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Mass., 130: The Whooping Crane (Grits americana) in Nebraska, 

 130; Stilt Sandpipers (Micropalama himantopus) al Ithaca, Is ^i 

 130: Unusual Plumages of the Ocellated Turkej {Agriocharis 

 oceltata), 132; The Passenger Pigeon al the Cincinnati Zoological 

 Gardens still living, 133; Nesting of the Barn Owl in Illinois, 133; 

 An Unusual Malady and Probable Cause of Death in a Toucan, 

 133; Road Runner in Colorado, 134; Evening Grosbeaks (HespeiH- 

 phona vespertina vespertina) al Manchester, V II.. 135; Vn Ab- 

 normal Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 135; \ Winter Record of the 

 Brown Thrasher in Lancaster, Mass., 135; Two Rare Birds for 

 Massachusetts, 135: Birds Observed at Bennington, Vermont, 

 136; Some Birds of Southwestern Missouri, 137; Minis of the 

 Headwaters of the Gila River New Mexico: Further Red 

 138; Double Bird Tragedy, 138; dEsop as a Bird Observer, 138. 



RECEN I' LITERATI RE. 



Ridgway's '( Jolor Standards and Color Nomenclature,' I.".'.': Swann's 

 • \ Dictionary of English and Folk-Names of British Birds,' III: 

 Chapman's 'Color Key to North American Bii'ds,' 442; Horna- 

 days 'Our Vanishing Wild Life,' 142; Mathews' 'The Birds of 

 Australia,' 1 13; < >fficial Check-Lisl of the Birds o\ Australia, 145; 

 Riley on Birds of the Mounl Robson Region, 117: Rilej on Now 

 Neotropical Birds, 148; Todd on the Conns Chsemepelia, lis: 

 Cory on New Neotropical Minis. 149; Cook's 'Distribution and 

 Migration of N. A. Herons,' 150; Trotter on Fauna! Divisions in 

 Relation to Vegetation, r>0: Thayer and Bangs on Chinos,. Birds, 

 151; Bangs on some Birds from the Highlands of Siberia, LSI; 

 Thayer and Bangs on a Now Race of the Greal Blue Heron, 152; 

 Bangs on New Species of Birds, 152; Zimmer's 'Birds of the 

 Thomas County Foresl Reserve,' 153; California Economic 

 Ornithology, 153; Four Economic Papers by Prof \\ . E. Collinge, 

 153; Henderson's ' Hie Practical Value "\' Birds,' 154; Recenl 

 Educational Publications,' 155; The Ornithological Journals, 156; 

 Ornithological Articles in Other Journals, t65; Publications 

 Received, 168. 



CORR1 SPONDENC1 

 Naturalists and Concealing Coloration, 171. 



NOTES USTD NEWS. 



Obituary: Herberl Brown, 172; The Study of Bird Song, 472; The 

 American Museum's South American Expedition, 171: The 

 Washington Biologist's Field Club, 175; Nomenclature at the 



International Zoological Congress, I7.">: Hook Notes, 167 



NUMBER IV 



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A Biologicai Reconnaissance of Okefinoeee Swamp: The 

 Biros. By Albeit II. Wright and Francis Harper. (Plates 



\l\ W 177 



j Off Shore Birds. By John Treadwell Nichols . . 505 



