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March-April, 1920 



CONTENTS 



GENERAL ARTICLES page 



Frontispiece in Color. Arizona, California, Florida, and Santa Cruz Jays 



Louis Agassiz Fuertes. . 



A Berd Watcher in France Herbert R. Mills. . 77 



Field Sparrows. Illustrated F.N. Whitman. . 81 



A Surprised Crow. Illustrated Verdi Burtch. . 84 



An Unusual Horned Lark Family. Illustrated Frank Levy. . 85 



Migration Group Chart. Illustrated S.A. Hausman. . 86 



Winter Feeding-Stations at Highlaistd Park, Rochester. Illustrated 



W. L. G. Edson and R. E. Horsey. . 88 

 The Migration of North American Birds. XII. Arizona and California Jays and 



Thelr Allies Harry C. Oberholser. . go 



Notes on the Plumage of North American Birds. Fifty-sixth Paper 



Frank M. Chapman. . 91 



NOTES FROM FIELD AND STUDY 93 



A Western Bird Table, Leslie L. Hastin; What Has Become of the Golden-crowned 

 Kinglet? Gordon Wilson; Sc.vrcity of Golden-crowned Kinglets, E. A. Doolittle; 

 Evening Grosbeak in Connecticut, W. E. Fuller; White-winged Crossbill in 

 Brooklyn, Ralph Friedmann; Pr.airie Hornt:d Larks and Lapland Longspuhs at 

 Ithaca, N. Y., C. W. Leister; American Crossbill at Pittsbl-rgh, Milo H. Miller; 

 Notes from London, Ont., C. G. Watson, Secy ; A Pennsylvania Mocker, Mrs. C. C. 

 Peter; Emlning Grosbeak in New Jersey, A. P. Richardson; Winter Notes from 

 Ames, Iowa, //. E. Eiving; Unusual December Birds at Brancilport, N. Y., Clarence 

 F. Stone; Golden-crow^ned Kinglet, B. J. Blincoe; Prairie Chickens in Northern 

 Indiana, W. A. Squires; Boheioan Waxwing in Steuben County, N. Y., Clarence F. 

 Stone; King Rail in Winter, Jajnes R. Webb; Nonpareil Wintering in Florida, 

 Mary C. Dodge; Pu-rple Crackles Steal Their Suppers, G. Gill; A Rendezvous of 

 Red-winged Blackbirds, Dayton Stoner. 



THE SEASON. XVIII. December 15, 1919, to February 15, 1920 103 



Winsor M. Tyler; J. T. Nichols; Julian K. Potter; Harry C. Oberholser; Harry Harris; 

 Thos. S. Roberts, W. H. Bergtold, Amelia S. Allen. 



BOOK NEWS AND REVIEWS m 



Bulletin Essex CoirNXY Ornithological Cll-b; B.ailey's 'Raptorial Birds of Iowa'; 

 Forbush's 'Bird-Houses and Nesting-Boxes, .and Outdoor Bird-Sturdy'; Ta\terner's 

 'Birds of Red Deer River .and Birds of Shoal Lake'; Tiie Ornithological 

 IMag.azines. 

 EDITORIAL "4 



THE AUDUBON SOCIETIES— SCHOOL DEPARTMENT nS 



Keeping Track of the Birds; The Reti-rn of the Birds, A. A. Allen; An Interesting 

 Record, Theodore R. Beard. 



EDUCATIONAL LEAFLET NO. 101. The Ground Dove. See colored plate by Bruce 



Horsfall in January-February Bird-Lore T. Gilbert Pearson. . 126 



THE AUDUBON SOCIETIES— EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 130 



Summer Recreation Schools and NATURE-SiiroY; Egret Protection in the Southern 

 States; An Interesting Letter; Biological Survey News Bulletin; New Treaties 

 Proposed; 'Bluebird' a Live Publication; Report from Bangor; National Park 

 Association; Save the Redwood League; New Members and Contributors. 



^■}f* Manuscripts intended for publication, books, etc., for review and exchanges, should be sent 

 to the Editor, at the A mcrican Museum of Natural History, 77th St. and 8th Ave.., New York City. 



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