i&irtJ lore 



January - February, 1912 



CONTENTS 



GENERAL ARTICLES 



Frontispiece — ^American and White-winged Crossbills .-Lom»5 Agassiz Fuertes . . 

 My Experience with Von Berlepsch Nesting-Boxes. Illustrated. 



Frederic H. Kennard . . i 



CoWBiRD. Illustration Guy A. Bailey . . 12 



A Glimpse into the Life History of the Turkey Vulture. Illustrated by 



the author R. W. Williams, Jr. . 13 



The Turkey Vulture in New Jersey John Dryden Kuser. . 14 



A Myrtle Warbler Nest. Illustrated by the author William Pepper. . 15 



Crow. Illustration H. R. Carey . . 17 



Bird-Lore's Twelfth Christmas Bird Census iS 



The Migration of North American Sparrows. Fourteenth Paper. Illustrated 



by Louis Agassiz Fuertes W. W. Cooke . . 45 



Notes on the Plumage of North American Sparrows. Thirteenth Paper 



Frank M. Chapman . . 47 



NOTES FROM FIELD AND STUDY (Postponed until the next issue). 



BOOK NEWS AND REVIEWS 49 



Lowe's Naturalist on Desert Islands; A New Edition of Selborne; Abbott's 

 Home - Life of the Osprey; Degroat's Bird Studies for Home and 

 School; The Ornithological Magazines. 



EDITORIAL 52 



AUDUBON SOCIETIES— SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 53 



Plans for the New Year; For Teachers and Pupils; For Young Observers. 



EDUCATIONAL LEAFLET, NO. 54. The White Egret. With colored plate by Bruce 



Horsjall and photographs by P. B. Philipp T. Gilbert Pearson. . 62 



THE AUDUBON SOCIETIES— EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 70 



President Butcher; A Gift of Five Thousand Dollars; Night Heron Col- 

 onies, illustrated by P. B. Philipp; Bird Protection in Porto Rico: Fatal- 

 ities IN Hunting; Funds Needed to Save the Egrets; New Members; 

 Artificial Aigrettes; American Game Protection and Propagation 

 Society; Some Audubon Workers; IV. George Bird Grinnell. 



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 New York City, N . Y. 



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