PAGE. 



Blowing- Incubated Eggs. By IV. E. Saunders .42 



An Ornithological Sermon. By F. R. Stearns 43 



Etmtorial EykiB - 44 



PiGKOx Hoi.ES. Shearwater Inland — Where the Peregrine Bred — Belated Flock of Pine 

 Siskins— Late Migration of the Bronze Crackle — Pileated Woodpecker's Eggs— Albinism 

 in the Field Sparrow— Albino Blue Jay — Albino Lark Sparrow— Duplicate Nests — An 

 Eccentric Hummer— Flammulated Owls — Hawk Killed by Rattlesnake — Late Nesting- of 



the Myrtle Warbler 45 



In the OsprEy's Claws. Mr. Fuertes' spirited drawing of the talons of the Osprey — Wilson 

 Bulletin— The Squirrel Hunters of Ohio— A Revision of the Wrens of the Genus Thry- 

 omanes— The Wild Fowl of the United States and British Possessions 47 



DECEMBER, 1898. 



Original Articles. 



A Morning with the Birds on Mount Orizaba. By E. W. Nelson 70 



Some Ocean Wanderers of the North Atlantic. By Rev. Herbert K. Job SO 



Notes on the Streaked Horned Lark. By J. H.Bowles hi 



Nesting of Virginia's Warbler. By W. B. Judson 54 



A Summer Trip to Yosemite. By Milton S. Ray 55 



An Odd Nest of the Western Flycatcher. By George F. Breninger 56 



Some Minor Trials in Preparing Eggs. By Eugene S. Rolfe 56 



ThePinonJay. By N. R. Christy 57 



Editorial Evrie 58 



Letter Box. Protective Coloration — A Sample 59 



Pigeon Holes. Nest and Eggs of the Black-headed Grosbeak— Golden Eagle in the Berk- 

 shire Hills — Nesting of the Anhinga in Leon County, Florida— Nesting of the Carolina 

 Wren— Early Nesting of the Prairie Horned Lark— Pensile Redstart's Nest— Nesting of 

 the Black-throated Blue Warbler— Lark Sparrow in Mississippi— The Florida Burrow- 

 ing Owl— Nesting of the Blue-winged Warbler— Loon Shooting 59 



In the OsprEy'S Claws. Eggs of Native Pennsylvania Birds — Catalogue of Birds in the 



British Museum, Volume XXVI 62 



The Blue Jay. By L. A. Fuertes. [A Plate] 64 



JANUARY, 1899. 



Original Articles. 



Notes on Eugenes fulgens. By F. C. ll'illard 65 



Nesting of the Alaska Bald Eagle. By George G. Cantwell 66 



Capture and Captivity of Great Horned Owls. By M. A. Carriker,jr. 67 



Habits of the Barn Owl in Captivity. By D. A. Cohen 68 



Habits of Young Short-eared Owls. By Ludzvig Kumlien 69 



A Visit to Pelican Islands, on Indian River, Florida. By L. W. Brownall 70 



Nesting of the Black-and-white Warbler. By J. Warren Jacobs 71 



A Pet Crow. By C. F. Stone '- 



My Rookery. By A. M. Nicholson 73 



Nesting of Le Conte's Sparrow. By G. F. Dippie 73 



Editorial Eyrie '"* 



Letter Box '^ 



Pigeon Holes. Ground Ne§t of Osprey— Our Northern Lanius— Nest of the Blu?-fronted 

 Jay— Great Horned Owl's Nest and Eggs— Bob White in Northern Iowa— Nest and Eggs 

 of Sooty Grouse— The Yellow-headed Black Bird in Iowa— Pet California Condor— Nest- 

 ing of the White-necked Raven in Giant Cactus— On the Nesting of Ducks 75 



In the OsprEv's Claws. The Bulletin of the Cooper Ornithological Club— The Auk— Bird 



Lore Announced— Quail Shooting in South California — A World of Green Hills 79 



FEBRUARY, 1899. 



Original Articles. 



Hairy Woodpecker. By Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Frontispiece 



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