SirD-lore 



July -August, 1908 



CONTENTS 



GENERAL ARTICLES page 



Frontispiece in Color — Kingbird, Gray Kingbird, Wood Pewee and 



Western" Wood Pewee Bruce HorsjaU. . 



The Fish Hawks of Gardiner's Island. Illustrated Frank M. Chapman . . 153 



The Return of the Snowy Heron. Herbert Rav-nel Sass . . 160 



Gray Kingbird. Illustration George Shir as, 3d . . 162 



A Little Blce Heron Rookery M . Harry Moore.. 163 



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



from drawings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes and Bruce HorsjaU W . W. Cooke. . 166 



Xighthawk. Illustration Warren C . Tudbury . . 170 



NOTES FROM FIELD AND STUDY 171 



Observations on a Tame Loon, C. H. Townsend; When Doctors Disagree, 

 B. S. Bowdish ; A Pair of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers That Moved Their 

 Xest, Angus McKinnon : A Humming Bird's Toilet, Geo. L. Moxley ; Bird 

 Xotes from Chicago, Newton L. Partridge ; Two Sparrow Episodes, Leander 

 S. Keyser; A Correction, Anne A. Crolius; A Flicker's Home, B. S. Bowdish. 



BOOK NEWS AND REVTEWS 175 



Beebe on Seasonal Change of Color in Birds; Howell on the Destruction 

 of the Cotton Boll Weevil by Birds in Winter; Cassinia; Birds of the 

 Xew Haven Region; Birds of Prince Edward Island; The Ornitholog- 

 ical Magazines; Book Xews. 



EDITORIAL i 7 S 



EDUCATIONAL LEAFLET NO. 33. The Tree Swallow, with colored plate by Bruce 



HorsjaU Mabel Osgood Wright. . 179 



AUDUBON SOCIETIES— EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 183 



Important Xotice ; Legislation in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Louisiana, 

 Oklahoma and Georgia. Reservation Xews from Florida, Louisiana, 

 Connecticut and Missouri; Bahama Xews ; The Plume Trade; A 

 Pleasant Letter ; In Memoriam; Announcement; Woman's Clubs. 



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

 sent to the Editor, at the American Museum oj Natural History, 77th Street and 8th Avenue, 

 New York City, N. Y. 



SPECIAL NOTICE 



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

 to subscribers whose subscription expired June 1, 1908, 

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



On renewal, a copy of the Colored Wild Turkey Plate 

 (see next page) will be forwarded. 



Entered as second-class mail matter in the Post Office at Harrisburg, Pa. 



