j&trti * lore 



January- February, 1908 



CONTENTS 



GENERAL ARTICLES , page 



Frontispiece — Couch's, Cassin's, and Arkansas Kingbirds 



Louis Agassiz Fuerles. 



The American Dipper in Colorado. Illustrated by John Rowley and H. W . Nash 



Junius Henderson, i 



The Bird That Nests in the Snow. Illustrated by the author 



Sidney S. S. Stansell. 7 



Redpoll Linnets. Illustrated by the author Lottie Alvord Lacey . jo 



Young Kingfishers Photograph by James H. Miller. 13 



A Bird Friend Illustrated by R. Sims, H. M. Stephens and F. M. Chapman. 14 



The Migration of Flycatchers. Second Paper. Illustrated with colored plates 



from drawings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes and Bruce Horsfall W . W . Cooke. 16 



The Twenty-fifth Congress of the American Ornithologists' Union 17 



Clarke's Nutcracker Photograph by Evan Lewis . 1 7 



Bird-Lore's Advisory Council 18 



From a Westerner's Standpoint , W. L. Dawson. 20 



Bird-Lore's Eighth Christmas Bird Census, with Map 22 



Cardinal on Nest ' Photograph by F. E. Howe. 39 



BOOK NEWS AND REVD3WS > 40 



Widmann's Birds of Missouri ; Finley's American Birds ; Jones' Development 

 of Nestling Feathers ; Mrs. Wright's Gray Lady and the Birds ; Beal's 

 Birds as Conservators of the Forest ; The Ornithological Magazines ; 

 Book News. 



EDITORIAL 44 



AUDUBON SOCIETIES —SCHOOL DEPARTMENT -is 



February Hints, M. O. W .; Entangled in the Burdock. Illustrated. Edith 

 M. Thomas. 



EDUCATIONAL LEAFLET NO. 30. Snowflake, with colored plate by Bruce. Horsfall 



Mabel Osgjod Wright 47 



AUDUBON SOCIETIES— EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 51 



Proposed Legislation Work in 1908 ; Across the Border ; Big Game Protec- 

 tion in Texas; Two New Audubon Societies; Another Audubon Patrol 

 Boat; Valuable Club Work ; A New Bird Reservation; A Well-Protected 

 Public Reservation; Qualifications Necessary for a Game Warden; 

 A Wild Turkey Case. 



."^Manuscripts intended /or publication, books, etc., jor review and exchanges, should be 

 sent to the Editor, at the American Museum oj Natural History, 77th Street and Slh Avenue, 

 New York Cilv, N. Y. 



SPECIAL NOTICE 



We take the liberty of sending this number of Bird-Lore 

 to subscribers whose subscription expired December 1, 1907 

 in the belief that the matter of renewal has been overlooked. 



On renewal, a copy of the Wild Turkey Plate (see next 

 page) will be forwarded. 



Entered as seeoml-olnss mail matter in the Pos1 Office at HarrisburR, Pn. 



