THE OSPREY. 



CONTENTS. 



Pag-e. 



Cedar Waxwing- ( from life) Fkontispieck. 



Land Birds at Sea A. W. Anthony 57 



Some Orig-inal Observations Rev. J. M. Keck 58 



Avian Photog-rapiiy Dr. R. W. Shufeldt 59 



Nesting- of Baird's Sparrov^^ in North Dakota Eugene S. Rolfe 62 



Red-headed Woodpecker Locating- his Prey Charles Sloan Reid 63 



Nesting- Habits of the Black-throated Green Warbler J. H, Bowles 64 



Marbled Murrelet, Photog-raphed from Life Geo. G. Cantwell 69 



Notes on the Chickadee (65), Notes on Henslow's Sparrow (65), More Albin- 

 ism (66), Long-spur Notes (67), Accidental Death of a Bonasa Umbellus 

 (07), A Wood Ibis in Rliode Island (67), Late Nesting- of the Green 

 Heron (07), Grouse Plentiful (67), A Larg-e Flock of Crows (67), Caro- 

 lina Rail at a Hig-h Latitude (67), Albino Turkey Vulture (67), Swal- 

 low-tailed Kite (67), La 1:6 Departure of Crested Flycatcher (63), A 

 Queer Nesting- Site (68). 



American Ornitholog-ist's Union 68 



Michig-an Ornitholog-ical Club 68 



Chicag-o Academy of Sciences 69 



Correspondence 69 



Recent Literature ''^0 



Note and Comment •. 70 



California Department '^i 



Editorial 72 



Hope lor t|ie Bald. 



A French doctor, who luis been study- 

 ing the subject for many years, Sciys that 

 out of a hundred people from 20 to 30 

 years of age, taken at hazard, 27 will be 

 found to be bald. Women conceal such 

 a deficiency with great cleverness, and 

 are not often detected; but while the loss 

 of hair is not so prevalent among them 

 as among men, yet, if the proportion of 

 the fair sex, whose heads are as smooth 

 as doorknobs, could be accurately learned 

 the results would be undoubtedly start- 

 ling. Between the ages of 30 and 40 the 

 percentage of baldheads rises to 47 per 

 100. 



The critical period, liowever, is be- 

 tween 40 and 50 years. Out of a hun- 

 dred chance subjects, only 25 had fairly 

 good growth of hair, the other 75 being 

 almost destitute entirely of capillary cov- 

 ering. When the 60th year is passed, 

 this physician asserts, it is rare to find a 



man who has enough hair on the top of 

 his head to make parting a possibility. 



It is consoling, however, to know that 

 this annoying affliction can now be cured, 

 as a wonderful remedy has been discov- 

 ered that will positively produce a luxuri- 

 ant growth of hair on the baldest head. 

 It is also an excellent remedy for thin 

 eyebrows and eyelashes, hair falling, 

 scanty parting, will positively force a 

 growth of whiskers and mustache, on the 

 smoothest face at any age, besides restor- 

 ing gray and faded hair to its original 

 color. 



Full information is sent absolutely free 

 of charge by Messrs. W. S. Lorrimer & 

 Co., the eminent specialists, of 1005 

 Pennsylvania avenue, Baltimore, Mary- 

 land, and hundreds who have availed 

 themselves of Messrs Lorrimer's gener- 

 ous offer, are now rejoicing in an abund- 

 ance of hirsute adornment which they 

 have hitherto striven in vain to produce. 

 We recommend all sufferers to note this 

 firm's name and address and write to 

 them while the above offer holds good. 



