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November- December, 1902 



CONTENTS 



GENERAL ARTICLES PAGE 



Frontispiece. — Ernest Thompson Seton In Camp, Shoal Lake, Manitoba, July, 1901 . . . 



F. M. C. . 174 



On Journal Keeping. . Ernest Thompson Seton 175 



Flamingoes' Nests. Illustrated Frank M. Chapman 177 



The Weapons of Birds. Illustrated .... F. A. Lucas 182 



Whiskey John in Colorado. Illustrated Edward R. Warren . S6 



Bird-Lore's Christmas Bird Census ... . . 1S8 



FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS 



How to Name the Birds. Illustrated. Seventh paper Frank M. Chapman . 1S9 



The Advisory Councii . . 192 



Questions for Bird Students . . ... 192 



Bird -Lore's Advisory Councilors. Portraits of William Dutcher, T. Gilbert Pearson, 



Lynds Jones, E. W. Nelson .... . 193 



How to Study Birds - Frank M. Chapman 194 



What Bird is This? Illustration 195 



FOR YOUNG OBSERVERS 



The Screech Owl's Valeniine. Verse. Illustrated Florence A. Van. Sant 196 



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NOTES FROM FIELD AND STUDY 19S 



Wintering Robins and Cedar Waxwings, Horace W. Wright; Mr. Barlow's Death; The 

 Twentieth Congress of the American Ornithologists' Union. 



BOOK NEWS AND REVIEWS 2co 



Mrs. Bailey's Handbooks of Birds of the Western United States'; Keyser's 

 'Birds of the Rockies'; Brewster's ' Birds of the Cape Region'; Henshaw's 

 'Birds of the Hawaiian Islands'; 'The Auk'; 'The Condor'; 'Wilson Bulle- 

 tin'; Program of the Twentieth Congress of the A. O U. 



EDITORIALS . 204 



AUDUBON DEPARTMENT . 206 



Reports of Societies; The Audubon Conference. 



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