CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Abstract of !Minutes 3 



Constitution and By-Laws 7 



List of Members 10 



Papers : 



President's Address — Ornithology in Nebraska, and State Ornitho- 

 logical Societies — I. S. Trostler 13 



Birds in Their Relation to Agriculture — Lawrence Bruner 18 



Injurious Traits of the Blue Jay — E. D. Howe 29 



Ornithology in the Schools — Wilson Tout 30 



Birds as Objects of Study in the Grades — Chas. Fordyce 33 



Xest of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird — F. H. Shoemaker 34 



Young Rose-breasted Grosbeaks — Elizabeth van Sant 38 



Breeding of the Prothonotary Warbler — M. A. Carriker, Jr 42 



Observations on Traill's Flycatcher — M. A. Carriker, Jr 44 



Breeding Habits of Bell's Vireo {Tireo bellii) — Merritt Gary 46 



Xotes Regarding a Chimney Swift Tree — I. S. Trostler 48 



Birds That Nest in Nebraska — Lawrence Bruner 48 



A Peculiar Disease of Birds' Feet — E. H. Barbour 61 



Internal Parasites of Nebraska Birds — Heni-y B. Ward 63 



Changes in the Bird Fauna of the Prairies — L. Sessions 71 



Birds of Northwestern Nebraska — J. M. Bates 73 



Collecting- Trip to Sioux Coimtj' — J. C. Crawford, Jr 76 



Collecting Trip in Cherry County — J. S. Hunter 79 



Birds from Westei-n Nebraska — A. R. Graves 84 



Migration Records and Nebraska Records — R. H. Wolcott 86 



Martin Luther Eaton— R. H. Wolcott 94 



Miscellaneous Notes 96 



PLATES 

 I (Frontispiece). A Chimney Swift Tree. 

 II — IV. Nest of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird. 



Xotk. — These plates, with the exception of that showing eggs, are from 

 photographs taken September 9, when the nestling was either sixteen or 

 seventeen days old, and about ready to leave the nest. The eggs shown in 

 the other plate are not those involved in this history; facilities were lacking 

 for photographing the ne«t successfully while it contained eggs, so other eggs 

 of the same species wer*: introduced later. 



V — IX. Young Rose-breasted Grosbeaks. 



X. A Peculiar Disease of Birds' Feet. 



