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BY TEE WAYSIDE 
BY THE WAYSIDE 
Published on the tenth of each month except 
July and August. 
The official organ of the Wisconsin and Illinois 
Audubon Societies. 
Twenty-five cents per year Single copies 5 cents 
All communications should be sent to Frederick 
S. Brandenburg, Madison, Wis. 
Wayne County, in which Detroit is lo¬ 
cated, is omitted from these prizes be¬ 
cause another series has been offered for 
that county. 
Jefferson Butler, 
Secretary Michigan Audubon Society, 
121 West Philadelphia Are., Detroit, 
Michigan. 
Dear Wavside:— 
The Michigan Audubon Society de¬ 
sires to call attention to a series of three 
prizes it offers for children in the state 
outside of Wayne County, under the age 
of 18 years. A first prize of $20.00 will 
be given for the best essay on the use¬ 
fulness of song and insectiverous birds. 
Writers must confirm their statements 
by actual study of birds and will be 
expected to state their observations. The 
second prize of $15.00 is for the best 
essay on the protection of birds; writers 
must show actual experience in bird pro¬ 
tection. A third prize of $15.00 will be 
Letters 
Evidently many of the Wayside read¬ 
ers have been having* too much fun all 
summer to think of writing letters to this 
paper. If you want to make Wayside 
a real help to you and to others, I should 
advise you to write the things you see 
and read the stories of what others have 
observed. And more than either of 
these, ask all the questions you want an¬ 
swered. We are always glad to help 
you out with any perplexing problem of 
bird life, if we can. In this number of 
Wayside there are two very good letters 
awarded the person showing most activ-one on wild ducklings and one on mai- 
ity in attracting and protecting the birds tins. Each and every one of you sees 
during the winter of 1910-1911. many things of interest each week in the 
All essays must be sent to me on or way of bird activities. Those are the 
before May 1st, 1911. things to write to By the Wayside. 
