Americarv Ornithology 



A Magazine Devoted Entirely to Birds. 



Published monthly by Charles K. Reed, 75 Thomas St., Worcester, Mass. 

 Edited by Chester A. Reed, B. S. 



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-Copyright, I906 by Chas. K. Reed. 



VOL. VI MARCH. 1906. NO. 3 



MARCH FIRST: — Only a month more and the great bird migratory 

 wave will be fairly under way, and we shall envy our neighbor who, 

 perhaps, has more time to be outdoors than we, but we will each accomp- 

 lish as much as we can in the time that we have at our disposal. Do 

 not forget your note book and pencil, and, above all, your field glasses. 

 "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" is an old adage; — A bird 

 seen through the glass is worth three seen through the eyes, — is a better 

 maxim for the present day, and is the literal truth, for a bird will appear 

 three or more times as long as seen with the eyes. Make your notes 

 and identify your birds on the spot. Do not trust to memory, a bird's 

 colors will often undergo remarkable changes in our mind, before you 

 reach home. 



The White-winged Crossbill must be a better known bird than we 

 had supposed, for with few exceptions all the colored supplements re-, 

 turned were very natural. The winners were: 



1st. Albert Paine, Union School, Johnsbury, Vt. 



2nd. George F. Granger, Cobbet School, Lynn, Mass. 



3rd. Elizabeth A. Paul, Kimball School, North Andover, Mass. 



We had pictures sent in from all the states but five, and curiously 

 these were all Golf states where the Crossbill is unknown. 



