THE YOUNG OOLOGIST. 



MARCH COMPETITION. 



OOLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS, &c. 



During 1885 we have decided to give a 

 prize each month, in addition to the regular 

 commission allowed, to the ten sub- 

 scribers sending us the largest number of 

 new subscribers for the Young Oologist. 

 For the March competition, we will give 

 first prize, 



$5.00 in Gold. 



Second prize : One copy of Langille's, 

 " Our Birds in their Haunts," worth $3.00 



Third : $2.00 worth of anything we 

 advertise. 



Fourth: $1.00 worth of anything we 

 advertise. 



Fifth and Sixth each, one copy of 

 " Davie's Hgg Check List." 



Seventh to Tenth each, one copy of "The 

 Oologists' Hand-Book, bound in cloth." 



Subscriptions must be mailed from your 

 office during the month of March, not 

 later than March Slst. Subscriptions 

 mailed on the 81st will count. Premiums 

 will be forwarded to the lucky winners on 

 the 10th of April, and their names pub- 

 lished in the May Young Oologist. 

 Should two or more parlies send the same 

 number of subscribers, the highest prize 

 will be awarded to the party whose list was 

 sent earliest in the month. Dont delay, but 

 commence work at once. 



Address, 

 THE YOUNG OOLOGIST. 



Gaines, Orleans Co., N. Y. 



Our Pramium List in a Nut Shell. 



For every tmic subscriber, one of our 

 present 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 any circular 

 we may send out. We trust our friends 

 will obtain for us as many new subscribers 

 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 

 25 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. 



PRICES FOR 1885. 



EGG DRILLS: 

 No. ] , short handle, 8-100, good for all fresh eggs. $0 10 



No. 2, " " 12-100, " " " 12 



No. S, " " 18-100, " " " 15 



No. 4, " '• 21-100, " " " 20 



No. 0, medium handle, 3.32 in. burr 20 



No. 1, " " 4.32 " 25 



No. 2, " " 5.33 •' 35 



No. 3, " " 6.32 " 50 



No. 4, " •' 8.82 " 75 



No. 1, long handle, 3.32 in. burr 25 



No. 2, " 5.32 " 35 



No. 3, " 6 32 " 50 



No. 4, " 8.32 " 75 



No. 6, '• 12.32 " 100 



No. 6, " 16.32 ' 1 50 



No. 7, " of improved form, 1-2 inch in 



diameter, cut coarse for thick-shelled eggs, 



or fine for thin-shelled 1 50 



BLOWPIPES: No. 1, brass 15 



" No 3, nickel-plated 35 



EMBRYO HOOKS: No 1, long handles, blued 

 steel ; three sizes, fine, medium and large, 



price each 30 



No. 3, best made, screws into a finely engraved 



nickled handle. Handles, each 25 



Hooks (three sizes), each 20 



Handle and hook 40 



Handle, with three hooks (assorted sizes) 75 



EMBRYO SCISSORS: No. 1, cheap 25 



" " No. 2, extra .50 



CALIPER RULES: For taking the measure- 

 ments of birds, eggs, etc .35 



CALIPER RULES: Ivory, trimmed in nickle, 100 



3 in. steel rules, marked hundreds ... 50 



4 " " " " 75 



LEAD PENCILS : Soft, for marking eggs 10 



DATA BLANKS : Best out, printed on white or 



tinted paper, red or black ink, see samples, 



per dozen 3 to 10 



Per hundred 15 to 45 



Per thousand 1 00 to 3 50 



TAXIDERMISTS TWEEZERS 25 



OOLOGISTS CEMENT : Per bottle 12 



" " Large bottle 25 



NATURALISTS CEMENT : Per bottle 25 



CLIMBING IRONS: Two" styles, per pair, 



strapped, ready for use, by express 2 25 



THE OOLOGISTS HAND BOOK 25 



" " cloth bound 50 

 HAND BOOK OF THE ACJASSIZ ASSO- 

 CIATION .54 



RIDGEWAY'S NOMENCLATURE ,3.5 



MANTON'S TAXIDERMY WITHOUT A 



TEACHER .50 



DAVIE'S EGG CHECK LIST OF N. A. 

 BIRDS. The mostjyvaluable work ever 

 published for the oologist, it gives color, 

 measurements, &c., of the eggs of every 

 species, as far as known, in N. A 60 



INGERSOLL'S BIRDS'-NESTING 125 



LANGILLE'S OUR BIRDS IN THEIR 



HAUNTS 3 00 



SAMUELS' OUR NORTHERN AND 



EASTERN BIRDS 5 00 



COUES' KEY TO N. A. BIRDS... 10 00 



