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May-June, 1922 



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CONTENTS 



GENERAL ARTICLES paok 



I'KDNiisi'irccii; IN Color. Gkiokn-winged Teal Allan Brooks. . 



HoNAVKNTUKE ISLAND AND pEKCE KocK. Illustrated Harrison F. Lewis. . 125 



' Hoiiiiv' Mary S. Mosher. . 1 2S 



Wood Thrush. Illustration Joseph Pollock. . ijo 



Two Ili/MMINGIURD PHOTOGRAPHS A. R. Colemati. . 131 



City Hirds Afine Hall Gaylord. . i.',:-, 



I'' ACTORS CoNTRiHUTiNG TO THE DESTRUCTION OF BiRDs' Nests AND luxis IraN. Gahridson. . 1,30 



House Wren. Illustration i^c; 



JJiRDS Bathing. Illustrated E. Raymond Driver. . 140 



Biud-Batii Notes 



Edward Ilellslern; Edward II. Perkins; Mary C. Nishet; Ethel M. Weymouth. . 142 



Bluedird at Nicst. Illustralion Joseph Pollock. . 



NOTES FROM FIELD AND STUDY 



Tiiio Advance (Juard, M rs. E. L. Battcll; An Unusual Gathering of M.igrants, Edi;ar 

 liedcll; The Birds of an Acric, M. A. Bo^ns; Birds and Salt, Elisabeth P. Slyer; An 

 lixPERiioNCE WITH AN AMERICAN BiTTERN, T. L. II ankhisofi; Bald Eagles on the Hud- 

 son, Francis B. Robinson; Snowy Owl in New York, Julia Miller; A Captive Hummer, 

 Adeline Willis; A One-legc.ed Bather, E. II. Boides; Evening Grosbeaks in Iowa, 

 Mrs. F. May Tuttle; Evkning Grosbeaks at Waterford, N. Y., Edj-ar Bedell; Martins 

 vs. Treio Swallows, F. D. Kniijht; A Cliff Swallow Colony, Rasmus Chrislensen; A 

 Queer Mockinohind, Gordon Wilson; Bicknell's Thrush in Maini:, Edward II. Perkins; 

 A Kouin's Niosr, J . R. W .Jacobs; Kobin and Snake, Franklin Gray Mclnlosh; Bluebird 

 History, Eliza F. Miller. 



THE SEASON. XXXI. February 15 to April 15, 1922 153 



Winsor M . Tyler; J . 2'. Nichols; Julian K. Palter; Harry C. Oberhulser; Lynds Jones; Colin 

 Campbell .Sanborn; Phos. S. Roberts; Harry Harris; E. H. Berglold; Ira N. Gabrielson; 

 Amelia .Sanborn Allen; Frances B. Schneider. 



BOOK NEWS AND REVIEWS 164 



CiiuDii's 'Birds of Burnsii Guiana'; Hornaday's 'Minds and Manners of Wild Ani- 

 mals' ; Kutchin's 'What Birds Have Done with Me' ; The Ornithological Magazines. 



EDITORIAL 166 



THE AUDUBON SOCIETIES-SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 167 



The Courtshu' of Birds. Illustrated. A. A. Allen; Summer Bird Study; From Young 

 Observers. 



EDUCATIONAL LEAFLET No. 108. Colored frontispiece i)y Allan Brooks.. 



T.Gilbert Pearson. . 17S 



THE AUDUBON SOCIETIES— EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 182 



Notks on tiik Egret Situation; Activities of Affiliated Societies; Robins and Mul- 

 berry Trees. 



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



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