166 



THE OOLOGIST. 



Only a few blades of dead grass, and 

 narrow strips of bark had been laid in 

 place. I closely observed the pro- 

 cess of construction fro-n day to day, 

 until finally a neat and compact struc- 

 ture had been fabricated. The mater- 

 ials used were: dead grass, bark, leaves, 

 paper, horse hair, and spider's webs. ^ 



The nest was so deep inside, that tip 

 of tail and bill only could be seen when 

 the female was on, or in it. Two weeks 

 from date of discovery four eggs of a de- 

 licate pink tint, dotted at the larger 

 ends with reddish brown, and lilac, had 

 been deposited. The average dimen- 

 sions of several specimens are .67 by .52 

 inches. 



Our little friend departs for a more 

 genial clime early in September. 



Charles L. Phillips, 

 Taunton, Mass. 



APRIL CONTEST. 



Sixty-four Judges 



Prize winners and credits received by 

 each were as follows: 2 



1. Pointers on Making Bird Skins. 



288 



2. A Vacation with the Birds. 169. 



3. The Ibises of Ledworth Lake. 130. 



4. Collecting on an European Islet. 

 88 



5. Scientific Names, Their Use and 

 Beauty. 70. 



It w,as neccessary to take into consid- 

 eration, in awarding the. judges prizes, 

 the two following articles: 



6. Zootomy. 62. 



7. Collecting and Collectors. 51. 

 Ten other articles received from 1 to 



44 credits each. 



The successful judges, their recorded 

 number, and the order in which they 

 named their articles in their decisions 

 were as follows: 



1. No. 51— A. H. W..!Norton, San 

 Antonio, Texas; 1, 2, 3, 5, 4. 



2. No. 55— W. S. Cruzan, Sulphur 

 Springs, Texas; 3, 1, 2, 5, 4. 



3 No. 9— E. J. Brown. Washington, 

 D. C.;5, 1, 3,4, 2. 



4. No. 49— C. A. Fairchild, Univer- 

 sity, N.D.;1, 2,4, 3.6. 



5. No. 59— Bert H. Douglas, Burling- 

 ton, Kans ; 1, 2, 4, 3, 7.C cjd nu 



As the following judges named the 

 same articles as No 59, we give them 

 Honorable mention: 



6. No. 34— F. S. Morse, Ridgefield, 

 Ills.; 2. 1, 4, 3, 7. 



7. No. 48— T. A. Smithwick, Walke, 

 N. C; 2, 1, 7, 4. 3. 



Prizes were mailed to all winners on 

 May 25th. 



World's Fair Notes. 



A collection of finely mounted birds- 

 and animals will be shown in the Penn- 

 sylvania building. 



Prof. Charles D. Walcott of the Unit- 

 ed States Geological Survey intends to 

 have at the World's Fair an exhibit 

 which will illustrate a section of the 

 eaiik's crust by specimens of the rock 

 strata placed in their proper relative 

 positions, and by collections of the 

 characteristic fossils shown in connec- 

 tion with the formations in which they 

 are found. 



Joaquin B. Calvo, minister of Costa 

 Rica in Washington, has received from 

 the commissioner-general of that coun- 

 try a letter stating that the country is 

 sure to be well represented at Chicago. 

 Plans and drawings for an Aztec tem- 

 ple to be erected by the Costa Rican 

 government have been prepared. This 

 building, which will be a very fine one, 

 will be surrounded by a garden in 

 which there will be a complete collec- 

 tion of palms, ferns, bromillas, schilas 

 and other tropical plants, and it is prob- 

 able that specimens of the native ani- 

 mals and birds will also be sent. In addit- 

 ion to this a fine archasological collec- 

 tion will be exhibited. 



Mrs. Viola puller, of Mitchell, S. D., 

 has applied for space in the Woman's 

 building for a unique and beautiful 

 opera cloak, the only one of its kind ex- 

 isting. The garment which is fiftv- 

 seven inches in length, and circular in 

 design, is composed entirely of certain 

 small and particularly delicate feathers 

 of prairie chickens. Only five or six 

 feathers of this peculiar kind are found 

 on a single bird, consequently the cloak 

 represents not only ten years of patient 

 labor, but the plumage of hundreds of 

 birds. The feathers were sewed to the 

 foundation one at a time and deeplv 



