THE OOLOGIST. 



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0. Bacon, BelJ, ICy , took two sets of two 

 eggs each of tl IP (<t. Iloinecl Owl on J;ui. 

 lL>tb. 



Geo. Boyd, of Iloseville, Ills., wants to 

 know the correct nnnie for the "Mouse 

 Ilawk", a small Lawk of bis locality. 



Several (3ala. collectors wish to know how 

 they can distinguish the different species of 

 Hiunmiugbirds. 



Frank L. Farley, of St. Thomas, Ont., 

 records bis tirst set of Red-tail Hawks for 

 '89, on April 2nd. 



F. C. Grinuell, la., writes that a set of 

 the Gt. Horned Owl was taken, at that 

 place, Feb. ytb. 



In reply to H. J. K., Elba, N. Y., would 

 say that the Brewer's Bhukbinl is a western 

 species. 



Neil F. Posson, Medina, N. Y., writes, I 

 observed, on Feb. '2'2iid, ji j) .ir of l«ed- 

 breasled Nuthatches. They were iu com- 

 pany with the White-breasted species and 

 Uhickadoo.-,. I^ not the occurrence of this 

 species, in winter, in this locality, unu.suai? 

 I had supposed that it was a migrant, and 

 that it wintered much farther south than 

 this. 



Davie's Egg Contest, No. 2. 



The Bronzed and Purple Grackles are 

 both known as the Crow Blackbird, and 

 that the '-Heigho" is the Flicker. "Hell- 

 diver" is doubtless the Thick-billed Grebe, 

 and the "Lazy-bird" is the Covvbird. 



S. C. Crump, of West Bay City, Mich., 

 had his collection of eggs on exhibition iu 

 Bay City at the Michigan State Poultry and 

 Pet Stock Association's annual show, and 

 they were viewed by about 6000 people dur- 

 ing the week. They nearly tilled an eight- 

 foot show case and caused considerable 

 discussion. One man would say they are 

 worth a thoi;sand dollars, and then would 

 come an old lady who would say, they are 

 all humbugs, they are painted, they are 

 plaster of paris &c. 



A. L. C, Hartvvick Sem., N. Y. , writes as 

 follows, iu regard to finding a set of fine 

 Nashville Warblers on May 20th: 



"The nest was built on the ground, on a 

 side-hill covered with small bushes. The 

 nest was built of tine strips of bark and 

 moss, lined with line hair. The eggs had 

 ju.st began to show signs of incubation". 



Owing to an extraordinary rush of busi- 

 ness, we were unable to announce the 

 result of the Egg Contest iu Jane Oologist. 

 Below we give the result, which must prove 

 very satisfactory to the contestants. The 

 prizes were awarded as follows : 



1st. Glenn F. Stearns, Texas. 



2nd. H. G. Askew, Texas. 



3rd. John B. Bastian Jr., Penna. 



The winners of the first three prizes sent 

 orders amounting to from .f 5.00 to f7.55 

 each. 



4th. W. H. Smith, N. C. 



rjth. Howard de F. Earle, Conn. 



As there were no other orders of f 2. 00 or 

 over the 0th to 10th prizes were not award- 

 ed. 



The balance of the prizes were awarded 

 as follows: 



11th. H. Myles, Canada. 



12th. D. W. Wright, Va. 



13th. Chiis. E. Craw. 



14th. F. E. Atwood, Vt. 



15th. Geo. F. Guelf, N. Y. 



16th. W. F. Lewis. 



17th. Will J. Cosgrove, N. Y. 



18th. L. H. Grant, N. J. 



19th. John Skinner, N. Y. 



20th. G. Lindsay, N. Y. City. 



21st. J. A, Black, Neb. 



22ud. W. K. Pratt, Mass. 



23rd. Geo. H. Bockoven, N. V. 



The winners of prizes No. 11 to 23 sent 

 us orders ranging from 50 cents to fl.74 

 each. If any errors have been made iu the 

 award of prizes please notify us at once 

 and we will rectify. 



