FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Nov. 28, 1908. 
$250 in Prizes for 
Narratives of Outdoor Life 
Cash Prizes for True Stories—A Chance for 
Every One to Turn Experience to Account 
ONE PRIZE OF $100.00 
ONE OF $50.00 TWO OF $25.00 FIVE OF $10.00 
Forest and Stream wants true stories of life in the open. Not fiction, 
but narratives of travel, adventure, life in the wild, experiences with big 
game. They must be Forest and Stream narratives, with all that this im¬ 
plies. They must be based on your own experiences or the experiences of 
those vou know. They must be above the level of the commonplace, the 
kinds of happenings that appeal to the real outdoor man, that stir the 
memory, that make the blood tingle. 
The competition is open to everyone, lhere are no limitations. Con¬ 
tributions must be legibly written, preferably typewritten, on one side of 
the paper. Manuscript for the first and second prizes must not be less than 
10,000 words or more than 15,000. Manuscript to be considered for the 
$25 prizes must not be less than 5,000 words.. 
Manuscript awarded a prize becomes at once the property of Forest 
and Stream. We reserve the right to reject any or all manuscript sub¬ 
mitted. Manuscript which does not receive a prize will be returned to the 
writer if accompanied by stamps. We always have need of good stories 
of the Forest and Stream kind. Every good manuscript which does not 
win a prize may be available for our use. 
HERE ARE A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR SUBJECTS: 
Adventures With Big Game at Home or Abroad 
Travel in Wild Lands Camp Life in the Woods 
Small Game Shooting 
When photographs accompany manuscript their interest will be given 
consideration in determining the availability of the contribution, but no 
manuscript will be accepted wholly because of the quality of the photo¬ 
graphs. 
PRIZES IN DETAIL: 
$100 for the best narrative of Outdoor Life not less than 10,000 words 
$50 for the second best manuscript of not less than 10,000 words 
$25—Two prizes of $25 each for two manuscripts of not less than 
5,000 words each 
Five prizes ol $10 each far the bes short (2,500 word) narratives of 
Outdoor Life 
This contest will close Dec. 15, 1908, and the prize winners will be 
announced in Forest and Stream at the earliest possible date thereafter. 
All communications should be addressed to Forest and Stream and plainly 
marked, “Prize Competition.” 
FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO., 127 Franklin St., N. Y. 
WILD BIRDS IN TOWN. 
How readily certain birds adapt themselves 
to altered or strange surroundings is constantly 
being exemplified in rather unexpected fashion. 
During the past summer a nightjar has been 
seen in the heart of London making itself quite 
at home amid the bricks and motar, and actu¬ 
ally taking advantage of the fact that the moths 
on which it feeds are attracted to the electric 
lamps in the streets. Last summer a bird of 
the same species might have been seen going 
from lamp to lamp in one of the busiest parts 
of Hove, and only a few days ago the same 
thing was witnessed at Eastborune. Not 
every one knows, perhaps, that herons, prob¬ 
ably from the heronry in Richmond Park, pay 
regular visits to the Serpentine, or that barn- 
owls may be heard screaming overhead in the 
immediate neighborhood of Kensington High- 
street. Some excitement was caused a year or 
two ago by the sudden appearance of a pair 
of kingfishers in St. James’ Park, London, and 
in Hyde park, last year, a wheatear was ob¬ 
served flitting about over the grass as uncon¬ 
cernedly as if it had the turf of the Southdowns 
under its feet. One sees very little of swifts, 
swallows, or martins in London, but a few of 
them pay a fleeting visit to Kensington Gardens 
every summer, and even the little sand-martin 
may be observed there occasionally. It would 
be interesting to know where these birds breed, 
for they often appear in London in the midst 
of the nesting season, when one would expect 
them to be busy with eggs and young ones.— 
Shooting Times. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
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the subjects to which its pages are devoted. Anonymous 
communications will not be regarded. The editors are I 
not responsibile for the views of correspondents. 
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