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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 

 Btudent of Birds, their Nests and Eggs, solicited 

 trom all. 



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■•,• Articles, Items of Interest and Queries 

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SHTERED AT THE POST 0«^FICE AT ALBION, N. Y., AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER. 



You Are a Judge- 



Your decision must be mailed us not 

 later than the tenth day of April. 

 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. 



During 1895 the Judges prize will he- 

 awarded as follows viz: E ich month 

 it will consist of $6 in specimens or 

 $4 50 in instruments, supplies or publi- 

 cations or $3 cash. This prize will be 

 awarded to the Judge who names the 

 winning articles and in their exact or- 

 der. In case more than one Judge 

 iiames them correctly this prize will be 

 >8qually divided among the number. 



FEBRUARY CONTEST. 

 Ninety-six Judges. 



1. Destruction of Birds, 341. 



2. A Few Notes from Shoal Lake, 

 Mauitoba, 291. 



3. Wise and Othei'swise. 251. 



4. Notes on the Bhie-heaffed Viroo 

 in Massachusetts, 2 JO 



5. Rails in Captivity, 149. 



This has been the "evenest" contest 

 since we have been awarding our writ- 

 ers in this munner. The valued article, 

 "Olid and Unusual Nesting Sites" se- 

 cured 145 credits and it was only until 

 the final "counting up" that one could 

 have "guessed" the result with any de- 

 gree of certainty. Although the Judges 

 in this contest numbered luore, with a 

 single exception, than any previous one, 

 none of them, however, named the win- 

 ning articles in their exact order — hence 

 the Judges prize remains unawarded. 



Prizes were mailed the winners on 

 March llth. 



Kent Ornithological Club. 



On December 12, 1894 at Grand Rap- 

 ids, Mich., a society named the Kent 

 Ornithological Club was formed. It 

 had a chai-ter membership of fourteen. 

 The following officers were elected: 

 President, W. H. Stewart; Vice-presi- 

 dent, R. G. Fitch; Secretary and Treas- 

 urer, W. E. Mulliken; Corresponding 

 Secretary, Chas B. Corbio; Librarian, ,. 

 R. R. Newton; Executive Committee, I 

 R. G. Fitch, chairman, A. W. Hanaford ^ 

 and A. B. Durfee. 



The object of the society is the promo- 

 tion of the scientific study of Ornithol- 

 ogy and Oology in all their branches. 

 The society would like correspondence 

 with like bodies and individuals for J 

 that purpose. All communications * 

 should be addressed to the Kent Orni- 

 thological Club, No. 55 JN. Union St., 

 Grand Rapids, Mich. 



