Coitte/its of I 'olnmc XX. 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Ornithological Magazines. ' The Condor,' ' Bird-Lore,' ' The Wilson 

 Bulletin,' 219; Jacobs's 'The Storj of a Martin Colony,' ^-6" 

 Pyci-att on 'The Significance of the Condition of Young Birds at 

 Birth, 237; Strong on a Case of Abnormal Plumage ^^S • 

 Trowbridge on 'The Relation of Wind to Bird Mi|ration,' 

 22S; Richmond on Birds from the Andaman and Nicobar 

 Islands, 229; Richmond on Birds from the Coast and Islands of 

 Northwest Sumatra, 230; Fisher on a New Tern from Necker 

 Island, 230 ; Bonhote's ' Field Notes on Some Bahama Birds,' 

 230; Mrs. Wheelock's 'Nestlings of Forest and Marsh,' 231- 

 Proceedings of the Delaware Valley Ornithological Club, 231- 

 Publications Received, 232. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



Some Suggestions, 234; Vernacular Names of Birds, 236; A Rare 

 Work on American Ornithology, 236. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Obituary: Thomas Mcllwraith, 242; John Nathaniel Clark, 24-- 

 Edward Stanley Waters, 243. The Michigan Ornithological 

 Club, 244; Vermont Bird Club, 244; Proposed A. O. U. Meetino- 

 to be held in California, 245; Bird Groups at the American 

 Museum of Natural History, 246; Work of the A. O. U. Bird 

 Protection Committee, 246. 



NUMBER III. 



Notes on the Ornithological Observations of Peter Kalm. 

 By Spencer Trotter, ....... 



Notes on the Birds of Madison County, New York, with 

 Especial Reference to Embody's Recent List. By Wil- 

 liam Maxo7i. ....... 



Notes on Winter Crow Life in the Delaware Valley. Bv 

 Witmer Stone. ■■■..... 



On the Generic Names of the North American Owls. By 

 Witmer Stone. .... 



Page. 

 249 



262 

 267 



273 



Notes on the Birds of the Cariboo District, British Colum- 

 bia. By Allan Brooks^. (Plate X.) 277 



Notes on the Habits of Certain Venezuelan Birds. By 



Austin H. Clark "^ 28c 



Recognition of Geographic Variation in Nomenclature.' 



By Leverett Mills Loojnis. . . 204 



The California Meeting of the American Ornithologists' 



Union. By/. A. Allen 299 



