. Bird lore . the essays received we especially commend those by the follow- The Prize Essay Contest 129 ing Young Observers: Maurice J. Clausen, Toronto, Canada; Anna , Lansdowne, Pa.; Edward H. Nichols, Camden, N. J.; MargaretWalker, Andrews, N. C. ; W. C. Scott, Dewey, Ohio; Lewis Gannett,Rochester, N. Y. ; Edmund W. Sinnott, Bridgewater, Mass. ; RuthDaniels, West Medway, Mass. Now it is time to send in the essays on the Birds of June and may, as heretofore, contain general notes on the bird-life of thesetwo months or they may describe only the habits of a single species;b
. Bird lore . the essays received we especially commend those by the follow- The Prize Essay Contest 129 ing Young Observers: Maurice J. Clausen, Toronto, Canada; Anna , Lansdowne, Pa.; Edward H. Nichols, Camden, N. J.; MargaretWalker, Andrews, N. C. ; W. C. Scott, Dewey, Ohio; Lewis Gannett,Rochester, N. Y. ; Edmund W. Sinnott, Bridgewater, Mass. ; RuthDaniels, West Medway, Mass. Now it is time to send in the essays on the Birds of June and may, as heretofore, contain general notes on the bird-life of thesetwo months or they may describe only the habits of a single species;but in every instance particular care should be taken to be definite andexact, giving dates and periods. Not, for instance, writing sometimeearly in June, or, the young were in the nest about two weeks. We now offer a fourth prize of a book or books to the value of twodollars to the Young Observers of fourteen years or under, for the bestseven- or eight-hundred-word article on the Birds of August and What Bird is This? Field Description. — Length, ;.6o in. Above grayish brown, wings and tail darker ; below whitish washedwith grayish brown ; lower mandible lighter than upper. Note.—Each number of Bird-Lore will contain a photograph, from specimens inthe American Museum of Natural History, of some comparatively little-known bird, orbird in obscure plumage, the name of which will be withheld until the succeedingnumber of the magazine, it being believed that this method of arousing the studentscuriosity will result in impressing the birds characters on his mind far more stronglythan if its name were given with the picture. The species figured in June is the female Bay-breasted Warbler. A PRIZE ESSAY Bird Notes for April and May BY ARCHIE WALKER (aged 10 years), Andrews, N. C. LOUISIANA Water-Thrush came April 1st. Every spring it nestsin an old pasture by a branch back of our house. Rusty Blackbird came on the 5th of April. At first I saw justone, he was walking on t
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