THE YOUNG OOLOGIST. 



For e\:ery new subscriber you may send 

 us for the Young Oologist, we will give 

 a copy of GUI' new Hand-book. 



R. E. Doran & Co., Victoria, B. C, in- 

 forms us that it will be impossible to issue 

 their Directory until September. Dissatis- 

 fied subscribers can have their money re- 

 turned on application. 



Mr. L. W. Stilwell, of Deadwood, Da- 

 kota, carries one of the largest, if not the 

 very largest, stock of minerals in the 

 Northwest. His prices are remarkably 

 low and specimens fine. He is striving to 

 work up a mammoth mineral trade and 

 well deserves our assistance. Our friends 

 will find him both prompt and courteous 

 in filling their orders. 



Mr. J. A. Singley, of Giddings, Texas, 

 wishes us to inform the readers of the 

 Young Oologist that he has disposed of 

 the eggs he may collect this season, and 

 consequently neither has nor will have any 

 for sale at any price. We might also add 

 for the benefit of "the boys" desiring 

 Texan specimens (other than eggs) to read 

 friend S.'s advertisement and give him a 

 trial. 



Davie's Egg Check List is going like 

 " hot cakes ;" one-half of the first edition 

 has been disposed of already. The re- 

 markably low price, 60 cents, after de- 

 ducting commissions, expenses, &e., rather 

 takes from than adds to friend D.'s pocket 

 book. Price will soon be increased. A 

 word to the wise is sufficient. Collectors 

 are delighted with the work. 



We are deluged with Vol. 1, No. 1, 

 periodicals hailing from all quarters. Of 

 the few remaining which were started a 

 few months since we might mention the 

 Young Mineralogist, Wheaton, 111. ; Tidings 

 from Nature, Rutland, Vt. ; Worcester 

 County Naturalist, Worcester, Mass., and 

 a few others as worthy of support. 



Explanations for the contents and make- 

 up of this issue were given last month. 

 We think we have given our friends the 

 worth of their money during the past year, 

 and will furnish more than $1.00 of infor- 

 mation during the ensuing. If you do not 

 receive May number send 10 cents for sam- 

 ple. Money will be refunded if you are 

 not more than pleased with its contents. 

 Subscribers to Vol. II will receive twelve 

 numbers just as good as the May issue. 



Should any of our readers or their 

 fiiends desire the services of a reliable 

 mining engineer, metallurgist or assayer, 

 we wish to call their special attention to the 

 advertisement, on last page of March 

 Young Oologist, of Mr. J. Alden Smith, 

 (late State Geologist) Boulder, Col. The 

 references Mr. S. refers our readers to. 

 speak more for him than we could say on 

 many pages of the You^stg Oologist. 



RESULT OF THE COMPETITION. 



The following are the names and ad- 

 dresses of our friends sending us the 

 largest number of new subscribers between 

 February 1st and March 1st. The figures 

 to the right tell the number of names sent. 



Mve Dollars in Gold, Lincoln Rappleye, 

 Trumansburgh, N. Y., 10. 



Our Birds in Their Haunts, Davis and 

 Baker, North Granville, N. Y., 8. 



Two dollars worth speeimejis, " H. J. 

 Thomas," Concord, N. H., 5. 



One dollar's loorth specimens, T. Lilieu- 

 crantz, Oakland, Cal., 3. 



Davie's Egg Check List, Chas. Moffett, 

 Minneapolis, Minn., 3 ; James F. Davis, 

 Springfield, Mass., 3. 



Cloth bound Rand-Book, C. W. Swallow, 

 Tyngsboro, Mass., 2 ; G. F. Breuninger, 

 Beattie, Kan., 2 ; E. C. Newcomb, Shoe- 

 makertown, Pa., 2 ; M. E. Goodrich, South 

 Evanstown, 111., 1. 



We have obtained a lot of neat little 

 hard Rubber Syringes, just the thing for 

 rinsing birds' eggs, &c. Guaranteed to 

 please. By mail, 35c. ; three for f 1.00. 



