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THE OOLOGIST. 



series of sets of any one. species, accom- 

 panied by full and careful data it is not 

 an unreasonably diiS^ait task to explain 

 the variations — in short there is very 

 apt to be more food for thought in a 

 series of one species or several closely re- 

 lated species than in a few samples of a 

 great many species. 



The study of eggs of the same individ- 

 ual bird is probably the richest field in 

 Oologv, but one which is only open to 

 those living in the country. 



Finally in order that any good at all 

 may begotten from a collection, full, 

 careful, and absolutely accurate data 

 must accompany each set. 



We are none of us too careful or 

 thoughtful. Let us ail consider more 

 fully each time we take au egg that we 

 are destroying Nature's blithest sweetest 

 creatures, the greatest friend of the far- 

 mer and all depeudent upon him. 

 Wrest your heart from your cabinet 

 and let it throb to the pulse or Nat- 

 ure's. Geo. H. Gray, 



Baltimore, Md. 



OCTOBER CONTEST. 

 Forty-six Judges- 



1. A Study of Nests, 210. 



2. Traill's Flycatcher, 142. 



3. Notes from Audubun's Biographv, 

 129. 



4. Nesting Habits of the Golden- 

 winged Warbler, 112. 



5. AnOologistof Early Day, 73. 

 The Judges prizes were awarded as 



follows : — 



1. No. 18— H. E. Ward, Kensington, 

 Ills. 



2. No. 25— H. Gould Welborn, Lex- 

 ington, N. C. 



3. No. 42— Alex. H. Noel, St. Louis, 

 Mo. 



4. No. 3— Walton Mitchell, St. Paul, 

 Minn. 



5. No. 13— Harold M. Holland. Gales- 

 burg, Ills. 



No. 16— Frank N. Wright, Virden, 

 Ills. 



No. 33— Win. C. Thro, Elmira, N. Y. 



Judges No's 18, 25 and 42 named the 

 winning articles in their exact order and 

 No's 3, 13, 16 and 33 placed them 1, 3, 2, 

 4, 5. 



All prizes were mailed on November 

 8th. 



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