THE OOLOGIST. 



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THE OOLOGIST 



EDITED AND PUBLISHED MONTHLY 

 BY 



FRANK H. LATTIN, - ALBION, N. Y. 



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So valuable will this work prove to the 

 Oolo^ist that we will guarantee that not a 

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The Prize Article Contest. 



In reply to our re quest in April Oolcuist 

 15 collectors kindly volunteered to pass 

 their opinion on the articles in the '88' 

 OoiiOGisTs that entered this contest. 



The result is undoubtedly as fair a one 

 as could be obtained under the circum- 

 stances and we think will give the best of 

 satisfactitm. 



Each judge was entitled to cast his 

 ballot (or rather three ballots) for t/a^ee 

 articles, a few voted for one only, a few for 

 tiro and a few more for articles taken from 

 other publications which could not be 

 counted. The whole number of ba'lots 

 cast were 37 and were given to the articles 

 named as follows: 



The Bald Eagle, page 70, G 



A Day with the Gulls, p. 148, 5 



The Family Kallidas, p. 85, 4 



Some of Our Falconidie, p. 128, 3 



Notes for Collectors, p. 120, 3 



In Defense of Birds, p. I'il, 2 



Keminisccnces of 188G, p. llil, 2 



Advice to Live Collectors, p. (il) 2 



E.,'gs of Mississippi Kite, p. 105, 2 



The following articles each received one 

 vote: 



Nidihcation of Ictinea Mississippieusis, 

 p. 74; Loon, p. 103; Nesting of the Chest- 

 nut-sided Warbler, p. 73 ; Black Snowbird, 

 p. 125; Useful Contrivances, p. 152; Annual 

 Trip to Seven Mile Beach, p. 120; Among 

 the Warblers, p. 76; The Great Auk, p. 128. 



The $20.00 worth of Job Lots ofl'ered 

 will be distributed as follows, viz.: 



The Bald Eagle, $5.00 



A Day Among the Gulls, 5.00 



The Family Kallidre, 3.00 



Some of Our FalcouidiB, 2.50 



Notes for Collectors, ..2..)0 



Advice to Live Collectors, 50 



In Defence of Birds, 50 



Eeminiscences of 188G, 50 



Egys of Mississippi Kite, 50 



Full particulars of another novel con- 

 test will be given in June Oolouist. 



Many of our readers will wonder which 

 of the judges came the nearest to namhig 

 the leading prize-winning articles, and to 

 gratify their curiosity, we would say that 

 Wr. Geo. E. Boyd, of Warren Co., HI., 

 named " A Day wi.h the Gulls," " A Bald 

 Eagle," and " Some of Our Falconidie." 



Mr. W. H. Aspinwall, of Washington, 

 D. C, named the first two mentioned 

 above, and fur the third "Notes for Col- 

 lectors. ' ' 



Mr. W. E. Pratt, of Cook Co., 111., 

 named the first two and for the third one 

 " Eggs of the Mississippi Kite." 



Mr. T. G. Pearson, of Alachua Co., Fla , 

 cast one ballot only, and that for "The 

 Bald Eagle. " 



Other parties named one, two and even 

 three of the prize winners, but the gentle- 

 men named came the "nearest." 



