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The Ornithological Journals. 



Bird-Lore. 1 Vol. XVI, No. 5. September-October, 1914. 



Some Observations on Bird Protection in Germany. By William P. 

 Wharton. — A visit to the estate of Baron von Berlepsch, describing the 

 use of nesting boxes, etc. , and the pruning of shrubs so as to produce crotches 

 suitable for nest building. 



An Island Home of the American Merganser. By Francis Harper. 



Impressions of the Voices of Tropical Birds. V. By Louis Agassiz 

 Fuertes. — Toucans, Cuckoos, Trogons, Motmots, etc., described and 

 figured. 



Migration of North American Sparrows includes Worthen's and the Texas 

 Sparrows and the Green-tailed Towhee. 



The ' Notes ' and Audubon, Department are particularly full and in- 

 structive. The educational leaflet by H. K. Job describes the Pintail. 



Bird-Lore. Vol. XVI, No. 6. November-December, 1914. 



Bird Life in Southern Illinois. By Robert Ridgway. — The first of a 

 series of three articles describing his properties and the methods that have 

 been taken to increase wild bird life thereon. 



Impressions of the Voices of Tropical Birds . By Louis Agassiz Fuertes. — 

 The concluding installment covering, the Parrots, Guans, Pigeons, etc. 



On the Trail of the Evening Grosbeak. By Arthur A. Allen. Studies 

 of the birds at Ithaca, N. Y. February-May, 1914, with a series of 

 remarkably successful photographs. 



The Juncos form the subject of the North American Sparrow installment 

 and the educational leaflet treats of the Crow. 



The Annual Report of the National Audubon Society (noticed on p. 117) 

 occupies nearly half of this bulky number. 



The Condor. 2 Vol. XVI, No. 5. September-October, 1914. 



The Nesting of the Spotted Owl. By Donald R. Dickey. — Strix occi- 

 dentalis occidentalis in Ventura, Cal. Excellent illustrations. 



Henry W. Marsden. By Louis B. Bishop. — An appreciative obituary. 



Notes on a Colony of Tri-colored Redwings. By Joseph Mailliard. 



Bird Notes from the Sierra Madre Mountains, southern California. By 

 H. A. Edwards. 



A Study of the Status of Certain Island Forms of the Genus Salpinctes. 

 By H. S. Swarth. — The treatment of the A. O. U. Check-List endorsed 

 in preference to that of Ridgway. S. guadeloupensis proximus from San 

 Martin Island, L. Cal., is described as new (p. 215). 



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i Organ of the Audubon Societies. Edited by F. M. Chapman. Published by 

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s Edited for the Cooper Ornithological Club by Joseph Grinnell. Published 

 at The Condor office, First Nat. Bank Building, Hollywood, Cal. (Bimonthly) 

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