THE OSPKEY. 



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Page. 



The Extinct Labrador Duck, Male and Female Frontispiece 



The American Museum of Natural History, New York City " " 



Recent Acquaintances Prof. P. M. Silloway 45 



Black-throated Green Warblers, from the Painting by Louis Agassiz Fuertes 46 



Nesting of the Olive-sided Flycatcher ..Chester Barlow 47 



A Warbler Census Frank L. Burns 48 



An Osprey's Vigil Harry C. Oberholser 50 



A Curious Site for a Kingbird's Nest Reginald Heber Howe, Jr. 50 



The American Ornithologists' Union Jno. H. Sage 51 



Peculiar Work of Cliff Swallows Ernest Adams 51 



Editorial Notes 52 



Recent Literature :— 'Taxidermy and Zoological Collecting.' 'Handbook of the Birds of Eastern North America.' Bird 

 Neighbors.' 'How to Know the Ducks, Geese and Swans of North America.' 'Sketches of Some Common Birds,' 

 • The Sharp-tailed Sparrows of Maine.' ' The Bobolink {Dolschongti oryzivorus) in Indiana.' Other Books Received. 53-54 



Dr. Coues' Column 54 



Correspondence 54 



General Notes :— Nocturnal Flights of the Turkey Vulture. Glaucous Gull in North Carolina. Typical Larus Argenta- 

 tus in New York Harbor. Death of a Fishhawk. Unusual Nesting Sites. Further Notes on Quail's Nesting. 

 Quail's Eggs in a Meadowlark's Nest. An Osprey's Nest on a Windmill. Colored Woodpecker's Eggs. Yellow- 

 billed Cuckoo Notes 54~55 



California Department 5^ 



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