THE ORNITHOLOGIST AND BO'J'ANIST. 



of mating are uppermost in his mifid. The ap- 

 proach of spring sets him to whistling "e-phe-be" 

 and by imitating these notes one may decoy the 

 ■whole floek down on the branches around him. 

 Here they may be studied at leisure, and give 

 the lie to the old saying about a bird in the hand 

 being worth two in a bush. When thus decoyed 

 the birds behave in a very amusing manner, peer- 

 ing about in every cranny where a chickadee 

 might lurk and often getting quite excited in 

 the search. 



AWARD OF THE PRIZES. 



The prizes offered in our January number for 

 manuscripts have been awarded as follows. 

 From lack of space we can not print the names 

 of the articles. 



For the best ten articles, one year's subscrip- 

 tion, each, to Julia M. Hooper, West Bridge- 

 water, Mass.; W. S. Strode, Bernadotte, 111.; 

 Mrs. S. E. Roessler, New Haven, Conn.; Geo. 

 M. Leshe, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.; Wm. L. 

 Kells, Listowel, Ontario, Canada, (two); John 

 B. Lewis, Eubanks, Ky, (two); James Hill, Ed- 

 inburg. 111.; Ella A. Baker, Lexington, Mass. 



For the ten second-best, six months subscrip- 

 tion; each, to C. B.Haskell, Kennebunk, Me.; 

 John V. Crone, Marathon, la., Letson Balliet, 

 Des Moines, la. (two); Mrs. S. E. Roessler, 

 New Haven, Conn.; (two); L. V. Case, Naples, 

 N. Y.; James Hill, Edinburg, 111.; E. B. Peck, 

 Clifton Springs, N. Y.; H. Campbell, Lansing- 

 burg, N. Y. 



The following were given three months subscrip- 

 tion each, E. J. Gillett, Barre Centre, N. Y.; 

 Mrs. S. E. Roessler, New Haven, Conn.; Julia 

 M. Hooper, West Bridgewater, Mass, (two). 



All subscriptions must begin with this number. 

 Those who have received more than one sub- 

 scription may have the extra ones sent to other 

 addresses, or their time may be extended to the 

 amount of the extra subscription. Those who 

 have received subscriptions for part of a year, 

 may, if so inclined, pay the difl'erence and re- 

 ceive a full subscription. All who so kindly 

 contributed to our first number have been given 

 a year's subscription, each If you want to send 

 your extra subscriptions to other addresses, we 

 must be notified by March 20th. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Dr. Strode promises us another article on the 

 owls for the April number. 



The Oologists' Journal has made its appear- 

 ance. In some unaccountable way, part of our 

 January editorials have got into it without the 

 usual accompaniment of quotation marks. 



Since the new year several important changes 

 have taken place in editorial ranks. Miss C. A. 

 Shepard of New Britain, Conn., has assumed 

 control of the Observer's botanical department; 

 Mr. Fred R. Stearns of Sac City, Iowa, has be- 

 come associate editor of the Wisconsin Natural- 

 ist, conducting the geological department; and 

 Mr. Lynds Jones, formerly of Grinnell, Iowa, 

 now of Oberlin, Ohio, has taken half of the edi- 

 torial responsibility of the Semi-Annual. We 

 wish each unlimited success. 



With the first number of its fifth volume, the 

 Naturalist of Kansas City, Mo., becomes the 

 Kansas City Scientist, under the editorial man- 

 agement of R. B. Trouslot and a corps of as- 

 sistants. The Scientist is a neat magazine of 

 sixteen pages and cover devoted to literature, 

 science and the arts. 



We are indepted to Mr. J. L. Davison of 

 Lockport, N. Y., for a reprint of his annotated 

 list of the birds of Niagara County, N. Y., which 

 was originally published in Forest and Stream. 

 The custom of reprinting such articles for cir- 

 culation among one's friends can only lead to 

 good results and we reccomend it to all writers. 



Mr. Oliver Davie of Columbus, Ohio., well- 

 known as the author of a " Key to the Nests and 

 Eggs of North American Birds," has in prepar- 

 ation a new work on taxidermy which is destin- 

 ed to supersede all others. The volume, an oc- 

 tavo, will be illustrated with fifty-four beautiful 

 full-page plates from drawings by the author 

 showing all the different processes of skinning 

 and mounting birds and mammals. Already, 

 there are over three hundred subscribers for the 

 work and as soon as the number reaches five 

 hundred it will be issued. 



If wealth is to be valued because it gives 

 leisure, clearly it would be a mistake to sacrifice 

 leisure in the struggle for wealth. — Lubbock. 



