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Distribution of the Prothonotary Warbler in Illinois, a Map Frontispiece 



Audubon, from the portrait by John Woodhouse Audubon about 1841 " " 



Audubon's Story Retold, Illustrated Sara A. Hubbard 95 



Eagle and Lamb, from painting by Audubon in 1828 98 



Life History of the Prothonotary Warbler, Part One W. E. LoucKS 99 



Young Burrowing Owl, photograph from life, by H. W. Nash loi 



O-jaw-aw-ne (The Bluebird,) Chief Simon Pokagon 102 



Bohemian Waxwing, from painting by Ernest Seton Thompson 102 



Leconti's Sparrow in New York Louis Agassiz Fuertes 103 



Chimney Swift, from painting by Ernest Seton Thompson 103 



Editorial Notes 104 



Recent Literature :— ' Birds of Village and Field." ' Nests and Eggs of North American Birds." 105 



California Department 105 



The Annual Meeting of the Michigan Club 106 



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