THE OOLOGLST. 



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C. Bacon. liell, Ky , U>f>k two aets of two 

 eggs each of the Gt. H'>nie<^l Owl on JslB. ; 

 12th. 



■ Geo. Boyd, of Kr^eville, Ill.s., wants to 

 know the correct name for the "Moose 

 ILiwk", a small hawk of his locality. 



Several Cala. collectors wish to know how 

 they can dLstingui'^L the different species of 

 Hummingbirds. 



Frank L. Farley, of St. Thomas, Ont., I 

 records his tirst set of Bed-tail Hawks for ! 

 '89, on April •2n«L j 



Neil F. Posaon, Merlina, >». Y.. writes. I 

 ohserveil, on Feb. 22ud, a p..ir i»f Ht^d- 



brea.-.ted Nnthatchf.-s. They were in coru- 



pany with the WLite-brfraatetl species auil 

 Uhickaileo:^. L- nut the occnrrenee of this 

 species, in ''■inter, in this locality, nnnsnal? 

 I Lad sopposed that it wa.s a migrant, and 

 that it wintered much farther south than 

 this. 



Davie's Egg Contest, No. 2. 



F. C. Grinnellj la., writes that 

 the Gt. Homed Owl was taken, 

 place, Feb. 9th. 



Owing to an extraordinary roah of bnsi- 

 ; ness, we were unable to anuonnce the 

 set of ' ^^sult of the Egg Contest in Jane Oolixiist. 

 at that I ^1''^ ^6 gi^s t^6 result, which most prore 

 ' very satisfactory to the contestants. The 

 ' prizes were awarded as follows: 

 » In replj to H.J. K., Elba. N. Y., would; 1st. Glenn F. Steams, Texas, 

 say thjit the Brewer's Blackbird is a western \ -^^ H. G. Askew, Teias. 

 species. ; ^^ John B. Bastian Jr., Peima. 



The winners of the first three prizes sent 



The Bronzed and Purple Grackles are ' ^^ders amounting to from *5.()f> to f7.o5 

 both known as the Crow Blackbird, and ■■ ^ach. 



that the -Heigho"' is the FUcker. -'HeU- ' ^th. W. H. Smith, N. C. 

 diver" is doubtless the Thick-billed Grebe, j ^^^- Howard de F. Earle, Conn. 

 and the "Lazy-bird" is the Cowbird. ^ there were no other orders of f2.0O or 



over the 6th to llJth prizes w^ not award- 



S. C. Crump, of West Bay City, Mich., I e^ 

 had his collection of eggs on exhibition in [ T^^ balance of the prizes 

 Bay City at the Michigan State Poultry and [ ^ follows 

 Pet Stock Association's annual show, and | 

 they were viewed by about 60OJ people dur- 

 ing the week. They nearly filled an eight- 

 foot show case and c-aused considerable j 

 disciissioD. One man would say they are^ 

 worth a thou&ind doUars, and then would 

 come an old lady who would say, they are ' 

 all humbugs, they are painted, they are 

 plaster of paris &c. 



were awaxdeJ 



X. L. C, Hartwick Sem., N. Y.. writes as 

 follows, in regard to finding a set of fine 

 Xashvdle Warblers on May ■20 th:- 



"The nest was built on the grouml, on a 

 side-hill covered with small bushes. The 

 nest was built of fine strips of bark and 



moss, lined with fine hair. The eggs had j award of prizes please notify 

 jnst began to show signs of incubation". ! and we will rectify. 



H. ^lyles, Canada. 

 D. W. Wright, Ya. 

 Chas. E. Ciaw. 



F. E. Atwood, Yt. 

 Geo. F. Guelf, N. Y. 

 W. F. Lewis. 

 Will J. Cosgrove, N. Y. 

 L. H. Grant, N. J. 

 John Skinner. X. Y. 



G. Lindsay, X. Y. City. 

 J. A. Black, Neb. 



W. K. Pratt, Mass. 

 Geo. H. Bockoven, N. Y. 

 The winners of prizes Xo. 11 to 23 sent 

 us orders ranging from 50 cents to fl.7+ 

 each. If any errors have been made in the 



us at once 



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