May 21, 1998

Karen Williams, expert on wildlife habitats, runs nursery in Cape May, NJ, that specializes in plants that birds need for food and shelter; she is part of project New Jersey Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife has created to reverse 40 percent loss in wildlife forage habitat there over last two decades; Cape May is one of most important rest stops in world for migratory birds; Williams says if people plant shrubs and trees on their lawn and provide birdbath, they can approximate habitat that birds are used to (M)

Minority Enrollment Falls The University of California's top colleges will have far fewer black and Hispanic freshmen in the first class admitted after a ban on considering race in admissions. Page A28.

Harry Winston Inc, legendary luxury jewelry business that late Harry Winston created, is on selling block; sale is culmination of nearly decadelong fight between Winston's sons Ronald and Bruce; judge in Westchester County, NY, has ruled that Ronald can no longer block sale that two other trustees had long been seeking; several weeks ago, Credit Suisse First Boston was retained to seek potential buyers; even though Ronald remains bitterly opposed to selling to outsider, he may be powerless to stop it; Ronald has offered to buy his brother's half of business, but Bruce repeatedly refused to sell his share; photos (L)

Interview with architect Maya Lin, who is making first foray into retail furniture by developing Maya Lin line for Knoll; she is also redesigning interior of Manhattan penthouse--first home she has designed for herself; photos (M)

Summer 1998 rental outlook for the Hamptons is decidedly different from 1997 as brokers say they have at least 40 percent of inventory left, compared with 25 percent year ago; many vacationers have used money they would normally pay for season in Hamptons, of between $25,000 and $40,000, for down payment on own vacation homes, while others have shifted vacation locales; photos (M)