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skill with a blow-pipe, I can blow a 

 steady stream of air for at least ten 

 minutes, and small tools, and my outfit 

 was not of the best, I would have given 

 many of these eggs up in disgust but as 

 it is I got all out with small holes. 



Before this j r ear I had thought seven 

 eggs was an average set and why the 

 birds only laid five this year I do not 

 know unless the heavy rain was the 

 cause, though why this should effect 

 them I do not see. 



A. C. Murchison, D. D. S. 

 Kewanee, Ills. 



World's Fair Notes. 



Butterflies to the number of 150,000 

 will be shown in the Pennsylvania ex- 

 hibit at the World's Fair. The collec- 

 tion is said to be the most complete and 

 and finest in the world. 



The World's Fair commission of New 

 South Wales has decided to send to 

 Chicago for exhibition in the Horticul- 

 tural department of the Exposition the 

 following typical representatives of 

 Australian vegetation and flora: tree 

 ferns, staghorn ferns, birds-nest ferns, 

 todea ferns, macrozaminas of two dis- 

 tinct kinds, gigantic lilies, rock lilies 

 and grass trees. 



To The World's Fair. 



Join the club that is being organized 

 to attend the World's Fair at Chicago. 

 You can pay for your ticket in weekly 

 or monthly payments; the ticket covers 

 railway fares, board, room and Excur- 

 sion tickets. The United World's Ex- 

 position Company is the strongest in 

 United States, apply to local agent or 

 write the United World's Fair Excur- 

 sion Co., N. E. Dep't, 406 Exchange 

 Building, Boston, Mass 



CARR'S NATURAL HISTORY STORE. 



Sea Shells. Corals. Minerals. Bird Skins and 

 Eggs, Curios. Supplies for Taxidermists, Ento- 

 mologists, Botanists and Oologists. Taxid- 

 ermy in all Branches of the art. Gold fish and 

 aquarums. 



40 page Illustrated Catalogue for 2c stamp- 



C. F. CARE, 



Madison, Wis. 



Prizes for Best Articles. 



We have decided to give our patrons, 

 each month, five prizes. These prizes 

 are to be awarded to the five best arti- 

 cles appearing in the Oologist in which 

 the offers are made. 



For the five articles in this (Aag.) Ool- 

 ogist which are the most instructive, 

 valuable and interesting we shall give 

 as follows: 



1st prize — A Part of Maynard's Birds 

 of Eastern North America, bound in 

 boards and leather. 



2nd prize — Davie's Key to the Nests 

 and Eggs of N. A. Birds in cloth. 



3d prize — Same as 2d prize, in paper. 



4th prize— Vol. 1 C84-'85) Young Ool- 

 OGiST, bound in cloth. 



5th prize— Vol. Ill and IV ('86-'87) 

 The Oologist, bound in cloth. 



For the Sept. competition we will 

 give a similiar set of prizes. 



The articles entering into competition 

 must contain at least one hundred 

 words and we prefer that they do not 

 exceed seven hundred words, unless 

 they fairly teem with very, very inter- 

 esting facts or happenings — Remember 

 that "fancies," "rehashes," "Sparrow 

 stories" and ai'ticles of similiar nature 

 are not solicited and will rarely be 

 found "available." 



THE JUDGES: Tom have been sel- 

 ected to act as one of the Judges in 

 these Prize article contests, and your 

 decision must be promptly and fairly 

 given. 



Your decision for this month's com- 

 petition must be mailed us not later 

 than Sept. 10th. Write on back of a 

 postal card the articles which you have 

 decided to be the most valuable, instruc- 

 tive and interesting in this number of 

 Oologist and mail to us. Number the 

 articles in the order which you think 

 the prizes should be awarded. 



" We also give our Judges five prizes, 

 one to each of the live whose decisions 

 are nearest the final award of prizes and 

 in this months competition the Judge 

 whose list of five articles is the nearest 

 the awarded list, we will give a copy oi 

 Davie's Key to the Nest and Eggs of N. 

 A. Birds, paper. 2d and 3d each a 

 Book relating to Natural History, ele- 

 gantly bound in cloth and gilt. 4th 

 and 5th each a set of Noddy. In case 

 of a tie, the earlist mailed list takes the 

 prize. Address 



Frank H. Lattin, 



Albion, N. Y. 



