March - April, 1909 



CONTENTS 



GENERAL ARTICLES page 



Frontispiece in Color. Philadelphia, Warbling, Red- Eyed, and Black- 



WiiisKERKD ViREOS Louis Agasstz Fuerles . . 



Chickadee All THE Year Round. Illustrated Mary C. Dickerson... 60 



A Second Season of Bluebird Tenants. Illustrated Marian E. Hubbard. . 63 



A Special Bird-blind. Illustrated E.J.Sawyer.. 71 



Eggs of a Flicker Found in a Strange Place William Brewster .. 73 



Where Does the Male Horned Lark Stay at Night? Illus.../?. \V . Hegner.. 75 



The Rep- winged Blackbird. Verse Donald Babcock.. 76 



Drumming Ruffed Grouse. Illustration C. F. Hodge . . 



Thf Mir.KATiON OF \'iRFOS. First paper. \\\\.\<.xr:\{L-c\ h\ Louis Agassiz Fuertes . . 



\V. W. Cooke.. 78 



BIRD-LORE'S ADVISORY COUNCIL 83 



NOTES FROM FIELD AND STUDY 85 



EvF.NiNC. (Jrosbfak AT W ILL! A mstow n, M ASS., Caroline R . Lcakc; E\'ening Gros- 

 beak AT Rutland, V't., Mary B. Coan; A Wintering Ruby-crowned King- 

 let AND CowBiRD, Maunsell S. Crosby; The Starling at Germantown, 

 Pa., George Lear; The Carolina Wren in Massachusetts, Frank A. 

 Brown; The Color of Male Purple Martins, J. F. Poage; .\ Martin 

 Colony, Jas. S. Becker; Boxes for Purple Martins, Jasper Blines ; Tin 

 Cans .\s Homes for Bluebirds, Angus McKinnon. 



BOOK NEWS AND REVIEWS 88 



Pkeblf.'s Biological Investigation of the Athabaska-Mackenzie Region : 

 Sal'ndf.r's 'My Pets'; Chapman's Camps and Cruises; The Ornithologi- 

 cal Magazines. 



EDITORIAL 91 



AUDUBON SOCIETIES— SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 92 



EDUCATIONAL LEAFLET NO. 37. Sharp-shinned Hawk, with colored plate by Bruce 



H or s jail Edward Howe Forbush . . 94 



AUDUBON SOCIETIES— EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 98 



Li:r;isi.ATi<.)\ ; The Cat Question ; .\ Correction. 



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