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full of pertinent hints to the over-zealous bird-student, in this author's 

 best vein of ' putting things.' This department also contains a 'Direc- 

 tory of State Audubon Societies,' and the ' Fifth Annual Report of the 

 Pennsylvania Audubon Society,' by its secretary, Mrs. Julia Stocton 

 Robins. There are also two half-tone illustrations of a Crow Roost, near 

 Salem, N. J., from photographs by moonlight, taken by C. D. Kellogg. 



The foregoing indicates the general character of the contents of each 

 number. Respecting the other five numbers of Vol. IV, only very gen- 

 eral reference can be made. March-April number: 'Voices of a New 

 England Marsh,' by William Brewster (pp. 43-56, illustrated); 'Bird 

 Clubs in America. II. The Delaware Valley Club,' by Samuel N. Rhoads 

 (with a photograph of the Club in session) ; 'English Starling,' by Edith 

 M. Thomas (poem); and the usual instalment of 'How to Name the 

 Birds,' and the usual reviews and other departmental matter, including a 

 noteworthy paper by Mrs. Wright on ' After Legal Protection, What t ' 



May-June number: 'The Increase of the Chestnut-sided Warbler,' by 

 A. Radclyffe Dugmore (illustrated); 'The Chebec's First Brood,' by 

 Francis H. Herrick (illustrated) ; ' The Wood Thrush and the Whip-poor- 

 will.' by Garrett Newkirk (poem, illustrated); 'A Grebe Colony,' by 

 Gerard A. Abbott. ' How to Name the Birds ' (illustrated), and the usual 

 varied department matter concludes the number, which gives a very full 

 account of the ' First Meeting of the National Committee of the Audubon 

 Societies of the United States,' held in New York City, April 4, 1902. 



July-August number : ' Concerning the ' Bad Repute of Whiskey John,' 

 by Fannie Hardy Eckstorm ; ' Nighthawk Notes,' by George H. Selleck 

 (illustrated); ' The Veery's Note,' by Ernest Crosby (poem); 'The Nest- 

 ing of the Yellow-throated Vireo,' by John Hutchins. September-October 

 number: 'The Destructive Effects of a Hail-storm upon Bird Eife," by 

 H. McI. Morton, M. D. (at Minneapolis, Minn.); 'A Goldfinch Idyl,' by 

 Ella Gilbert Ives (illustrated) ; ' A Question of Identity,' editorial, answer- 

 ing the question "What constitutes justifiable grounds for publicly 

 recording the occurrence of an exceedingly rare species, or of a species 

 beyond the limits of its own country .? " 'A Debt of Bird Students,' 

 editorial, — their obligations to the American Ornithologists' Union. 



November-December number: 'On Journal Keeping,' by Ernest 

 Thompson Seton ; 'Flamingoes' Nests,' by Frank M. Chapman, giving 

 views of nests in situ of colonies of these birds, and an account, from 

 personal observation, of the Bahama colonies ; 'The Weapons of Birds,' 

 by Frederic A. Lucas (illustrated) ; ' Whiskey John in Colorada,' by 

 Edward R. Warren (illustrated); 'Bird-Lore's Advisory Council, — por- 

 traits of William Dutcher, T. Gilbert Pearson, Lynds Jones, and E. W. 

 Nelson; 'How to Study Birds,' by Frank M. Chapman,— the first of a 

 series of illustrated papers, to run through Vol. V, giving instructions to 

 students as to how and what to observe in studying birds. 'The Screech 

 Owl's Valentine,' a poem by Florence A. Van Sant, and the usual field 

 notes, correspondence, reviews, Audubon Society Reports, report of the 



