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VOL. XVIII. ^^^^ T^^ Nos. 8, 9, 10. 



AUG., 



1893. 



CONTENTS. 



August: 

 Uistribution ol the Yellow. lU-inli'iI lilMikliinl in 



Illinois W. K. Limcks. lOfl 



Ne^tinjr of tlie Saw-whet Owl. Frcil B. .spaukling. Ui 

 J5inl >otey from AVestei-n Nortli Carolin:i. 



Minut Davis. 113 



Austin F. Park . . -Troy, X.y.. Times." lU 

 A Pcruliarity in the Nesting HaUils of the Vir- 

 ginia Rail r. H. Bowles, ll.i 



August Xestsanrl Birilii . . P. M. silloway. 11(> 

 The Downy ^V"oo^lllecker an Eneniv of the Coclling 



Moth lienjaniin Ifoag. 117 



Brief Notes. Corresjionilence ami Cliijpin^'s llii 



The Wooil Tllrush . . .lames U. Purilv. lift 



Faleon llarlior, Bowdoin Bay, North (ireenlanil, 



Aug. 13 1813 . . . ' (leorge U. Clark. 1-iO 



.Septe-MBEB; 

 Two Days Egping in .June 

 The Pelicans of Sliehig.'in 



Carl Fritz-liennin^. 121 

 . <j. Sirroni. 1-J4 



A Few Observations on the (rested Flyeatelier. 



.John (.', B!<iwn. 



A Vacation in Peiinsvlvania. ITerbeit AV. Cnngdun. 

 Ducks in Southei-n AViscousin . Ned UdUister. 

 Notes from Maine . . . .Tnhn L. Goodale. 

 Rrief Notes. Correspontlence ami Clippings 

 The Flight of Birds.— A Ueply. .1. Ilubart Egbert. 

 Notes ou the .Sharp-shin net! Hawk. \Vm. [I. Fisher. 



OCTOllEK : 



A Nest of Hen Hawks . 



Notes from Greenland . 

 Alusic. on the Wing 

 Something .\bout Owls 

 Th.' Wliite-faced Glossv 

 The Marsh Hawk . " , 

 A Day's Shooting . 

 A Day's Ramble" 



. ilenrv R. Buck. 



. A. T.' Hagerup. 



Henrv Avlett. 



C. o.Ormsbee. 



ibis. William I.. Kells. 



Rudolph M. Amicrson. 



Claude '>. Dunn. 



Philip 1). 



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