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enough," they left the nest, clinging to 

 the upright boarding while their par- 

 ents eared for them. The house was 

 built around a huge, old fashioned 

 chimney, aud lookiug up from the tire- 

 place the remains of old nests eould be 

 seen, but when the barn was occupied, 

 the chimney was abandoned. 



Uuhappih T , tire afterwards destroyed 

 the barn, the owner himself perishing 

 in the flames, and this movement for 

 the amelioration of the condition of 

 Chimney Swallows came to an end. 



If time allowed I eould cite various 

 other incidents, but I think I have 

 written enough to show the reason for 

 the iuterest which many of us have in 

 our feathered friends. 



Frank H. Nutter, 

 Minneapolis, Minn. 



August Contest. 



Prize winners aud credits received 

 by eaeh were as follows: 



1. Nesting Habits of • the Hades 

 Plunger, 202. 



2. Hash, 120. 



3. The Long-crested Jay inj Colora- 

 do, 101. 



4. Nesting Habits of Scissor-tailed 

 Flycatcher, 85. 



5. Scenes from .the Life of Alex. 

 Wilson, 79. 



The article "Black Tern" was award- 

 ed one year's subscription to the Oolo- 

 gist. 



Below we name the winners of the 

 Judges prizes and the" order in which 

 they named the winning articles in 

 their decision. No one named them in 

 correct order. 



1. Herbert Sterzing, 94 San Jacinto 

 St. Austin, Texas. 1, 2, 3,15, 4. 



2. A. O. Garrett, 1425 Ky. St-, .Law- 

 rence, Kaus. 1, 2, 3, 5, 4. 



3. Henry R. Buck, Wethersfield, Ct. 

 1, 2, 3, 5, 4. 



4. Clark Ijams, 400 N. 7th St., Terre 

 Haute, Ind. 1, 3, 2, 4, 5. 



5. Edward Heller, 196 Rubidoux 

 Ave., Riverside, Calif, a 1, 3, 2, 4, 5. 



The winners of first, second and third 

 prizes all voted alike, also of fourth 



and fifth prizes, hence they were 

 awarded in order of priority. 



The following parties having named 

 the winning articles but not close 

 enough to win other prizes were mailed 

 a World's Fair almanac. 



Arthur Lohman, Wis. 



Ed Doolittle, Ohio. 



I. H. Stratton, Ills. 



Robt. McPherson, Mass. 



A. W. Bajdis, Iowa. 



L. R. Kirk, Jr., Md. 



Bert H. Douglas, Kansas. 



C. Barlow, Calif. 



Cyrus Crosby, New York. 



Edwin Warren, Jr. Calif. 



J. S. Square, Out., Canada. 



David L. Savage, Iowa. 



J. S. Grilling, New York. 



An Error occurred in the article in 

 September Oologist entitled Cruising 

 and Science, we giving the dimensions 

 of the "moulds" as "thirty-six inches 

 when it should be "twenty-six" inches. 

 Collectors building a canoe should ob- 

 serve this. Ed. 



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