THE OSPREY. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Louisiana Water Thrush, from Painting by Louis Agassiz Fuertes Frontispiece. 



Song Notes and Nesting Notes of the Western Meadowlark Rev. P. B. Peabody 139 



Osprey's Nest at San Clemente Island, from Photograph by Horace A. Gaylord 140 



Modifications of our Avi-fauna Rev. J. M. Keck 141 



Chimney Swift.— How Does it Break Off the Twigs ? Edmonde S. Currier 142 



™, ■ ^ • i_ 1, 11 » XT i- 1 r. 1 S Prof. M. T. Elrod 143 



The American Osprey in the Yellowstone National Park -j , y^ Clark 143 



Remarks on the Habits of the White-breasted Nuthatch Edwin Ervine Haines 143 



An Osprey Approaching Nest, from Photograph by Joseph Grinnell 144 



The Woodpeckers of Maryland Wm. H. Fisher 145 



A Tragedy, A Courtship and A Marriage H. T. Van Ostrand 146 



The Hermit Thrush Dr. Morris Gibbs 146 



Odd Nesting Sites Robert C. Woodhouse 147 



War on the Red-headed Woodpecker ■ 147 



Editorial Notes 148 



Recent Literature 148 



Correspondence 148 



Note and Comment 149 



General Notes :— Late Spring Migrants. Some Late Migrants. Yellow-headed Blackbird Nesting in Wild Rice. An 



Osprey's Nest at Hartford, Conn 149 



California Department 150 



Dr. Coues' Column 150 



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