VOLUME IV. 



JANUARY, 1900. 



NUMBER 5. 



'An Illustrated 

 monthly mag/vzine 



\°PQRMlTnOLOGY 



OspFCJ 



Original Articles. 



Birds of the Road B.v Paul Bartsch 6n 



Ksthetic Birds— Bower Birds of Australia and New 



(luinea. By Theodore Gill "i" 



The Birds of the Hawaiian Islands. By Leonard Siej- 



neger "^l 



Othniel Charles Marsh as an Ornithologist. By 



Charles E. Beecher 'H 



COMMENT.S. 



The New Year. The Largest Bird. Correction T; 



Lettfjrs. 



The First Record of Tardus swainsoni in Russia. By 

 Xik. von Ssomow ''^^ J 



NuTES. 



Classical English Poems about Birds. The Sale of 

 Ornithological Works. The Revival of Falconry. 

 Hawks and Property. The Present Price of a 

 Trained Havrk. Exploration of the West Indies. 

 The Egg Collector. The Marriage of Miss Florence 

 Merriam. The Suit Against the Marsh Will. The 

 Death of W. W. Colburn. The D3ath of Dr. Arthur 

 Ewell Stark. The Death of Elliott Coues 79 



Literature. 



On the Birds' Highway ^" 



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