THE OOLOGIST. 



233 



o'clock, and upon erecting our tent, 

 building a fireplace, and doing other 

 things necessary, my oological friend 

 and I departed in quest of our "hobby" 

 specimens. As usual we met with poor 

 success at first, but as we were about to 

 retrace our steps "homeward" we pro- 

 cured the following eggs. 



One set of three Botaurus exilis, Least 

 Bittern, this nest was situated on a plat- 

 form of rushes in a clump of "cat-tails" 

 in the swamp. The eggs are pale blue, 

 unmarked and averaging l.lSx.93. 



In crossing a wet meadow we found 

 a set of the Bar iramia longicauda, Bar- 

 tramiau Sandpiper. The nest was 

 placed in an old cow track and consist- 

 ed of grass, moss, etc. The eggs are 

 pale buff with the ground color almost 

 concealed with brownish blotches and 

 markings, mostly at the larger end. 

 We also found a nest of the American 

 Coot near here built out of rank rushes 

 and moss over the water. In crossing 

 the timber on our return we found a 

 nest of the Wood Pewee. The nest was 

 placed on a horizontal limb of a tree 

 and contained 4 slightly incubated eggs, 

 which were creamy white in color, 

 speckled and blotched with cinnamon 

 brown or dark red mostly in a circle 

 around the larger end . The day began 

 to fade and we turned in for the night. 

 We tried to rest in our tent, but the 

 mosquitoes were too bloodthirsty, and 

 we were obliged to place our beds on 

 the leaves near the tent and build fires 

 around it in order to obtain relief. 

 Talk about mosquitoes! They would 

 actually bite through three quilts and 

 your clothing! We passed the night 

 somehow and on the morrow and next 

 day procured the following eggs: 



One set of six Pronotaria citrea, Prot- 

 honotary Warbler. Nest was in an old 

 stump 5 feet from the ground, and con- 

 sisted of moss, leaves, and fine grass, 

 bark etc. The ground color of the eggs 

 was glossy white, blotched with rich 

 chestnut red, averaging 72x57. 



One set of two Whip-poorwill Antrost- 

 omus vociferus, eggs were on the leave 

 located in the thick underbrush. No 

 attempt was made to build a nest as the 

 leaves were not even di turbed. Eggs 

 were almost alike in shape at both ends, 

 and were greyish white, marked very 

 faintly with bluish grey, measuring 1.14 

 x.86, 1.13x.87. 



One nest of the Savannah Sparrow, 

 containing ft eggs. Nest was on the 

 ground in a wet place almost level with 

 surface. Eggs were greyish white in 

 color, blotched with light brown and li- 

 lac, averaging .72x.54. 



We. welcomed the arrival of our tug 

 and pulling stakes we soon found our- 

 selves cutting the water homeward. 

 We had all enjoyed a good time and 

 were well satisfied with our trip. 



F. E. Lux, 

 Pekin, 111. 



AUGUST CONTEST. 

 Sixty Judges. 

 Prize winners and credits received 

 were as follows: 



1. Collecting on Cobb's Island, Va. 



257 



2. The Ashy Petrel on the Faral- 

 lones. 226 



3. After the Yellow-billed Magpie. 



198 



4. The Long-eared OavI. 134 



5. An Oological Trip in Central 

 Illinois. 75 



Two other articles received credits. 



Fifty-two judges named the prize 

 winning articles 'and fourteen of them 

 their exact order. 



The winners were as follows: 



1. No. 7— C. M. Ross, Out. 



2. No. 11 — A. Lohmann, Wis. 



3. No. 12— A. O. Garrett, Kans. 



4. No. 13— Root. McPherson, Mass. 



5. No. 14— Frank H. Nutter, Minn. 

 As the decisions of the following 



judges ■were correct we sent, each a 

 copy of the "New Standard Catalogue 

 of North American Birds' Eggs." 

 No. 15— H. C. Higgins, N.'Y. 



" 17 — A. R. Hutchinson, N. Y. 



" 19— Harry B. Sargeant, N. Y. 



" 21— H. L: Vandegeift. Pa. 



'■ 30— A. M. Semple, Wis. 



" 32— Dana C. Gillett, N. Y. 



" 35— Robt. H. Moulton. Tenn. 



" 52— R. P. Gillespie, Miss. 



" 59— Guy A. Moore, Ills. 

 All prizes were mailed on October 

 1st. 



