THE NIDIOLOGIST 



CONTENTS. 



I'AGE 



Collecting a Condor's Egtj (illustrated) S8 



Chickadje ]. N. Clark SS 



Notes from an Ostrich Farm (illustrated). 90 



N'ighthawks' and Whip-poor-wills' Eugs Angus Gaines gi 



I >r. and Mrs. Eniil Holub (portraits) 92 



A Beautiful Oriole's Nest (illustrated) George W. Vosburg 93 



Taxidermal Notes A. VV. Anthony 93 



The Surf Bird William L. Kells 94 



Further Notes on Leconte's Sparrow G. F. Dippie 95 



A Surgical Operation Benjamin Hoag 96 



Big Price for a Bird Skin William C. Blake 96 



Report on the Vireos of California Cooper Club 96 



The Ring Pheasant A. G. Prill, M.D. 97 



Sapsucker {SphyraJ^icits) Scolopax 98 



Bird Migration William L. Kells 98 



Scientists of Michigan E. Arnold 98 



Eggs of the Great Auk 99 



I 'd Like to Know Oyes 99 



Arrival of the English Sparrow at Pueblo, Colo Willoughby P. Lowe 99 



A Midwinter Fair Memory 99 



Editorial lOO 



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