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THE OOLOGIST. 



and eight in depth when stretched 

 down. 



Altogether it is a wonderfully hand- 

 some bird, and was secured by Charles 

 Frye, the local taxidermist. 



G-. L. T., Paducah, Ky. 



DECEMBER CONTEST. 

 Forty-five Judges. 



Prize winners and credits received by 

 each were as follows: 



1. Raptores of Michigan, 190. 



2 Scenes from the Life of Alexander 

 Wilson, 147. 



3. Notes on the Birds of Henry Co., 

 Iowa, 94. 



4. Collecting at Night, 67. 

 *>. Oology, 54. 



A years subscription to the Oologisn 

 was awarded to 



A Nest of the Canvas-back, 49. 



The Judges' prizes were awarded as 

 follows: 



1. No. 11. Fred W. Parkhurst, 

 Bath, N. Y., exact. 



2. No. 7. Stephen J. Adams, Corn- 

 ish, Me., 1, 2, 3, 5. 4. 



3. No. 44. Frank D. Weeks, Port- 

 land, Oregon, 1, 2, 3, 5, 4. 



4. No. 43. Ellis F, Hadley, Dayton, 

 Oregon, 1, 2, 4, 3, 5. 



5. No. 41. A. W. Wallace, Mont- 

 clair, N. J., 1, 2, 5, 3, 4. 



No. 45. L. A. Hawley, New York 

 City, was also awarded a "Standard 

 Catalogue" for naming the winners. 



All prizes were mailed on January 

 25th. 



A New Species of Fish. 



A guard tells a good story on a lady 

 who was visiting a well-known Chicago 

 lady, and was being shown by her 

 through the Fisheries Building. She 

 was in in the salt-water section of the 

 aquarium, in the very thickest of the 

 pushing, jostling, crowding mob that 

 constantly gazed upon the caged deni- 



zens of the deep. Pushing her way 

 toward the tank where the toad-fishes- 

 disported themselves, she suddenly ex- 

 claimed: 



"Do look at that great loug fish, 

 squirting water out of his nose! Isn't 

 it wonderful!" 



The long fish referred to was a lead 

 water-pipe leading from the top to the 

 bottom of the section: through which 

 was sent a constant stream of salt 

 water which came out in sprays- 

 through a number of little holes in the 

 end of the pipe. 



But she wasn't the only person who 

 was deceived by these pipes that spray- 

 ed salt water in the various sections. 

 Occasionally a countryman would ba 

 heard to exclaim: 



"Gee whiz! look at that long eel! I 

 never saw an eel squirt water that way 

 before!" — From "Undercurrents of 

 Humor from the JFair," in DemoresVs. 

 Family Magazine for January. 



74 



92 



104 

 110 



Figures of Importance. 

 Examine the number following your 

 name on the wrapper of this Oologist. 

 This number denotes the time when 

 your subscription expires or has expir- 

 ed. 



56 signifies your subscription expired June, 1890' 

 62 " " " " Dec. " 



68 .' " " " June, 1891' 



" " Dec. " 



June, 1892' 

 Dec. " 

 " " •' June, 1893 



'■ " Dec. " 



" " will expire June, 1894 



Dec. " 



We are desirous of straightening our 

 subscription books at once and trust 

 our subscribers will send in their sub- 

 scriptions for '94 including all arrear- 

 ages, at their earliest conveniences, the 

 amounts necessary to accomplish this 

 are as follows: 



"56"— $2.25. "62"— $2,00. "68"— $1.75. "74"— $1,50. 

 "80"— $1,25. "86"— $1.00. "92"— 75c. "98" -50c. 



Should you desire to discontinue 

 your subscription to the Oologist your 

 indebtedness to us is 50 cents less than 

 the above amount. The figures are 

 according to our books Jan. 20, 1894, 

 and renewals received since that date 

 have been credited on our books, but 

 not on the wrapper. 



From Mr. A. W. Baylis of Iowa we 

 have received a pair of the slickest 1894 

 calendars that, as yet has been our 

 privilege to gaze upon. — Many thanks.. 



