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CONTENTS FOR AUGUST, i887 



The Wood Thrush, Tunius fnusUHnJts, Gmel. {After Audubon s Plate) Frontispiece. 



John James Audubon.— VII M7 



The Wood Thrush » 149 



By ram and Ghopal.— IV 151 



Hints to Audubon Workers.— III. By florenee A. Merriam 155 



The Trade in Bird Skins 159 



Charley's Wonderful Journey.— IV 160 



Birds as Fertilizers 163 



The Audubon Note Book: 



MF.MHKRSinr Returns 164 



Fir.iiT Between Snake and Biro 164 



Local Bird Nomenceatdrk 164 



The Editor's Talk 165 



The Audubon Society — 166 



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