THE OOLOGIST. 



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July Contest. 



Prize winners and credits received 

 by each were as follows: 



1. A Study in Orange and Black, 258 



2. Birds as Pets. 200. 



3. The Chimney Swift, 150. 



4. Life of Alex. Wilson. 85. 



5. American Magpie, 82. 



The article Among the Least Bitterns 

 was awarded one year's subscription 



The following were the winners of 

 the Judges' prizes and the order in 

 which they named the winning articles 

 in their decision. No one named them 

 in their correct order. There were 57 

 Judges. 



1. No. 3. N. G. Van DeWater, Gret- 

 na, N. Y., 1, 2, 3, 5, 4. 



2. No. 1. Ed. Doolittle, Painesville, 

 ().. 1. 3,2, 4,5. 



■?>. No. 19. L. R. Kirke, Jr., Rising 

 Sun, Md., 1, ?>. 2, 5, 4. 



4. No. 20. Millard Van Wagner, 

 Gretna, N. Y., 1, 3, 2, 5, 4. 



5. No. 13. J. R. Nowell, Predmont, 

 S. C, 2, 1, 3, 4, 5. 



The followiug parties were awai'ded 

 a World's Fair almanac, on account of 

 naming the prize articles: 



C. B. Johuoon, Minn. 



Cyrus Crosby, N. Y. 



Deah Sweet, Me. 



I. H. Strattou, 111. 



Edmund Heller, Calif. 



W. Crane, la. 



Ray Daniels, Calif. 

 . Hubert Fuller, Conn. 



J. S. Gritting. N. Y. 



The Fair- 

 In a trip to the Fair, one should en- 

 deavor to get a general insight of the 

 exhibit as a whole, but also devote most 

 of the time to any s ecial, preferred de- 

 partment. The. fisherman spends most 

 of his iime at the fisheries building 

 where are found all kinds of appliances 

 for the capture of the finey prey, from 

 a minute fish hook, to a seine fifteen 

 hundred feet long: 



There are also to be seen hundreds of 

 species of fishes, either stuffed, in 

 spirits or represented by life-like casts 

 in plaster-of-paris or gelatine. A vast 

 aggregation of live fishes are also ex- 

 hibited, both salt and fresh-water' spe- 

 cies in the large glass aquaria. With 

 the fishes are also shown groups of 

 stuffed fish-eating birds, which are 

 mainly composed of cormorants, ducks 

 and herons. Many kinds are to be met 

 with, from the smallest terns to the 

 mighty albatross. 



At the government building is to be 

 found a fine exhibit of specimens from 

 the Smithsonian Institute. This collec- 

 tion, though only a fraction of the Na- 

 tional exhibit at Washington, is alto- 

 gether the largest and finest, as well as 

 best labeled display of birds, mammals, 

 etc., to be been at the Columbian Ex- 

 position. Not on.'y are nearly all of the 

 birds of North America to be seen, 



.mainly presented in systomatic rela- 

 tions, class, order and family, but many 

 foreign species are shown. The Emu 

 and Apteryx from southern parts, as 

 well as rare oriental and boreal birds 

 are mounted and displayed with the 

 same fidelity that is observed with the 

 home birds. It would be next to im- 

 possible to give even a hasty sketch of 

 the cases of treasures shown, and the 

 advice is offered here, to those whe are 

 so fortunate as to visit the Fair, that 

 attention should be given to this ex- 

 hibit, for it may be honestly said that 

 the show is a very fair representation 

 of the Smitheonian Institution. 



Bivds are not to be found everywhere, 

 and there are very few buildings which 



. are not ornamented with the work of 

 taxidermists. Nearly all of the State 

 building are more or less supplied with 

 specimens and several show nicely ap- 

 pointed collections. Thex'e is, however 

 a noticable feature of incongruity In a 

 few of these exhibits, where, in a desire 

 to make a good showing, the state 

 authorities, have allowed specimens to 



