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never recording a bird that both have not seen and satisfactorily identified 

 is excellent though of course it can only be practiced by two observers 

 working always together. Confirmation of other observers is an excellent 

 feature and the person who always works alone and always sees the largest 

 number of species cannot help but arouse a doubt as to whether his 

 enthusiasm has not carried him away. 



Bird-Lore. XXII, No. 3. May-June, 1920. 



Spring Thunder. By H. E. Tuttle. — Drumming of the Ruffed Grouse, 

 with photograph of bird in action. 



Some Robins' Nests. By W. F. Smith. — Curious locations, on the 

 hub of a wagon, a stove-pipe, etc. 



A Much-used Robin's Nest. By D. D. DuBois. — Six broods reared 

 in the same nest during several successive years. 



The educational leaflet deals with the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker with a 

 plate by Sawyer and text by T. Gilbert Pearson. In the latter the author 

 seems a little mixed in his migration dates; the swallows as a rule are 

 early migrants in the autumn but the Swift instead of leaving with them 

 as he states remains in the vicinity of New York about as late as does 

 the Sapsucker. 



Arthur A. Allen has an excellent article on bird song in which he adopts 

 a scheme of notation somewhat like that advocated by A. A. Saunders in 

 'The Auk.' (1915, p. 173.) 



An unfortunate newspaper article on a supposed Audubon collection of 

 birds at Amherst College is reprinted in the Audubon department ap- 

 parently without making any effort to determine its accuracy, while a 

 line to Mr. Bangs, whose name appears in connection with the story, 

 would have shown that, like many articles in the daily press, the whole 

 thing was the result of some reporter's too vivid imagination. 



The Condor. XXII, No. 2. March-April, 1920. 



The Nesting Habits of the Alaska Wren. By Harold Heath. — Raises 

 the interesting question as to the possible restocking of the island of St. 

 George where the bird is found. The wrens are reported by natives to 

 be abundant there some years and to disappear in others. As the Aleutian 

 Islands, according to Oberholser, are populated by different races with the 

 exception of Kodiak, then the repopulation must take place from this 

 remote island, 700 miles away, but it is hardly conceivable that some 

 representatives from the other nearer islands should not also come to the 

 Pribilofs, if any such migration occurs. Mr. Heath prefers to think 

 that one or more pairs have survived even in years when they seemed to 

 have disappeared. In the winter of 1919, however, only a single pair of 

 the birds could be found and it would therefore seem that the existence of 

 the bird in the Pribilofs was precarious. 



Autobiographical Notes. By Henry W. Henshaw. (Continued.) 



Nesting of the Dusky Poor will near Saugus, Los Angeles Co., California. 

 By A. J. Van Rossem and J. H. Bowles. 



