THE OOLOGIST. 



201 



July Contest. 



Prize winners and credits received 

 by each were as follows: 



1. A Study in Orange and Black, 258 



2. Birds as Pets. 200. 



:5. The Chimney Swift, 150. 



4. Life of Alex. Wilson. 85. 



•"). American Magpie, 82. 



The article Among the Lea.st Bitterns 

 vvas awarded one year's subscription 



The following were the winners of 

 tlie Jndges' prizes and the order in 

 which tiiey named the winning articles 

 in tht'ir decision. No one named them 

 in their correct order. There were 57 

 Juilges. 



1. No. 3. N. G. Vac DeWater, (iret 

 ua, N. Y., 1, 2, 3, 5, 4. 



2. No. 1. Ed. Dooliltlc, Painesville, 

 O., 1. 3, 2. 4, 5. 



3. No. 19. L R. Kiri<e. Jr.. Ri.sing 

 Sun, Md., 1, 3. 2, 5,4. 



4. No. 2(>. Millard Van Wagner, 

 (.retna, N. Y., 1. 3. 2, 5, 4. 



5. No. 13. J. R. Nowell, Predmont. 

 S C., 2, 1, 3. 4. 5. 



The following parties wei*e awarded 

 a World's Fair almanac, on account of 

 naming the prize articles; 



(J. B. Johnoon, Minn. 



Cyrus Crosby, N. Y. 



Deah Sweet, Me. 



I. H. Stratton, 111. 



Edmund Heller, Calif 



W. Crane, la. 



Ray Daniels, Calif. 



Hubert Fuller, Conn. 



.] S. (irilling. N. Y. 



The Fair. 



In a trip to the Fair, one should en- 

 deavor to get a general insigiit of the 

 exhibit as a whole, but also devote most 

 of the time to any s ecial, preferretl de- 

 partment. The lishermin speufls most 

 of his iime at -the lisheries building 

 where are found all kintls of appliances 



r the capture of the liney prey, from 

 .1 minute lish hook to a s<!ine lifteen 

 hundred feet long. 



There are also to be seen iiundreds of 

 species of lislies, either stulTed. in 

 spirits or represented liy life-like casts 

 in plaster-of-paris or gel.atine. A vast 

 aggregation of live fishes are also ex- 

 hibited, both salt and fresh-water spe- 

 cies in the large glass aquaria. With 

 the fishes are also shown groups of 

 stuffed fish-eating birds, which are 

 mainly composed of cormorants, ducks 

 and herons. Many kintls are to l)e met 

 with, from the smallest terns to the 

 mighty albatross. 



At the government building is to be 

 found a line exhibit of specimens from 

 the Smithsonian Institute. This collec- 

 tion, though only a fraction of the Na- 

 tional exhibit at Washington, is alto- 

 gether the largest and finest, as well as 

 best lai)eled disjjlay of liirds, mammals, 

 etc., to be seen at the Columbian Ex- 

 position. Not on'y arc nearly all of the 

 i)irds of North Amei'ica to be seen, 

 mainly pi'esented in sj'stomatic rela- 

 tions, class, oi'der and famil}', but many 

 foreign species are shown. The P>mu 

 and Aptery.x from southern parts, as 

 well as rare oi'iental and boreal l>irds 

 are mounted and displayed with the 

 same fidelitj' that is observed with tin- 

 home birds. It would be next to im- 

 possible to give even a hasty sketch of 

 tlieca.sesot treasures shown, and the 

 a<ivice is offered here, to those whe are 

 so fortunate as to visit the Fair, that 

 attention should be given to this ex 

 hibit, for it may be honestly said that 

 th(!showisa very fair representation 

 of the Smitheonian Institution. 



Bi"ds are not to be foimd everywhere 

 and there are very f((W buildings wiiicli 

 are not ornamented with the work of 

 taxidermists. Nearly all of the State 

 building are more or less supplied with 

 siJCcinnMis and several show nicely ap- 

 ))ointed collections. There is, however, 

 a noticable feature of incongruity In a 

 U'W of these exhii)its. where, in a desire 

 to make a good siuiwing. the slate 

 autiiorities, Imve allowed specimens to 



