THE OOLOGIST. 



95 



THE OOLOGIST 



EDITED AND PUBLISHED MONTHLY 

 nv 



FRANK H. LATTIN. ~ ALBION, N. Y. 



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Until May 20th • we will receive sub- 

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 this date prices will be as (piotcd (Hi last 

 page . 



Sj valuable will thi.s work jn-ovc to the 

 Oolo^.;ist that we will guarautee that not a 

 single purchaser would be willing to pnrt 

 with his copy for $-5.00, one would be 

 safe in saying 55*10.(10, could he ;iot obtain 

 auother. 



The Prize Article Contest. 



In replj' to onr n quest iu April Ooi.rtusT 

 15 collectors kindly volunteered to pass 

 their opinion ou the articles in the '88 

 OoLOCusTS that entered this contest. 



The result is undoubtedly as fair a one 

 as could be obtained under the circum- 

 stances and we think will give the best of 

 satisfaction. 



Each judge was entitled to cast his 

 ballot (or rath<r three ballots) for three 

 articles, a few voted for one only, a few for 

 tico and a few more for articles taken from 

 other pirblications which could not 1 e 

 counted. The whole number of ba'lots 

 cast were 37 and were given to the articles 

 uamtd as follows: 



The Bald Eagle, page 70, 'J 



I A Day with the Gulls, p. 1 18, o 



The Family Kallid;e, p. 85, i 



I Some of Our Falcouidte, p. 128, 3 



I Notes for Collectors, p. 120, 3 



In Defense of Birds, p. 12 i , 2 



Reminiscences of 188(', p. 11'-', 2 



i Advice to Live Collectors, p. (10, .2 



E^gs of Mississippi Kite, p. 105, 2 



I The foUuwiug articles each received one 

 vute : 



Nidihcation of Ictiuca Mississipplcusis, 

 p. 74; Loon, p. 103; Nesting of the Chest- 

 nut-sided Warbler, p. 73; Bhick ISuowbird, 



i p. 125; Useful Coutrivauces, p. 152; Annual 

 Trip to Seven Mile Beach, p. 120; Among 

 the Warblers, p. 70; The Great Auk, p. 123. 



I The !|;20.00 worth of Job Lots offend 

 will be distributed as follows, viz.: 



The Bald Eagle, *5.00 



A Day Among the Gulis, 5.00 



' The Family KallidiC, 3.00 



Some of Our Falcouid;e, 2.50 



Notes for Collectors, ..2..>0 



Advice to Live Collectors, 50 



In Defence of Birds, -^^ 



! Eeminlscenc-es of 1S8G, -jO 



Eggs of Mississipi)i Kile, *J0 



Full particulars of another novt-l con- 

 test will be givt n iu June Oologist. 



Many of our i eaders will wonder which 

 of the judges came the nearest to naming 

 the leading prize-winning articles, and to 

 gratify their curiosity, we would say that 

 Mr. Geo. E. Boyd, of Warren Co., Ill . 

 named "A Day wih the Gulls," "A Bald 

 Eagle," and " Some of Our Falconida'." 



Mr. W. H. Aspinwall, of Washington, 

 D. C, name. I the tirst two mentioned 

 above, and f(r the third "Nttcs for Col- 

 lectors. ' ' 



Mr. V>\ E. Pratt, if Coi.k Co., 111., 

 named the tirst tw^o and for the third one 

 " Eggs of the Mississippi Kite." 



Mr. T. G. Pearson, of Alachua Co., Fla , 

 cast one ballot only, and that for "The 

 Bald Eagle.' 



Other parlies named one, two and even 

 three of the prize winn< rs, but the gentle- 

 men named came the "nearest." 



