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November - December, 1908 



CONTENTS 



GENERAL ARTICLES PAGE 



Frontispiece in Color. Derby, Bearded, Olive-sided, and Coues' Flycatchers 



Bruce Horsfall. . 



The Sea Birds' Fortress. Illustrated A. C. Bent.. 237 



Egret Group in the American Museum of Natural History. Illustration.. 245 



The Drumming of the Ruffed Grouse. Illustrated E. J. Sawyer.. 246 



Canada Ruffed Grouse. Illustration Henry R. Carey . . 249 



The Use of a Blind in the Study of Bird-Life. Illustrated. .Frank M. Chapman. . 250 



A Thrasher Friend. Illustrated Emeline Maddock . . 253 



A Southern Illinois Lunch Counter. Illustrated Laura F. Beall.. 255 



Bird-Lore's Ninth Christmas Bird Census 257 



The Migration' of Flycatchers, Seventh Paper. Illustrated by Louis Agassiz 



Fuertes and Bruce Horsfall W . W. Cooke.. 258 



Song Sparrow. Illustration A.A.Saunders.. 259 



NOTES FROM FIELD AND STUDY 260 



A Winter Bird Resort, F. M. Bennett; Sea Birds and Whalers, Illustrated, 

 Roy C. Andrews; The Wit of a Florida Nighthawk, Angus McKinnon; The 

 Dickcissel on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, H. Tullsen; 

 Migration in New Mexico, L. D. Tricks; Central Park Notes, Ludlow 

 Griscom; Song of Kirtland's Warbler, Louise B. Mayer; Rare Birds in 

 Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N. Y., Edward Fleischer; Arrival of Winter 

 Birds in Chicago, F. A. Pennington; Annual Congress of A. O. U. 



BOOK NEWS AND REVIEWS 260 



The Ornithological Magazines; Book News. 



EDITORIAL 2 6 9 



EDUCATIONAL LEAFLET NO. 35. The American and White-winged Crossbills 



with Colored Plate by Bruce Horsfall Mabel Osgood Wright.. 270 



AUDUBON EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 274 



Annual Report of the National Association of Audubon Societies. 



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