j&iru - lore 



July- August, 1917 



CONTENTS 



GENERAL ARTICLES page 



Children of the Midnight Sun. Illustrated Joseph Dixon. . 185 



The Giant Bird Diatryma. Illustrated Walter Granger. . 193 



The Schuylkill Heronries F. L. Burns. . 197 



Wood Pewee's Nest and Young. Illustration A. A. Allen. . 199 



Chronicles of a Hummingbird Family Minette Sherman. . 200 



Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Illustration A. A. Allen. . 202 



NOTES FROM FIELD AND STUDY 203 



Seventeen Warblers in a Single Tree, Samuel A. Eliot, Jr.; Warbler Notes from 

 Bennington, Vt., Dr. and Mrs. Lucretius H. Ross; Evening Grosbeak in Connecticut 

 in May, R. E. Harrison and J. B. Derby; Horned Larks at Rochester, Raymond Renter; 

 A Painted Bunting in Pennsylvania; Vermont Notes, Dr. and Mrs. Lucretius H. Ross; 

 Florida Gallinule in Connecticut in April, Arthur G. Powers; Red- bellied Wood- 

 pecker in Iowa, T. H. Whitney; Snowy Owls in Idaho, Alex. Stalker; A Song from 

 the Nest, Henrietta E. Delamare; A Practical Bird-Bath, May S. Danner; 

 Dressed in White, Lena L. Johnson; A White Swallow, R. T. Burdick; An Albino 

 Crackle, Lilian S. Loveland. 



THE SEASON 209 



Boston Region, Winsor M. Tyler; New York City Region, Chas. H. Rogers; Phila- 

 delphia Region, Julian K. Potter; Washington Region, Harry C. Oberholser; Oberlin 

 Region, Lynds Jones. 



BOOK NEWS AND REVIEWS 213 



Crandall's 'Pets: Their History and Care'; The Ornithological Magazines. 



EDITORIAL 215 



THE AUDUBON SOCIETIES— SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 216 



Conservation Measures, A. H. W; Junior Audubon Works; For and from Adult 

 and Young Observers. 



EDUCATIONAL LEAFLET No. 93. The Phcebe. With Colored Plate 



T. Gilbert Pearson 228 



THE AUDUBON SOCIETIES— EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 232 



A New Threat to Bird-Life; Our Army of Recruits for Bird Protection, Libraries 

 AND Bird Protection; A Word in Season; New Members and Contributors; With 

 Our Affiliated Societies. 



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