December, 1899 



CONTENTS 



I'ACH 



Krontispiicck — Goi.DKN Eaiu.k '. . . Pliotojiraplied fioni lifo liy //. 11. A'as/i . . 



A Skakch for thk Rkkdy Island Crow Roost ilihiifr Slom' 177 



Illustrated by IV. Gordon Smith. 

 WiNiKR Bird Noths from Soithkrn New Hami'shirI': Ili7/ia>/i F.vi'ietl Cram iSo 



Illustrated by the author. 



How ruH Ckntral Park Chickadkks Were Tamed /. A. Crolins 185 



The SiRi'RisiNG Conients ok a I5irch Stub J'ntiiA- M. Cliafiiinui . 187 



Illustrated by the author. 

 Richardson's Owl. Illustrated by the author I\ li. /\-aboiiy . . 190 



FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS 



An 'Advisory Council' 192 



"Humanizing" the Birds Carotiiie (,'. .Sott/i' . 193 



'On the Ethics of Caging Biri>s' , <)//<•'<• 7/ionir Milli-r . 194 



FOR YOUNG OBSERVERS 



The Birds' Christmas Trkk. Illustrated 195 



Tmc Little Brown Creeper, \erse. Illustrated 196 



NOTES FROM FIELD AND STUDY .... i97 



As Interesting Phckbe's Nest, illustrated, Ellen E. M'ebster; A Sini;ing Blue Jay, 

 Erank E. Horack ; A Useful Nest-Holder, illustrated; To Hunt Southern Birds; 

 Seventeenth Congress of the American Ornithologists' ITnion. 



BOOK NE"WS AND REVIEWS '99 



Newton's 'Dictionary;' Mrs. Wright's ' Waukno;' Cory's ' Birds of Eastern Noriti 

 .\merica;' Book News. 



EDITORIAL 201 



BIRD - LORE FOR 1900 202 



AUDUBON DEPARTMENT 203 



Editorial: Reports from Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin Socii: 1 ii:s ; The 

 Passing of the Tern, illustrated. 



***■ Bird- Lore is published on the Jirst of the month, at Englewood. Nejt/ Jersey, zvhere all 

 notices of change of address, manuscripts intended for publication, books, etc., for review, and 

 r'Achanaes should be sent. 



IMPORTANT NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS 



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 City banks. In this connection we would call attention to the editorial and announcements on 

 pages 201 and 202 of this number. 



PUBLISHERS' ANNOUNCEMENT 



Bird- Lore for F"ebruary, 1900, beginning Volume II, will contain the details of the students' 

 'Advisory Council,' and, among other interesting contributions, an important and fully illustrated 

 paper on 'The Tongues of Birds,' tjy K. .A.. Lucas. Curator of Comparative Anatomy in the V. S. 

 National Museum: 'A Method of Recording Observations,' by Professor Pinchot, of Trinity College; 

 'Egret Farming.' by F. M. Chapman; and there will be some remarkable birtl photographs. 



