THE OSPREY. 



CONTENTS. 



Pag-e. 



Instantaneous Photograph of Gull in Flig-ht -• • • ' ^ 



The King-lets and Their Distribution Edwin Ekvink Haines 73 



The Brown Pelican on Indian River Dr. Morkis Gibbs 75 



Great Horned Owl (photog-raph from life) • 75 



The Circling- Loon R. M. Barnes 77 



Are Green Eg-g-s of Red-tailed Hawk Rare? Bevjamin Hoag 78 



Flycatchers of Minnesota Walton I. Mitchell '^ 



General Notes: — First Eg-g- of '97, (81); Snowy Owls Numerous, (81); Pine 

 Siskin at Sabula, Iowa, (81); The Olive-sided Flycatcher in Van 

 Buren County, Iowa, (82); Double-crested Cormorant, (82); Wilson's 

 Snipe Breeding- at Branchport, New York, (82); Snowj Owl Cap- 

 tured, (82); Some Notes, (82). 



Recent Literature 83 



Chicag-o Academy of Sciences 83 



Northwestern Ornitholog-ical Association 83 



California Depai;tment • ■ ■ • • ■ • 84 



Editorial 86 



Correspondence . 86 



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EGGS ARE MARKED 



A. O. U. SET INDEX. 



NO. OF EGG'S. 



Eggs of the. 



(Date -■_ i8g Incubation. 



Locality _.._ 



Identification 

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Collected by 



