Sirli - lore 



September - October, 1915 



CONTENTS 



GENERAL ARTICLES page 

 Frontispiece in color — Tufted, Black-crested, Plain and Bridled Titmice. 



Louis Agassiz Fuertes.. 



Bird Clubs in America Frank M. Chapman . . . 347 



What the Bird Club Can Do for the Town Ernest Harold Baynes. . 349 



The Brush Hill Bird Club Harris Kennedy . . 353 



The Hartford Bird Study Club Lewis W. Ripley. . 355 



The Brookline Bird Club Charles B. Floyd. . 358 



The Cayuga Bird Club Arthur A. Allen. . 363 



The Forest Hills Gardens Audubon Society — A Community Venture. 



Mary Eastwood Knevels . . 367 



The Englewood Bird Club E. A. Dana. . 370 



Bird Photography and Suet Stations. Illustrated with photographs by the 



author Arthur Jacot. . 371 



The Great Destruction of Warblers: An Urgent Appeal 375 



The Migration of North American Birds Wells W. Cooke. . 378 



Notes on the Plumage of North American Birds. Thirty-fourth Paper 



Frank M. Chapman.. 379 



NOTES FROM FIELD AND STUDY 381 



Our Ways with the Wild Birds, Cornelia Taylor Fairbanks; Jonah, The Cat- 

 bird, Charles J. Clarke, A Ruby-throated Refugee, Dr. A. E. MacGalliard; 

 The Wren's Coming-Out Party, Lucy B. Stone; A Study in Wren 

 Psychology, Margaret L. Sewall; Prothonotary Warbler in Massachu- 

 setts, Mrs. F. K. Freeborn; Notes on the Dipper in Montana, Nelson 

 Lundwall; The Wood Thrush in Village Life, Henry Woodward Hulbert; 

 The Placing of Bluebird Boxes, Emma L. Shutts; Notes from Bethel, 

 Vermont, Eliza F. Miller. 



BOOK NEWS AND REVIEWS 388 



Job's Propagation of Wild Birds; Baynes' Wild Bird Guests; The Orni- 

 thological Magazines; Book News. 



EDITORIAL 393 



THE AUDUBON SOCIETIES— SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 394 



Bird Clubs, Mary E. Harrington; For Teachers and Pupils; A Bird's Skele- 

 ton; For and From Adult and Young Observers. 



EDUCATIONAL LEAFLET No. 82. The Bald Eagle. With colored plate by 



Louis Agassiz Fuertes T. Gilbert Pearson. . 404 



THE AUDUBON SOCIETIES— EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 408 



Cats and Birds; Montclair Cat Ordinance, Edwin Mortimer Harrison; Motion 

 Pictures for the National Association (Illus.); The Condor as a Pet 

 (lUus.), William L. and Irene Finley; The Canvas-back Breeding in 

 Captivity (Illus.); New Members and Contributors; General Notes. 



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



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