EXCHANGE PRICE LIST 7 



HOW THIS LIST CAME INTO EXISTENCE 



Therefore as it became apparent that the old price lists had become of little 

 use as a ba'sis 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. 



