THE OOLOGIST. 



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porch, anil as the birds would lly by. I 

 blew feathers into the air, which they 

 wonld catch as well as our best ball 

 players. I kept this up for some time, 

 then tried to hand them feathers from 

 u slender stick some two feet long. 

 The l)irds were rather timid in taking 

 them, but were not long until they 

 would walk quite a ways on the top 

 t)f a wire fence for the feathers. 1 

 would then break a portion of the stick 

 ■off and repeat until dually they would 

 take feathers from my hand. If I would 

 imitate their note when they weren't 

 around ami they could hear me they 

 would immediately tly down l)y me. 

 [ found in studying their habits that 

 the females weie the taniei'. There i.s 

 no mistake about the two females nest- 

 ing togtither as they wei*e closelj' ob- 

 served and then too, two sets- of eggs 

 were laid in tlie nest, one of seven and 

 the other of si.\ eggs. 



I will look for the trio to come" back 

 next 3'ear. Now 1 would like to know 

 U" the male bird was from Utah. 



Clvdk L. Kelleh, 



Salem. Oregon. 



The Ornithologist's Association. 



The. Ornithologist's A.ssociatlon met 

 nt Wa.shington, JSov. 22, for organiza- 

 tion, the summer vacation busine.ss, 

 etc., ha\ ing prevented the meeting at 

 Ihe regular time. Tlie oflicers chosen 

 were, President J. 11. Langille, Vice- 

 president A. li. Farnham, Recording 

 Secretary antl Treasurer Blanchard Mil- 

 ler,Corresponding Secretai'y W.K. Harr 

 The next meeting will be on the 4th of 

 January, 18".)8 when we will hope to hear 

 I'rom the corres|)onding members con- 

 cerning the tindiiigs in respect to the 

 <'row family ;ind their I'elalives. 



WAi/rKK R. ll.\i{it, Cor. See., 

 Forest (Jleii, Montliv Co , I\Id. 



NOVEMBER CONTEST. 

 Sixty-Five Judges. 

 Prize winners and credits receiveil by 

 each were as follows: 



1. Octeology for Amateurs. 207. 



2. F'ringillidatinNewton, Mass. 194 



3. Some Trips for Hawks Eggs. 193. 



4. Buzzard Island. 1!)2. 



.5. The Chestnut-collared l^ongspur 

 —78. 



We also awarded aOth ])rize to 

 "Winter Visitors" whicii received 74 

 credits 



Seventeen Judges named the win- 

 ning articles— None their exact order. 



The Judges prizes were awarded as 

 follows: — 



1. No. 3G— C. R. Marion, Lancaster, 

 Pa. 1, 2, 4, 3, 5. 



2. No. 3— W. F. Mountain, F:ast 

 Orange, N. J. 1,4, 3,2, T). 



3. No. 10— H.L.Vandegrift, Ambler 

 Pa. 1, 3, 4, 2, 5. 



4. No. 24—11. F. Beaumont. Nash- 

 ville, Tenn. 2, 1, 4, 3, 5. 



5. No. 22 — Clarence Luther, Fay- 

 etteville, Ark. 2, 4, 3, 1, .i. 



The Osprey in Florida and Other Notes. 



In the spring of tiie jiresent year I 

 had the good fortune to be with a sur- 

 vey party, which spent three months 

 in the wilds of the east part of the State. 

 And although I was very busy, had an 

 excellent opportunity to watch the 

 birds, but particularly the Osprey. 



That gland bird whose beautiful 

 flight and .'■hrill scream, as he waves 

 high in the air, thrills evei-y move, and 

 who, who watches the.se noble bii'ds 

 can help but love the beautiful antl in- 

 teresting family. 



It was about the first of May that I 

 was traveling down through those 

 dreary flatwoods by mule teams, and 

 ever and anon the scream of the Fish 

 Hawk would reach my ears. A sharp 

 glance around tree tops would soon le- 

 veal theii- huge domicile, a dead tree 



