Contents of Volume XXXVI. 



Shufeldt on the Skeleton of the Kea Parrot, 131; Murphy's Photo- 

 graphs of South Georgia Birds, 132; Taverner's Recent Papers on 

 Canadian Birds, 132; 'Aves' in the Zoological Record, 133; Pro- 

 ceedings of the Linncean Society of New York, 133; Annual Report 

 of the National Association of Audubon Societies, 134; Zimmer on 

 Rare Birds from Luzon and Mindoro, 135; Recent Papers by Wet- 

 more, 135; Five Contributions to Economic Ornithology by Collinge, 

 136; Chapman's 'Our Winter Birds,' 137; The Ornithological Journals, 

 138; Ornithological Articles in Other Journals, 144; Publications 

 Received, 144. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



Maggot Infested Birds, 147; Evolution of Bird Song, 

 Effort to Save her Bird Fauna, 151. 



149; Australia's 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Changes in the A. O. U. Check-List,. 152; Obituary: Walter Freeman 

 McMahon, 153; Douglas Clifford Mabbott, 153; Prof. David Ernest 

 Lantz, 154; Check Lists, 155; Paintings of Extinct Birds, 157; 

 Matthews Collection of Australian Birds, 157; Account of the A. O. U., 

 157; Retirement of W. Ogilvie-Grant, 157; The Ottawa Naturalist, 

 157; The Chicago Ornithological Society, 158; Paintings Illustrating 

 Camouflage, 158; A Supplement to Townsend's 'Birds of Essex 

 County' Mass., 158; Alleged Occurrence of Passenger Pigeons, 158; 

 Called to the Colors, 158. 



NUMBER II. 



Page. 



Mrs. Olive Thorne Miller. Bv Florence Merriam Bailey. (Plate 



VII.) . 163 



An Experience with Horned Grebes (Colymbus auritus). By 



Alexander D. DuBois. (Plates VIII-X.) . . .170 



Historical Notes on Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula). 



By Harry Harris ......... 180 



Notes" on the Structure of the Palate in Icterid.«. By Alex- 

 ander Wetmore . ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ .190 

 The Crow in Colorado. By W. H. Bergtold .... 198 



Winter Robins in Nova Scotia. By Harrison F. Lewis . . 205 

 Remarks on Beebe's 'Tropical Wild Life.' By Thomas E. 



Penard ........... 217 



Problems Suggested by Nests of Warblers of the Genus Den- 



droica. By John Tread well Nichols 225 



On the Popular Names of Birds. By Ernest Thompson Seton 229 



The Reality of Species. By Leverett Mills Loomis . . 235 



Geographical Variation in the Black-throated Loons. By 



A. C. Bent 238 



Reasons for Discarding a Proposed Race of the Glaucous 



Gull (Larus hyperboreibs) . By Jonathan Dwight, M. D. . 242 



