EXCHANGE PRICE LIST Ub 
HOW THIS LIST CAME INTO EXISTENCE 
Therefore as it became apparent that the old price lists had become of little 
use as a basis on which to exchange specimens, the undersigned through the 
columns of “The Oologist,” Vol. XXXVI No. 2, Page 34, February 1919, called an 
election to be participated in by all the Oologists of North America, for the 
purpose of electing a committee of twenty-five recognized Oologists to revise the 
exchange prices of North American birds’ eggs. 
The call for this election was issued with the express announcement that we 
would not accept any election to this committee nor any appointment to the 
final supreme committee of review. And that when the committee were ready 
to report their action on prices we would publish the catalogue at actual cost. 
For this purpose there were created five areas. These areas and the num- 
ber of committeemen to be elected from each were as follows: 
Pacific Coast Area. Three Committeemen, from California, Oregon and 
Washington. 
Intra-Mountain Area. Three Committeemen, from Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, 
Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming. 
Western Area. Three Committeemen, from Arkansas, Kansas, Minnesota, 
Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas. 
Central West Area. Three Committeemen, from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, 
Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin. 
Central East Area. Four Committeemen, from Delaware, Maryland, Pennsyl- 
vania, New Jersey, New York, West Virginia. 
New England Area. Three Committeemen, from Connecticut, Maine, Massa- 
chusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. 
Southern Area. Three Committeemen, from Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Ken- 
tucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vir- 
ginia. 
Canadian Area. Three Committeemen, from Canada. 
This percentage of committeemen was based on the known number of active 
Oologists within each area. 
It was also provided that after each sub-committee from each of the above 
areas had reported the prices that such sub-committee had agreed upon for all 
of the country; then a supreme Committee of Three should take the separate lists 
from each area and pass as a final committee on the prices to appear in the 
catalogue. We are informed that this final committee reached the results pre- 
sented in this volume by averaging the prices on each of the several lists from 
the different areas A more fair way of getting at the general consensus of 
opinion could not have been adopted we believe. 
At this election the Committee of Twenty-five whose names appear in the 
report of that committee printed herewith were elected. This committee 
labored earnestly and diligently for almost two years on the problem. The re 
sult of their deliberations being finally passed on by this supreme Committee of 
Three above referred to, The prices appearing in this volume are the result. 
