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September-October, 1920 



The appearance of this number of BIRD-LORE was delayed by 



our inability to secure paper promptly at even three times the 



price formerly paid for it. 



CONTENTS 



GENERAL ARTICLES page 



Frontispiece in Color — Bronzed and Purple Grackles Edmund J. Sawyer, . 



The Screech Owl. Illustrated II. E. Tuttlc. . 265 



The Tragic Story of a Titmouse George Roberts, Jr.. . 270 



Cedar Waxwing. Illustration Sheridan F. Wood. . 273 



A Hummingbird Story. Illustrated Wilbur F. Smith. . 274 



Mount Mazama Bird Notes Leslie L. llaskin . . 275 



The Tree Swallow on Long Island. Illustrated J.T. Nichols. . 270 



The Kingfisher's Cave. Illustration Walter A . Goelilz. . 281 



NOTES FROM FIELD AND STUDY 282 



Ax Exhibit of Ornithological Art; Bird Notes from Victoria, B. C, /. R. Anderson; 

 Record of a Feeding-Station, Richard M. Chase; Red-Throated Loon at Branch- 

 port, N. Y., (Illustrated), Verdi Burtch; Yellow Crowned Night Heron in New 

 Hampshire, John T. Coolidge, Jr.; Brave Quail, J. IF. Lippincott; A Migrant Yellow- 

 bellied Flycatcher, C. II. Bush; House Finches Eat Salt. Esther Reek.-; The Wax- 

 wtng's Rag Bag, Mary B. Benson; Peculiar Song of a Red-eyed Yireo, E. A. Doo- 

 little; The Yellow-throated Vireos, Inez Harrington Whitfield; A Railroad Robin 

 (Illustrated), Ward W. Adair; The Tragedy of the Oyenbird, Mrs. Arthur F. Gardner; 

 Nuthatch and Shrike, Mrs. R. S. Hulbert. 



THE SEASON. XXI. June 15 to August 15, 1920 291 



Winsor M. Tyler; J. T. Nichols; Harry C. Oberholser; Harry Harris; Thomas S. Roberts; 

 W. II. Bergtold; Amelia S. Allen; L. E. Wyman. 



BOOK NEWS AND REVIEWS 298 



What Bird Is That? Tin: ORNITHOLOGICAL M \c \zints. 



EDITORIAL 300 



THE AUDUBON SOCIETIES— SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 301 



Studying the Fall Birds, A. A. A.; How Birds Change Their Plumage (Illustrated}, 



A. A. A.; For and from Young Observers. 



EDUCATIONAL LEAFLET NO. 103. Bronzed and Pltrple Grackles. Colored Frontis- 

 piece by Edmund J. Sawyer T. Gilbert Pearson. . 312 



THE AUDUBON SOCIETIES— EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 310 



Anni \i. Meeting; Bird Lecture for Florida; The Ld?e Work of William 



DUTCHER, T. S. Palmer; EXPLORING FOR New BlKD COLONIES (Illustrated}, T. Gilbert 

 Pearson; New MEMBERS. 



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