MERRILL'S Lower California-five full-page plates. 



VOL. III. OCTOBER, 1898. NUMBER 2. 



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GONTGNTS. 





EDITED BY 

 EL,L.IOTT COUES 



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THEODORE GILU. 

 Washington, D. C, 



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Incidents in the Lives of Pl'ki'le Finches. 

 Mrs. C. P. n'ehsler 



A Trip Across Lower Ualifoknu. Geo. P. Men-- 

 rill. 5 plates ...... 



Birds OF THE Yl'kom Tr VII.. (ieo. G. Cantwell. . 



Edit ikial Eyrie 



lyETTtR Biix. llub White Roostti High. 



Pigeon Holes. Nest of Califoraia Bush-tit — Im- 

 maculate Barn Swallow's Eggs— Observations 

 on the Chimney Swift — Western Goshawk in 

 Colorado — Nest of Mexicin Cut-throat— Au- 

 thentic EjTgs of CnrlewS.ind piper — Niilitication 

 of California Vulture 



Ln the Osi'Rey's Claws. Where to Hunt Ameri- 

 can Game— With Nature ami a Camera — Birds 

 of Indiana — Birds of the United States— Fami- 

 liar Life in Forest anil Field — Art of Taxider- 

 my — Birds of Washington — Wild Animals I 

 Htve Known, 



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