September - October, 1901 



CONTENTS 



GENERAL ARTICLES page 



Frontispiece. — The Bird Rock Group ... . . . 152 



First Impre.ssions of Hawaiian Birds. (Concluded) H. IV. Henshaw . . 153 



Young Screech Owls. Illustration . . C. William Beebe 159 



A Chebec's Second Brood .... ... Ralph Hoffmann . 161 



European Heron. Illustration C. William Beebe . . 163 



FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS 



Birds and Seasons — Sixth Series — 



October and November Bird-Life Near Boston Ralph Hoffmann . 164 



October and November Bird-Life Near New York City . . Frank M. Chapman 165 



October and November Bird-Life Near Philadelphia ... Witmer Stone . . i65 



October and November Bird-Life Near Oherlin, Ohio . . . Lynds Jones 166 



Auffust and September Bird-Life at Glen EUyn (near Chicago), Illinois . Benj. T. Gault . 167 

 October and Novemher Kird-Life at Glen Ellyn (near Chicago), Illinois . Beyij. T. Gault 169 

 Suggestions for the Season's Study, 171 ; Suggestions for the Season's Reading, 171; What 

 Bird is This? (illustration), 172; June Bird Census, 172. 



FOR YOUNG OBSERVERS 



A Bittern at Close Range A. V. Kidder . . 173 



NOTES FROM FIELD AND STUDY 174 



.\ Talking Rose- Breasted Grosbeak, Emily B. Pellet; Swallow Manceuvers, Isabella 

 Mc. Lemmon ; An Aerial Battle, W. E. Cram ; Note on the Warbling Vireo, Amanda 

 Elliot: The Bird Rock Group; Eighteenth Congress of the American Ornitholo- 

 f;iSTs' I'niox. 



BOOK NEWS AND REVIEWS ... 176 



Torrey's ' Evkrvdav Birds;' Sklous' ' Bird- Watching; ' Morris' 'Birds of Spring- 

 field;' Ford's 'Birds of Andover ;'■' Birds I H.-vve Seen;' Palmer and Olds' 'Bird 

 Laws for 1901,' 'The Auk,' 'The Osprev,' 'The Wilson Bulletin.' 



EDITORIAL. 



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AUDUBON DEPARTMENT 



Editorial: Reports of Connecticut and Florida Societies; 'For Our Encourage- 

 ment.' Garrett Newkirk ; 'Visible; Results,' Fannie Hardy Eckstorni. 



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 sent to tlip Editor at Ensilewood, Neiv Jersey. 



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