The OSPREY, 



Copyright 1898, by THE OSPREY COMPANY. 



CONTENTS FOR SEPTEMBER, 1898. 



Page 



Casting a Moose's Nose FRONTISPIECE 



A Family of Diick Hawks " 



Taxidermy as an Art. Illustrated John Rowley ^ 



The Boobys of the ReviIlegifi:edo Islands. Illustrated A.W.ANTHONY 4 



Primitive Nesting Sites of the Cliff Swallow. Illustrated Paul Bartsch 6 



Hunting the Elephant of the North. Illustrated ROBERT E. PEARY 7 



Kittiwake Gulls on their Nests From a Photograph by Lieut. Peary 8 



" Birds of Passage." Illustrated J. M. KECK 9 



Elks Photographed in Mid-Air. Illustrated ED. 11 



Editorial Notes . 12 



General Notes 13 



U. S. Museum vs. British Museum CHARLES W. Richmond 13 



Hybridization of Flickers GEORGE F. Breninger 13 



A New Bird for Colorado , W. W. CooKE 13 



Creepers' Nests in Missouri O. WlDM.'^NN 15 



Bachman's Warbler in Summer Ed. 13 



Colonizing of Barn Swallows F. B. McKECHNlE 13 



John Rowlev 14 



Recent Literature 14 



How to Name the Birds 14 



Outdoor Studies 14 



At You-AU's House 15 



The Naturalist's Directory 15 



Other Books Received 15 



California Department Edited by Donald A. Cohen 15 



News from the Mcllhenny Expedition , 15 



Items 16 



Cooper Ornithological Club 16 



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