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NOVEMBER CONTEST. 

 Sixty-five Judges. 



Prize winners and credits received 

 by each were as follows: 



1. Raptores of Michigan. 303. 



2. Migration. 175. 



3. Sora and Virginia Rails. 144. 



4. The Game Bird of the Prairie. 141 



5. Some Notes on the Wild Turkey. 

 102. 



The following articles were each 

 awarded a year's subscription to the 



OoLOGIST. 



With the Prairie Warbler. 52. 



Shore Birds at Lake Roland and Loch 

 Raven, Baltimore Co., Md. 51. 



The Judges' prizes were awarded as 

 follows: 



l._No 27. Wm. C. Thro, Elmira, 

 N. Y. Exact. 



2._ No. 52. C. B. Parker, Oberlin, 

 Kans. Exact. 



3.— No. 22. Cyrus R. Crosby, Crosby, 

 N. Y. 1,2,4,3,5. 



4.— No. 49. Raymond C. Osburn, 

 Vanatta, O. 1, 2, 4, 3, 5. 



5.- No. 4. N. G. Van De Water, Gret- 

 na, N. Y. 1, 2, 3, 5, 4. 



The following Judges were awarded 

 World's Fair Almanacs: 



2. Robt. McPherson, Mass. 



3. L C Andrews, N. Y. 



8. J. S. Griffing, N. Y. 



9. Fred W. Parkhurst. N, Y. 



10. C.Will Beebe. N. J. 

 16. Clarence Luther, Ark. 



32. Claude H. Hall, Tex. 



33. Brace & Hunter, Minn. 

 36. C. I. Brewer, Ills 



41. R. P. Gillispie, Miss. 



51. H. M. Hall, Calif. 



54. H. L. Heaton, Kans. 



56. Jacob Bastian, Jr., N. C. 



57. A. W. Baylis, Iowa. 



59. David L. Savage, Iowa. 



All prizes were mailed on Dec. 27th. 



ERRATUM. In the article on "Mi- 

 gration" in the Nov. Oologist on page 

 299, fifth line from top of 2nd col., the 

 word "delivered" should read derived. 

 Mr. Chas L. Phillips, Taunton, Mass., 

 was the writer of this valuable article. 



(TIT) A YQ If you want any of those extra 

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Not less than 100 lots sold, and at our prices, 

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Selected Photographs, printed and 

 Mounted by a Professional Photogra- 

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Address P. F. MARCH, Fern 

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H- H. &C S. Brimley, 

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First-class Bird and Mammal Skins and Eggs, 

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War Relics, Stamps, &c— Send 5 cents 

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 A stamp album and 50 varieties of stamps for 

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iQologists! 



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