TABLE OF CONTENTS 



IJirtls Extinct in Iowa and Those Becoming So. Paul Bartsch, i 



r>ird Lasvs of Iowa and Laws that are Needed, J. H. Brown. 3 



The Duck Hawk, Geo. H. Burge, - - - - - 14 



Dick, E. B. Webster, - - - - - - - - 19 



^od's Wisdom in Concealing, ------ 20 



A Word From the Editor, - - - - - - 22 



What You Missed by Not Attending the Congress at Iowa City, 22 



Vireonidae; Subject for Special Study, - - - - 23 



The Downy Woodpecker, Ed. S. Currier, - - - - 23 



First Annual Congress of-the I. O. A., J. Eugene Law, Sec'y, 23 



Constitution and By-laws of the I. O. A., - - - 26 



Members of the I. O. A., October. 1895, - - - - -9 



Exchange Department, ______ 50 



THE IOWA ORNITHOLOGIST 



FOR JANUARY 



This number will open with a full page illustration of the Pin-tail 

 Duck, accompanied by the paper, 



*»SEA BIRDS THAT VISIT IOWA" 



which was read before the First Congress of I. O. A. by 

 Frank H. Shoemaker. 



As quite a number of our readers are Teachers, for their special benefit we 



will have tlie article. 



Encouragement of Nature Study, i. e., Ornithology, 



in the High School, 



by Prof. Chas. A. Scliaeffer, President of the State University. 



The NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF IOWA will be continued, the family 



Vireonidae is the chosen one. and Mr. John V. Crone will compile the 



notes that the members of I. O. A. send in, Undoubtedly 



these notes will be the most complete that 



have been published. 



Mr. W. VV. Loomis in his paper 



The Protection of Our Birds, 



will give some very interesting and instructive ideas. In addition to the a;^: 



tractive features, already mentioned, there will be two pages devoted 



to Ornithological News and review of Recent Publications. 



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