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THE ORNITHOLOGIST AND BOTANIST. 



proof top, so cue can row in the rain 

 without getting wet. You can get one 

 before the season opens for $25.00. 

 Furnished with an oil stove, frying pan 

 and necessary camp utensils under a 

 water -proof hatch for only $30.00. 

 Sail if desired $2.50 extra. These out- 

 fits will be worth $60.00 after the sea- 

 son opens for 1892. Now is your time, 

 They also make cabinets of the best 

 grades to order at very low prices. 

 Address Wm S. Sandford & Co., 



Des Moines, Iowa. 



If you want any job printing this 

 summer now is the time to get it done 

 for we can do it cheaper now than after 

 the collecting season opens for we will 

 be rushed then. Our data blanks are 

 the best in the world. Letter heads, 

 envelopes, price lists etc cheaper than 

 ever before offered. Send copy for 

 prices to The Obnithologist and 

 Botanist. 



Magazines who wish to discontinue 

 will do well to let the Oeinthologist 

 AND Botanist fill their subscription and 

 advertising contracts. We'll do it so 

 cheap that you can make money by 

 discontinuing even if it isn't paying you 

 to run it. 



The editors of this magazine are 

 not inexperienced in this line, having 

 for several years been connected with 

 several of the best magazines in the 

 field. This may be news to some of 

 you, but we have come to stay with our 

 little journal. 



To the first person who tells us how 



many times a wheel thirty inches in 

 diameter turns around in going a mile, 

 we will give a 22 calibre rifle, to the next 

 one a 22 calibre revolver to the next one 

 "Stanley in Africa" illustrated, cloth 

 bound worth $2.50 and to the 4th, 

 Davie's Nests and Eggs of N. A. Birds 

 and to the 5th, Maynard Naturalists 

 Guide provided you send in f 1.00 with 

 your answer for one years siibscription 

 to the Oeinthologist and Botanist, as 



per above offer. 



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We want good MSS by reliable col- 

 lectors. No articles of more than 1000 

 words wanted unless very interesting. 

 We want articles on taxidermy, embalm- 

 ing, collecting trips, notes, botanical 

 observations, microscopical observa- 

 tions, oology, or any branch of natural 

 history. Ad space and exchange notes 

 given for the above. 



To THE 10 persons who get up the 

 10 largest clubs of yearly subscribers 

 to this magazine we will have made and 

 sent to each address a canvas canoe 14 

 feet long. Just the thing for a sum- 

 mer outing. Each are valued at $50. 

 To each of the next ten we will have a 

 cabinet made to your own order and 

 sent to your address. Said cabinet not 

 to be more expensive than our $40.00 

 cabinets, unless the difference is paid 

 in cash. We will advertise special 

 rates from time to time and you may 

 take advantage of them until the time 

 is up. When no special rates are ad- 

 vertised use the regular subscription 

 price. Your own may count as one. 

 It is possible that a club of 10 or 12 

 will take the first prize and clubs of 5 



