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September-October, 1917 



CONTENTS 



GENERAL ARTICLES page 



Frontispiece in Color — Purple and Gray-breasted Martins, Barn Swallow 



Louis Agassiz Fuertes. . 



The Summer Life of the Virginia Rail. With photographs by the Author 



Verdi Burtch. . 243 



Two Blue Jay Photographs George Shiras, 3d. . 249 



American Egrets in New York City. With photograph by the Author 



Clark L. Lewis, Jr.. . 251 



Nesting Habits of the Cliff Swallow. Illustrated Manley B. Townsend. . 252 



Remarks on the Nesting Habits of Swallows 257 



An Experience with a Robin. With photographs by the Author 



Mrs. J. L. Harrington. . 259 



Notes on the Plumage of North American Birds Frank M. Chapman. . 262 



Bronzed Grackle Photograph by H. &r E. Pittman. . 263 



NOTES FROM FIELD AND STUDY 264 



A Wren Nest Tragedy, M. C. Nisbet; The Cape May Warbler, Edward G. Kent; An 

 Experience \vith an American Bittern (Illus.), Wilbur F. Smith; Killdeer in Con- 

 necticut, Robert S. Judd; A Bird on the Head, L. B. Pettee; Note on the Barred Owl, 

 W. Edwin Coon; The Goldfinch, Theresa Wood; A Leaf from a Rose-breast's Life, 

 L. Elizabeth Clark; Unusual Visitors at a Feeding-Table (Illus.), H. N . Henderson; 

 An Iowa Cardinal, William Norton; Migration on the Great Lakes, Leonard A. 

 Ericson; Summer Birds of Swope Park, Albert E. Shirting; Notes on the Varied 

 Thrush, Harold Anderson; The Western Meadowlark and Other Birds Near 

 Edmonds, Wash., Mrs. Eugene D. Lindsay; The Barn Owl's Voice, Joseph W. Lippincott. 



THE SEASON 175 



Boston Region, Winsor M. Tyler; New York City Region, Charles H. Rogers; Phila- 

 delphia Region, J. K. Potter; Washington Region, Harry C. Oberholser. 



BOOK NEWS AND REVIEWS 278 



Bergtold's 'A Study of Incubation Periods'; Kuser's 'Ways to Study Birds'; 

 Findley's 'Birds of the Campus;' The Ornithological Magazines; Book News. 



EDITORIAL 281 



THE AUDUBON SOCIETIES— SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 282 



Improving Methods of Teaching Bird- and Nature-Study, A . H. W.; Junior Audubon 

 Work; The Sand-Spit; For and From Adult and Young Observers. 



THE AUDUBON SOCIETIES— EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 293 



Notice of Annual Meeting; The Migratory Bird-Law; National Advisory Com- 

 mittees; Venezuela to Protect Egrets; Battle for the Crops (Cartoon); New 

 Members and Contributors; The Fight for Songbirds; A Dangerous Move 

 Thwarted; New York Conservation Commission. 



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

 to the Editor, at the American Musetim of Natural History, 77th St. and 8th Ave., New York City. 



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