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VOL. XV., NO. 9, SEPTEMBER, 1890. 



Geo. G. Cantwell 129 



S. E. W 137 



O. C. PoliiiK 138 



James H. l^urdy 138 



H. H. Briiuley ' 139 



A List of tbe Birds of Minnesota 



Favors— What are to liim Old Names 



Nesting of the Arizona Jay 



Horned Lark or Prairie Horned Lark, Which is It? 



Foot-rule and Scales 



On the Nesting Habits and Eggs of the Vermillion Fly 

 catcher ........... 



Late Breeding of the Goldfinch 



Nesting of the Eared Grebe 



Nesting of Olive-sided Flvcatcher 



Woodchucks Climb Trees" When Egg Collecting . . . W. W. G ■ . . . 143 



Corresi)ondence 143 



New Publications : 143 



Brief Notes 144 



Otho C. Poling 140 



Henry Hales 140 



Wm. G. Smith 141 



Harry Austen 141 



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