CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Abstract of Minutes 3 



Membership 6 



Papers : 



President's Address — The Progenitors of Birds — E. H. Barbour 8 



A Story Tliat Ends Eightly— F. H. Shoemaker (Plate I, Frontis- 

 piece) 40 



Water for Birds — Elsie Pepoon 40 



From a Woman's Standpoint— -Nell Harrison 41 



Ten Years Without a Gun — Wilson Tout 42 



A Pair of Young- Barred Owls— Elizabeth Van Sant (Plates II to 



IV) 46 



Notes on the Distribution and Habits of the Blue Grosbeak in 



Nebraska. — M. H. Swenk 48 



Some Birds Found Around Dunbar During the Winter Months^ 



E. H. Jones 50 



Our Winter Birds— M. H. Swenk 52 



A Comparison of the Bird-life Found in the Sand-hill Kegion of 



Holt County in 1883-84 and in 1901— Lawrence Bruner 58 



Some General Remarks upon the Distribution of Life in North- 

 western Nebraska — Merritt Gary (Plates V to IX) 63 



The Nesting of Some Sioux County Birds — M. A. Carriker, Jr. 



(Plates X to XVI) 75 



Hints on Bird Photography— I. S. Trostler 89 



A Review of Nebraska Ornithology— R. H. Wolcott 93 



In Memoriam — J. Sterling Morton: Mrs. A. M. Jacobs 106 



Miscellaneous Notes 107 



