Mvo - lore 



May -June, 1921 



CONTENTS 



GENERAL ARTICLES page 



FR:)NTispiKrF. IN CoLQF. Great Horneu Owl Allan Brooks. . 



John Birroighs. 1S37-1921. Illustrated Frank M. Chapman. . 119 



Why Do Birds Bathe? II. Illustrated . .Erncsl Thompson Srton and other Conlribulors. . 124 



NOTES FROM FIELD AND STUDY 13S 



A Xest Censls. Richard M. Chase;. The Woodcock as a "Bluffer', S. .V. F. Saniord; 

 A '1 iME Grocse, Edgar Bedell: Preparation of Food by a Blackbird. George E. Erol; 

 .\ White Crow, S. E. Perkins, III; A Family of Wood Thrushes, Frank Harbaum; 

 The Song of the Red-eyed Vireo, £. A. Doolittle; The Evening Grosbeak a Summer 

 Resident in Northern Minnesota, D. Lange; The Yellow Rail Near Chicago, 

 Esther A . Craiamilr. 



THE SEASON. XXV. February 15 to April 15, 1921 143 



M'insor .\[. Tyler; J. T. Xiehols; Harry C. Oberholscr; Lynds Jones; Colin Campbell Sanborn; 

 ILirry Harris; IF. //. Bcrgtold; Amelia S. Allen; Francis B. Schneider. 



BOOK NEWS AND REVIEWS 151 



Miss Cooke's 'Birds of the W.ashington Region;' Club Reports and Bird .\nnu.\ls; 

 The Ornithological Mao.^zines. 



EDITORIAL. 



153 



THE AUDUBON SOCIETIES— SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 154 



Summer Bird Study. Illustraicd. .1. A. Allen. 



EDUCATIONAL LEAFLET No. 105. Great Horned Owl. (See Frontispiece) 



T. Gilbert Pearson. . ifij 



THE AUDUBON SOCIETIES— EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 107 



John Burroughs' Birthday Message; Law Regarding the Sale and Wearing of 

 Feathers; New Jersey Bobolink Law Passed; The Wyoming Elk Situation; 

 New Members. 



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