Mvt} lore 



June, 1899 



CONTENTS 



Gannets on Bonavknturr. Illustrated. . . • . . .Frank M. Chapman 71 



Clark's Crows and Orkgon Javs on Mount Hood Illustrated . Florence A. Merriam . . 72 



The Masquerading Chickadee. Verse Edith M. Thomas . . 77 



Matins. Verse liosa Meyers Alumma . . 77 



Home -Life in a Chimney A/ar}' F. Day . . 7S 



Three Cobb's Island Pictures. Illustrated William L. Baity . 81 



The Cardinal at the Hub. Illustrated . Ella Gilbert Ives . 83 



A Catbird Study. Illustrated Dr. Thos. S. Roberts . . 87 



FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS 



On the Ethics of Caging Birds Olive Thome Miller 89 



A May Morning Fred. H. Kennard . . 91 



FOR YOUNG OBSERVERS 



A February Walk . . • Mildred A. Robinson 94 



ILLUSTR.4TION —Robin on Nest .^ T. S. Hankinson . . 95 



Robin Rejoice. \'erse Garrett Nezvkirk . . 95 



NOTES FROM FIELD AND STUDY 96 



Inquisitive Magpies./. Alden Loring ; Songs of Birds, Frank E. Horack 



BOOK NEWS AND REVIEWS 97 



EvANs' Birds; Weed on The Feeding Habits of the Chipping Sparro\v, and Food 

 OF the Chickadee; Fannin's Check-list of British Columbian Birds; Dearborns 

 List of Birds of Belknap and Merrimack Counties, N. H.; Book News. 



EDITORIAL . 



AUDUBON DEPARTMENT 



Editorial; Reports from Wisconsin and New Hampshire Societies; A Message From 

 Madame Lehmann; Two New AinunoN Societies; Birds and Farmers. 



**H> Bird -Lore is published at Engleruood, New Jersey, where all manuscripts intended fo7- 

 publication, books, etc.. for review, and exchanges should be sent. 



PUBLISHERS' ANNOUNCEMENT 



Bird- Lore for August will contain an article by Bradford Torrey; A paper on How to 

 Pliotoijraph Wild Birds, by Richard Kearton, the most successful of bird photographers ; A poem by 

 Garrett Newk irk ; .\ti account of a Mississippi Swallow Roost, by Otto Widniann (whose paper 

 on a visit to the birthplace of .■\udubon is necessarily postponed) ; a report of the American 

 Society of Bird Restorers, by the organizer, Fletcher Osgood, and other interesting articles. 



