INDEX 



Yellow-throat, Western l8, 51, 60 



Zenaidura macroura 129 



Zonotrichia 5° 



albicollis 76 



coronata 148 



leucophrys gambeli 14S 



EDITORIAL NOTES— Pages 12, 24, 38, 56, 68, 80, 92, 108, 136, 150. 



THE COOPER ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB, Reports of Meetings— Pages 6, 20, 38, 50, 66, 



RECENT PUBLICATIONS— Pages ii, 22, 33, 53, 67, 78, 89, 107, 134, 143. 



, 106, 141. 



INDEX TO CONTRIBUTORS 



Allen, J. A., tlioiighls on the new check-list, 103. 

 Anderson, R. M., a hawk diary, 124. 

 Andrus, F. H., unusual nesting of American Mer- 

 ganser, 72. 

 Anthony, A. \V., nesting of the Ruby-crowned Kinglet 



in Southern California, 16; Grebe notes, 71- 

 Bassett, C. C, Double-cresied Cormorant in Indiana, 



61; on the deposition of eggs, 133. 

 Beck, R. H., notes on the Dotted Canon Wren, 3. 

 Blake, W. C, notes on the Night Heron, 35. 

 Bonwell, J. R., the coloration of eggs, 130. 

 Bowles, J, H., aerial duels, 36; periods of deposition 



of eggs, 99. 

 Bowles, C. W. and J. H., nesting of the Chimney 



Swift, 138. 

 Breninger, G. F., latitude affects nidification, 146. 

 Bryant, J. A., mining by taxidermy, 77. 

 Buck, H. R., Bittern and Sandpiper notes, 37. 

 Burnett, W. L., notes on the Dusky Grouse, 6^. 

 Burns, F. L , abnormal nest and egg, 60; breeding 



habits of the Broad-winged Hawk, 73. 

 Butters, C. S., a battle in air, loi; the Oven-bird, 131. 

 Cantwell, G. G., English Sparrow in Washington, 105. 

 Case, C. M.| a Bluebird note, 61; Killdeer Plover at 



Hartford, 149. 

 Chamberlm, C . , an inland rookery of Phalacrocorax 



albocilialus, 29. 

 Chase, V. H., song flight of the Prairie Horned 



Lark, 112. 

 Clark, J. H., a Least Bittern's nest, 5. 

 Clark, L, M., notes from Connecticut, 77. 

 Cohen, D. A., random notes on the birds of Alameda 



County, Cal,, 18, 52; Mallard and Cinnamon Teal 



in captivity, 19; hen theory applied to Thrashers, 50. 

 Coues, E., letter from Sylvan Lake, South Dakota, 14. 

 Davis, N. L. , notes from Jackson's Hole, Wyo., 10. 

 Dean, R. H., Whip-poor-will calls, I04. 

 Dille, F. M., Colorado [editorial notes] 47. 

 Emerson, W. O., outing of California Blue Jays, 32. 

 Farmer, A. M . , birds and fire, loo. 

 Fisher, W. H., ornis of a city yard, 79; raptores of 



Maryland, 119; Wild Pigeon and Dove, 139. 

 Fyfe, C., a thief, 19; my first nest in 1896, 105. 

 Galloway, J. C, VVhip-poor-will notes, 58; the song 



of the Wood Pewee, loi. 

 Gault, B. T., some Bluebird notes, 84. 

 Garrett, B. A., on the abundance of the Purple 



Finch, 104. 

 Gibbs, M., notes from Michigan, 49, 65; notes from 



the Great Lakes, 86; Michigan notes, 94. 

 Goss, R. D., notes on Bluebirds and Passenger 



Pigeons, 87. 

 Grant. B. M., the Black Vulture, 7. 

 Harris, Jr., J. H., the Florida Gallinule, 95. 

 Heller, Edmund, two bird curios, 60. 

 Helme, A. H., the Saw-whet breeding on Long 



Island, 104. 

 Henderson, A. D., to identify nesting water birds, 83. 

