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THE OOLOGIST. 



series of sets of any one species, accom- 

 panied by full and careful data it is not 

 an vinreasonably diS<;Uit task to explain 

 the variations — in stiort there is very 

 apt- to be more food for thought in a 

 series of one species or several closely re- 

 lated species than in a few samples of a 

 great many species. 



The study of eggs of the same individ- 

 ual bird is probably the richest tield in 

 Oologv, but one which is only open to 

 those living in the country. 



Finally in order that any good at all 

 may be gotten from a collection, full, 

 careful, and absolutely accurate data 

 must accompany each set. 



We are none of us too careful or 

 thoughtful. Let us all consider more 

 fully each time we take an egg that we 

 are destroying Nature's blithest sweetest 

 creatures, the greatest friend of the far- 

 mer and all dependent upon him. 

 Wrest your heart from your cabinet 

 and let it thi'ob to the pulse of Nat- 

 ure's. Geo. H. Gray, 



Baltimore, Md. 



OCTOBER CONTEST. 

 Forty-six Judges- 



1. A Study of Nests, 210. 



2. Traill's Flycatcher, 142. 



3. Notes from Audubon's Biographv, 

 129. 



4. Nesting Habits of the Golden- 

 winged Warbler, 112. 



5. AnO()logistof Early Day, 73. 

 The Judges prizes were awarded as 



follows : — 



1. No. 18— H. E. Ward, Kensington, 

 Ills. 



2. No. 25— H. Gould Welborn, Lex- 

 ington, N. C. 



3. No. 42— Alex. H. Noel, St. Louis, 

 Mo. 



4. No. 3— Walton Mitchell, St. Panh 

 Minn. 



5. No. 13— Hai-old M. Holland. Gales- 

 burg, Ills. 



No. 16— Frank N. Wright, Virden, 

 Ills. 



No. 33— Wm. C. Thro, Elmira, N. Y. 



Judges No's 18, 25 and 42 named the 

 "winning articles in their exact oi'der and 

 No's 3, 13, 16 and 33 placed them 1, 3, 2, 

 4, 5. 



All prizes were mailed on November 

 8th. 



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