CONTENTS. 



SEPTEMBER, 1898. 



Castings a Moose's Nose 



A Family of Duck Hawks 



Taxidermy as an Art. By John Rowley 



The Boobys of the Revillegig-edo Islands. By A. IV. Anthrmy 



Primitive Nesting- Sites of the Cliff Swallow. By Paul Bartsch 



Hunting- the Elephant of the North. By Robert E. Peat-y 



Kittiwake Gulls on their Nests 



'•Birds of Passage". By J. M. Keck 



Elks Photographed in Mid-Air 



Editorial Notbs 



Generai, Notes 



U. S. Museum vs. British Museum. By Charles W. Richmond 



Hybridization of Flickers. By George F. Brenuiger 



A New Bird for Colorado. By W. W. Cooke 



Creepers' Nests in Missouri. By O. IVidmanti 



Bachman's Warbler in Summer. By IV. A. Johnson 



Colonizing of Barn Swallows. By F. B. McKechnie . 



John Rowley. By W. A. Johnson 



Recent Literature 



How to Name the Birds 



Outdoor Studies - 



At You-All's House 



The Naturalist's Directory 



Other Books Received 



California Department. Edited by Donald A. Cohen 



News from the Mcllhenny Expedition 



Items 



Cooper Ornithological Club 



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OCTOBER, 1898. 



Original Articles. 



Incidents in the Lives of Purple Finches. By Mrs. C. P. Weber 



A Trip Across Lower California. By Geo. P. Merrill 



Birds of the Yukon Trail. By Geo. G. Cantwell 



Editorial Eyrie 



Letter Box. Bob White Roosts High 



Pigeon Holes. Nest of California Bush-tit — Immaculate Barn Swallow's Eggs — Observa- 

 tions on the Chimney Swift — Western Goshawk in Colorado — Nest of Mexican Cut- 

 throat — Authentic Eggs of the Curlew Sandpiper — Early Nidification of California 

 Vulture 



In the Osprey's Claws. With Nature and a Camera — Where to Hunt American Game — 

 The Birds of Indiana — Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains — Familiar 

 Life in Forest and Field — The Art of Taxidermy — Birds of Washington and Vicinity — 

 Wild Animals I Have Known 



NOVEMBER, 1898. 



Original Articles. 



The Home of the Ivory-bill. By Robert Ridgway 



The Enchanted Isles. By Herbert K. Job 



Nesting of the White-throated Swift. By Harold C. Ward. 



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