fiirU - lore 



March -April, 1915 



CONTENTS 



GENERAL ARTICLES page 

 Frontispiece in Color — Kennicott's Willow Warbler, Ruby- and Golden- 

 Crowned Kinglets, Brown Creeper Louis Agassiz Fuertes. . 



Bird-Life in Southern Illinois. Part III. Illustrated by the author 



Robert Ridgway . . 91 



Canada Geese. Photograph Francis Harper. . 103 



A Mysterious Bird of the Marsh. Illustrated by the author. . . . Verdi Burlch. . 104 



Second Sectional Bird Census, at Berwyn, Pa Frank L. Burns . . loy 



Meadowlarks. Photograph Francis Harper. . 112 



The Story of a Red-Tailed Hawk. Part II Mrs. A. B. Morgan. . 113 



The Migration of North American Kinglets. Illustrated by Louis Agassiz 



Fuertes W . W . Cooke. . 118 



Notes on the Plumage of North American Birds. .. ./?ra«/fe M. Chapman. . 126 



NOTES FROM FIELD AND STUDY 127 



The Whisper Songs of Birds, F. M . C, Sara Chandler Eastman, Arthur Jacot, 

 Chas. R. Wallace, Lucy V. Baxter Coffin, W . E. Gray, Althea R. Sherman, E. Inez 

 Denny; Prothonotary Warbler in Massachusetts, Mrs. Thos. W. Smith; 

 Bird Notes from Connecticut, Wilbur F. Smith; The Spring Migration 

 of 1914 at Rhinebeck, N. Y., M. S. Crosby; Delayed Breeding of the 

 Mourning Dove, William R. Maxon; Golden-crowned Kinglet in a Sky- 

 scraper, Alex Millar; Winter Shore Birds, Edward Fleischer; Robin Nest 

 on a Fence-Post, Claude E. Tilton; Juncos Feeding on the Wing, J. T. 

 Nichols and R. C. Murphy; The Magpie in Iowa, Walter W. Bennett; A Cor- 

 rection, Edmund and Lillian E. Bridge; Winter Records of the Slate-Col- 

 ored JuNco in Southeastern Nebraska, R. W. Dawson; A Familiar Winter 

 Wren, Milton 0. Nelson. 



BOOK NEWS AND REVIEWS 136 



Preliminary Census of Birds of the United States; First Report of 

 THE Brush Hill Bird Club; Birds of the Indian Hills; the Ornithological 

 Magazines. 



Virginia Rail Approaching Nest. Photograph A. A. Allen. . 139 



EDITORIAL 140 



THE AUDUBON SOCIETIES— SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 141 



A Course in Bird Study for Teachers, A. H. W .; For Teachers and Pupils, 

 Suggestions for Bird and Arbor Day; For and From Young Observers 



EDUCATIONAL LEAFLET No. 79. The Towhee. With colored plate by Bruce 



Horsfall 154 



AUDUBON SOCIETIES— EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 158 



Summer Schools, T. J. P. With the Arizona Road Runners (Ilus.) William 

 L. and Irene Finley; Facts About Cats (Ilus.), E. H. Forbush; A Good Mission- 

 ary, S. J . Ewing; General Notes; Impending Legislation; An Italian Bird- 

 Eater (Ilus.), Wilbur S. Smith; Letters From Correspondents; New Mem- 

 bers AND Contributors. 



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