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THE OOLOGIST. 



and eight in depth when stretched 

 down. 



Altogether it is a wonderfully hand- 

 some bird, and was secured bj* Charles 

 Frye, the local taxidermist. 



G. L. T., Paducah, Ky. 



DECEMBER CONTEST. 

 Forty-five Judges- 

 Prize winners and credits received bj' 

 each were as follows: 



1. Raptores of Michigan, 190. 

 2 Scenes fi'om the Life of Alexander 

 Wilson, 147. 



3. Notes on the Birds of Henry Co., 

 Iowa, 94. 



4. Collecting at Night, 67. 

 % Oology, 54. 



A years subscription to the Oologisn 

 was awarded to 



A Nest of the Canvas-back, 49. 



The Judges' prizes were awarded as 

 follows: 



1. No. 11. Fred W. Parkhurst, 

 Bath, N. Y., exact. 



2. No. 7. Stephen J. Adams, Corn- 

 ish, Me., 1, 2, 3, 5. 4. 



3. No. 44. Frank D. Weeks, Port- 

 land, Oregon, 1, 2, 3, 5, 4. 



4. No. 43. Ellis F, Hadley, Dayton, 

 Oregon, 1, 2, 4, 3, 5. 



5. No. 41. A. W. Wallace, Mont- 

 clair, N. J., 1, 2, 5, 3, 4. 



No. 45. L. A. Haw ley. New York 

 City, was also awarded a "Standard 

 Catalogue" for naming the winners. 



All prizes were mailed on January 

 25th. 



A New Species of Fish. 



A guard tells a good story on a lady 

 who was visitiog a well-known Chicago 

 lady, and was being shown by her 

 through the Fisheries Building. She 

 was in in the salt-water section of the 

 aquarium, in the very thickest of the 

 pushing, jostling, crowding mob that 

 constantly gazed upon the caged deni- 



zens of the deep. Pushing her way 

 toward the tank where the toad-tishes 

 disported themselves, she suddenly ex- 

 claimed: 



"Do look at that great long tish, 

 squirting water out of his nose! Isn't 

 it wonderful!" 



The long tish referred to was a lead 

 water-pipe leading fi'om the top to the- 

 bottom of the section: through Avhich 

 was sent a constant stream of salt 

 water which came out in sprays- 

 through a number of little holes in the 

 end of the pipe. 



But she wasn't the only person who 

 Avas deceived by these pipes that spray- 

 ed salt water in the various sections. 

 Occasionally a countryman would b» 

 heard to exclaim: 



"Gee whiz! look at that long eel! I 

 never saw an eel squirt Avater that way 

 before!" — From •'Uyidercun-ents of 

 Humor from the Fair,'" in DevioresVs- 

 Family Magazine for January. 



Figures of Importance - 

 Examine the number following youi* 

 name on the wrapper o*" this Oologist. 

 This number denotes the time when 

 your subscription expires or has expir- 

 ed. 



.=i6 signifies j^our subscription expired June, 1890 

 62 •• •■ '■ ■• Dec. " 



68 ,' " •• ■• June. 1891 



74 '■ " " ■■ Dec. •' 



80 " " •• •• June, 1892 



86 " " " •• Dec. ■• 



92 " •' ' •' ■■ June. 189a 



98 " " '• •' Dec. •• 



104 " ■' ■■ will expire June, 1894 



110 •• •• •• •• ■■ Dec. '• 



We are desirous of straightening our 

 subscription books at once and trust 

 our subscribers will send in their sub- 

 scriptions for '94 including all arrear- 

 ages, at their earliest conveniences, the 

 amounts necessary to accomplish this 

 are as follows: 



••56"— J2.25. "ea"— $2.no. "fiS"— $1.7.5. ••74'"— $1.50- 

 •■80"— $1,25. ■•86"— $1.00. •■92"'— 75c. ••98""-.tOc. 



Should you desire to discontinue 

 your subscription to the Oologist your 

 indebtedness to us is 50 cents less than 

 the above amount. The figures are 

 according to our books Jan. 20, 1894, 

 and renewals received since that date 

 have been credited on our books, but 

 not on the wrapper. 



From Mr. A. W. Baylis of Iowa we 

 have received a pair of the slickest 1894 

 calendars that, as yet has been our 

 privilege to gaze upon. — Many thanks^ 



