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THE OOLOGIST. 



journals, filled with numerous adven- 

 tures, finds and past experiences, that 

 have been recorded while we were 

 young and lusty for 



"When Time, who steals our years away, 



Shall steal our pleasures too, 

 The niem'ry of the past will stay 



And half our joys renew." 



W. E. Loucks. 

 Peoria Ills. 



Meeting of W. N. Y. Naturalists Association. 



The meeting as given out out in Aug. 

 number will take place at Brockport, N. 

 Y., Thursday Oct. 6th, 1892, in Republic 

 -Hall, 82 Main St. Business meeting 

 2.30 p. m., Public meeting at 8 p. m., at 

 which exhibits of different specimens 

 will be made, and several original arti- 

 cles read. All interested in natural his- 

 tory are cordially invited to attend. 



E. H. Short, Pres. 



T. R. Taylor, Sec. 



World's Fair Notes. 



Carl Hagenbeck, the celebrated Ger- 

 man collector and tamer of wild animals 

 is in Chicago to arrange for the exten- 

 sive zoological exhibit which he will 

 make in Midway Plaisance at the 

 World's Fair. He will exhibit lions, ti- 

 gers, panthers, leopards, bears, monkeys 

 etc., in great numbers, and will show 

 the largest "happy family" ever seen. 



The World's Fair Commission is en- 

 deavoring to locate twelve of the larg- 

 est trees in the State of New York, tfp 

 to the present time only two notably 

 large trees have been found. If this 

 item attracts the notice of anyone who 

 owns, or knows of a tree of unusual 

 size, and the person will communicate 

 with George T. Smith, No. 9, Niagara 

 Street, Bufialo, N. Y., giving the Lap- 

 proximate size of the tree, the favor 

 will be appreciated by the World's 

 Fair Commissioners. 



Owing to the illness of our mailing 

 clerk the credit number on address 

 label of this month's Oologist has not 

 been corrected. The proper number 

 showing when your subscription ex- 

 pires or has expired will be given on 

 the wrapper of next month's issue. 



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 (Sep.) 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 aiticles 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 facets or happenings — Remember 

 that "fancies," "rehashes," "Sparrow 

 stories" and articles of similiar nature 

 are not solicited and will rarely be 

 found "available." 



THE JUDGES: You have been se- 

 lected 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 Oct. 15th. 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 five whose decisions 

 are nearest the final award of prizes and 

 in this months competition the Judgs 

 whose list of five articles is the nearest 

 the awarded list, we will give a copy of 

 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. 



