J6irti lore 



May - June, 1910 



CONTENTS 



GENERAL ARTICLES page 



Frontispiece. — Sharp-tailed, Nelson's, Acadian, Seaside and Dusky Seaside 



Sparrows Louis Agassiz Futries . . 



My Summer Tenants. Illustrated Stephen P. Brownell .. 95 



The Hermit Thrush Cordelia J . Stanwood.. 100 



Hawk Owl. Illustration A. B. Reed .. 1 04 



Between the Tracks. Illustrated Gerard Allan Abbott . . 105 



Spotted Sandpiper. Illustration H . H . Cleaves . . 107 



The Nesting of Hepburn's Rosy Finch. Illustrated.. ..Charles Stuart Moody.. loS 



Bobolink Si.nging. Illustration H. H. Cleaves . . no 



The Migration of North American Sparrows. Fourth Paper. Illustrated by 



Louis Agassiz Fuertes \V . W . Cooke . . in 



Notes on the Plumage of North America>j Sparrows. Third Paper 



Frank M. Chapman.. 113 



NOTES FROM FIELD AND STUDY 1 15 



DrcKs Increasing, F.M. Bennett; The Grackle in Virginia, O.C. Brewer; Our 

 Duty to Our Bird Tenants, Edgar Boyer; Pittsford, N. Y., Notes, Anna 

 E. Agate; Snowbuntings in Vermont, Eliza F. Miller; A Winter Catbird, 

 Rujus H.Carr; Tufted Tit.mouse in Northern New Jersey, Louis S. Kohler. 



BOOK NEWS AND REVIEWS 118 



Eaton's Birds of New York; Cassinia; Thoreau's Notes on New England 

 Birds; Breck's Pets at Camp Bucksh.a.w; The Ornithological Magazines. 



EDITORIAL 121 



AUDUBON SOCIETIES— SCHOOL DEPARTMENTS 122 



EDUCATIONAL LEAFLET NO. 44. Franklin's Gull, with colored plates by Louis 



.Agassiz Fuertes Herbert K. Job .. 124 



AUDUBON SOCIETIES— EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 128 



President Dutcher's Departure for Europe; The New York Plumage 

 l.AW; A Bird Park Established; Heron Colonies Raided; Some Audubon 

 Field Workers. 



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