

VOLUME V. 



SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, 1900. 



NUMBER I. 



AN I UNRATED %| 

 MONTHLY MAGAZINE^ 

 iv\°f ORNITHOLOGY A " ~g 



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Osprey. 



Frontispiece. 



The Marsh I 



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 Ins Times — VI. By Theodore Gill... a 

 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 James Audubon for the Hall of Fame of New 

 York. The Eighteenth Congress of the American Orni- 

 thologists' Union. 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 Un- 

 usual Rescue of Young. Eggs of the Common Guillemot 

 and Razorbill M 



Literature. 



Bird Homes: The Nests. Eggs and Breeding Habits of the 

 Land Birds Breeding in the Eastern United States. 

 Ridgwav's Monographs of North and Middle American 

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