THE OOLOGIST. 



113 



rr\ Z^"* 1st pri/.f— A ruit of Maynavd's Birds 



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A Monthly Magazine Devoted to 2nd prize— Davie's Key to the Nests 



OOLOGY AND ORNITHOLOGY. ^^'^ ^Sg^ of N. A. Birds, iu e cloth. 



— • 3d prize — Same as 2d prize, in paper. 



FRANK HLATTIN ALBION. N. Y. 4thVize-Haserup's "Birds of Green- 



Editor and Publisher. i i ,, fi t 



laud. 



correspondence and Items of Interest to the -., ,,,.:„,._t ,., ..rkuhn's -FremdeEier 



student of Buds, tlieir NesUs and Eggs, solicited , '^^'V ^^ ^"-^ ^'^ ^ ' • '^""" ^ ^ ' ^ '"*^'^ ^"^^^ 



from all. Im Nest." 



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Single subsoiiprion - - 50c per annum g^^'^ '\ ^mnlar set oi i)rizes,aud tin ough- 



Sample Copies . _ - _ _ .^ceacli out the year tlie aitgregate value oi 



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Each subscriber is given two coupons, one good than teu dollars, 'i'he value of prizes 



for an Kxchange Notice and the other tor 2.)C. ,,»Vu,.a,1 tliU mrvifh i< *n (V^ 



when presented with an order of Sl.-r. or over. ""^ V^'^ thi5 mo.itli i-s *1.) UJ. 



send stamp tor Premium List for obtaining new The articles euteriug into competition • 



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Albion, Orleans CO., y.Y. ^leoided to be the most valuable, instruc- 



• • Articles Items of Interest and Ouerles '^'^'^ '^^'^ inleredinn in this nuniber of 

 for puWIratlon should be forwarded as early In OoLOGiST and mail to us. Numiier the 

 the month as pos.slble. articles in the which you think the 

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nTgRCO «T THE POST O^FirE AT ALBION, M. r., >5 SecON D-(L«S8 MATTEL. WC lUlVe alSO decltlcd tO glVC OUr 



~ Judges five ])rizes, one to each of the 



tive whose decisions are nearest the 



Prizes for Best Articles. «i"=^l ^^y^^'*^ "/, prizes and in the April 



competition tlie Judgi^ wMiose list or 



live articles is the nearest the awarded 



We have decided to give our list we will giv.- a <'<'P.V;>^'^P:^V'''^..Kfy 



patron,s, each month, five prizes. to the Nc'.st and Eggs of N. A. Birds, 



The.se prizes are to be awarded paper. 2d atid .5(1 each a copy of Re- 



to the five best articles apjiearing in the ««"«, I>i«l'.i'. W ars, elegantly bound in 



Oologist in which the olTi'i-s an^ made. ^-lol'' =i"/' «''/• -^t'l and i.th each a se 



For the five articles in lid, (Apr) O.iLO of Noddy. In case ot a tie, the earliest 



GI.ST which are the most instructive. mailed list takes the i)rize. 



valualjle and interesting we shall give as Address FuANK H. Lattin, 



follows: Albion, N. Y. 



