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octavo, with seventy-live plates, I will 

 write you more about the book very 

 shortly." We understand that this ele- 

 gant volume will soon be ready for de- 

 livery and our readers who are fortu- 

 nate enough to be enrolled as advance 

 subcribers will find that Friend Davie 

 returns $ for every 50 cts. they invested. 



Simply another case of "we told 



you so." 



Our friend White — Chas. Acey, the 

 hustler — of Omaha, took us in hand for 

 neglecting to mail his Jan. Oologist, 

 but upon receiving his copy by next 

 mail, he dashes off the following: "I 

 sent you a Postal Card on the 15 inst. 

 stating that I had not received my 

 Oologist yet. I wish to ask pardon for 

 being so rude and not waiting longer. 

 But 3 7 ou see my old fivend, Mr. Trostler 

 said he had got his and of course I, was 

 very eager to get mine, because I think 

 the Oologist is one of the best of its 

 kind, and am very anxious to receive it. 

 Here is a little poem showing how I 

 felt, when the mail man handed it to 

 me. — 

 Winter has trampled our green Earth 



Beneath her cold feet, 

 And drove our songsters south, 



With her sharp winds and sleet. 



It has darkened our blue sky, 



And laid our flowers low; 

 It has buried Natiu*e, 



Beneath the downy snow. 



But there is one thing Frank, 



And this is what I'll say; 

 It hasn't killed the Oologist yet, 



So let he?' "whiz" away." 



The Publisher of the Oologist has 

 in a single mail (Jan. 30th,) received 

 sufficient mss. to fill every page of read- 

 ing matter in this issue. He rarely 

 receives less than three or four articles 

 each day, sometimes as high as ten and 

 at present fully one-hundred during 

 the month. Only about ten of this 

 number can be used in a single issue 

 which are always, in the editor's esti- 

 mation, "a survival of the fittest." 



If you desire yours to be classified by 

 him in this grade it would be well to 

 see that they are timely; carefully pre- 

 pared; on subjects and species no tfully 

 written up in some previous Oologist; 

 Articles on the nesting of rare species 

 or species of restricted range written 

 by collectors who have "been there" 

 are most always found available. 



DECEMBER CONTEST. 



Seventy-one Judges. 



Prize winners and credits received 

 by each were as follows: 



1. Professional Egging, etc. 334. 



2. A Collection of N. C. Birds Eggs. 

 246. 



3. Two Western Birds. 192. 



4. Cerulean Warbler. 187. 



5. The Fascination of Oology. 120. 



Sixty-seven Judges named the win- 

 ning articles — thirteen their exact 

 order. 



The Judges prizes were awarded as 

 follows: — 



1. No. 10 — J. Wan en Jacobs, 

 Waynesburg, Pa. 



2. No. 22— Harry L. Heaton, Obeiv- 

 lin, Kans. 



3. No. 23— Ned Hollister, Delevan, 

 Wis. 



4. No. 24— Gee. W. Pitman, New 

 Castle, Ind. 



I No. 32-B. S. Bowdish, New 



- j York City. 



°- ] No. 33— A. B. Blakemore, New 

 [ Orleans, La. 



We awarded two 5th prizes, as Judge 

 No. 33, although one mail later than 

 No. 32, was, taking distance in to con- 

 sideration, really entitled to it. 



The lists of the following Judges were 

 correct — and to each we mailed a 

 "Standard Catalogue." 



No. 42— C. E. Bryant, Vt. 



No. 43— W. C. Pickens, Ala. 



No. 52— Ed. Wall, California. 



No. 54— C. Houghton, N. Y. 



No. 64— C. A. White, Neb. 



No. 70— Wm. Hawley, N. Y. City. 



Prizes were mailed on Jan. 18th. 



