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Bird - Lore 



The next Congress of the Union will be 

 held in San Francisco in May, 1915. This 

 promises to be an event of exceptional 

 interest. Information in regard to details 

 of transportation may be obtained in due 

 time through the Secretary of the Union, 

 Mr. J. H. Sage, Portland, Conn. We are 

 sure that no member of the A. O. U. party 

 which crossed the continent, to meet in 

 San Francisco in May, 1903, will wil- 

 lingly forego an opportunity to duplicate 

 that memorable experience. 



PROGRAM 



Some Letters from Robert Kennicott. By 

 Ernest Thompson Seton, Greenwich, 

 Conn. (10 min.) 



On the Zonary Stomach in the Euphonias. 

 By Alexander Wetmore, Washington, 

 D. C. (10 min.) 



Winter Birds at Ithaca, N. Y. By Louis 

 Agassiz Fuertes, Ithaca, N. Y. (15 min.) 



Visits of Pine and Evening Grosbeaks. By 

 Mrs. E. O. Marshall, New Salem, Mass. 

 (10 min.) 



A Note on the Herring Gull. By John 

 Treadwell Nichols, New York City. 

 (15 min.) 



Side Light on the Saw-whet Owl. By 

 Ernest Thompson Seton, Greenwich, 

 Conn. (15 min.) 



Anatomical Notes on Trochalopteron and 

 Sicalis. By Prof. Hubert Lyman 

 Clark, Cambridge, Mass. (10 min.) 



The Intimidation Display of the White- 

 breasted Nuthatch. Illustrated by lan- 

 tern-slides. By Dr. Arthur A. Allen, 

 Ithaca, N. Y. (10 min.) 



Notes on the Distribution of Breeding 

 Egrets in the United States. Illustrated 

 by lantern-slides. By T. Gilbert Pear- 

 son, New York City. (20 min.) 



Winter Feeding of Birds. Illustrated by 

 lantern-slides. By B. S. Bowdish, Dem- 

 arest, N. J. (30 min.) 



Ten Minutes With Lower California 

 Birds. Illustrated by lantern-slides. By 

 Dr. Paul Bartsch, Washington, D. C. 

 (25 min.) 



The Curious Tail Molt of Rhinoplax. 

 With exhibition of specimens. By Alex 

 Wetmore. (15 min.) 



Are Our Insectivorous Birds Decreasing? 

 Subject introduced by Dr. Frank M. 

 Chapman, to be discussed by William 

 Brewster, Prof. Wells W. Cooke, Wal- 

 dron DeWitt Miller, Dr. Witmer Stone, 

 and others. 



Migration in the Mackenzie Valley. Illus- 

 trated by lantern-slides. By Prof. Wells 

 W. Cooke, Washington, D. C. (30 min.) 



A Trip to Pelican Island, Florida. Illus- 

 trated by lantern-slides. By Ernest 

 Thompson Seton, Greenwich, Conn. 

 (20 min.) 



With the Terns on Bird Key, Tortugas. 

 Illustrated by lantern-slides. By Dr. 

 Paul Bartsch, Washington, D. C. 

 (15 min.) 



Ten Minutes with the Birds of the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia. Illustrated by lan- 

 tern-slides. By Dr. Paul Bartsch, 

 Washington, D. C. (10 min.). 



Random Notes on Bird Preservation. 

 Illustrated by lantern-slides. By Ed- 

 ward H. Forbush, Westboro, Mass. (25 

 min.) 



Results of the Federal Bird Migration 

 Regulations. By Dr. T. S. Palmer, 

 Washington, D. C. (30 min.) 



The American Museum's Expeditions in 

 South America. By Dr. Frank M. 

 Chapman, New York City. (30 min.) 



A Course in Bird-Study 



A course in bird-study has been given 

 regularly every summer for the last eight 

 years at the Biological Laboratory of the 

 Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. 

 The Laboratory, which is located at Cold 

 Spring Harbor, Long Island, New York, 

 is thirty miles east of New York City, on 

 an arm of Long Island Sound. In the 

 immediate vicinity are four fresh-water 

 lakes, sphagnum bogs, pine barrens, 

 forest-clad hills, scrubby pastures, and 

 salt marshes, as well as the shore of the 

 Harbor. This variety of habitat is con- 

 ducive to a varied list of birds. The Green 

 Heron, Black-crowned Night Heron, and 

 Spotted Sandpiper, as well as a great 

 many species of land birds nest in the 

 vicinity. 



