ira -^ lore 



March-April, 1922 



CONTENTS 



GENERAL ARTICLES page 



Frontispiece in Color. Red-winged Blackbirds Lotiis Agassiz Fuertes. . 



When the Birds Come North. Illustrated Grace A. Hill. . 71 



The Friendly Phcebe. Illustrated Clinton G. Abbott. . 75 



Caught in a Springtime Blizzard Margaret A . Bartlett. . 80 



A Nest-building Parrot. Illustrated Mary B. Sherman. . 83 



The Migration of North American Birds. Second Series. XVIII. Red-winged 



Blackbirds Harry C. Oberhoher. . 85 



Notes on the Plumage of North American Birds. Sixty-third Paper 8g 



Frank M. Chapman. . 



NOTES FROM FIELD AND STUDY 91 



Migrants in New York City, James P. Chapin; A Strange Migration, E. D. Nauman; 

 A Removable Floor for Bird-Houses, Fred. J. Pierce; The Herring Gulls, Thomas 

 A Taper; A Winter Sapsucker, Florence M. Fraser; Hummingbird and Bass, Mary E. 

 Lockwood; A Winter Phcebe, Carol Jones; The Starling in Tennessee, Bruce P. 

 Tyler; The Starling in Louisiana, Walter C. Carey; A Michigan Winter Redwing, 

 M. j'.Magee;T:-aE Evening Grosbeak in Michigan, M. J. Magee; Red-poll in Georgia, 

 Earle R. Greene; An Ontario Mockingbird, M. G. Gould; A Striking Example of Mod- 

 ification OF Habits, O. Widmann; A One-legged Cardinal, M. H. Herbel. 



THE SEASON. XXX. December 15, 1Q21 to February 15, 1922 q8 



Winsor M. Tyler; J. T. Nichols; Julian K. Potter; Harry C. Oberholser; Colin Campbell Sanborn; 

 Thomas S. Roberts; Harry Harris; Ira N. Gabrielson; Amelia Sanborn Allen; Frances B. 

 Schneider. 



BOOK NEWS AND REVIEWS 107 



Annual Report or the Massachusetts State Ornithologist; Avery Bird Collection; 

 Bulletin of the Essex Ornithological Club; The Ornithological Magazines. 



EDITORIAL 109 



THE AUDUBON SOCIETIES— SCHOOL DEPARTMENT no 



Bird Plays for the School, A. A. Allen; From Young Observers. 



THE AUDUBON SOCIETIES— EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 120 



A Large Gift for Wild-Life Protection; Federal License and Game Refuge Bill; 

 Important National Park Bill; New Jersey Legislation; Bird-Box Contests; En- 

 couraging Humane Work; Indi.ana Audubon Society; New Members. 



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

 to the Editor, at the American Museum of Natural History, 77th St. and 8th Ave., New York City. 



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