iv Contents of Volume XXXII. 



Association of Audubon Societies, 117; Recent Literature on Bird 

 Protection, 117 ; Studies in Egg Production in the Domestic Fowl, 118; 

 Birds as Carriers of the Chestnut-Blight Fungus, 119; Reichenow's 

 'Die Vogel,' 119; Second Report on the Food of Birds in Scotland, 

 121; Feilden on Birds of Trinidad and Tobago, 121; The Ornitho- 

 logical Journals, 123; Ornithological Articles in Other Journals, 128; 

 Publications Received, 131. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



Obituary Notices, 133; Time of Incubation, 134; Changes in By-Laws of 

 the A. O. U., 134. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Obituary: Theodore N. Gill, 139; The San Francisco Meeting of the 

 A. O. IL, 140; Importation of Rhea plumage, 142; Full Names of 

 Authors in 'The Auk,' 143; Book Notice, 144; Exhibition of Water 



colors of Birds, 144. 



NUMBER II. 



Page 



The Classification of the Family Dendrocolaptid.e. By. Dr. 



Herman von Ihering. (Plates XI-XII) . . *. ' . 145 



The Okaloacoochee Slough. By Frederic H. Kennard. (Tlates 



XIII-XV) 154 



Cabot's Types of Yucatan Birds. By Outram Bangs . . 166 



The Atlantic Range of Leach's Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa 



(Vieillot)). By Robert Cushman Murphy . . A . 170 

 Some Suggestions for Better Methods of Recording and 



Studying Bird Songs. By Aretas A. Saunders . . . 173 

 List of the Birds of Louisiana. Part VII. By H. H. Kopman 183 

 Phaethon catesbyi Brandt. By Gregory M. Mathews . . . 195 

 Simultaneous Action of Birds: A Suggestion. By Winsor M. 



Tyler, M.D 198 



The Old New England Bob-white. By John C. Phillips. (Plate 



XVI) 204 



Early Records of the Wild Turkey. IV. By Albert Hazen 



Wright 207 



GENERAL NOTES. 



The Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata) at Berwyn, Pa., 225; Mallards 

 Wintering in Saskatchewan, 225; European Widgeon in Washington, 

 225; Harlequin Duck in the Glacier National Park, Montana, 225; 

 The Blue Goose (Chen ccerulescens) in Rhode Island, 226; Occurrence 

 of the Pectoral Sandpiper (Pisobia metadata) near Salem, N. J., 226; 

 The Wimbrel, Ruff, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, and Eskimo Curlew 

 on Long Island, N. Y., 226; The Diving Instinct in Shore-birds, 

 227; The Little Black Rail on Long Island, N. Y., 227; Richardson's 

 Owl and Other Owls in Franklin County, New York, 228; Lewis's 

 Woodpecker taken in Saskatchewan, 228; Prairie Horned Lark in 

 Rhode Island in Summer, 229; Crows Nesting on the Ground, 229; 

 The Bermuda Crow, 229; The Orange-crowned Warbler in Cam- 

 bridge, Mass., in December, 230; A Winter Record for the Palm 



