Pird - Lore 
January - February, 1910 
CONTENTS 
GENERAL ARTICLES PAGE 
FRONTISPIECE.—GRASSHOPPER, HENSLOW’S, BAIRD’S AND LECONTE’S” SPARROWS 
Louis Agassiz Fuertes. . 
THe TAMING or A GREAT WHITE HERON. Illustrated .... Norman McClintock.. 1 
BREEDING OF THE AMERICAN CROSSBILL. Illustrated ........-... P. B. Peabody... 3 
An Atsino Rosin TRaGepy. Illustrated. .--.-.2.-22--.--.---- R.W. Hegner.. 7 
PHOTOGRAPHING A RUFFED GROUSE. Illustrated ..-....---..-- John Woodcock.. 11 
Gutis AND Cormorants. Illustration .........----.---- Mrs. Gardner F. Wells.. 11 
Tuer MicRATION or NorTH AMERICAN SPARROWS. Second Paper. Illustrated by 
Louis Agassiz Fuertes.........--------:------------------- W. W. Cooke.. 12 
STELLER’S JAY. Illustration ....---..--.-------------- May Remington Thayer.. 15 
Nores ON THE PLruMAGE or NorTH AMERICAN SPARROWS. First Paper ......-. 
Frank M. Chapman... 16 
BirD-LORE’S TENTH CHRISTMAS BIRD CENSUS .......-..-.---.-------------- 19 
NOTES FROM FIELD AND STUDY (Postponed until the next issue)....-...-.......- 
BOOK NEWS AND REVIEWS. ....-- SS oe a Lie epee cole eusnslerees meee tops tated hho er 37 
MaAyNarp’s ‘DIRECTORY’; STONE’S ‘BIRDS OF NEW JERSEY’; REPORT OF THE CHIEF 
OF THE BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY FOR 1909; THE ORNITHOLOGICAL 
MacGaztnes; Book News. 
JPM ON AU: Cie ee ee EE Gn nea manne oc essouU ca smascponecoscasstosacc 41 
AUDUBON SOCIETIES—SCHOOL DEPARTMENT. .............--.....-.---.---.. 42 
FEBRUARY—PREPARATION Monru, M. O. W.; Honk! Honx! Edith M Thomas. 
EDUCATIONAL LEAFLET No 42. THE ORCHARD ORIOLE. With Colored Plate hy 
IB UGE DEL OTS f CLL eye) ey eee re eer et) eee Witmer Stone.. 40 
AUDUBON SOCIETIES—EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT ...........................- 48 
State REPORTS; NEW LEGISLATION; RESERVATION NOTES; BIRD BOXES. 
«*» Manuscripts intended for publication, books, etc., for review and exchanges, should be 
sent to the Editor, at the American Museum of Natural History, 77th Street and Sih Avenue, 
New York City, N.Y. 5 
“Notices of changes of addresses, renewals and subscriptions should be sent to 
BIRD-LORE, HARRISBURG, PA. 
Special Notice 
E take the liberty of sending this number of Birp-LoreE to 
subscribers whose subscriptions expired December 1, 1909, 
in the belief that the matter of renewal has been overlooked. 
On renewal, a copy of the Remarkable Bird Plate, mentioned in 
the December number, will be forwarded. 
Entered as second-class mail matter in the Post Office at Harrisburg, Pa. 
