vill Contents of Volume XXXIV. 
of Australia, 492; Brooks on Some Falkland Island Birds, 492; Rich- 
mond on New Birds from Haiti, 493; Brooks on ‘The Food of West 
Virginia Birds,’ 493; Bird Pests in War Time, 494; Field Study of 
the Food of Nestlings, 494; Effect of Poisoning Operations on Birds; 
Value of Carrion Feeders, 495; Economic Ornithology in recent 
Entomological Publications, 497; Report of the Biological Division 
of the Canadian Geological ‘Survey for 1916, 498; The Ornithological 
Journals, 498; Ornithological Articles in Other Journals, 502; Pub- 
lications Received, 504. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
Definite Localities, 506; Appeal for Assistance in Work of the Biological 
Survey, 507; “ The Way to Study Birds,” 508; Concealing Colora- 
tion, 508. 
NOTES AND NEWS. 
Obituaries: Dr. Emil August Goeldi, 510; Alfred John North, 510; Rev. 
William Rogers Lord, 511; Dr. Bert Heald Bailey, 512; Francis 
Windle, 512; Covington Few Seiss, 513; Charles S. Welles, 513; 
1847-1917, 513; Animal Coloration, 514; The Thirty-fifth Stated 
Meeting of the A. O. U., 514. 
INDEX : ‘ : : ‘ : : . . : Page 515 
ERRATA . °* t F ; : k f ? ; ; AD, 
DATES OF IssuE : ‘ : : : ; ; ; 2 “542 
CoNntTENTS 3 ‘ 4 : i i 
OFFICERS AND MEMBERS : Se ix 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
PLATES. 
Plate I. D. G. Elliot. 
s II. Wells W. Cooke. 
ff III. Grand Romaine River; Shekatika River (two views). 
IV. Double-crested Cormorants and Murres (two views). 
é V. Ring-billed Gull’s Nest; Hare Harbor (two views). 
5 VI. F.E. L. Beal. 
a VII. Nests of Wilson’s Warbler and Philadelphia Vireo (two 
views). 
“VIII. Nests of Olive-backed Thrush and Yellow Palm Warbler 
(two views). 
4 IX. Nests of Bay-breasted Warbler and Yellow-bellied Fly- 
catcher (two views). 
. X. Corner Bracket for Tent-frame and Tent in Position (two 
views). 
as XI. Florida Gallinule (two views). 
fe XII. Florida Gallinule (two views). 
“« XIII. Eggs of Black-throated Blue Warbler, Northern Parula 
Warbler and White-throated Sparrows: Successive Sets. 
CPO XA. Eggs of Chestnut-sided and Myrtle Warblers; Successive 
ets. 
oi XV. Wing-feathers of Larus thayeri and L. argentatus. 
“XVI. Stomach Linings of Ducks. 
“ XVII. Stomach Linings of Ducks and Geese. 
Trext-Cors. 
Map of the Chilliwack District, B. C. : : : : Page 31 
Distribution of Californian Marsh Wrens. ; : : 309 
Distribution of the California Thrasher : P : 7 A295 
