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THE OOLOGJST. 



One Saturday morniug, bright and 

 early, we shouldered our boxes and 

 gun, and with the dog, we started on a 

 trip. 



We started dowu a small stream and 

 when we bad gone a short distance- 

 Will wanted to stop and get something 

 out of the box. While he was thus en- 

 gaged 1 began to look among the trees 

 for nests. All at once I spied some- 

 thing that looked like one, up in a fir 

 tree about forty feet from the ground. 



Will, said I. that looks like a nest, 

 and he told me to go up and see. so I 

 went across the creek and climbed the 

 tree and saw a bird on the nest, I scared 

 her off and then saw four eggs, but the 

 nest was out on a limb about six feer. 



I had Will bring up a box, a piece of 

 rope and a sling shot. When he got up 

 where I was. we tied the rope out on 

 the limb as far as we could, then we 

 fastened it securely to the tree above 

 our heads, then bejfan to saw it off, it 

 fell across another limb so all we had to 

 do was to pull it in and we had the 

 prize. 



I then asked Will what kind it was 

 and he said that he did not know, but 

 took out his sling and killed the bird, so 

 we were able to tell it was a Pine Siskin. 



We found many other nests that day, 

 but none so rare as the Siskin. Tired 

 and weary, we retraced our steps home- 

 ward, and after partaking of a hearty 

 lunch, we drew cuts to see which would 

 become the owner of the set of Pine 

 Siskin's, I drawihg the lucky "cut," 

 secured the prize. 



Since then I have found a number of 

 nests of the same species. 



Ray Stryker, 

 Milwaukee, Oregon. 



which was about three inches high. 

 Nest, a slight hollow in the rotten 

 chips. 

 A very unusual occurrence I think. 

 J. E. Graham, 

 Waterloo, Ind. 



An Elevated Killdeer's Nest. 



While collecting, May 31, 1893, I 

 found a nest of Killdeer containing five 

 eggs slightly incubated, and situated in 

 a corn field, on top of an old stump, 



APRIL CONTEST. 

 Eighty-four Judges. 



Prize winners and credits received by 

 each were as follows: 



1. Scenes from the Life of Alexan- 

 der Wilson, 310. 



•2. Maryland Birds that Interest the 

 Sportsman, 281. 



3. The American Crow, ^iS. 



4. A Disastrous Season on Pelican 

 Island. 135. 



5. Hints about Data and Field Books. 

 103. 



The Judges" prizes were awarded as 

 follows: 



1. No. 70— F. A. Colby, Beatrice, 

 Xeb. Exact. 



■2. No 16— W. H. Myles, 53 Arkle- 

 dun St., Hamilton, Ont. 1, 2. 3, 5, 4. 



3. No. 59— Erie Morton. No. 517 N. 

 2d St., Leavenworth. Kans. 1, 2. 3, 5, 4. 



4. No. 75 — Fred McAllister, Davison, 

 Mich. 2, 1, 3, 5, 4. 



5. No. 66— H. L. Heaton, Oberlin, 

 Kans. 2, 3, 1, 4, 5. 



As the following Judges were exactly 

 as near the winning articles as Judge 

 No. 66, we awarded each a 5th prize. 



No. 71— Egbert Bagg, L'tica, N . Y. 3, 

 2, 1, 4, 5. 



No. 72— L. P. Williams, Redlands, 

 Calif. 3,1,2,4.5. 



The following also named the prize 

 winning articles: 



No. 13— H. T. Van Ostrand. Mass. 



No. 15— R. A. Campbell. N. H. 



No. 22— F. W. Parkhurst, N. Y. 



No. 38— H. A. Washburn, Mass. 



No. 41— B. H. Douglas, Kans. 



No. 42— C. H. Finne, Ark. 



No. 62— R. C. McGregor, Calif. 



All prizes were mailed on May 10th.. 



