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the species, and their relative abundance is 

 always stated. As both Chickadees are 

 given as common residents, remarks on their 

 local distribution would have been interest- 

 ing. In working out the ' Spring Migra- 

 tion of 1901 ' in Lorain county, Ohio, R. L. 

 Baird has given a tolerably complete index 

 of the movements of the birds of that section 

 during their northward flight. A table is 

 appended patterned after those published 

 in Bird-Lore giving the species arriving 

 between February 15 and May 15. This 

 table is divided into ten parts, each of 

 which covers from 5 to 10 days, so that it 

 is easy to observe just what combination of 

 species arrive between certain dates. In an 

 article on 'Maryland Birds,' Rev. J. H 

 Langille shows among other things how 

 adequate protection during spring will in- 

 duce birds to nest in increasing numbers. 



As soon as proper laws were enforced in 

 Baltimore and Washington the sale of song- 

 birds in the game markets practically 

 stopped and the lives of myriads of Robins 

 and other birds were spared throughout the 

 surrounding country. We might point out 

 in this connection that waterfowl when un- 

 molested will return in like manner to their 

 former breeding grounds. Two years ago 

 Jefferson county. New V'ork, abolished spring 

 shooting. The experiment fully demon- 

 strated the soundness of the movement, for 

 the Ducks at nesting time resorted to the 

 marshes in such numbers that when autumn 

 came their bountiful flight was a surprise to 

 everyone. — A. K. V . 



Program of the Twentieth Congress of the 

 American Ornithologists' Union 



At the morning and afternoon sessions 

 f)f the Union, held at the United States 

 National Museum, Washington, D. C, 

 November 18-20, 1902, the following papers 

 were presented : 

 Notes on the Life of Kdward Harris, with 



Extracts from his Journ.ils. George 



Spencer Morris. 

 The Development ot tlu- Ptrrvli)>-is. Hulxii 



Lyman ('lark . 

 The Domestic Affair<i ot Mob-white. John 



N. Clark. 



Summer Bird-Life of Eastern North Caro- 

 lina. T. Gilbert Pearson. 

 Change of Color without Molt. R. M. 



Strong. 

 Iridescence and White Feathers. R. M. 



Strong. 

 Some Problems of Local Bird Population. 



Walter B. Barrows. 

 Notes on Picoides americanus and Picoidef 

 arcticus in Minnesota. Illustrated with 

 lantern slides. T. S. Roberts. 

 Comparison of the Bird-Life of Gardiner's 

 Island and Cobb's Island. Illustrated 

 with lantern slides. Frank M. Chapman. 

 A Contribution to the Life- History of the 

 Herring Gull. Illustrated with lantern 

 slides. By W. L. Baily and William 

 Dutcher. 

 The A. O. U. Check-List — its History and 



its Future. J. A. Allen. 

 A Glance at the Historical side of the Check- 

 List of North American Birds. Witnier 

 Stone. 

 Evolution of Species and Subspecies as illus- 

 trated by certain Mexican Quails and 

 Squirrels. E. W. Nelson. 

 Form in Bird Music. H. W. Olds. 

 Ancient Birds and their Associates. Il- 

 lustrated \\\xh lantern slides. F. A. 

 Lucas. 

 Observations on the Herons of the District 

 of Columbia. Illustrated with lantern 

 slides. Paul Bartsch. 

 Bird-Life in the Bahamas. Illustrated with 

 lantern slides. Frank M. Chapman and 

 Louis Agassiz Fuertes. 

 Report of the ('hairman of the Committee 

 on tin- Protcrtiori of North .American 

 Birils. William Dutcher. 

 Federal Game Protection in 1902. 1". S. 



Palmer. 



Some Variations in ihc Pipiiig Plovei. 



(/Ei^ia/itis rrtf/odti.) Jonathan Dwight.Jr. 



Nesting of the Retl-bellicd Woodpecker in 



Harford Couniv. .Marvland. Win. H. 



Fisher. 



Some Food Hal>its ot West Indian Birdv 



B. S. Bowdish. 

 i'lu- Signihcante ot Trinomials in Nomen- 

 clature. Winner Stone. 

 .An Epidemic of Roup in tlie Canandaigua 

 Crow Roost. Elon Hinvani Eaton. 



