THE OOLOGIST. 



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porch, and as the birds would fly by I 

 blew feathers into the air, which they 

 would catch as well as our best ball 

 players. I kept this up for some time, 

 theu tried to hand them feathers from 

 a slender stick some two feet long. 

 The birds were rather timid in taking 

 them, but were not long until they 

 would walk quite a ways on the top 

 •of a wire fence for the feathers. I 

 would then break a portion of the slick 

 off and repeat until finally they would 

 take feathers from my hand. If I would 

 imitate their note when they weren't 

 around and they could hear me they 

 would immediately fly down by me. 

 I found in studying their habits that 

 the females were the tamer. There is 

 110 mistake about the two females nest- 

 ing together as they were closely ob- 

 served and then too, two sets of eggs 

 "were laid in the nest, one of seven and 

 the other of six eggs. 



I will look for the trio to come back 

 next year. Now I would like to know 

 if the male bird was from Utah. 



Clyde L. Keller, 



Salem. Oregon. 



The Ornithologist's Association. 



The Ornithologist's Association met 

 at Washington, Nov. 22, for organiza- 

 tion, the summer vacation business, 

 etc., having prevented the meeting at 

 the regular time. The officers chosen 

 were, President J. H. Langille, Vice- 

 president A. B. Farnham, Recording 

 Secretary and Treasurer Blanchard Mil- 

 ler, Corresponding Secretary W.R. Harr 

 The next meeting will be on the 4th of 

 January, 1893 when we will hope to hear 

 from the corresponding members con- 

 cerning the findings in respect to the 

 Crow family and their relatives. 



Walter R. Hark, Cor. Sec, 

 Forest Glen, Mouthy Co., Md, 



NOVEMBER CONTEST. 

 Sixty-Five Judges. 

 Prize winners and credits received by 

 each were as follows: 



1. Octeology for Amateurs. 207. 



2. Fringillidat in Newton, Mass. 194 



3. Some Trips for Hawks Eggs. 193. 



4. Buzzard Island. 192. 



5. The Chestnut-collared Longspur 

 —78. 



We also awarded a Gth prize to 

 "Winter Visitors" which received 74 

 credits 



Seventeen Judges named the win- 

 ning articles — None their exact order. 



The Judges prizes were awarded as 

 follows: — 



1. No. 36— C. R. Marion, Lancaster, 

 Pa. 1, 2, 4, 3, 5. 



2. No. 3— W. F. Mountain, East 

 Orange, N. J. 1,4,3,2,5. 



3. No. 10— H.L. Vandegrift,Ambler 

 Pa. 1, 3, 4, 2, 5. 



4. No. 24— H. F. Beaumont, Nash- 

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



5. No. 22 — Clarence Luther, Fay- 

 etteville, Ark. 2, 4, 3, 1, 5. 



The Osprey in Florida and Other Notes. 



In the spring of the present year I 

 had the good fortune to be with a sur- 

 vey party, which spent three mouths 

 in the wilds of the east part of the State. 

 And although I was very busy, had an 

 excellent opportunity .to watch the 

 birds, but particularly the Osprey. 



That grand bird whose beautiful 

 flight and shrill scream, as he waves 

 high in the air, thrills every move, and 

 who, who watches these noble birds 

 can help but love the beautiful and in- 

 teresting family. 



It was about the first of May that I 

 was traveling down through those 

 dreary flatwoods by mule teams, and 

 ever and anon the scream of the Fish 

 Hawk would reach my ears. A sharp 

 glance around tree tops would soon re- 

 veal their huge domicile, a dead tree 



