THE OOLOGIST. 



371 



On November 30th. 2:15 a. m.. (the uight after 

 Thankseivin?) the EJitor of the Ooi.ogist 

 bagged an unusually well developed specimen 

 of Nycteqmis. As this is an unusually rare vis- 

 itant in his immediate locility, in was deemed 

 of sufficient interest to Kodak in its various 

 phases for the delectation of the readers of the 



OOLOGIST. 



NOVEMBER CONTEST. 

 Fifty-one Judges. 



1. The Study of Bird Life, 237. 



2. Leacli's Petrel, 170 



3. Nesting Habits of the Chestuut- 

 sided Warbler, 138. 



4. Collecting, viz; Oological, 111. 



5. Notes from Audubon's Biographj', 

 97. 



'1 he Judges prizes were awarded as 



follows: 



1. No. 18— Harold M. Holland, Gal- 

 esburg, 111. 



2. No. 27,— Fred W. Knolhoff. East 

 Orange. N. J. 



3. No. 35 — H. Gould Wei born, Lex- 

 ington, N. C. 



4. No. 46— L. G. Woodruff, New 

 York City. 



5. No. 50— James Howe Slater, Web- 

 ster, Mass. 



Judges No's 18, 27 and 35 named the 

 wfuning articles in tlieir exact order 

 and No's 46 and 50 placed them 1, 2, 3, 

 5. 4. All prizes were mailed Dec. 14th. 



Ornithology and Oology.— I want to ob- 

 tain a quantity of back numbers of various 

 publications re'lating to Birds and will allow 

 prices as follows for the same. Will accept 

 any number of copies not to exceed 10 of the 

 same issue. All must be complete and clean. 

 "Bulletin of the Mettall Ornithological Club" 

 and -The Auk" 3U cts. per copy. "The Oolo- 

 gist" (published at Utica, N. Y. and Rockville, 

 Conn., 1875-81); the ••Ornithologist and Oolog- 

 ist;" and '•The Nidiologi-st;" '•Random Notes 

 on Natural History" Prov.. R. I. .5c per copy. 

 '•Wisconsin Naturalist:" "The Taxidermist;" 

 '•The Ornithologist and Botanist," Bmgham- 

 ton, N. Y. and any other periodical of not less 

 than 8 pages, either amateur or professional, 

 devoted to birds published prior to 1894, I will 

 allow 3 cts. per copy. I will allow the above 

 amounts in payment for. specimens, insti^um- 

 euts, supplies or publications or if you prefer 

 will send credit check for the amount. All 

 publications must be seat prepaid (you can 

 mail them as '•second class mail matter ' (oi 4c 

 per lb.). •'Returns" will be sent prepaid unless 

 otherwise specified in cati^logue. I can also 

 us'e the following second-hand books on same 

 conditions at prices quoted prepaid. Must be 

 in A No. 1 condition. Coues' "Key to N. A- 

 Birds" !J4..W; Ridgeway's "Manual of N. A. 

 Birds" $:i.7f); Davie's •'Nests and Eggs of N. A. 

 Birds, 3d or 4th : editions, cloth, 8.5 cts, paper 

 m cts; other .i/andard publication will be accep- 

 ted at one-half publishers prices. This notice 

 will remain in force until Jan. 15, iss».=). After 

 that date write what you have to offer before 

 sending. FRANK H. LATTIN. Albion, N. Y. 



EGGS. 



Prom the Orient and Assam 'Malakka) In- 

 dia. Australia, Africa, etc.. correctly named 

 at moderate prices, also European and exotic 

 Birds skins. HERMANN ROLLE, 



Emdener St.. 4, Berlin, N. W., Germany 



