Mixt} * lore 



February, 1899 



CONTENTS 



Frontispiece — John Burrocghs at 'Slab Sides.' From a Flashlight 

 Photograph. 



In Warbler Time Joh?2 Burroughs . . 3 



John Burroughs at ' Slab Sides. ' Illustrated 5 



The Camera as an Aid in the Study of Birds. Illustrated. 



Dr. Tho?7ias S. Roberts. . 6 



From a Cabin Window. Illustrated //. IV. Menke . . 14 



FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS 



Bird - Studies for Children Isabel Eaton . . 17 



Winter Bird Studies 19 



FOR YOUNG OBSERVERS 



Our Doorstep Sparrow. Illustrated Flore7ice A. Merriam . . 20 



A Prize Offered 23 



NOTES FROM FIELD AND STUDY 



An -Accomplished House Sparrow J. L. Royael. . 24 



A Nut-hatching Nuthatch. Illustrated £. B. Southxcick . . 24 



Collecting a Brown Thrasher's Song. (With the graphophone) 



S. D. Judd, Ph.D.. . 25 



A Cover Design. Illustrated 25 



BOOK NEWS AND REVIEWS 26 



Kearton's 'With Nature and a Camera;' De Kay's 'Bird Gods;' Mrs. 

 Maynard's Birds of Washington; Bird-Life: Teachers' Edition; 

 The_ Massachusetts Audubon Society's Bird Chart. 



EDITORIALS 28 



AUDUBON DEPARTMENT -9 



Editorial ; Reports from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, 

 New York, New Jersey, Ohio, and District of Columbia Societies. 



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PUBLISHERS' ANNOUNCEMENT 



The .^iiril number of Bird-Lore will contain the conclusion of Dr. Roberts' interesting paper 

 on ' The Camera as an Aid in the Study of Birds,' with photographs which surpass in merit even 

 those presented in this issue; An article bv Miss Merriam, entitled 'Oregon Jays and Clark's Crows 

 on Mt. Shasta,' accompanied hy photograjihs of the birds from life; A sketch of the home-life of 

 Loons, by William Dutcher, illustrated by the author, and an illustrated account, by R. W. Hegner, 

 of the manner in which he secured a unique picture of a Bluebird. 



For 'Teachers and Students' Prof. Lynds Jones, of Oberlin College, will write on methods of 

 bird-study, and a program suggesting appropriate exercises for Bird-day in the schools will be given. 



Ernest Seton Thompson has written and illustrated some verses ' For Young Observers,' and 

 there will be the usual departments. 



