THE YOUNG OOLOGIST. 



THE PUBLISHER OF 



The Young Oologlst 



In order to obtain a large circulation for his 

 little journal, offers the following inducements 

 which he believes have never been equaled by 

 any publisher. 



To any person sending us 50 cents for one 

 year's subscription to The Young Oologist, 

 with 15 cents additional to pay the postage, 

 packing, &c., we will send any one of the 

 following articles as a premium : 



I— One egg of the Yucatan Jay, 



2 —One egg of the Euphonia, 



3— One egg of the Gular (?) Oriole, Icterus 

 Gularis. 



4 — One Mazan Creek Fossil Fern, 



5— Two Abalone or Pearl Shells. 



Remember we do not, and will not, offer 

 these premiums for sale at less than the retail 

 prices of regular Natural History specimen 

 dealers ( which range from 50 cents to $1.00 

 for each of these premiums). 



After receiving the premium, should you be 

 dissatisfied with it, we will gladly refund the 

 amount that it actually cost you, including the 

 return postage. 



Some parties may think this offer a "snap 

 game " to obtain tlieir money. For the benefit 

 of such persons, we beg to state that these 

 premiums we have obtained in immense quan- 

 tities, direct from the collectors or importers, 

 at oup OWN PRICES, and can use them as 

 premiums for our paper at no loss to ourself 

 (as long as our supply lasts). 



As Natural History specimens are something 

 that cannot be manufactured, and must be 

 obtained through^collectors, our offer will hold 

 good only as long as our present supply lasts, 

 therefore, to secnre one of the premiums, we 

 would advise our friends to send in their sub- 

 scriptions by return mail, as our supply is lim- 

 ited. (We have only about one thousand of 

 these premiums in stock.) 



Description of Our Premiums. 



I — The egg of the Yucatan Jay is one of the 

 handsomest eggs we have ever seen. It is of 

 creamy flesh color, spotted with obscure and 

 reddish brown spots. Size and shape similar 

 to the Blue Jay's. 



2 — The egg of the Euphonia resembles a 

 miniature Robin's egg, the color being of a 

 light blue, without spots. Size, a little smaller 

 than Chipping Sparrow's. 



3 — The egg or the Gular Oriole in color 

 and markings is similar to that of the Baltimore 

 Oriole, and in size nearly if not quite as large 

 as a Robin's egg. Premiums i, 2 and 3 were 

 collected in Yucatan, Mexico. We obtained 

 our entire stock direct from the collector. 



4 — Our Fossil Ferns are from the famous 

 Mazan Creek locality, in Grundy Co., Illinois, 

 at which place are found the finest fossil ferns 

 in the world. These Fossil Ferns usually occur 

 in kidney -shaped nedules, and are readily sold 

 at from 50c to $1.00 each. 



5 — The Haliotis or Abalone shells, which 

 we offer asour fifth premium, came from China, 

 and are one of the finest shells we have in 

 stock. These shells range from 10 to 16 

 inches in circumference. Dealers usually retail 

 them at about 50 cents each, and sell large 

 quantities of them for ornamental purposes. 

 Inducements to Club Getters. 



We authorize every collector in the world to 

 solicit subscriptions for The YouNG OoLOGiST, 

 and will pay them well for their trouble. We 

 have no "confidential terms." Our rates are 

 the same to all, viz : For each and every 

 subscriber you will obtain, we will allow you a 

 cash commission of 15c, or, should you prefer, 

 we will give 20 cents worth of books, instru- 

 ments or specimens, your own selection from 

 our lists ( which we send upon receipt of 

 stamp ). 



To be entitled to the above commission, you 

 must (if not already a subscriber) send in your 

 subscription for The Young Oologist with 

 your first order. We can allow you no com- 

 mission on your own name. 



As some of our friends will work more 

 faithfully and obtain more subscribers than 

 others, we, to show our appreciation of their 

 work in our behalf, will give, in addition to 

 the above commission, valuable presents 

 and CASH amounting to over $ 1 OO.OO. 



"^^For full particulars see page 16. 



Address all communications to 



THE YOUNG OOLOGIST, 

 Gaines, Orleans Co., N. Y. 