 Johnson, W. A., Whip-poor-will courtship, 100. 

 Johnson, W. S., Herons eat * 'hoppers" 50; note on the 



Ruffed Grouse, 37; note on Brunnich's Murre, 60. 

 Jones, C. M., the Murre at Ea'lford, Conn, 104. 

 Kibbe, A. E,, a plea for the Bluebirds, 11. 



Kumlein, L., a new bird for Wisconsin, 19. 



Lano, A., birds attracted by a fire, 52 



Lefier, C. H., large sets of California Thrasher, 2. 



Loomis, L. M., song seasons of three Carolina 



birds, 45 . 

 Maguire, J. R., Yellow- headed Blackbird in Flag 



Lake, Fulton County, Illinois, 105. 

 McGregor, R. C, albinos, 94; Cahto birds, 129, 148. 

 Merrill, J. C, thoughts on the new check list, 135. 

 Mitchell, W., nesting habits of the Downy Wood- 

 ■ pecker 21. 

 Moran, N. M., nesting of the White-throated 



Swift, 98. 

 Morrell, C. H., nesting of the Nashville Warbler, 125. 

 Morrison, G. A., Yellow-headed Blackbird in Wis- 

 consin, 114. 

 MuUiken, W. E., a few Michigan notes, 77. 

 Murchinson, A. C, the American Bittern, 118, 

 Neal, J. B., an albino Junco, 50. 



Ormsbee, C. O., notes on the Black-capped Tit- 

 mouse, 17. 

 Osgood, W. H., nest and eggs of the Calaveras 



Warbler, 140. 

 Palmer, W., thoughts on the new check-list, 91, 102; 



the check-list again — a rejoinder, 138. 

 Peabody, P. B., the photo fiend, 85, 97, 126. 

 Pearse, A. S., a note on the Meadowlark. 

 Purdy, J B., Dicksissel at Plymouth, Mich., 37. 

 Ridgway, R., nesting of the Duck Hawk in trees, 42. 

 Rolfe, E. S., Wilson's Phalarope, 9; unusual nesting 



sites, 95; North Dakota collecting, 105; brought to 



book, 142. 

 Rotzell, W. E., bird notes from Montgomery County, 



Pennsylvania, 113. 

 Sherrill, W. E., two days with the Mississippi Kite, 



70; nidification of the White-necked Raven, no. 

 Shufeldt, R. W., photographs of living birds, 13; 



photographs of young Skimmers, 26; more about 



animal photography, 57; .Snowbirds, 81: Ornithology 



in Norway, III; Raineism; 146. 

 Silloway, P. M., amphibious experiences, 59, 74. 

 Simpson, R. B., an albino Crow, 19; Bluebirds in 



West Virginia, 77. 

 Smith, H. G., some birds new to Colorado, 47, 65, 76. 

 Spaulding, F. B., the Red-breasted Nuthatch, 113. 

 Stabler, J. P., welcome news of Bluebirds, 58. 

 Stone, D. D., collecting in Florida, 132. 

 Sirecker, Jr., J. K., the Florida Red-shouldered 



Hawk, u6. 

 Swales, B. H., Wood Thrush, 115; a full set of 



Rail's, 142; Dickissel breeding at Detroit, 19. 

 Taylor, H. R., the Killdeer — a bird of deceits, 1; 



Dicksonia, 4; little bits, 15; William L. Kells, 17; 



meeting of the A. O, U. in Washington, 40; on the 



eggs of the California Vulture, 42; valuations of nests 



and eggs, 82; near to nature's heart, 149. 

 Trostler,I.S.,among the sandhills in n.w, Nebraska, 8, 21. 

 Watkins, L. W. , ornithology booming at Ann Arbor, 



32; Robin, 44; notes on Spiza ajnericana^ 49. 

 Wlieatley, A. H., curious notes on the Water Ouzel in 



Montana, 62. 

 Williams, Jr, R. W., some pet Snowy Herons, 37; 



a hawk and a chicken incubator, 1,^3. 



