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THE OOLOGIST. 



i-y-i 11 ^ r\r\j r^/^IO T^ Prizes for Best Articles- 



A Monthly Magazine Devoted to During the past our readers have 



{^/\j t^nv K^T^i^v!^Tr^u^\ nrx gratuitously supplied us with more 



OOLOGY AND ORNITHOLOGY. j^jgg ^1^,^^ „,y ^.^,^^^^^ possibly use. For 



FRANK H.LATTIN. ALBION, N. Y. this we feel very grateful and would 



Editor and Publisher. gladly have given them Pecuniary coni- 



. pensation were it not willed that pub- 



f 'orrps'^nnriencp and irpiris of inferept to tiip lishers of Natural History papers must 



from an "^ ^^"^^' "'^"' ^^'^''' '''"'* ^^^^' ^° do otherwise in order to amass an enor- 



'. mous fortune, or we might add (joking- 



TERMs OF SUBSCRIPTION. 1}' of course) to meet our printer's bills. 



Rinffip xnhsoription - - 50c per annum Publishers of defunct publications, 



Th"a'.^vrrkTe«,n;,n.;pnvm.nr-orpn.tae^^^^^^^^ who are now, in their retirement sq uan- 



Earl, «Mh«ormert.^tvPn two Ponron,. one eoofi fleriug a few of these "amassed for- 



for an Fxpiianffp votipp anrt tiip otiipr for ^^c. tunes cau appreciate the tenderness or 



whpn nrpt!Pntp"(i witii an orfipr of «i.(in or ovpr. which we speak of "printer's bills." 



spnn «fnmn for Premium List for obtaining new yy^u j^, resume— we have decided to 



snb«f.vmtinns mnot hPtrin witii p'tiiPr -Tannnrv give our patrons, each month, hve 



or ji'U- i««iip<? Bapk riinii-io,« of tii" oolop.ist prizes. These prizes are to be awarded 



rf.n bp fnrnwbpn at rpn«onoMP rates. Send to the five best articles appearing in the 



stamp foT- dpspnptons and prtpps. ,^.. _ . i . i ^i Ii? " i 



!!__„ ,-,.,, .,,.,, „ ^ !,„ «„ OoLOGlST in which the ofters are made. 



r?^nprnprnbpr tint Hip TiiiiiU'^liPr must be no- t? ^i ^ 4^- t ■ n ■ <^ -^ ^ ^ ,„„ 



Tifipd hv lottpr whon a oiibepribpr wIcup^ his pa- * or the hve articles in this Oologist 



per stoppd. and all arrearagres must be paid. which are the most instructive, valu- 



— _ — g^jjjjj .^mi interesting we shall give as 



NEW ADVERTISING RATES. foUoWS" 



20 CENTS v^^ NONPNRKii, i.T-K T.xcn INSERTION. j^^ prizc— A Part of Maynard's Birds 



TwPivp imps in pvery mob. ^f Eastern North America, bound in 



SPFrtXT. TJ^TFe. for adT-prtlcpmCPtS COnMnUPd. Kr..ivr1< .in<1 l.-.iflif>r 



Thpppm'^nrbsormorp.TiP'-iine f^p uoaiu* aim iLctiiiei . 



Six monMi« or mnrp. Tipr linp i2Vo 2nd prize — Davie s Key_ to the Nests 



Twpivp montbs or mopp. per iinp lOc and Eggs of N . A. Birds, in flex, cloth. 



Forafivprtiaprripits orpunvinp- anv one Issue. 3d prize — Same as 2d prize, in paper, 



onp-bnif Poinmn M-? ii-iPsN o'" morp. ner line.. 1JP. 4ti^ .^.11^1 5tii_Each a set with data of 



OnP polnmn 'oi llnnsN or rnorp, nPr bne 12 Vp, . X7 1 1 



Onp paep 068 bnps'i or mopp. ppp line 10c the JNoduy. 



Cash rnu't accompany all orders. For the February competion we will 

 give the same -set of prizes, and through- 



■Rpmlttanppo ovinnifi hP Tn«dp bv Draft. Kxnrpss out the year tlie aggregate value of 



orPosr ofnppATonPvOrripr Rp<ri<5tprpd T,pttpr or these monthly i)rizes will not be less 



Postal Noro. T'niiRPd V. S. Possfno-P Stamps of th.in tpn dnll-ir- 



anv dpnom'nntlon will hp app"n''P'1 for snnis iin- tnau leii iioiicUs. 



rtpfono finiiir Mn(.-p ■*Tonpv ordopc; and Drafts I he articles entering uito Competition 



pavabip and address all ■=nb«'^rintion=! and com- must contain at least one hundred 



municatlons to ,,Z::!'olx^.rl'cr^\. ^^ords and we prefer that they do not 



__^ exceed seven hundred words, unless 



•.♦ Articips. Ttpm« of inrerpst and Quprips they fairly teem with very, very inter- 

 tor publication siionid be forwarded as eaply In estiug facts or iiappenings — Remember 

 the month as possible. that "fancies," 'rehashes," "sparrow 

 ' — stories" and articles of a similar nature 



IKTEREO «T THE POST OTIC 6 AT ALBION, N, T., AS SEC0ND.CLAS9 MATTEK. . 1...1 1 -ll 1 I 



■ are not solicited and will rarely be 



found "availal)le." 



Complete Index of Vol VHI wil 

 printed in Feb. Oologist. 



February ()("tL(>(;isT. promi.ses to be 

 the mo.st vahialilc number ever pub- 

 lished. 



Th(! Xmas i)rc.sents as promised in 

 Decemi)er Ot'ii.cxji.ST were mailed to 

 nearly two hundred of our patrons on 

 Jan. ilth. 



THE JUD(JES: Tow have been sel- 

 ected to act as one of the Judges in 

 these Prize article contests, and your 

 decision must be promptly and fairly 

 given, and in no case later than the 

 1.5th of the month following the one on 

 wliich the OoUXiisT was issued upon 

 wliich your decision is given, for exam- 

 l)le your decision for this months com- 

 ])etitioii must l)e mailed us not later 

 tliaii Fel). lotii. Write on the back of a 

 postal card the articles whicli you have 



