THE OOLOGIST. 



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THE OOLOGIST 



EDITED AND PUBLISHED MONTHLY 



PRANK H. LATTIN, - ALBION, N. Y. 



Correspondence and Items of Interest to the 

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Jottings. 



An extraordinary amount of work has 

 made July Oologist very late. 



Owing to the fact that we have received 

 so many articles of merit for the Prize Com- 

 petition and that we will soon issue a new 

 list of Job Lots, we have decided to delay 

 the awarding of prizes until after the Aug. 

 Oologist, thereby giving all competitors a 

 fair chance, 



Desiring to make our subscription list as 

 large as possible during the next few months 

 we have decided to send the Oologist for 

 the balance of '88 and allow you to select 

 any one of the regular full year premiums, 

 Nos. 1 to 30 inclusive, for 25 cents. Tell 

 your friends. We had ought to be deluged 

 with short term subscriptions, for in most 

 cases the premium alone in worth 25 cents, 

 so that parties accepting this generous offer 

 will be receiving the Oologist for the bal- 

 ance of '88 gratis. 



We are offering our patrons many valu- 

 able presents in order that they will do a 

 little work in behalf of the Oologist, and 

 we regret that they do not seem to realize 

 at the present time the small amount of 

 labor required to obtain one of these valu- 

 able prizes. From the present outlook six 

 or seven new names will be the largest list 

 sent in and according to our offer our 

 friend sending these few names will capture 

 the 1st prize, a book which cannot be pur- 

 chased at any of your book stores for less 

 than $18.00. We consider this big pay for 

 a small amount of labor. Every person 

 sending us only two subscribers we will 

 guarantee to capture one of the prizes. 

 We have extended the time for closing of 

 the competition until Aug. 20th. Let 

 each person interested in the welfare of the 

 Oologist send in a few new names. Big 

 pay guaranteed and if you are not con- 

 vinced of the fact after the prizes are dis- 

 tributed we will make you more than satis- 

 fied. 25c subscriptions will count same as 

 full year ones in the competition, but with 

 the 25c subs, we can allow you no premium 

 in addition to allowing you to compete for 

 the Prizes that are to be distributed as 

 soon after Aug. 20th as the lucky ones can 

 be determined. 



A White Egg of the English 

 Sparrow. 



On July 6th, 1888, while collecting Eng. 

 Sparrow eggs in an old oak covered with 

 ivy, I came across a nest containg four 

 young E. S. , together with a pure white 

 eggs. The egg was undoubtedly that of 

 P. domesticus. It was highly incubated. 

 The young birds had not been hatched 

 more than two or three days. 



It was quite a surprise to find an egg, 

 and still more so when I saw it was pure 

 white without a spot. 



J. A .B. Morganton, N. C. 



