jBirti lore 



January - February, 1910 



CONTENTS 



GENERAL ARTICLES page 



Frontispiece. — Grasshopper, Henslow's, Baird's and Leconte's Sparrows 



Louis Agassiz Fuertes. . 



The Taming of a Great White Heron. Illustrated ... .Norman McClintock.. i 



Breeding of the American Crossbill. Illustrated P. B. Peabody .. 3 



An Albino Robin Tragedy. Illustrated R . W. Hegner.. 7 



Photographing a Ruffed Grouse. Illustrated John Woodcock. 



Gulls and Cormorants. Illustration Mrs. Gardner F. Wells . 



The Migration of North American Sparrows. Second Paner. Illustrated by 



Loicis Agassiz Fuertes W. W. Cooke . 



Steller's Jay. Illustration May Remington Thayer. 



Notes on the Plu.mage of North American Sparrows. First Paper 



Frank M. Chapman. . 16 



Bird-I-ore's Tenth Christmas Bird Census ig 



NOTES FROM FIELD AND STUDY (Postponed until the ne.xt issue) 



BOOK NEWS AND REVIEWS 37 



Maynard's 'Directory'; Stone's 'Birds of New Jersey'; Report of the Chief 

 of the Bureau of Biological Survey for 1909; The Ornithological 

 Magazines; Book News. 



EDITORIAL 4 ' 



AUDUBON SOCIETIES— SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 42 



February — Preparation Month, M O. W.; Honk! Honk! Edith M Thomas. 

 Educational Leaflet No 42. The Orchard Oriole. With Colored Plate by 

 Bruce Horsjall Witmrr Stone . . 40 



AUDUBON SOCIETIES— EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 48 



State Reports; New Legislation; Reservation Notes; Bird Boxes. 



^*^ Manuscripts intended jor publication, books, etc., jor review and exchanges, should be 

 sent to the Editor, at the American Museum oj Natural History, 77th Street and 8th Avenue, 

 New York City, N. Y. 



Notices of changes of addresses, renewals and subscriptions should be sent to 

 BIRD-LORE. HARRISBURG. PA. 



Special Notice 



WE take the liberty of sending this number of Bird-Lore to 

 subscribers whose subscriptions expired December 1, 1909, 

 in the belief that the matter of renewal has been overlooked. 



On renewal, a copy of the Remarkable Bird Plate, mentioned in 

 the December number, will be forwarded. 



Entered as second-class mail matter in the Post Office at Harrisburg, Pa. 



