Copyright, 1887, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. Entered at New York Post Oflfice as Second Class Mail Matter. 



CONTENTS FOR APRIL, i887. 



The Cedar Bird (. //A;- Audubon's Plate). Frontispiece 50 



John James Audubon.— Ill 51 



The Cedar Bird, Ampelis cedrontm (v.), C.KAY 53 



The A. O. U. Bird Protective Committee 55 



Services of Hawks and Owls 57 



What the Robin Saw. By N. B. G 59 



Hattie's Hat 60 



Byram and Ghopal 61 



Charley's Wonderful Journey.— II. By C. F. Amery. (illustrated 63 



Did You Ever Catch a Crow by the Tail ? 66 



Birds as Propagators of Fruit Trees 67 



The Audubon Note Book: 



MKMiiEKSiiii' Returns 68 



Prairie Owls and Scorpions 68 



Odd Antics of Birds 68 



They Knew their Friend 69 



WiNscoMitE Sketches 6g 



The Audubon Society 70 



Useful and Entertaining Books. 



rilE FOLLOWING WORK^ 01^ NATURAL HISTORY ARE RECOMMENDED TO 



THOSE INTERESTED IN THE STUDY OF THIS SUBJECT. 



A Naturalist's Rambles About Home, y\.bbott. $i 50 Intelligence of Animals, 54 illus., Menaut... i 00 



A. O. U. Check List of N. A. Birds 3 00 Mammals of New York, paper $4 ; cloth, .... 5 00 



American Bird Fancier 50 Alanual of Taxidermy, Maynard. . . . „ 1 2? 



Antelope and Deer of America, Caton 2 50 Manual of Vertebrates, Jordan 2 51 > 



Baird's Birds of North America 30 00 Maynard's Butterflies, colored plates 5 50 



Bird Notes, from E'orest and Stream 75 Minot's Land and Game Birds 3 00 



Birds and Wild Animals, Wilson i 75 Native Song Birds 75 



Birds Nesting, Ingersoll 1 25 Naturalist's Assistant, Kingsley i 50 



Birds of Eastern Pennsylvania 4 00 Naturalists' Guide, Maynard 2 00 



Birds and their Haunts 3 00 Practical Taxidermy and Home Decoration, 



Cage and Singing Birds, Adams 50 Batty i 50 



Common Objects of the Seashore 50 Shor6 Birds 15 



Coues' Check List of North American Birds. . 3 00 Taxidermy Without a Teacher, Manton 50 



Game Water Birds of the Atlantic Coast, Taxidermists' Manual, Brown i 00 



Roosevelt 2 00 Taxidermists' Manual, illus.. Brown 50 



Guide to the Study of Insects, Packard 5 00 Wilson's Noctes AmbrosianK, by Prof. Wil- 



Holden's Book of Birds, paper 25 son, J. G. Lockhardt, James Hogg and Dr. 



Insect World, Figuier 1 50 Maginn, 6 vols., crown Svo., cloth, fg.oo; 



Insects Injurious to Vegetation, Harris 4 00 half calf 18 00 



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