THK NIDlUUKilST 

 CONTENTS. 



Hird-Nesting in North- West Canada (four illustrations 



A Ouery 



Xidification of the California Poor-will 



All about Dick 



N'esting of the Western Yellow-throat. 



riie Blue- gray Gnat-catcher 



l-'eathered Butchers 



Bird Destruction Again . . 



Another \'iew 



Do Wading Birds Swim? 



Snow-Haters 



The Little Auk in \'ermont 



The Western Gnat-catcher. . 



ICditorial Notes 



Cooper Ornitholotiical Club 



The Birds ot Smith's Island, Virginia 



W'alter Raine 



G. F. Dippie 



. . Geo. B. Badger 



. H. R. Tavlor 



H. M. Hall 



David L. Savage 



. S. Bob White 



Olive Thorne Miller 



Bird Student 



. . Wm. H. Fisher 



Glover M. Allen 



..CO. Orm.sbee 



L. P. Williams 



KdwardJ. Brown 



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Ef;<;s OK California Mukre sent, post paid, at 3 

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