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iSirti^lore 



September- October, 1903 



CONTENTS 



GENERAL ARTICLES page 



Frontispiece— California Woodpecker and Acorns .142 



The Mystery of the Black -billed Cuckoo Gerald, H. Thayer . 143 



A North Dakota Slough. Illustrated A. C.Bent . 146 



A Tragedy in Nature William Brewster 151 



Nesting Habits of Two Flycatchers at Lake Tahoe Anna Head . 153 



Kingbird and Nest. Illustration '55 



FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS 



How Birds Molt. Illustrated Jonathan Dwight, Jr., M. D. 156 



Bird-Lore's Advisory Councilors. Sixth Series . . 161 



Portraits of Otto Widniann, F. H Knowltuii, J. H. Flepiing;, R. W. Williams, Jr. 



What Bird is This? Ilhistration i5^ 



Questions for Bird Students. VI - ... . 162 



NOTES FROM FIELD AND STUDY 163 



European Birds in Amekica. C. G. Abbott; The Carolina Wren in Connecticut. Wilbur 

 F. Smith: Mortality .\mong Birds in June; Red Crossbills in New Jersey, in July, 

 George E. Hi.r 



BOOK NEW^S AND REVIEW^S ... ... . .... 167 



Macoun's 'Catalogue of Canadian Birds, Part IP; Cassinia; Huntington's 'Our 

 Feathered Game'; The Orn7tholoi;ical Magazines; Book News. 



EDITORIALS . 170 



AUDUBON DEPARTMENT . i7i 



Editorial; Reports of Socihtihs; Bird Protection Abroad, III. T S. Palmer : Annual 

 Confere.nch of Audubon Societies; Protection for Nighthavvks. 



*** Manuscripts intended for publication, books, etc.. for review, and exchanges should be 

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