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The Ornithological Journals. 1 



Bird-Lore. Vol. XVII, No. 1. January-February, 1915. 



Bird-life in Southern Illinois. II. By Robert Ridgway. 



The Story of a Red-tailed Hawk — Part 1. By Mrs. A. B. Morgan. 



How Winter Thins Their Ranks. By J. W. Lippincott. 



Migration Notes of N. A. Sparrows. By W. W. Cooke. Plumage notes 

 by F. M. Chapman. Color Plate by L. A. Fuertes. This paper concludes 

 the series. 



Bird-Lore's Fifteenth Christmas Census, shows an increase in the num- 

 ber of reports as well as their thoroughness. Some editorial correction 

 would seem warranted in such a case as that of the Chickadees since the 

 record of both species in South Carolina, where only the Carolina is known, 

 will prove confusing. 



The Audubon department is full of interest while the Educational 

 Leaflet treats of the Loon with a color plate by Brooks. 



The Condor. Vol. XVI, No. 6. November-December, 1914. 



A Forty-five Year History of the Snowy Heron in Utah. By A., E. and 

 A. O. Treganza. 



The effects of Irrigation on Bird Life in the Yakima Valley, Washington. 

 By Clarence H. Kennedy.— An estimated increase of 60,000 birds. 



Breeding of the Bronzed Cowbird in Arizona. By M. F. Gilman. 



The Condor. Vol. XVII, No. 1. January-February, 1915. 



With Rallus in the Texas Marsh. By G. F. Simmons. 



The Nesting of the Black Swift. By W. L. Dawson. — Corroborating 

 the breeding of the species at Santa Cruz. " 



The Kern Redwing — Agelaius phceniceus aciculatus subsp. nov. (p. 13). 

 Isabella, Kern Co., Cal. By Jos. Mailliard. 



The Status of the Arizona Spotted Owl. By H. S. Swarth. 



Birds Observed on Forrester Island, Alaska During the Summer of 1913. 

 By Harold Heath. 



Birds of the Boston Mountains, Arkansas. By Austin P. Smith. 



The Wilson Bulletin. Vol. XXVI, No. 4. December, 1914. 



Notes on a Northern Robin Roost. By A. R. Abel. 



The Birds of the Douglas Lake Region. By Jas. S. Compton. 



A Hermit Thrush Study. By Cordelia J. Stanwood. 



A Brief Study of the Nest Life of the Black-throated Green Warbler. 

 By Cordelia J. Stanwood. 



The Determination of the Food of Nesting Birds. By A. R. Cahn. 



A Flight of Shore-birds near Youngstown, Ohio. By J. P. Young. 



Corrections of the A. O. U. Check-List in Regard to Birds of Ohio. By 

 W. F. Henninger. 



1 The names of the editor and publisher of each journal will be found in the 

 January number of ' The Auk.' 



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