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NOTES AND NEWS. 



Obituary Notices: Frank Slater Daggett, 508; Horace Winslow Wright, 

 509; Thomas McAdory Owen, 510; Charles Gordon Hewitt, 511; 

 Johan Axel Palmen, 511; Bird Banding, 512; The Permanent Funds 

 of the A. O. IT., 513; Annual Meeting of the B. O. U., 514; Annual 

 Meeting of the R. A. O. U., 515; Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society 

 for the Study and Protection of Birds, 516; American Fossil Birds, 

 516; Handwriting of Ornithologists, 516; Distribution of Ornitholo- 

 gists, 517; Personal Mention, W. H. Osgood, 517; Alexander Wet- 

 more, 517; James L. Peters, 517; Washington Meeting of the A. O. U., 

 517. 



NUMBER IV. 



Limicoline Voices. By John Tweadwell Nichols 519 



Summer Bird Records from Lake County Minnesota. By 



Charles Eugene Johnson 541 



In the Haunts of Cairns' Warbler. By C. W. G. Eifrig . . 551 



Pattern Development in Teal. By Glover M. Allen .... 558 

 Notes on the Birds of Southeastern North Carolina. By 



Edward Fleisher 565 



Migration and Physical Proportions. A Preliminary Study. 



By C. K. Averill 572 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Roseate Tern (Sterna dougalli) Breeding in Virginia, 579; Egret in South 

 Orleans, Mass., 579; The Louisiana Heron (Hydranassa tricolor 

 ruficollis) at Cape May, N. J., 580; The Marbled Godwit (Limosa 

 fedoa) on the New Jersey Coast, 580; Marbled Godwit on Long 

 Island, N. Y., 581; The Willet (Catoplrophorus semipalmatus semi- 

 palmatus) in Nova Scotia, 581; The Willet in Nova Scotia, 582; 

 Breeding of the Semipalmated Plover (Aegialitis semipalmata) in 

 Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, 583; The Cowbird's Whistle, 584; 

 Dance of the Purple Finch, 584; Breeding of the Evening Grosbeak 

 in Manitoba, 585; A Change in the Nesting Habits of the Common 

 House Sparrow (Passer domesticus), 586; Notes on the Acadian Sharp- 

 tailed Sparrow (Passerherbulus nelsoni subvirgatus), 587; Notable 

 Warblers Breeding Near Aiken, S. C, 589; The Yellow-throated 

 Warbler (Dendroica dominica dominica) at Cape May, N. J., 591; 

 The Black-poll Warbler and Bicknell's Thrush at Yarmouth, Nova 

 Scotia, 591 ; The Summer Resident Warblers (Mniotiltidae) of North- 

 ern New Jersey, 592; A Peculiarly Marked Example of Dumetella 

 carolinensis, 593; The Hudsonian Chickadee in New Jersey, 593; 

 The Plain Titmouse, a New Bird for Oregon, 594; The Singing of 

 the Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus c. calendula), 594; Notes from 

 Seal Island, Nova Scotia, 596; Some Summer Residents of Dutchess 

 County, N. Y., 597; Bird Notes from Collins, N. Y., 598; Additions 

 to the 'Birds of Allegany and Garrett Counties, Maryland,' 598 

 Rare and Unusual Birds in the Chicago Area During the Spring of 

 1920, 600; Items Relative to Some Costa Rican Birds, 601; Obser- 

 vations of a Remarkable Night Migration, 604. 



