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my surprise not an acorn or hickory could be found ! I was very sorry to 

 think that I had made the Woodpecker move his acorns which he had 

 stored for winter. But three days later I returned to the stump and the 

 Woodpecker had replaced 63 of the acorns. About two days after I re- 

 turned to find 103 acorns and one hickory. I have found many stumps 

 with acorns in them but never before have I found so many in one stump. 

 I did not know that Red-heads ate hickorys but I think that he carried 

 them there for they were mixed in with the acorns. 



As for Chippy, he is flying around with the English Sparrows but he 

 knows where to go when he is hungry and sleepy. Why he just goes to 

 his box where it is filled with oats, crumbs, suet and grass -seed. One 

 morning I set the box out on the piazza and Chippy brought an English 

 Sparrow with him to dine but as Mr. Sparrow was afraid to go in that slab 

 cage, Chippy brought him some crumbs and oats outside. 



He is now well and strong and I hope he will continue to stay with me. 



The Prize Essay 



The prize for the best article on winter bird -life by a young observer 

 of fourteen years or under, has been awarded to Master Orren W. Turner, 

 of Tarboro, North Carolina, whose essay is printed in this number of 

 Bird-Lore. 



A Prize Offered 



In order to encourage careful observation and description on the part 

 of our readers of fourteen years and under, we offer three prizes for the 

 best four- or five -hundred -word article on the bird -life of February. Let 

 each Young Observer keep a record of what he sees during this month and 

 on March i write his article and send it to the editor at Englewood, N. J. 



The first prize offered is a book or books to the value of two dollars 

 and a half; the second, a book or books to the value of one dollar and a 

 half, and the third prize is a BiRD-LoRE Bird-Chart and a Field Identifi- 

 cation Blank. 



