iStri ^^ lore 



March- April, 1919 



CONTENTS 



GENERAL ARTICLES page 

 Frontispiece in Color. Crow, Northwest Crow and Fish Crow. . Louis A gas siz Fuertes. . 



The Warblers of Central New York. Illustrated A. A. Allen. . 8i 



Notes from a Traveler in the Tropics. III. From Panama to Peru. Illustrated. . 



Frank M. Chapman. . 87 



Purple Martins on Stuart Acres. Illustrated F. A. Stuart. . q2 



Another Purple Martin Roost in the City of Washington . . .Harry C. Oberholser. . q6 



The Migration of North American Birds. IX. Crows 100 



Notes on the Plumage of North American Birds. Fifty-third Paper 



Frank M. Chapman. . 102 



NOTES FROM FIELD AND STUDY 103 



A Belated Census from Belgium, Allan Brooks; Robins Enjoy Flat Life (Illus.), E. R. 

 Ford; Robin's Nest on a Wren House (Illus.), Esther DeBoos; An Unusually-placed 

 Robin Nest (Illus.), Raymond Synnestvedt; The Deserted Home, Dora Worster Lewis; 

 Broad-winged H.a.wk in the Christmas Census (A Correction); Young Barn 

 Swallows Returning to the Nest, Mtss A. C. Tucker; Notes on Crackles and 

 Other Birds, F. R. Welsh; The Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Therese Jtidd; An Albino 

 Wood Thrush, G. G. Reeves; Night Voices, George Miksch Sutton; Pied-billed 

 Grebe Caring for Its Young, Grace H. Peck; Bird-Nesting in Texas, J. M.Heiser, Jr. 



THE SEASON. XIL December 15, 1918, to February 15, 1919 112 



Glover M. Allen; J . T. Nichols; Harry C. Oberholser; Lynds Jones; Thos. S. Roberts; Harry 

 Harris; W. H. Bergtold. 



BOOK NEWS AND REVIEWS 117 



Moseley's 'Trees, Stars, and Birds'; Beebe's 'A Monograph of the Pheasants'; The 

 Ornithological Magazines. 



EDITORIAL 119 



THE AUDUBON SOCIETIES— SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 120 



Higher Standards, A. H. W.; Bird and Arbor Day Thoughts; Junior Audubon Work; 

 For and From Adult and Young Observers. 



THE AUDUBON SOCIETIES— EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 134 



Summer School at Amston; Summer School at Tahoe; Iowa Conservation Association; 

 Song-bird Killing in Georgia; Audubon Association of the Pacific; Gulls; 

 Roosevelt Memorial Fountain. 



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