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Among the Birds of the Eastern Sudan. By John C. Phillips. (Plate XIII.) 149 

 The Ferruginous Rough-leg, Archibuieo ferriKjiueus in Montana. By E. S. 



Cameron. (Plates XIV-XVIII.) . . " " . .159 



Birds as Destroyers op Grasshoppers in California. By Harold C. Bryant 168 

 On the Habits and Behavior of the Herring Gull, Larus argentatus Pont. 



(Concluded.) By R. M. Strowj. (Plates XIX-XX.) 178 



An Ecological Study of the Breeding Birds of an Area near Choteau, 



Mont. By Arelas A. Saunders ......... 200 



Does a Grebe Spread its Wings Just Before Diving? Bv Verdi Burtch. 



(Plates XXI-XXII.) ! ... 211 



Birds op Autauga and Montgomery Counties, Alabama. By Lewis S. Golsan 



and Ernest O. Holt. (Plate XXIII.) . . . . *. . . . 212 



Acadian Chick.4.lees (Penthestes hudsonicus littorialis) in Boston and Vicinity 



IN THE Fall of 1913. By Horace W. Wright . . .... 236 



General Notes. — The Western Grebe in Ohio 243: American Merganser (Mergus 

 americanus) at Boston, Mass.. in Midwinter, 243; Two Unrecorded Specimens of the 

 European Widgeon from Massachusetts, 243: Notes on the Habits of an Old-squaw 

 (Hari'lda hyemalis) and two Lesser Scaup Ducks (Aythya affinix). 244: American 

 Egret (Herodias egretta) in Rhode Island, 245; Notes on an Unusual Flight of Stilt 

 Sandpipers (Micropala.ma him.a>itopus), 246; Franklin's Grouse in Colorado, 246; 

 Sharp-shinned Hawk in Maine in Winter, 247; Extreme Emaciation in a Specimen 

 of the Snowy Owl (Nyctea nycten), 247; Another Species Added to the Avifauna of 

 Soutli Carolina, 248; The Arkansas Kingbird (Ty'rannus verticnlis) in Rhode Island, 

 248; Capture of Myiarchus crinitus (Linn.) in Eastern Culia, 248; An Unusual 

 Observation on the Crow {Corvus brachyrhynchos) at Lubec, Maine, 248; Starlings 

 (Sturniis rulgaris) at Providence. R. I., 249; Starlings (Sturnus mlgaris) in Cambridge, 

 Mass.. 249; The Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carulinus) in Connecticut in Winter, 

 250; The Bobolink (Dolirhmiyx oryzivorus) as a Conveyer of Mollusca, 250; Cow- 

 bird Notes, 250; TS.Xi'nin^ Ctro9,he?i.\i (Htsperiphotin vesvertina respcrtina) at Boston, 

 Mass., 251; The White-winged Crossbill (Lo.rin leucoptera) in the District of Colum- 

 bia, 251; U^nusual Nesting Site of the English Sparrow, 252: Swainson's Warbler 

 (Helinaia swninsuui) at Guantanamo. Cuba, 253; Magnolia Warbler in Colorado, 

 253; Canadian Warbler in Colorado, 253; Tlie Short-billed Marsh Wren {Cisto- 

 thorus stellaris) on Long Island in Winter, 253; Tiie Red-hellied Nuthatch {Sitta 

 canadcn.'iis) Feeding among Weeds, 253; The Acadian Chickadee (Penthestes hud- 

 sonicus littoralis) at Watch Hill, R. I., 254; The Identity of Hypodes cinerea Cassin, 

 255: Some Marshalltown, Iowa, Notes, 255; Two Species New to Colorado, 256; 

 Unusual Occiu-rences at Madison, Wis., 256; EflFect of Cold on Moult, 257. 



Recent Literature. — Millais' 'British Diving Ducks,' 259; Reichenow's 'Die Vogel,' 

 261; 'Oologia Neerlandica,' 262; Phillips on African Birds, 263; Bunker on the 

 Birds of Kansas, 263: Swarth on Geese of the Branta canadensis Group, 264; Job 

 on the Quest of the Canvasback, 264; Mearns on Additional New Birds from Africa, 

 265; Grinnell's 'Second lAsl of Birds of the Berkeley Campus, 265: Baker's 'Indian 

 Pigeons and Doves,' 265; Menegaux's Reprint of the Ornithology of the Echo du 

 Monde Savant, 266; Mathews' 'The Birds of Australia,' 267; The South Australian 

 Ornithologist. 267; Mullen's 'Guide to Selborne, 268: Sarasin on the Birds of New 

 Caledonia. 268: Hellmayr on tlie Avifauna of Timor, 268; Elms' 'A Pocket-Book of 

 British Birds' and other 'Handbooks,' 269; Miss Keezel's 'Bird Study Note Book," 

 269: Shiifeldt on Extinct Ostrich Birds of the United States, 269; Valuable Eco- 

 nomic Reports, 270; Bird Enemies of the Philippine Locust, 270; Report on Intro- 

 duced Plieasants in Massachusetts, 271: The Ornithological Journals, 273; Orni- 

 thological Articles in Other Journals, 281 ; Publications Received, 284. 



CJorrespondence. — The Gannets of Bonaventiu"e, 287; Researches of Gerhard Heil- 

 mami on the Origin of Birds, 287. 



Notes and News. — Stopping the TrafBc in Bird Plumage, 289; Heredity and Sex, 290; 

 Meeting of the Wilson Ornithological Club, 290; Meeting of the Delaware Valley 

 Ornithological Club. 291; Dinner of the Linnsean Society of New York, 291; The 

 Spring Meeting of the A. O. U., 291. 



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