CONTENTS. 



SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, 1900. 



Frontispiece. 

 The Marsh. 



Original Articles. 



Birds of the Road.— VIII. By Paul Bartsch 3 



Idle Hours at Idlewild or Observations in Central Monterey County. By Milton S. Ray. 6 



A Grosbeak Colony. By Verdi Burtch 8 



William Swainson and his Times.— VI. By Theodore Gill 8 



The Osprey or Fishhawk; its Characteristics and Habits. — I. By Theodore Gill 11 



Comments. 



A New Volume 13 



Swainson's Correspondence 13 



■ Osprey Correspondence 13 



Postponement of Future Numbers 13 



Notes. 



Biographies of American Birds. The Auk. The Selection of John Audubon for the Hall 

 of Fame of New York. The Eighteenth Congress of the American Ornithologists' Un- 

 ion. A Royal Medal for Contributions to Ornithology. A Special Course of Lectures 

 on Birds. The Appointment of Mr. Outram Bangs. The Catalogue of the Library of 

 the British Museum. The Appointment of Dr. Emile Oustalet to the Professorship of 

 Zoology (Mammals and Birds) in the Museum of Natural History. Birds as Indicators 

 of Rank. Wild Turkeys Abundant. Protection of Birds. The Sora Rail as a Game 

 Bird. Unusal Rescue of Young. Eggs of the Common Guillemot and Razorbill. 14 



Literature. 



Bird Homes. The Nests, Eggs and Breeding Habits of the Land Birds Breeding in the 

 Eastern United States. Ridgway's Monographs of North and Middle American Birds... 16 



NOVEMBER AND DECEM BER, 1900. 



Frontispiece. 



Head of Osprey 18 



Original Articles. 



A Trip to the Zoological Park. By Paul Bartsch 19 



The Mockingbird in Western Kansas and its Environments. By Addie L. Brooker 21 



Notes regarding the Migration of Birds as observed at the Washington Monument. By 



Percy Shufeldt 21 



Correspondence of and about Audubon with Swainson. By Theodore Gill 23 



The Osprey or Fishhawk; its Characteistics and Habits.— II. By Theodore Gill 25 



Comments. 



Swainson's Correspondence 29 



Letters. 



Recent sale of Audubon's works 31 



Brown's edition of Wilson's and Bonaparte's American Ornithology 31 



Notes. 



Abundance of Quail or Bobwhits 31 



A Mocking English Blackbird lil 



Slaughter of Birds by Storm 32 



