THE OSPREY. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Nest of Ferrug-inous Roug-h-leg- Frontispiece. 



A Tern Study, (Illustrated) Rev. P. B. Peabody. 1 



The Sociability of Birds O. Widmann 3 



The L,ark, (a poem) Chas. S. Reid. 5 



Three Da3's in the Seirras (Illustrated) C. Barlow. 5 



Some Observations on the Spotted Sandpiper, (Ilhistrated) J. H. Harris, Jr. 7 



Nesting- Ferruginous Rough-leg, (Illustrated) E. S. Rolfe. 8 



Rambles About Quiver I^ake, (Illustrated) P. M. Sili^oway. 10 



General Notes 12 



Western Visitors. 



Ducks Migrating. 



A Murderous Woodpecker. 



Domesticated Quail. 



Cortland County Notes. 

 Personal 



Fiftieth Anniversary 



A Department of Reviews.... 



California Department 



Michigan Ornithological Club. 



Correspondence 



Editorial 



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