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THE OOLOarST 



February Prize ilrtic e Conest- 



The artioles in Febrnary Oologist 

 wei'e all vei-y nie'-itovious and we agree 

 with the cighlij-thrce (tf8) judges, who 

 sent ill their clecisious, that it was in- 

 deed a dilHcult ta>k to select and gnnip 

 tive articles from so many excellent 

 ones. 



The articles winning the prizes and 

 the credits rec^'ived hy each were as 

 follows: — 



1. Collecting on the Farallone Is- 

 lands.— 333. 



2. Zootomy.— 188. 



8. A Day's Trip for Bald Eagle Nests 

 in Florida. — 16(). 



4. Partridge's and Tlieir Relatives— 

 158. 



."). Onr Winter Vistors— 108. 



Nine other articles received credits 

 ranging from 2 to 83 each, as one of 

 tliese nine articles received as many 

 credits as tiiere were judges— 83 we 

 deemed it proper to award a 6th prize 

 to the "B'aek-throated Bunting." 



None of our j ilges gave tlieir decis- 

 ions «'.);r(c^/.y as tiie prizes were awarded 

 — Four of th(>in. hi>\vever. named the 

 ])rize winning articles and to these four 

 we awarded the tirst four judges prizes 

 — awarding the tirst prize to the list 

 nearest eorret-t, and the others in like 

 manner. In cases of dou1)t the earliest 

 list receiving the benefit of the same. 



Several judges named four of the 

 winning articles, autl the lifth judges 

 prize was awarded to the one whose 

 non-winning article received the great- 

 est number of credits. 



The su(-cessful judges, their recorded 

 nundjer, and the oicler in whicii they 

 named the articles in tlieir decisions 

 were as follows: — 



1st. No. 4'>.— C. C. Bacon, Nashville, 

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



2nd. No. 0.— vV. C. Mcrrow, Colum- 

 bus. O , 1, 2, f), 4, 3. 



3d. No. 10.— T. D. Witherspoon, Jr. 

 Richmond, Ky., 2, 4,3, 1, 5. 



4th. No. 72. — Briscoe W. Peyton. 

 Natural Bridge, Va., 2, 3, 1, 5, 4. 



5t.h. No. 78.— F. W. Hyde, Solon. 

 N. Y., 1. 2, 3. 6. 4. 



All the prizes were ni;iiled the win- 

 ners on Ajiril 1st. 



in the edge of a large piece of woods, 

 I shot the bird for purjjoses of identifi- 

 cation and preserved the skin. 



Two wood cutters in an adjoining 

 piece of woods, told me that they had 

 seen two more Chewinks a few days be- 

 fore. As the weather was quite cold 

 and the ground covered with snow, I 

 was n uch surprisetl to find this bird. 



I would like to know if others have 

 found the Chewink wintei'iiig as far 

 north as this. 



B. O. Long YEAR, 

 Mason, Mich. 



Chewinks in January. 



January C, 1892. Whih' out hunting I 

 startled a Chewink o.it or a brush-heap 



Ornithologists Association. 

 Secretary's Retort. 



At the January meeting, V. W. Cady, 

 Muskegon, Mich., and Thos. W. Smith- 

 wick, Walke, Bertie Co., N. C, were 

 elected Corresponding Members. 



At the February meeting the follow- 

 ing Corresponding memliers Avere elec- 

 ted: James A. Bcjoth, Kalispell, Mont; 

 W. F. Dealing, 1211 N. Aldrich, Ave. 

 Minneapolis, Minn.; D. Frank Kellar,' 

 Reading, Pa. 



The Secretar3'^ has mailed member- 

 ship cards to all paid up members and 

 they will please notice that at the date 

 following the word "Expires," another 

 payment of dues should be made. 



It was, agreed to take up the special 

 study of the families Corvkhie and fcter- 

 idae for some time to come. 



Migration, food, niditication and es- 

 pecially economic value will be inves- 

 tigated and a parti d repcrt at least is 

 hoped for from each member. 



Our widely scattered membership 

 can we thinly l)e made a valuable corps 

 of observation. 



Fui'ther conclusions &c. on this pro- 

 ject will be given next month. 



Albert B. Farnham, 

 Secretary and Treasurer. 



