnc 

 .75 



70 Spurred To whee, 4, sgpc dc 80 



17 Lazuli BuDtlng,4,San Bernardino,* al8.clc.50 



