THE YOUNG OOLOGIST. 



RESULT OF THE 

 PETITION. 



COM- FEBRUARY COMPETITION. 



The following are the names and addres- 

 ses of our friends sending us the largest 

 number of new subscribers between October 

 1st. and Janury 1st., 1885. The figures to 

 the right tell the number of names sent. 



$30.00 COLLECTIOK OF EGGS. 



H. W. Davis, North Granville, N. Y., 17 



$15.00 COLLECTION. 



Geo. P. Elliott, Mercer, Pa., - 10 



$10.00 COLLECTION. 



R. W. Ford, Bristol, Conn., - - 5 



$5.00 COLLECTION. 



T. Liliencrantz, Oakland, Cal. - 5 



OUR BIKDS' IN THEIR HAUNT8. 



Lincoln Rappleye, Trumansburg, IST. Y., 5 



C. E. Stowe, Ashburnham, Mass. - 5 

 Geo. G. CantweD, Minneapolis, Minn., 4 

 Chas. P. Wilcomb, Lake Village, N. H., 3 



HAND-BOOK OF THE AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION. 



H. T. Lilliendalil, Jersey City. N. J., 8 



Geo. R. Newbold, Philadelphia, Pa., 8 



Morton McMillen, Buffalo, K Y., - 3 



D. H. Van Pelt, Lansingburgh, IS". Y., ^ 

 Chas. R. Harte, New London, Ct., - 3 

 Chas. R. Rogers, Elmira, N. Y.. - 2 

 W. J. B. Williams, Holland Patent, X.Y.. 3 



LATTIN'S HANB-BOOK, CLOTH BOUND. 



Albert Carter. Newtonville, Mass. - 2 

 V. E. Piston, Rockland, Me. - 3 



The remaining forty-three prize winnei-s 

 sent us onlj' one subscriber each. For 

 lack of space we cannot publLsh their names. 



Our Premium List in a Nut She'l. 



For every new subscriber, one of our pres- 

 ent subscribers may send us, we will give 

 twenty-five cents worth of anything we 

 advertise, or offer for sale in The Young 

 OoLOGisT, our Catalogue, or anj- circular 

 we may send out : We trust our friends 

 will obtain for us as many new subsci'ibers 

 as possible. We consider our premium 

 list one of the largest and most varied 

 ever sent out by any publisher in America. 

 Parties desiring to obtain a costly premium 

 can send in their names, as fast as obtained, 

 and we will give them a check good for 

 35 cents, in trade, when the required num- 

 ber of checks are obtained they may be 

 sent to us and we will send the premium 

 desired. Parties prefering cash in place 

 of the above will be allowed 15 cents on 

 each subscription. 



During 1(<85 we have decided to give a 

 prize each month, in addition to the regular 

 commission allowed, to the t€n sub- 

 scribers sending us the largest niunber of 

 new subscribers for the Young Oologist. 

 F"or the February competition, we^will give 

 first prize, 



$5.00 in Gold. 



Second prize : One copy of Langille's* 

 "Our Birds in their Haimts," worth $3.00 



Third : $2.00 woith of anything we 

 advertise. 



Fourth: .|].00 worth of anything we 

 advertise. 



Fifth and Sixth each, one copy of 

 " Davie's Egg Check List." 



Seventh to Tenth each, one copy of "The 

 Oologists' Hand-book, bound in cloth." 



Subscribtions must be mailed from your 

 office during the month of February, not 

 later than Februaiy 38th. Subscriptions 

 mailed on the 38th will count. Premiums 

 will be forwarded to the lucky winners on 

 the lOtli of March, and their names pub- 

 lished in the April Young Oologist. 

 Should two or more parties send the same 

 number of subscribers, the highest prize 

 will be awarded to the pa.ty whose list was 

 sent earliest in the month. Dont delay, but 

 rommenre work at ortce. 



Address, 

 THE YOUNG OOLOGIST. 



Gaines, Orleans Co., N. Y. 



CANARY BIRDS. 



From one'of'the best strains in the country. Can 

 spare a few choice males, either brown, pied or 

 yellow, with or without crests.j. Can be safely shipped 

 to any part of the U. S. Prices from $2.00 to .I5.00 

 each. \Vrite for what you want. Address 



MRS. M. E. LATTIN, 



Gaines, N, V. 



A THOROUGHBRED JERSEY BULL 



CAN BE REGISTERED. 

 Owing to my limited space I will sell one of my 

 best young Jersey Bulls or will exchange for Bronze 

 Turkey Hens, Houdans, Plymouth Rocks, Pekin 

 Ducks^ or a horse power, double or single, in good 

 order. Correspondence solicited from parties who 

 mean business. Address 



F. M CARRYL, 



Passaic Bridge, N. J. 



