THE NIDIOLOGIST. 



SUBSCRIPTION CONTEST 1 



Rare Premiums Given Away to Our 

 Friends This IVIonth. 



We want you to help us for one month, 

 and we, on our part, are willing to do the 

 square thing by you to show our appre- 

 ciation. 



TFiese are the Facts: 



The NiDiOLOGiST is the only first-class 

 illustrated magazine of ornithology in 

 America. It is indorsed in highest terms 

 by the most prominent authorities in orni- 

 thology and oology, because every issue is 

 valuable and interesting and beautifulIvY 

 ii^LUSTRATKD. It is easily worth twice 

 over the one dollar subscription price 

 (including free exchange notice). 



Now, we want you to help us to improve 

 the magazine, still more, by sending us 

 some new subscribers. Won't you do it 

 for us during this month ? 



To make things interesting and profitable 

 for you we will give away over $40 in rare 

 sets of eggs, etc., as follows: For the largest 

 number of subscribers received, a. selection 

 of $15 worth of eggs; next largest, $10 

 worth; third largest, $7.50; fourth largest, 

 $2.50; fifth and sixth largest, each $1 cash; 

 seventh and eighth largest, each 200 best 

 data blanks; ninth largest, 100 data 

 blanks. 



Then, Again : For the first subscriber 

 received on this proposition, outside of 

 Galifornia, we will give, in addition, one 

 ^%<g of Tufted Puffin, set of two Pigeon 

 Guillemot and two eggs of the California 

 Murre; for second, Pigeon Guillemot, set of 

 two; for third, Western Gull, set of three; 

 ior fourth, Tufted Puffin, set of one; for 

 fifth, three eggs of California Murre. 



^ST" Next Month — We may make 



another offer, but to take part in this and 



subsequent contests, for subscribers or best 



. articles, you must yourself be a subscriber 



■ to the NiDiOLOGiST. We Agree, in this 



month's proposition, to give you your sub- 

 scription free, if accompanied by cash for 

 only two other new subscribers ; or you 

 may send in a dollar for yonr subscription 

 and then deduct it later when you get two 

 subscribers. 



Dojt't Delay, or you will surely regret 

 not being " in it." 



Here are the Eggs: 



Value per Set 

 Audubon's Shearwater, i-i |i 50 



Western Gull, 1-3 75 



Nuttall's Woodpecker, 1-5 5 00 



McGillivray's Warbler, 1-5 7 50 



Cassin's Auklet, i-i ,. i 50 



Tufted Puffin, two sets of one each i 00 



Caracara Eagle, 1-3 300 



Short-billed Marsh Wren, n-4 3 00 



Pigeon Guillemot, 1-2 i 00 



American White Pelican, 1-2 50 



California Murre, six eggs (variations) i 20 



Man-o'-War Bird, i-i i 00 



Black-crowned Night Heron, 1-4 48 



Night Hawk, 1-2 80 



California Thrasher, 1-3 60 



Costa's Hummingbird, 1-2 i 50 



Ruby- throated Hummingbird, 1-2 i 00 



Black-chintied Hummingbird', 1-2.^ i 00 



Red-shouldered Hawk, 1-2 70 



American Crow, 1-5 25 



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Through years of patient study and work, we have 

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Send 50 Cents for sample box and descriptive circu- 



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