THE BAY STATE OOLOGIST. 



Having decided to change the name of our Magazine, we complete volume i 

 with this number, with which we furnish a complete index. Next issue will ap- 

 pear as the "American Ornithologist and Oologist" and will contain at 

 least 16 pages of choice reading matter from the pens of many prominent Orni- 

 thologists and Oologists. 



It will be printed on good stock paper, in the finest manner, and will con- 

 tain many engraved headings, and, if possible, an engraved cover design. The 

 subscription price will probably be increased; but all subscriptions sent in before 

 the first number appears will be received at the old rates of fifty cents per annum, 

 strictly in advance. Our "Exchange and Want" department will be open to all 

 subscribers, free gratis, one notice each month. To persons not subscribers, the 

 price will be 25 cents for a notice of twenty-five words or less. Notices contain- 

 ing more than twenty-five words a charge of |£c. for each extra word will be made . 



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Our prize offer did not turn out to be as great a financial success as we hoped : 

 hut we are entirely satisfied with the result, as we know, that at this time of the 

 year, collectors are busy in the field and do not have much time to look up sub- 

 scribers for papers. In the next number we shall offer a new set of prizes, and we 

 hope our friends will have better success. 



For the prizes for the persons securing the largest number of names for us, Mr. 

 (>. F. Taylor, of Columbia, S. C, was Ihe only person who sent in any names. 

 Of course Mr. Taylor carries oft' the first prize without a struggle. The second 

 set of prizes received a little more attention. The first prize, a set of four eggs of 

 the Prothonotary Warbler, goes to Dr. W. C. Avery, Greensburg, Ala., whose 

 subscription was sent first. The second prize a set of four eggs of the Blue Yel- 

 low-backed Warbler goes to Mr. James S. Zoller, Greensburo, Ind., whose sub- 

 scription was the fifth received. The third prize, a set of two eggs of the Red- 

 tailed Hawk, goes to Mr. Frank T. Sterling, Cutchogue, N. Y., whose subscrip- 

 tion was the tenth received. The fourth prize, a copy of Davies' Key, goes to Mr, 

 S. A. Taft, Aiken, S. C, whose subscription was the fifteenth received. The fifth 

 prize, also a copy of Davies' Key, will either go to Mr. Alex. R. Taylor or Albert 

 R. He v ward, both of Columbia, S. C, their subscriptions coming in the same 

 letter. We shall endeavor to make everything satisfactory to both of them. 



