. Bird lore . ow was afraid to go in that slabcage, 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 observerof fourteen years or under, has been awarded to Master Orren W. Turner,of Tarboro, North Carolina, whose essay is printed in this number ofBird-Lore. A Prize Offered In order to encourage careful observation and description on the partof our readers of fourteen years and under, we offer three prizes for thebest four- or five-hundred-word ar
. Bird lore . ow was afraid to go in that slabcage, 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 observerof fourteen years or under, has been awarded to Master Orren W. Turner,of Tarboro, North Carolina, whose essay is printed in this number ofBird-Lore. A Prize Offered In order to encourage careful observation and description on the partof our readers of fourteen years and under, we offer three prizes for thebest four- or five-hundred-word article on the bird-life of February. Leteach Young Observer keep a record of what he sees during this month andon 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 dollarsand a half; the second, a book or books to the value of one dollar and ahalf, and the third prize is a BiRD-LoRE Bird-Chart and a Field Identifi-cation iloob jBtetDS^ anti ^^ebietos Key to North American Birds ....with which are incorporated GeneralOrnithology: An Outline of the Structureand Classification of Birds; and FieldOrnithology, a Manual of Collecting,Preparing and Preserving Birds. FifthEdition, entirely revised. By ElliottCouES. Boston: Uana Estes & Co.,1903. Two volumes, royal 8vo. xli+ 1152pages, 747 black and white illustrationsin the text two full-page colored fifth edition of this great work appearsin two volumes, but otherwise resembles inform the second to fourth editions. TheHistorical Preface and Part I, Field Orni-thology, are evidently printed from theplates used in former editions; Part II,General Ornithology, is unchanged, savefor the addition of some material chiefly inrelation to the colors of feathers (pp. 88, 92),in which we regret to see that the nowexploded theory of repigmentation of afully grown feather is given credence. We cannot believe that Dr. Couesintended this part of th
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