THE OOLOGIST. 



1.00 WORTH OF PRIZES 



Will be Piesentecl during 1893 to 

 The Patrons, Contributors and Readers of 

 THE OOLOGIST. 

 Our prize scheme timing '92 has 

 proved highly satisfactory lo both our- 

 selves and the participants, and we 

 might also add to the readers of the 

 Oologist. Taking these facts into 

 consideration we have decided to not 

 only continue making monthly awards 

 during 'il3 but to almost, if not quite, 

 treble their value. 



Each month during 1893 we shall 

 give live prizes. These prizes are to 

 lie awarded to the five best articles ap- 

 pearing iu eaeh month's Oologist. 



The prizes throughout the year Avill 

 remain the same, except the first one 

 which will be the winner's choice from 

 the unawarded articles and publications 

 named in the following list: 

 Coues' "Key to North Ameriean 



Birds" $7 50 



Ridgway's '.'Manual of North 



American Birds" „ 7 50 



Chamberlain's Nuttal's Ornithol- 

 ogy" (2 vols ) 8 00 



Goss's "Birds of Kansas" 7 50 



Wilson's (and Bonaparte's) Amer- 

 ica :j Ornithology" 7 50 



Maynard's". Birds ofEasternNorlh 



America* 1 ftext complete). 15 00 

 Webster's ''InlernationalDietiou- 

 ary" (Merriam's latest edi 



tion) 10 00 



Washington living's Works (10 



vols) 7 50 



'Wm. M. Thackerav's Works, 10 



vols ' 10 00 



Chas. Dickens' Works, 15 Vols... 11 25 

 Jeuk's "Comprehensive Commen- 

 tary of the Holy Bible." 5 

 large 900 paged Volumes. . 25 00 

 Sir Walter Scott's Works, 12 vols 12 00 

 *10 worth of Phonographic Books 



and Publications 10 00 



An 8-qt. Jack Frost Ice Cream 



Freezer 50 



A Due-Bill good for$31.50towards 

 a new $40.50 MarlinRepeat- 



ing Rirle 31 50 



A Due-Bill good for$33.00 towards 

 a ne\v$45.00AmericanUnion 

 (same as New Home) Sew- 

 ing Machine 33 00 



A Due-Bill good for$15.00towards 

 a new $2>i doublecase Odell 



Type writer 15 ( (j 



2nd Prize each month will be a part 

 of "Maynard's Birds of Eastern North 



America" each containing an average 

 of 8 plates and 3-10 pages strongly 

 bound iu strong mauilla and cloth and 

 worth at publisher's original price not 

 far from &7.50. 



3d Prize — Brewer's "North American 

 Oology" unbound, no plates, original 

 price about $3.00 



4th Prize — Barrel's "Review of Ameri- 

 can Birds" originally sold at $2.00. 



5th Prize — Mrs. St John's" Audubon 

 the Naturalist.'' $1.00. 



Each article receiving at least as 

 many credits as there are number of 

 Judges and not winning one ot the 

 leading prizes will be awarded a dupli- 

 cate of the 5th prize. 



Each article receiving at least one- 

 half as many credits as the number of 

 Judges will be awarded a year's sub- 

 scription to the Oologist. 



New Standard Catalogue 



OF 



[SJorth /\merican 3 lrc ' s E§g s 



COM TILED BY 



FRANK H. LATT1N, 



Assisted by Capt. Chas. E. Bendire, J. 



Parker Js'orris. Esq., and 



Capt. B. F. Gloss. 



It gives the Common and .scientific name of 

 every North American Bird according- to the 

 A. O. U. Nomenclature. It also gives tre A. O. 

 U. Numbers as well as those ol both Coues' and 

 Eidgeway, and last but not least it tdves the 

 value of eggs of nearly every species, over one 

 hundred of which never appeared on any print 

 ed list before. 



It is not a personal catalogue of any one 

 Dealer or Collector, as there is- not a Collector 

 in tbe entire World who has or could furnish 

 all the species whose values are given, and 

 there is not a Dealer who could furnish over 

 from 50 to 76 per cent of the tperies priced. 



The Catalogue is printed on extra quality of 

 paper and contains 53 pages, size o'jxii'j in. 



Price 35 cents per copy. 3 copies for $1 .00. 



PnllDr'+n^c Taxidermists, 



^ oHectors ' Everybody 



Should send two cent stamp to James P. Bab- 

 bitt. 10 Hodges Ave.. Taunton. Mass.. for a 

 san pie of skin tanned withBabbitt's Glove 

 Kid Tan, the cheapest, quickest and best Tan 

 on the market. 



A large Catalogue of Naturalists' Supplies. 

 Tools, Eyes and price list of Stuffed Birds and 

 Eggs— a 'cents. 



James P. Babbitt, 



DEALER, 



10 Hodi.ts Ave.. 



Taunton. Mass. 



