Contents of Vohinie XX. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Obituary: Dr. James C. Merrill, 90; Dr. Emil Holub, 92 ; Chester 

 Bariovv, 93 ; Ludwig Kumlien, 93 ; Curtis Claj Young, 94 ; Perrv 

 O. Simons, 94. Announcements of new Publications, 96 ; The 

 Mclhvraith Ornithological Club, 98; Third Annual Conference 

 of Audubon Societies, 99. 



SUPPLEMENT. 



Rkport of the a. O. U. Committee on the Protection 

 OF North American Birds. Bv William Dutcher. (Plates 

 III and IV.) ■' 



164 



NUMBER II. 



Page. 

 The Domestic Affairs of Bob-white. By John N. Clark. . 161 



Occurrence of the Emperor Goose in Hawaii. By H. W. 

 Henshaw. . . . . . . . . . . 



Preserving EquiLiBRiUM by the Use of one Wing. Bv IVilliani 



Hubbcll Fisher. (Plate VII.) .....■".. 167 



Bird Migration at Some of the Bahama Lighthouses. By J. 



Leivis Bon/iote, M. A., F. Z. S. L., M. B. O. U. . . .169 



A List of the Land Birds of Lake Valley, Central Sierra 

 Nevada Mountains, California. By Milton S.Ray. (Plates 



VIII and IX.) 180 



Food Habits of Some West Indian Birds. By B. S. Bo-vdish. 193 

 A Review of the Genus Catherpes. By Harry C. Oberholser. 196 

 A Synopsis of the Genus Psaltriparus. By Harry C. Ober- 

 holser. ••••....... 198 



A List of Land Birds from Central Washington. By Robert 



E. Snodgrass. . . . . . . . . ' , . 202 



GENERAL NOTES. 



The Dovekie {Allc allc) on Long Island, N. Y., 209; A Hybrid Duck, 

 Anas boscJiasY, Nettioii carolincnsis., 209; A Correction, 210; 

 Wood Ibis in Montana, 210; Woodcock Notes, 210; A Turnstone 

 (Arenaria inter f res) Taken in the Mid- Pacific, 210; Nesting of 

 the Goshawk in Southern New Hampshire, 211; Barn Owl on 

 Long Island, N. Y., 212 ; The Short-eared Owl {Asia accipitrinus) 

 Taken Far Out at Sea, 212 ; Note on Psittacula modesta Cabanis, 

 213; Breeding of the Evening Grosbeak in Captivity, 213; A Fur- 

 ther Note of the Subspecies of Passcrciilus sandtuickcjisis inhabit- 

 ing Labrador, 215; A Winter Record for the Chewink on Long 

 Island, N. Y., 216; Note on Sylvia ca:rulea Wilson, 216; A Late 

 Fall Record for the Cape May Warbler (Dendrotca tigrina) in 

 Eastern Massachusetts, 21S; Late Records for Eastern Massachu- 

 setts, 218; A Case of Mistaken Diagnosis, 218. 



