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 returned 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 Oren 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 1 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 Identification Blank.
