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THE OOLOGLST. 



February Prize Article Contest- 



The articles in February Ooeogist 

 were all very meritorious and we agree 

 with t lie elgkty-tliree .(98) judges, who- 

 sent ia their decisions, that it was in- 

 deed a difficult task to select and group 

 live articles from so many excellent 

 ones. 



The articles winning the prizes and 

 the credits received by each were as 

 follows: — 



1. Collecting on the Farallone Is- 

 lands. — 333. 



-2. Zootomy.— 188. 



3. A Day's Trip for Bald Eagle Nests 

 in Florida. — 16(5. 



4. Partridge's and Their Relatives— 

 158. 



5. Our Winter Vistors.— 108. 



Nine other articles received credits 

 ranging from 2 to 83 each, as one of 

 these nine articles received as many 

 credits as there were judges— 83 we 

 deemed it proper to award a 6th prize 

 to the "Black-throated Bunting." 



None of our j dges gave their decis- 

 ions exactly as the prize- were awarded 

 — Four of them, however, named the 

 prize winning articles and to these four 

 we awarded the first four judges prizes 

 — awarding the first prize to the list 

 nearest correct, and the others in like 

 maimer. In cases of doubt the earliest 

 list receiving the benefit of the same. 



Several judges named four of the 

 winning articles, and the fifth judges 

 prize was awarded to the one whose 

 non-winning article received the great- 

 est number of credits. 



The successful judges, their recorded 

 number, and the order in which they 

 named the articles in their decisions 

 were as follows: — 



1st. No. 4.1. — C. C. Bacon, Nashville, 

 Term., 1, 3, 2, 4, 5. 



2nd. No. 5. — W. C. Mcrrow, Colum- 

 bus, O , 1, 2, 5, 4, 3. 



3d. No. 19.— T. D. Witherspoon, Jr. 

 Richmond, Ky., 2, 4, 3, 1, 5. 



4th. No. 72. — Briscoe W. Peyton, 

 Natural Bridge, Va., 2, 3, 1, 5, 4. 



5th. .No. 78.— F. W. Hyde, Solon, 

 N. Y., 1, 2, 3, 6. 4. 



All the prizes were mailed the win- 

 ners on April 1st. 



in the edge of a large piece of woods, 

 I shot the bird for purposes of identifi- 

 cation and preserved the skin. 



Two wood cutters in an adjoining 

 piece of woods, told me that they had 

 seen two more Chewinks a few days be- 

 fore. As the weather was quite cold 

 and the ground covered with suow, I 

 was much surprised to find this bird. 



I would like to know if others have 

 found the Chewink wintering as far 

 north as this. 



B.'O. LONGYEAK, 



Mason, Mich. 



Chewinks in January. 



January 6, 1893. While out hunting I 

 startled a Chevviu'.c o it of a brush-heap 



Ornithologists Association. 

 Secretary's Report. 



At the January meeting, V. W. Cady, 

 Muskngon, Mich., and Thos. W. Smith- 

 wick, Walke, Bertie Co., N. C, were 

 elected Corresponding Members. 



At the February meeting the follow- 

 ing Corresponding members were elec- 

 ted: James A. Booth, Kalispell, Mont; 

 W. F. Dealing, 1211 N. Aldrich, Ave. 

 Minneapolis, Minn.; D. Frank Kellar, 

 Readiug, Pa. 



The Secretary has mailed member- 

 ship cards to all paid up members and 

 they will please notice that at the date 

 following the word "Expires," another 

 payment of dues should be made. 



It was agreed to take up the special 

 study of the families Corvidae and Icter- 

 idae for some time to come. 



Migration, food, nidification and es- 

 pecially economic value will be inves- 

 tigated and a partial report at least is 

 hoped for from each member. 



Our widely scattered membership 

 can we think be made a valuable corps 

 of observation. 



' Further conclusions &c. on this pro- 

 ject will be given next month. 



Albert B. Farnham, 

 Secretary and Treasurer. 



