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September - October, 1912 



CONTENTS 



GENERAL ARTICLES page 



Frontispiece in color — Towhee, Arctic Towhee . . Louis Agassiz Fuertes 



Phcebe vs. Catbird; A Study in Adaptability. Illustrated by the author 



A. A. Allen . . 269 



Florida Bob-whites. Illustration George Shiras, id. . 274 



The Story of Peter. Illustrated by G. A. Bailey Fanny Hardy Eckslorm . . 275 



"Report of an Expedition to Laysan Island in igi i." Illustrated 279 



Two Problems in Identification. Illustrated 284 



The Migration of North American Sparrows. Eighteenth Paper. Illustrated 



by Louis Agassiz Fuertes W. W. Cooke . . 287 



Notes on the Plumage of North American Sparrows. Seventeenth Paper 



Frank M. Chapman. . 290 



NOTES FROM FIELD AND STUDY 291 



Long Island Notes, Isabel McC. Lemmon; A Talented Song Sparrow, George 

 A. Dennison; Bluebirds vs. Wrens, Mrs. M. M. Waring; A Tragedy Nar- 

 rowly Averted, £. D. Nauman; A Yellow Warbler's Nest, E. J. Luther; 

 Nesting of the Carolina Wren, Mary Giles Blunt; Bluebirds in Minne- 

 sota, Harry B. Logan; Jr.; White Pelicans in Ohio, W. H. Wisman; Gold- 

 finches and Bluebirds in Massachusetts, W. J. Cartwright; Northern 

 Pileated Woodpecker in Corvallis, Oregon, A. J . Stover; Prairie Horned 

 Larks in Maine, W . H. Waterman. 



BOOK NEWS AND REVIEWS 298 



Barrows' 'Michigan Bird Life;' Scharff's 'Distribution and Origin of Life 

 in America;' The Ornithological Magazines; Book News. 



EDITORIAL 



AUDUBON SOCIETIES— SCHOOL DEPARTMENT ,502 



How Audubon Societies May Become More Efficient; For Teachers and 

 Pupils; From Young Observers; From Adult Observers. 



EDUCATIONAL LEAFLET, NO. 58. The California Quail. With Colored Plate 



by Allan Brooks Joseph Mailliard.. . 312 



No sg. The White-Breasted and Red-breasted Nuthatches. With Colored 



i'hUf hy R. T. Brashc-r Francis //. Allen.. . 316 



THE AUDUBON SOCIETIES— EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 320 



President Dutcher; Notice to Members; James Buckland; Game Commis- 

 sioners' Meeting; Enforcing the Aigrette Law; New Members; The 

 Egret Protection Fund; Alabama. 



^,*^: Manuscripts intended for puhlicalion. hooks, clc. for revieiv and exchange, should he 

 sent to the Editor, at the American Museum of Xatural History, Tjlh Street and Sth Avenu(. 

 New York City, N. Y. 



Notices of changes of addresses, renewals and subscriptions should be sent to 

 BIRD-LORE. HARRISBURG. PA. 



Entered .is second chiss mail mritter in the Post OiFice aI HarrisburK, Pa 



