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it would prove a barren field in his lo- 

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Necrology. 

 Ford, Walter J., of Joliet, 111. Aged 

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JUNE CONTEST. 



Thirty-nine Judges. 



1. A Day with the Cooper's Hawks, 

 139. 



2. Notes from Audubon's Biography, 

 135. 



3. The Whip-poor will, 108. 



4. Some Winter Bird-Life, 96. 



5. Vireouidse :n Iowa, 47. 



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 Iowa, 1, 3, 2, 4. 5. 



5. No. 4— Ed. Doolittle.Painesville, 

 '0., 1, 2, 3, 5, 4. 



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 3— Cyrus Crosby, N. Y. 

 8— F. G. Hargest, N. Y. 

 12— C. Irvine, Tex. 

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 24— H. C. Lillie, Calif. 

 27— W. Truitt. Kans. 

 30— D. F. Weeks, Oregon. 

 34— N. G. Van DeWater, N. Y. 

 35-B. A. Garrett, N. Y. 

 39— F. Mc Allister, Mich. 

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