The 1981 
NATURAL 
HISTORY 
Photographic 
Competition 
Deadline is 
April 1 
The Grand Prize-winner this year will have a rare 
opportunity to photograph exotic wildlife with a 
ciose-up lens. And the winner may not even be a 
photographer. Let us explain about the special 
1981 contest: 
The Grand Prize will be an eleven-day trip, including 
airfare from New York and a berth on the yacht 
Buccaneer, to the Galapagos Islands. Many 
fearless creatures on those islands let 
photographers walk right up to them. The tour, 
sponsored by the American Museum of Natural 
History, will be led by two Museum scientists. 
Seventeen cash prizes, totaling $3,500, will go to 
winners in seven categories, including a special 
new one, Historical Photographs. In this category, 
you need not be the original photographer, but you 
do have to own the picture and it should be more 
than fifty years old. So search your attic and old 
albums for prize-winning pictures that fit our three 
major categories. 
The three major categories are Animals (including 
birds and bugs): Plants and Their Environment, and 
The Human Family. First prizes of $500 will be 
awarded in each. 
In addition, Merit Awards of $250 each will go to 
the best entries in four categories: Photomicrog- 
raphy; A Sequence in Nature (up to five photo- 
graphs); Historical Photographs; and Humor in 
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