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July- August, 1908 



CONTENTS 



GENERAL ARTICLES page 



Frontispiece in Color — Kingbird, Gray Kingbird, Wood Pewee and 



Western Wood Pewee Bruce Horsjall . . 



The Fish Hawks of Gardiner's Island. Illustrated Frank M. Chapman.. 153 



The Return of the Snowy Heron Herbert Rav.nel Sass . . 160 



Gray Kingbird. Illu.stration George Shiras, ^d. . 162 



A Little Blue Heron Rookery M. Harry Moore . . 163 



The Migration of Flycatchers. Fifth Paper. Illustrated with colored plates 



from drawings by Louis Agassis Fuertes and Bruce Horsjall W. W . Cooke. . 166 



Nighthawk. Illustration Warren C . Tudhury . . 170 



NOTES FROM FIELD AND STUDY 171 



Observations ON a Tame Loon, C. H. Townsend; When Doctors Disagree, 

 B. S. Bowdish; A Pair of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers That Moved Their 

 Nest, Angus McKinnon; A Humming Bird's Toilet, Geo. L. Moxley ; Bird 

 Notes from Chicago, Newton L. Partridge ; Two Sparrow Episodes, Leander 

 S. Keyser: A Correction, Anne A. Crolius; A Flicker's Home, B. S. Bowdish. 



BOOK NEWS AND REVIEWS 175 



Beebe on Seasonal Change of Color in Birds; Howell on the Destruction 

 OF THE Cotton Boll Weevil by Birds in Winter; Cassinia; Birds of the 

 New Haven Region; Birds of Prince Edward Island; The Ornitholog- 

 ical Magazines; Book News. 



EDITORIAL 



EDUCATIONAL LEAFLET NO. 33. The Tree Swallow, with colored plate by Bruce 



Horsjall Mabel Osgood Wright . . 179 



AUDUBON SOCIETIES— EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 183 



Important Notice; Legislation in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Louisiana, 

 Oklahoma and Georgia. Reservation News from Florida, Louisiana, 

 Connecticut and Missouri; Bahama News; The Plume Trade; A 

 Pleasant Letter ; In Memoriam; Announcement; Woman's Clubs. 



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

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

 New York City, N. Y. 



SPECIAL NOTICE 



We take the liberty of sending this number of Bird- Lore 

 to subscribers whose subscription expired June 1, 1908, 

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



On renewal, a copy of the Colored Wild Turkey Plate 

 (see next page) will be forwarded. 



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



