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A Strupy or SusBsequENT NESTINGS AFTER THE Loss or THE First. By H 
Mousley. (Plates XIII-XIV.) . ; : = 5 “ 4 > 381 
Some ALAsKA PENINSULA Birp Notes. By Charles A. Gianini . F 394 
Tue SuMMER BIRDS OF THE ST. Matnaw Istanp Brrp ep aiaphee ae By G. 
Dallas Hanna a 403 
NESTING OF THE CAPE Max Wisneun AT rar ges ‘Epwanp, Quenee. “Ey ‘H. F. 
Merriam , 410 
Tue STATUS OF Liens ayer. Beasts Gaus By Tonathar Dwight, M. D. 
(Plate XV) . : 413 
SHEDDING OF THE STOMACH Erste BY Brats Pismiaeenee AS Recnw cies BY 
THE ANATID&. By W. L. McAtee. (Plates XVI—XVII.) 5 415 
Notes on KENNICOTT’S SCREECH OwL (Otus asio RSBELORE) IN THE PuGET Sas ; 
Recion’ By J. Hooper Bowles E : 422 
Tur Nicue-RELATIONSHIPS OF THE Sarwan Penne By Fase Getnnell 427 
Nores on Lone ISLAND Birps. By John T. sttachials, Robert C. Murphy and Ee 
low Griscom . 5 434 
PERSONALIA IN Guarecioass Randa _OF THE Couurrran ON Broanpae AND 
BipuioGcrapHy. By T. S. Palmer . - 4 - E 445 
REMARKS ON CoLoRADO Birps. By Willoughby P. Fakta 2 ’ 453 
FurtTHER Notes oN ALABAMA Birps. By Lewis S. Golsan and Ernest G. Holt A 456 
Ontario Brrp Notes. By Hoyes Lloyd ‘ Z 7“ ¥ 3 457 
Somr Notes on Connecticut Birps. By Ira a Gibecelebn r 5 ‘ 3 461 
Notes on NortH AMERICAN Birps. III. By Harry C. Oberholser : * : 465 
Norvres ON THE GENUS PurFriNnus Brisson. By Harry C. Oberholser - 471 
Generat Notes.— Man-o’-War-bird etc. on the North Carolina Coast, 476: Gaawall 
in Massachusetts, 476; Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) in a Phenomenal Position at 
Boston, Mass., 476; Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaétos) at Springfield, Mass., 477; 
Sparrow Hawks Nesting in a Bird House, 478; Black Vulture in Massachusetts, 
478; Crow Roost near Boston, Pennsylvania, 478; Evening Grosbeak (Hesperiphona 
vespertina vespertina) at Springfield, Mass., 478; "Evening Grosbeak at Lakewood, 
N. J., 479; Evening Grosbeaks at Hatley, Stanstead Co., Quebec, 479; English 
Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Feeding on the Larve of the Elm Tree Beetle, 479; 
The Slate-colored Junco in Colorado, 480; Nesting of the Chiapas Blue Grosbeak 
(Guiraca cerulea chiapensis), 480; Brewster’s Warbler (Vermivora leucobronchialis) 
in Lexington, Mass., 481; Late Southward Migration of the Cape May Warbler on 
Long Island, 483; Rare Warblers at Hatley, Stanstead Co., Quebec, 484; Sap Drink- 
ing Habits of Warblers, 484; A Roosting Place of Fledgling House Wrens, 485; 
The Labrador Chickadee (Penthestes hudsonicus nigricans) at Cohasset, Mass., late 
in May, 486; Labrador Chickadees at Hatley, Stanstead Co., Quebec, 486; Rare 
Winter Visitants in Northern Indiana, 487. 
Recent Lirerature.— Bergtold on the Incubation Periods in Birds, 488; Howell on 
the Birds of the California Coast Islands, 489; Shufeldt on a Fossil Bird from the 
Florissant Shales, 490; Richmond’s ‘Third Supplement’ to Waterhouse’s “‘ Index 
Genera Avium,’’ 491; Avesin the Zoological Record for 1915, 491; Kuser’s ‘The Way 
to Study Birds,’ 492; The Birds of Australia, 492; Brooks on Some Falkland Island 
Birds, 492; Richmond 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, 498; the Ornithologi- 
eal Journals, 498; Ornithological Articles in Other Journals, 502; Publications 
Received, 504. 
CorRESPONDENCE.— Definite Localities, 506; Appeal for Assistance in Work of the 
Biological Survey, 507; ‘‘The Way to Study Birds,’’ 508; Concealing Coloration, 508. 
Notes anp 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 §. Welles, 513; 1847— 1917, 513; Animal Colora- 
tion, 514; The Thirty-fifth Stated Meeting of the A. O. Wg, 514. 
INDEX . : s ; ; g : 3 5 2 a : - 515 
ERRATA é j : : ¥ : : 542 
Dates or Issue . : : . 3 Z : 7 F 2 : p ; 542 
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