•VOLUME IV. 



MARCH, 1900. 



NUMBER 7. 



An Illustrated 

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iRNlinOLOGY 



GONTGNTS. 



Frontispikce. 



Meet of Summer and Winter Sparrows in Marcli. 



Osppey. 



Original, Articles. 



Birds of the Road. III. By Paul Bartsch 99 



Some Trials of a Field Collector. By Eugene S. Rolfe loi 



Eggs of the Sandhill Crane. By J. P. Norris, Jr 103 



William Swainson and his Times. By Theodore Gill 104 



Comments. 



Byographies of Ornithologists 109 



Mercantile Value of Eggs 109 



Great Auk in the United States National Museum no 



Question as to the Value of Egg of the Aepyoniis ma.vimus 

 and Answer m 



Notes. 



A New Fossil Bird from the Eocene of Wyoming. Orni- 

 thology of a Street Car. A Note on a Long-tailed 

 Breed of Fowls. The Death of Emile Blanehard m 



Literature. 



The Birds of Africa. Bird Notes Atield. The Birds of 

 America by Audubon. A Catalogue of Nests and Eggs 

 of the Birds of Australia "2 



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