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September-October, 1919 



CONTENTS 



GENERAL ARTICLES page 



Frontispiece — ^William Brewster 



William Brewster, 1851-1919 Frank M. Chapman. . 277 



The Spotted Sandpiper. Illustrated CW . Leister. . 287 



The Birds of Coblenz Perley M. Jenness. . 290 



A Visit with Cedar Waxwings. Illustrated F.N. Whitman. . 293 



The Warbler in Stripes. Illustrated H. E. Tuttle. . 296 



NOTES FROM FIELD AND STUDY 299 



Two Interesting Observations, F. H. Hodgson; An Albino Robin, Ellen M. Shove; A 

 Family of Screech Owls, F. A. Stuart; Bird Notes from the Lake George Region, 

 Stewart H. Burnham; A Red-eyed Vireo's Nest, S. Ushioda; Hooded Warbler on 

 Long Island, Mabel R. Wiggins; Is the House Wren a Bigamist? E. I. Metcalf; 

 Red-headed Woodpecker Nesting on Long Island, E. M. Lowerre; From Ames, Iowa, 

 Mrs. F. L. Battell; Brewster's Warbler in Iowa, Hugo H. Schroder; Hummingbird 

 Photography, H. H. Beck and V. E. Dippell; Interlopers, M. E. Fabens; Food of 

 Young Purple Martins, E. A . Doolittk; An Old Squaw Joker, E. A . Doolittle; Breeding 

 OF the Myrtle Warbler at Webster, Mass., John A. Farley; Bird Migration in 

 Ontario. 



THE SEASON. XV. June 15 to August 15, 1919 307 



Winsor M. Tyler; J. T. Nichols; Julian K. Potter; Harry C. Oberholser; Thomas S. Roberts; 

 Harry Harris; W . H . Bergtold. 



BOOK NEWS AND REVIEWS 314 



Roberts' Review of Minnesota Birds; A Practical Handbook of British Birds; 

 Cassinia; The Ornithological Magazines. 



EDITORIAL 318 



EDUCATIONAL LEAFLET No. 100. The Turkey Vulture With Colored Plate by Bruce 



Horsfall T. Gilbert Pearson. . . . 319 



THE AUDUBON SOCIETIES— EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 323 



Annual Meeting; Life Members and the Endowment; Feather Smuggling; Death of 

 Joseph Kalbfus; A Worth-while Report; Iowa Wild-life Conference; Cat 

 Ordinance for Oak Park, III.; Roosevelt Memorial Fountain. 



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