THE NIDIOLOGIST. 



CONTENTS. 



On Re-mounting the Great Auk (three illustrations) Dr. R. W. Shufeldt 49 



A Labor Saving Bird Donald A. Cohen 51 



Vaux's Swift Inhabiting Chimne3'S 51' 



Habits of Young Gulls in Confinement Otto Emerson 52 



Domestication of the Canada Goose and Brant Benjamin Hoag 54 



Wood Ducks and Bob-white Henrj- R. Buck 54 



Photography Under Difficulties (illustrated) Egbert Bagg 55 



Another Albino Buteo Henry C, Higgins 56 



A Richly-colored Nest 56 



An Odd Nest of the California Bush Tit (illustrated) H. R. Taylor 57 



An Ornithological Exhibit for the Midwinter Fair 57 



Grinnell's Water-Thrush (concluded) Wm. E. Kells 58 



A Suggestion to Ornithologists Didymus 59 



Cooper Ornithological Club 60 



An Egg of the ^■Epyoniis 61 



Editorial Notes 62 



Brief Notes '63 



Accidental Deaths of Birds Donald A. Cohen 63 



Exchange Notices 64 



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