THE USPiiEV. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Magnolia Warblers, from Painting by Louis Agassiz Fuertes Frontispiece. 



Notes on the Marbled Murrelet Joseph Grinnell. 115 



Annas Hummingbird, from Photograph by Mrs. Elizabeth Gkinnell 116 



Nest and Eggs of the American Herring Gull, from Photograph by Ora W, Knight 117 



A Correction of a Frequent Misstatement Ludwig Kumlien 117 



The Formation of the Bill in the Genus Loxia ; Wm. P. Lemmon .iiS 



Great Horned Owls— Father and Son (?) from Photograph by Allen A. Gkeen 119 



Practical Feather Work *. Charles Hallock 119 



Au-Mon Re-Nay-sshen Chief Pokagon, of the Pottowattomie Indians 120 



Blowing Incubated Egg's.". .".'.'. . . .' Albert Lano 121 



Hummingbirds at Sea San Francisco Chronicle 121 



Old Dote-Cote, (Poem) Charles Sloan Reid 122 



General Notes :— Chimney Swift Breaking oft Twigs with Their Feet. C122). Wilson Snipe Breeding at Branchport, 

 N. Y., (122). An Unusual Nesting Site, (122). Migration at Beaver Dam, Wis., (122). Early Migrants, (122). Wilson 

 Snipe in the Berkshire Hills in Winter, (122). Red-headed Woodpecker Wintering in Wisconsin, (122). An Early 

 Whip-poor-will, (123). 



Note and Comment.— An Egg of the California Condor Taken 123 



Recent Literature ^23 



Dr. Coues' Column 124 



Notes on •'Flycatcher Notes" Walton Mitchell 124 



California Department :— Late Migrants, Cooper Club Notes, A Fraud in the Cooper Club, California Items 125 



The Chicago Academy of Sciences 125 



Photograph Notes 126 



Editorial Notes 126 



A COLLECTION OF FINE SETS OF BIRDS' EGGS 



have been placed in our hands to sell ; and to SELL QUICKLY we offer them at the 

 low prices attached. Some special bargains included. Numbers following names are 

 the number of eggs in a set. Postage on orders of less than $1.00 must be paid by 

 purchaser. 



Per Egg. 



American Eared Grebe, 9 $ .08 



Pied-billed Grebe, 7-6 04 



Puffin, 1 20 



Cassin's Auklet, i 50 



Murre, i 08 



Razor-billed, i oS 



Great Black-backed Gull, 2 25 



Ring-billed Gull, 3 15 



Caspian Tern, 3 20 



Forster's Tern, 3 03 



Arctic Tern, 3 03 



Least Tern, 3 03 



Bridled Tern, i 35 



Noddy, I 15 



Fulmar, i 25 



Audubon's Shearwater, i 45 



Anhinga,4 12. 



Double-crested Cormorant, 4 08 



Florida Cormorant, 4 08 



Farallone Cormorant, 3 .10 



Brown Pelican. 3 lo 



Blue-winged Teal, 9-13 08 



Lesser Scaup Duck, 8 25 



White Ibis, 4-5 oS 



American Bittern, 3 3° 



Least Bittern, 4 o5 



Snowy Heron, 4 08 



Little Blue Heron, 3 05 



Green Heron, 4 05 



Black-crowned Night Heron, 3 05 



Purple G alii nule, 6 08 



Florida Gallinule, 7-8 05 



American Coot, 7-8-9 04 



Red Phalarope, 4 65 



American Avocet, 4 20 



Spotted Sandpiper, 4 06 



Killdeer, 4 08 



Bob-white 8-10-11 05 



Valiey Partridge, 6. 06 



Prairie Hen, 13-10 12 



Chachalaca, 3 18 



Mourning Dove, 2 02 



Cooper's Hawk, 4 10 



Harris' Hawk, 3 i2 



Red-tailed Hawk, 2 18 



Red-shouldered Hawk, 3 



Florida Red-shouldered Hawk, 3., 



Swainson's Hawk, 2 



American Sparrow Hawk. 5 



Audubon's Caracara, 3-2 



American Osprey, 3 



Short-eared Owl, 4 



American Long-eared Owl, 5 



Screech Owl, 4-5-3 



Great Horned Owl, 2 



Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 3-4 



Downy Woodpecker, 6 



Red-headed Woodpecker, 5 



Red-bellied Woodpecker, 4 



Flicker, 7-8-9 



Whip-poor-will, 2 



Nighthawk, 2.. - 



Western Nighthawk, 2 



Chimney Swift, 4 



Ruby-throated Hummingbird, n. 2. 

 Black-chinned Hummingbird, n. 2 



Anna's Hummingbird, n. 2 



Rufous Hummingbird, n. 2 



Allen's Hummingbird, n. 2 



Scissor-t ailed Flycatcher, 5 



Kingbird, 4 



Arkansas Kingbird, 4 



Crested Flycatcher, 5 



Phcebe, 5 



Black Phcebe, 4 



Wood Pewee, 3 



Traill's Flycatcher, 3-4 



American Magpie, 6 



Yellow-billed Magpie, 7-8 



Blue Jay, 4-5 



California Jay, 3 



American Crow, 4-5-6 



Yellow-headed Blackbird, 4 



Red-winged Blackbird, 3-4 



Meadowlark, 5 



Western Meadowlark, 3 



Bullock's Oriole, 5 



Brewer's Blackbird, 4-5 



Bronzed Grackle, 4-5 



House Finch, 4-5 



Per Egg, 



15 



American Goldfinch, 4-5 



Grasshopper Sparrow, 4 



Gambel's Sparrow, 3 



Field Sparrow, 4 



Song Sparrow, 3 



Towhee, 3 



California Towhee, 4-3 



Cardinal, j 



Gray-tailed Cardinal, 4 



Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 3-4. 

 Black-headed Grosbeak, 3 .. . 



Blue Grosbeak, 4 



Indigo Bunting, 3 



Lazuli Bunting, 4 



Painted Bunting, 4 



Dickcissel, 4-5 



Lark Bunting, 4 



Scarlet Tanager, 2-3 



Summer Tanager, 3 



Purple Martin. 4 



Cliff Swallow, 4 



Barn Swallow, 4 



Cedar Wa.xwing 4-3 



Whife-ruinped Shrike. 4-5-6.. 



Red eyed Vireo, 4 



Bell's Vireo, 7 



Black and White Warbler, 4. 



Yellow-Warbler, 3-4 



Macgillivray's Warbler, 4 



Maryland Yellovz-throat, 4... 



Mockingbird, 4 



Catbird, 4-5 



Brown Thrasher, 4-5 



Carolina Wren, 5 



Baird's Wren, 7 



House Wren, 7-8 



Long-billed Marsh Wren, 5 . . 



Chickadee, 7 



California Bush-Tit, 5 



Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 5 



Wood Thrush, 4 



Russet-backed Thrush, 4-5 .. . 

 Western Robin, 3 



Per Egg. 



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