CONTENTS. 



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Ornithological Conditions in Northeastern Illinois, with Notes on Some 



Winter Birds. By John F. Ferry 121 



The Present Status of the English Sparrow Problem in America. By A. H. 



Estabrook 129 



Recent Ornithological Developments in Southeastern Michigan. By B. H. 



Swales and P. A. Taverner 135 



The Bewick Wren in the District of Columbia, with a Description of Its Song. 



By Arthur H. Howell and Henry Oldys 149 



Concerning Certain Supposed Instances of the Occurrence of the Cinnamon 



Teal in Florida and South Carolina. By William Breicster 154 



Additional Notes on the Birds of Leox County, Florida. By R. W. Williams, Jr. 158 

 The Marbled Godwit on its Breeding Grounds. By A. C. Bent, {Plate III.) . . 160 

 A Hybrid Grouse, Richardson's + Sharptail. By Allan Brooks. (Plate IV.). . 167 

 Aspects of Bird Distribution in Louisiana and Mississippi. By Henry H. Kopman 169 

 Unusual Abundance of the American Goshawk (Accipitir atricapillus). By 



Ruthven Deane 182 



Notes concerning Certain Birds of Long Island, N. Y. By William C. Braislin, 



M. D 186 



Some Changes in the Current Generic Names of North American Birds. By 



Witmer Stone ■ 189 



A Card System of Note-Keeping. By A. H. Felger 200 



Notes on the Black Rail of California. By William Brewster ■ 205 



General Notes. — The Black Tern at Philadelphia, Pa., 211; Ross's Snow Goose in Colo- 

 rado, 211; The Whistling Swan at Martha's Vineyard, Mass., 212; Whistling Swan 

 (Olor columbianus) in Massachusetts, 212; Ardea egretta in New Mexico, 212; Late 

 Occurrence of the King Rail (Rallus elegans) in Wisconsin, 212; The Stilt Sandpiper — 

 a Correction, 213; The American Rough-legged Hawk Breeding in North Dakota, 213; 

 The Pigeon Hawk in Wayne Co., Michigan, 214; The Goshawk in Montgomery Co., 

 Virginia, 214; The Barn Owl in Massachusetts, 214; Great Gray Owl (Scotiaptex 

 nebulosa), 215; Great Gray Owl (Scotiaptex nebulosa) in Rhode Island, 215; Aggressive 

 Screech Owls, 215 ; The Snowy Owl (Nyctea nyctea) not generally Abundant in the Winter 

 of 1906-1907, 217; Identity of Tyrannula mexicana Kaup, 219; White-winged Crossbill 

 at Raleigh, N. C, 220; Loxia curvirostra minor in Florida, 220; The Vesper': Sparrow 

 on Long Island in Winter, 220; Malformed Bill of Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 220; Breed- 

 ing of the Rough-winged Swallow in Berkshire County, Mass., 221; Another Connecti- 

 cut Warbler from Maine, 222; The Blue-gray Gnatcatcher in Massachusetts, 222; 

 Two Interesting Nebraska Records, 223; Autumn Records of the Golden Plover and 

 Lapland Longspur in Wayne Co., Mich., 223; Notes from Western New York, 224; 

 Notes on the Ornithological Works of John James Audubon, 226. 



Recent Literature.-*— Chapman's 'The Warblers of North America,' 227; Alpheraky's 

 'The Geese of Europe and Asia,' 229; Oberholser on Birds from East Africa, 230; 

 Schiebel on the Phylogeny of the Species of Lanius, 230; Hellmayr on the Types of 

 Little-known Neotropical Birds, 231; Hellmayr on the Birds of Para, Brazil, 231; 

 Wood's Twenty-five Years of Bird Migration at Ann Arbor, Michigan, 231; Mont- 

 gomery's 'The Protection of Our Native Birds,' 232; Oberholser's 'The North American 

 Eagles and their Economic Relations,' 232; Cooke's 'The Distribution and Migration 

 of North American Ducks, Geese, and Swans,' 232; Ward's 'Notes on the Herring Gull 

 and Caspian Tern,' 233; Game Laws for 1906, 234; Forbush's 'Useful Birds and their 

 Protection,' 234; Dionne's Birds of the Province of Quebec, 236: Clark's Birds of 

 Amherst, Massachusetts, 236; Cole on Birds from Yucatan, 237; Proceedings of the 

 Delaware Valley Ornithological Club, 237. 



Notes and News. — Obituary: August Koch, 238. 'The Warbler,' 239; 'American Orni- 

 thology,' 239; Ornithological Section of the Seventh International Congress, 239; 

 Australian Ornithologists' Union, 240. 



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