I'HE OOLOGIST. 



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skill with a blow-pipe, I can blow a 

 steady stream of air for at least ten 

 minutes, and small tools, and nij' outfit 

 was not of the best, I would have given 

 many of these eggs up in disgust Init as 

 it is I got all out with small holes. 



Before this year I had thought seven 

 eggs was an average set and why the 

 birds only laid live this year I do not 

 know unless the heavy rain was the 

 cause, tliough why this should eiYect 

 them I do not see. 



A. C. MuRCHisON, D. D. S. 

 Kewanee, Ills. 



World's Fair Notes. 



Buttertlies to tlie number of 150,000 

 will be shown in the Penn.sylvania ex- 

 hibit at the World's Fair. The collec- 

 tion is said to be the most complete and 

 and linest in the world. 



The World's Fair commission of New 

 South Wales has decided to sentl to 

 Chicago for exhibition in the Horticul- 

 tural department of the Exposition the 

 following typical representatives of 

 Australian vegetation and tlora: tree 

 ferns, staghorn ferns, l)irds-uest ferns, 

 todea ferns, macrozaminas of two dis- 

 tinct kinds, gigantic lilies, rook lilies 

 and grass trees. 



To The World's Pair. 



Join the ('lub that is being organized 

 to attenil the World's Fair at Chicago. 

 You can pay for your ticket in Aveekly 

 or monthly- payments; the ticket covers 

 railway fares, l)oard. room and Excur- 

 sion tickets. The United World's Ex- 

 position Companj' is the strongest in 

 United States, apply to local agent or 

 write the United World's Fair Excur- 

 sion Co., N. R. Dep't, 40d Exchange 

 Building, Boston, Mass 



CARR'S NATURAL HISTORY STORE. 



Se:i Shells. r'i>r;ils. Mine-nUs. Hinl Sldn.s ,and 

 Egg.s, Curios. Siippliesi for 'l';ixidcrinists, Euto- 

 mologests. IJoianists and Oologists. Taxid- 

 ermy lu all IJrauches r)f the ait. Gold liish and 

 aquaniius. 



40 page Illastrated Catalogue for 2c stamp. 



C. F. CARR 



Madison, Wis. 



Prizes for Best Articles. 



We have decided to give our patrons, 

 each mouth, five prizes. These [)i-izes 

 are to l)e awarded to tiie live best arti- 

 cles appearing in the OoLOGlST in which 

 the offers are made. 



Ft)r the five articles in this (Aag.) OoL- 

 OGlST which are the most instructive, 

 valuable and interesting we shall give 

 as follows: 



1st prize — A Part of Maynard's Birds 

 of Eastern North America, bound in 

 boards and leather. 



2nd prize— Davie's Key to the Nests 

 and P^ggs of N. A. Birds in cloth. 



3d priz#»-Same as 2d prize, in paper. 



4th prize— Vol. 1 ('84-'8rj) Young 0(")L- 

 OGIST, bound in cloth. 



5th prize— Vol. Ill and IV ('86-'87) 

 Thk Oologist, bound in cloth. 



For the Sept. competition we will 

 give a similiar set of prizes. 



The articles entering into com})etitiou 

 must contain at least one hundred 

 words and we prefer that they do not 

 exceed seven hundred word.s, unless 

 they fairly teem with very, very inter- 

 esting facts or happenings — Kelnember 

 that "fancies," "rehashes," "Sparrow 

 stories" and articles of similiar nature 

 are not solicited and will rarely- be 

 found "available." 



THE JUDGES: Tom 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. 



Your decision for this month's com- 

 petition must be mailed us not later 

 than Sei)t. 10th. WriTe on \<nvk of a 

 postal card the articles which /jo?i have 

 decidetl to be the most valuable, iiistrtic- 

 live and interesting in this nuinl^er of 

 OoLOGiST and mail to us Nuniljcr the 

 articles in the order which yon think 

 the prizes should be awarded. 



We also give our Judges five prizes, 

 one to each of tlu; five whose decisions 

 are nearest the final award of prizes and 

 in this months comjietition the Judge 

 who.se list of five articles is the nearest 

 the awarded list, \\i' will give a copy of 

 Davie's Key lo tlie Nest and Eggs of N. 

 A. Birds, paper. 2d and lid cuch a 

 Book relating to Natural History, ele- 

 gantly bound in cloth and gilt. 4th 

 and oth each a set of Noddy, in case 

 of a tie, tiie earlisl mailed list takes the 

 prize. Address 



FK.4NK H. LatTIN, 



Ali)ion. N. Y. 



