CONTENTS 



The Rose-Breasted Grosbeak . . Ira N. Gabrielson 357 



Birds by the Wayside . . . Althea R. Sherman 3G1) 



Owls R. W. Shufeldt 393 



Plainfield, N. J., Bird Census 



W. DeW. Miller and Charles H. Rogers 403 



Editorial . .409 



General Notes 410 



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