MvK * lore 



May-June, 1922 



CONTENTS 



GENERAL ARTICLES page 



Frontispiece in Color. Green-winged Teal Allan Brooks. . 



Bonaventure Island and Perce Rock. Illustrated Harrison F. Lewis. . 1 25 



'Bobby' Mary S. Mosher. . 1 28 



Wood Thrush. Illustration Joseph Pollock. . 1.^0 



Two Hl t mmingbird Photographs A. R. Coleman. . 131 



City Birds Anne Hall Gaylord. . 133 



Factors Contributing to the Destruction of Birds' Nests and Eggs IraN.Gabrichon. . 136 



House Wren. Illustration 130 



Blrds Bathing. Illustrated E. Raymond Driver. . 140 



Bird-Bath Notes 



Edward Helhtern; Edward H. Perkins; Mary C. Nisbel; Ethel M . Weymouth. . 142 



Bluebird at Nest. Illustration Joseph Pollock. . 144 



NOTES FROM FIELD AND STUDY 145 



The Advance Guard, Airs. F. L. Battell; An Unusual Gathering of Migrants, Edgar 

 Bedell; The Birds of an Acre, M. A. Boggs; Birds and Salt, Elizabeth P. Styer; An 

 Experience with an American Bittern, T. L. Hankinson; Bald Eagles on the Hud- 

 son, Francis B. Robinson; Snowy Owl in New York, Julia Miller; A Captive Hummer, 

 Adeline Willis; A One-legged Bather, E. H. Bowles; Evening Grosbeaks in Iowa, 

 Mrs. F. May Tuttle; Evening Grosbeaks at Waterford, N. Y., Edgar Bedell; Martins 

 vs. Tree Swallows, F. D. Knight; A Cliff Swallow Colony, Rasmus Christensen; A 

 Queer Mockingbird, Gordon Wilson; Bicknell's Thrush in Maine, Edward H . Perkins; 

 A Robin's Nest, J. R. W. Jacobs; Robin and Snake, Franklin Gray Mcintosh; Bluebird 

 History, Eliza F. Miller. 



THE SEASON. XXXI. February 15 to April 15, 1Q22 153 



Winsor M. Tyler; J. T. Nichols; Julian A". Potter; Harry C. Oberholser; Lynds Jones; Colin 

 Campbell Sanborn; Thos. S. Roberts; Harry Harris; E. H. Bergtold; Ira N. Gabrielson; 

 Amelia Sanborn Allen; Frances B. Schneider. 



BOOK NEWS AND REVIEWS 164 



Chubb's 'Birds of British Guiana'; Hornaday's 'Minds andIIannees of Wild Ani- 

 mals' ; Kuti hin's 'What Birds Have Done with Me' ; The Ornithological Mag.azines. 



EDITORIAL 166 



THE AUDUBON SOCIETIES— SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 167 



The Courtship of Birds. Illustrated. A. A. Allen; Summer Bird Study; From Young 

 Observers. 



EDUCATIONAL LEAFLET No. 108. Colored frontispiece by Allan Brooks.. 



T. Gilbert Pearson . . 178 



THE AUDUBON SOCIETIES— EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 182 



Notes on the Egret Situation; Activities of Affiliated Societies; Robins and Mul- 

 berry Trees. 



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