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lecting. The reasons are various. 

 First, companionship was agreeable, 

 fishing excellent, and then too — its 

 awfully lazy weather down South. 

 Nevertheless my note-book and pencil 

 were in constant use. Moreover my 

 companions had as much right to the 

 yacht as I, and were very kind to assist 

 me as they did. So we generally went 

 in a squad. One day on the beach. 

 Next fishing. Then after Ducks, and 

 Heron's plumes, and so on. Our time 

 was all taken up. We were always 

 hungry and happy, and slept well. 

 One day we secured thirty-one Water 

 Turkey's eggs and on another occasion 

 seventeen. 



MARCH CONTEST. 



One Hundred and Forty-one Judges. 



Prize winners and credits received 

 by each were as follows: — 



1. The Herons of Michigan. 661. 



2. Chat and Cliff Swallow. 306. 



3. The Barred Owl. 292. 



4. The Great Horned Owl in Iowa. 

 199. 



5. Another Day with the Birds of 

 Southern California. 197. 



Hints on Skinning and Mounting 

 Birds, I'eceiving 171 credits, was award- 

 ed a duplicate of the fifth prize. 



The following articles were each 

 awarded one year's subscription to the 



OoLOGIST: 



The American Bittern. 119. 



How to Prepare a Bird Skin. 76. 



The list of Judges this month was the 

 largest on record and by glancing back 

 we find thar our contests are constantly 

 growing in favor. 



Although the list of Judges was larg- 

 er than ever before still only one nam- 

 ed the ai'tii'les in their correct order. 



The Judges' prizes Avere awarded as 

 follows: 



1. No. 58— M. V. Stewar , Saxon, 

 Henry Co.. Ills. 



2. No. 69— George Miller, York, 

 'Penna. 1, 2, 3, 5, 4. 



3. No. 107— C. Barlow, Santa Clara, 

 Calif. 1. 3, 2, 5, 4. 



4. No. 110— Ellis F. Hadley, Day- 

 ton, Oregon. 1, 2, 4, 3, 5. 



5. No. 3 — Wait C. Johnson, Centre 

 Rutland, Vt. 1, 2, 5, 4, 3. 



The following were each awarded a 

 copy of the World's Fair Almanac: 

 No. 3. Ed. Doolittle, O. 

 9. E. D Sanderson, Mich. 

 34. Beuj. Hoag, N. Y. 

 52. B. S. Bowdish, N. Y. 

 55. Clifton Howe, Vt. 

 70. Fred A. Gregory, Ills. 



78. Thos. A. Smithwick, N. Car. 



79. R. S. Loudon, Mich. 

 84. WE. Bradford, Ky. 

 93. Dana C. Gillett, N. Y. 

 103. H. C. Day, O. 



106. Brace & Hunter, Minn. 

 108. A. R. Heyward Jr., S. Car. 

 All prizes were mailed April 10th. 



May 3, 1892 as I was standing in 

 swampy bush lot listening to the song 

 of a Goldfinch a Wilsons Thrush came 

 running along on the ground and as I 

 was very still it came quite close, just 

 then a Black-cap Chickadee lit close by 

 the thrush, the thrush didn't seem to 

 like it for he Hew at the chickadee and 

 it tiew to a bush in fnont of me and 

 looked up in my face. It was directly 

 in front of me and within one foot of 

 my hand. I thought it would fly away 

 but no, it was not through with me j^et. 

 It lit on my shoulder and then on tne 

 rim of my hat and walked around it 

 stopping to pick at the band and then 

 flew away. All this time I was stand- 

 ing very still and I don't know whether 

 it thought I was a stub of a tree or 

 merely wanted to get acquainted. Has 

 any one had a similar experience? 

 Vekdi Burtsh, 

 Branchport, N. Y. 



