l6irt)*lore 



September - October, 1908 



CONTENTS 



GENERAL ARTICLES page 



Frontispiece, Phcebe, Say's Phcebe, Black Phoebe Bruce Horsjall.. 



A Raven's Nest. Illustrated Francis H . Allen., igj 



Hummingbird Eccentricities. Illustrated Mary Pierson Allen.. 198 



A Mockingbird's June Alhiri V. Goodpasture.. 201 



The Growth of Young Black-billed Cuckoos. Illustrated ...A. A. Saunders.. 205 



Chestnut-sided Warbler. A Study. Illustrated Mary C. Dickerson.. 207 



Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Illustration F. E. How... 209 



The Migration of Flycatchers. Si.xth Paper. Illustrated with colored plates 



from drawings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes a.nd Bruce Horsjall W. W. Cooke.. 210 



Florida Blue Jay. Illustration Frank M. Chapman.. 212 



NOTES FROM FIELD AND STUDY 213 



Notes on the Varied Thrush, Mrs. Stephen V. Thayer; Nest-building in 

 August, Alexander Pope; Protecting Young Birds from Cats, Elizabeth A. 

 Reed; A Robin Note, Bruce Horsjall; A Tragedy in Bird-Life, Illustrated, 

 Emma Van Gilluwe; Notes on the Rose-breasted Grosbeak, A. D. Tinker; 

 Notes on the Wood Thrush, Edward S. Dingle. 



BOOK NEWS AND REVIEWS 218 



The Ornithological Magazines; Book News. 



EDITORIAL 220 



EDUCATIONAL LEAFLET NO. 34. The Golden-crowned Kinglet; the Ruby- 

 crowned Kinglet, Illustrated in colors by Bruce Horsjall Mabel Osgood Wright.. 221 



AUDUBON SOCIETIES— EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 225 



XOTICE OF .\n-NUAL MEETING OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF AuDUBON 



Societies; A Valuable Book; What Birds Will Nest in Houses; Protec- 

 tion FOR Snowy Heron; A New Audubon Society; Progress in South 

 Dakota, Massachusetts Notes; Notes from North Carolina; Reserva- 

 tion Notes. 



,*^Manuscripts intended jar 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. 



SPECIAL NOTICE 



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

 to subscribers whose subscription expired August 1, 1908, 

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



On renewal, a copy of the Colored Wild Turkey Plate 

 will be forwarded. 



Entered as secon(i-(lK.ss iii:iil matter in the I'ost Office at Harnsburj;, \' 



