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THE OOLOGIST. 



The Oologist, 



A Monthly Magazine Devoted to 



OOLOGY AND ORNITHOLOGY. 



FRANK H. LATTIN, Editor and Publisher, 

 ALBION, N. Y. 



Correspondence and items of interest to tne 

 student of Birds, their Nests and Eggs, solicited 

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AUGUST CONTEST. 



r THE POST OFFICE AT ALBION, 



AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER. 



You Are a Judge. 



Your decision must be mailed us not 

 later than the first day of November. 

 Write on back of a postal card the five 

 articles which you have decided to be 

 the most valuable, instructive and inter- 

 esting in this number of Oologist and 

 mail to us. Number the articles in the 

 order which you think the prizes should 

 be awarded. 



We give our Judges five prizes hav- 

 ing an aggregate value of over $5, one 

 to each of the five whose decisions are 

 nearest the final award of Mss. prizes. 



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181 



9, 



Fifty-one Judges 

 Nesting Habits of the Killdeer, 



Nesting of the Western Gull, 141. 



3. Notes from Audubon's Biography, 

 126. 



4. The First Day of June, '94, 109. 



5. Nesting of the Whooping Crane, 

 72. 



The following articles received cred- 

 its as follows: 



6. Thrasher's Song, 70. 



7. Road Runner, 55. 

 The lucky Judges: 



1. No. 45.— Fred S. Haggart, Chag- 

 rin Falls, Ohio: 4, 2, 3, 1, 5. 



2. No. 4— C. H. Finne, Little Rock, 

 Ark.; 2, 1, 3, 5, 4. 



3. No. 3— Cyrus Crosby, Crosby, N. 

 Y.;l, 5, 4, 2, 3. 



4. No. 16— D. Franklin Weeks, Port- 

 land, Oregou; 1, 4, 2, 3, 6. 



5. No. 36— Otto Grady, Ludlow, Ky.; 

 2, 1, 3, 4, 6. 



SEPTEMBER CONTEST. 

 Forty-eight Judges. 



1. Nesting Habits of the Hooded 

 Warbler, 220. 



2. Crane Island, 178. 



3. Notes from Audubon's Biography, 

 128. 



4. Notes on the Phoebe, 112. 



5. Oology vs. Philately, 64. 



Eight Judges named the winning art- 

 icles in their exact order. The prizes 

 were awarded as follows: 



1. No. 6— Walton Mitchell, St. Paul, 

 Minn. 



2. No. 13— B. A. Garrett, Ballstou 

 Spa, N. Y. 



3. No. 18— Millard Van Wagner, 

 Gretna, N. Y. 



4. No. 30-C. (). Nifong, Virden,Ills. 

 A fifth prize was awaaded each of th'e 



following: 



No. 31— Frank N Wright, Virden, Ills. 



No. 34— H. C. Lillie, Visalia. Calif. 



No. 41— D. Franklin Weeks,Portiand, 

 Oregon. 



No. 48— Fred McAllister, Davison, 

 Mich. 



All prizes for both the August and 

 September contests were mailed on 

 October 10th. 



