iv Contents of Volume XXXVII. 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Baldwin's 'Bird Banding by Means of Systematic Trapping,' 314; Chap- 

 man on New South American Birds, 315; Cory's 'Catalogue of Birds 

 of the Americas,' 315; Witherby's 'Handbook of British Birds,' 316; 

 A Geographical Bibliography of British Ornithology, 317; Annual 

 Report of the National Association of Audubon Societies, 317; Bulle- 

 tin of the Essex County Ornithological Club, 318; Hollister's Account 

 of the National Zoo, 319; Cory's Review of the Genus Rhynchocy- 

 clus, 319; Recent Papers by Bangs and Penard, 320; Van Oort's 

 'Birds of Holland,' 320; Kirk Swann's 'Synoptical List of the Acci- 

 pitres,' 321; Dr. Shufeldt's Bibliography, 321 • Stuart Baker on Egg 

 Collecting and its Objects, 321 ; Economic Ornithology in Recent 

 Entomological Publications, 322; Pine-seed Eaters in British Gar- 

 hwal, 325; The Ornithological Journals, 325; Ornithological Articles 

 in Other Journals, 334; Additional Publications Received, 338. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



An "Occult Food Sense" in Birds, 339; The Search for Food by Birds, 

 341 ; Ridgway's 'Birds of North and Middle America, Vol. VIII,' 344. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Obituary: James Mellville Macoun, 346; A. O. U. Committee on Classi- 

 fication and Nomenclature, 346; Migratory Bird Treaty, 347; Bird 

 Reservations, 347; Modification in Federal Regulations, 347; Pacific 

 Northwest Bird and Mammal Club, 347; Complete Sets of 'The 

 Auk,' 348; The Wilson Ornithological Club, 352; Correction, 352; 

 Errata, 352. 



NUMBER III. 



Page 



Notes on Some American Ducks. By Allan Brooks. (Plates 



XV-XVI) 353 



Relative Abundance of Wild Ducks at Delavan, Wisconsin. 



By N. Hollister 367 



Recollections of Audubon Park. By George Bird Grinndl 



(Plates XVII-XVI II) 372 



Courtship in Birds. By Charles W. Tovmsend, M. D 380 



Observations on the Habits of Birds at Lake Burford, New 



Mexico. By Alexander Wetmore 393 



Notes on the Breeding Habits of the Rusty Blackbird in 



Northern New England. By Fred H. Kennard. (Plates 



XIX-XX) • • 412 



The Genera of Ceryline Kingfishers. By Waldron DeWitt 



Miller 422 



Ontario Bird Notes. By J. H. Fleming and Hoyes Lloyd . . . 429 

 Seventeenth Supplement to the American Ornithologists' 



Union Check-List of North American Birds 439 



