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Some Ornithological Explorations in the Dead River Re- 
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Notes on Some Birds of the Great Sinus Nanna 
Bnuird’s Sparrow in Iowa.. 
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Notes on Some Birds of ‘aie United States which Oc- 
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The Relative Size of Eggs of the Red-tailed Hawk to the 
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PUVITORMAT 4 Noe OES ae 
Obituary—Charles Oliver Tracy.... 
Foreign vs. American Taxidermists ........ 
Chickadees and Oak-borer....... 
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Ratio of Major and Minor-axis of Eggs....... 
Nesting of the Bay-breasted Warbler.... 
Nesting of Great-horned Owl in Texas.... 
White Eggs of the Bluebird............... 
Notes from Silver City, N. M 
Dates of Arrival of Migratory Birds, Central Park, N.Y. 
Enromotogy—Larve Hunting..... 
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