THE OOLOGIST. 



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The Oologist. 



A Monthly Magazine Devoted to 

 OOLOGY AND ORNITHOLOGY. 



FRANK H. LATTIN, ALBION, N. Y. 

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MARCH CONTEST. 



Seventy-five (75) Judges. 



Prize winners and credits recei\ed 

 by each were as follows: 

 1. Some of Our Thrushes. 283. 

 3. Notes from Southwestern Ohio 147. 



3. lucessancy of the Yellow Warbler's 

 Song. 138. 



4. Notes from the Virginia Coast. 119. 



5. Zootomy. 75. 



Eleven other articles received credits 

 ranging from 9 to 68 each. 



The successful judges, their recorded 

 number, and the order iu Avhich they 

 named the articles in their decisions 

 were as follows: 



1. No.6— O. E. Crooker, Helena, Mon- 

 tana; 1, 3, 4, 2, 5. 



2. No. 53— Alex. D. DuBois, Spriug- 

 tield. 111.; 1, 4, 2, 3, 5. 



3. No. 13— m. H. Myles, Hamilton, 

 Canada; 2, 3, 5, 4, 1. 



4. No. 53— Bert H. Douglass, Burling- 

 ton, Kau.;2, 3, 5, 4, 1. 



5. No. 60— J. C. A. Meeker, Bridge- 

 port, Conn.; 3, 4, 2, 5, 1. 



The above judges were the only ones 

 naming all of the prize winning arti- 

 cles. 



Prizes were mailed the winners on 

 April 25th. 



Frank Harrington 



The "Yellow Warbler's Song." 



The article on the •'Incessauej' of the 

 Yellow Warbler's Song," in the March 

 Oologist with its rather startling array 

 of figures proving Ikndroica's indoini- 



