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liiiougli.-they left the nest, eiiii<juig to 

 the upright buiucliug while their par- 

 ents cared for them. The house was 

 built ftrouud a huge, old fashioae<l 

 I'hiuiiiey, and looking uj) from the fire- 

 place the remains of old nests could be 

 seen, but when the barn was occupied, 

 the ciiimney was abandoned. 



Unhappily, lire afterwards tlcstroyed 

 the barn, the owner himself perishing 

 in the Hames, and this movement for 

 the amelioration of the condition of 

 (Miimney Swallows came to au end. 



If time allowed I could cite various 

 other incidents, but 1 think I have 

 written enough to show the reason for 

 the interest which many of us have in 

 our feathered friends. 



Fkank H. J^lttkk. 

 jNIinneapolis, Minn. 



August Contest. 



I'rize winners and credits received 

 by each were as follows: 



1. Nesting Habits of tiie Hades 

 Plunger, 202. 

 • 2. Hash. 120. 



y. The Long-crested Jay in Colora- 

 do, 101. 

 '' 4. Nesting .Habits of Scissor-tailed 

 "Flycatcher, 85. 



5. Scenes from the Life of Ale.\ 

 Wilson, 70. 



The article "Black Tern" was award- 

 ed one year's subscription to tlie OiiLo- 

 <;i.sT. 



lii'low we name the winners of the 

 Judges prizes and the order in which 

 they named the winning aiticlcs in 

 their decision. No one named tlieni in 

 correct order. 



1. Herbert Sterling, 04 San Jacinto 

 St. Austin, Texas. 1, 2, ;J, o, 4. 



2. A. O. Garrett, 1425 Ky. St-, Law- 

 I'ence, Kans. 1, 2, 3, 5, 4. 



:J. H^^nry K. Buck, Wether.slield. Ct. 

 1, 2, 3, 5, 4. 



4. Clark I jams, 400 N. Tlli St., Tcrn^ 

 Haute, Iiul. 1,3,2.4,5. 



5. Edward Heller, l!»(i Kubidoux 

 Ave., Riverside, Calif. ^ 1, 3, 2. 4, 5. 



The winners of first, second and third 

 prizes all voted alike, also of ftnirth 



and liftli prizes, hence they were 

 awarded in order of priority. 



The following parties having named 

 the winning articles but not clo.se 

 enough to win other prizes were mailed 

 a World's Fair almanac. 



Arthur Lohman, Wis. 



Ed Doolittle, Ohio. 



L H. Stratton, Ills. 



Robt. MePiicr.son, Mass. 



A. W. Bavlis, Iowa. 



L. R, Kirk, Jr , Md. 



Bert H. Douglas, Kansas. 



C. Barlow, Calif. 



Cyrus Crosby, N(!W York. 



Edwin Warren, Jr. Calif. 



J. S. Square, Out., Canada. 



David L. Savage, Iowa. 



J. S. Grilling, New York. 



An Ekkok occurred in the article in 

 Septend)er OoLOdiST entitled Cruising 

 and Science, we giving the dimensions 

 of the "moulils" as "thirty-six inches 

 when it should i)e "twenty-six" inches. 

 Collectors ijuilding a canoe should ob- 

 serve this. Eu. 



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