CONTENTS 
Lire AND WritiINnGs OF Proressor F. E. L. Beau.. By W. L. McAtee. (Plate VI.) 243 
Some SuMMER Birps or Nortaarn New Bronswick. By P. B. Philipp and B.S. 
Bowdish. (Piates VII-LX.) 265 
Miss Lawson's REcouLEcTIONsS OF ORNITHOLOGISTS. By Frank L. Burns . : 275 
THe STATUS OF THE BLACK-THRIATED LOON (Gavia arctica) as 4 NortH AMERI- 
can Brrvo. By F. Seymore Hersey : : : H : ‘ 4 5 283 
An ImMpROVED OBSERVATION TENT.» By R. M. Sirong. (Plate X.) . 5 < 290 
Fiseip Nores on tHe Sertema (Chunga burmeistert). By Howarth S. Boyle . z 294 
Tuirty-Two YEARS OF Birp Micration aT Rauerau, NortH Carouina. By C. S. 
Brimley 5 A 2 ; F 4 SS ee . = 4 : 296 
A Revision oF THE Marsa WRENs OF CaLirornia. By Harry S. Swarth . 4 308 
NestTING oF THE Froripa GaLLiIncLe. By Verdi Burtch. (Plates XI-—XII.)_. 319 
Nores on NortH AMERICAN Birps. II. By Harry C. Oberholser é 4 ; 321 
A Synopsis OF THE Races OF Bombycilla garrula (LINN@mUS.) By Harry C: 
Oberholser 5 5 : 2 330 
Gerneraut Nores.— An Early Record of the White-tailed Ptarmigan, 334; Wild Geese at 
Moose Factory, 334; Wood Duck Removing Young from the Nest, 335; Northern 
Phalarope in Michigan, 336; The Western Goshawk (Astur atricapillus striatulus 
Ridg.) in Iowa, 336; Chimney Swift Nesting in a Well, 337; Muscivora tyrannus 
(Linn.) in Massachusetts, 337; Prairie Horned Lark (Otocoris alpestris praticola) 
Nesting at Newbury, Mass., 338; Starling Nesting near Washington, D. C., 338; 
A Pennsylvania Starling Roost, 338; Evening Grosbeak at Birdsboro, Pa., 340; 
The San Lucas Sparrow (Passerculus rostratus gultatus) in California, 340; Nelson’s 
Sparrow in Vermont, 341; Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrula) in Colorado, 
341; Regurgitation in the Bohemian Waxwing, 341; Orange-crowned Warbler (Ver- 
mivora celata celata) in Cohasset, Mass., 342; The Cape May Warbler at Washington, 
D. C., in Winter, 343; Kirtland’s Warbler in Wisconsin, 343; Yellow-throated 
Warbler in Brooklyn, N. Y., 343; Canada Warbler (Wilsonia canadensis) Nesting 
in Southern Connecticut, 344; The Hudsonian Chickadee (Penthestes hudsonicus 
subsp.?) in Lycoming County, Pa., 344; Hudsonian Chickadee on Long Island, 345. 
Recent Lireratury.— Wayne's ‘A List of Avian Species for which the Type Locality 
is South Carolina,’ 346; Chapin on the Classification of the Weaver-Birds, 347; 
Pearson's, ‘The Bird Study Book,’:348; Henshaw and Fuertes on North American 
Warblers 349; Mrs. Bailey's ‘Handbook of Birds of the Western United States,’ 350; 
Wood's ‘The Fundus Oculi of Birds,’ 350; Mathews’ ‘The Birds of Australia,’ 352; 
Matthew and Granger on Diatryma, 354; Dabbene on New Species of Geositta and 
Cinclodes, 355; Chapman on Santo Domingo Birds, 355; Sclater on the Birds of 
Yemen, 356; Henninger on the Ornithological Work of Dr. E. I. Shores, 356; 
Rhinebeck Birds and Seasons, 357; Shufeldt on fossil Birds from Florida, 357; ‘ Cassi- 
nia,’ 358; Shelton’s ‘Land Birds of West Central Oregon,’ 358; McGregor on New 
or Noteworthy Philippine Birds, 359; The Ornithological Journals, 359; Ornitho- 
logical Articles in Other Journals, 365; Publications Received, 367. 
CorresPponpENcE.— Plumage Importation in England, 369; Coloration of Down in 
Adult Ducks, 369; Subspecific Designations, 370. 
Norres anp News.— Obituaries: Dr. Edward Pierson Ramsay, 376; Newell A. Eddy 
376; Norman DeWitt Betts, 377; Samuel Thorne, 378; Henry W. Marsden, 378; 
Sociedad Ornithologica del Plata, 379; Youngstown Bird Preserve, 379; Expedition 
to Nicaragua, 379; Expedition to Labrador, 379; Secretary Sage’s Birthday, 379; 
Exploration in Arizona, 379; Resolution on Bird Treaty, 380; Book Notice, 380. 
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