92 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



ROLL OF HONOR. 



Paul P. Jones, Windham, Vermont. 

 Clarence Dickinson, Springfield. Michigan. 

 Jacob Stehman, Rohrerstown, Penn. 

 Huldah Chase Smith, Providence, R. I. 

 Joseph C. Nelson, Hannibal, Missouri. 

 Louise Jordon, Defiance, Ohio. 

 J. Anderson Otis, Bridgewater, Mass. 



ANSWERS TO PUZZLES FOR FEBRUARY. 



Diamond. Partridge. 



P 



CAT 



MERRY 



HUNTING 



PARTRIDGE 



PRAIRIE 



MEDAL 



EGG 



E 



ENIGMA NO. 1. 



Robin. 



ENIGMA NO. 2. 



Great Black-backed Gull. 



EXTRACTS FROM OUR MAIL-BAG. 



All in the Morning Early ! 



Yes, this was the way of it. I say so for I saw it all. Yes 

 all in a grey November morning early, before the sun was up 

 to look on. 



The scene was an apple tree, the swaying branch of a crimson 

 rambler, and an old table in a back-yard where lay ears of sweet 

 corn grandpa had put there to dry. The actors in the little play 

 were a flock of English sparrows which stood chattering, oh ! so 

 eagerly, in the old apple tree, this morn which I am writing. 



Presently there was a flitting to the swaying rose branch, and 

 such a quaint dance as I saw then, such balancing of partners ; 

 then twos cross over and back to place ; all to the sound of 

 some invisible wind harp ; then to some grand finale in the music 

 they paused upon the table, and such a breakfast as they had ; 

 all this I saw while busy with my duties, then, up came the 



