IBirli lore 



September - October, 1912 



CONTENTS 



GENERAL ARTICLES page 



Frontispiece in color — Towhee, Arctic Towhee. .Louis Agassiz Fuertes 



Phcebe vs. Catbird; A Study in Adaptability. Illustrated by the author 



A. A. Allen. . 269 



Florida Bob-whites. Illustration George Shiras, 3d. . 274 



The Story of Peter. Illustrated by G. A. Bailey Fanny Hardy Eckstorm . . 275 



"Report of an Expedition to Laysan Island in 1911." Illustrated 279 



Two Problems in Identification. Illustrated 284 



The Migration of North American Sparrows. Eighteenth Paper. Illustrated 



by Louis Agassiz Fuertes W. W. Cooke . . 287 



Notes on the Plumage of North .\merican Sparrows. Seventeenth Paper 



Frank M. Chapman. . 290 



NOTES FROM FIELD AND STUDY 291 



Long Island Notes, Isabel McC. Lemmon; A Talented Song Sparrow, George 

 A. Dennison; Bluebirds vs. Wrens, Mrs. M. M. Waring; A Tragedy Nar- 

 rowly Averted, E. D. Naunian; A Yellow Warbler's Nest, E. J. Luther; 

 Nesting of the Carolina Wren, Mary Giles Blunt; Bluebirds in Minne- 

 sota, Harry B. Logan; Jr.; White Pelicans in Ohio, W . H. Wisman; Gold- 

 finches AND Bluebirds in Massachusetts, W. J. Cartwright; Northern 

 Pileated Woodpecker in Corvallis, Oregon, A. J . Stover; Prairie Horned 

 Larks in Maine, IF. //. Waterman. 



BOOK NEWS AND REVIEWS 298 



Barrows' 'Michigan Bird Life;' Scharff's 'Distribution and Origin of Life 

 IN America;' The Ornithological Magazines; Book News. 



EDITORIAL ." 301 



AUDUBON SOCIETIES— SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 302 



How Audubon Societies May Become More Efficient; For Teachers and 

 Pupils; From Young Observers; From Adult Observers. 



EDUCATIONAL LEAFLET, NO. 58. The California Quail. With Colored Plate 



by Allan Brooks Joseph Mailliard.. . 312 



No. 59. The White-Breasted and Red-breasted Nuthatches. With Colored 



Plate by R. T. Brasher Francis H. Allen.. . 316 



THE AUDUBON SOCIETIES— EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 320 



President Dutcher; Notice to Members; James Buckland; Game Commis- 

 sioners' Meeting; Enforcing the Aigrette Law; New Members; The 

 Egret Protection Fund; Alabama. 



^*.^,Manuscripts intended for publication, books, etc.. for review and exchange, should be 

 sent to the Editor, at the American Museum of .Natural History. 77th Street and 8th Avenue, 

 New York City, N. Y. 



Notices of chanees of addresses, renewals and subscriptions should be sent to 

 BIRD-LORE, HARRISBURG, PA. 



Entered as secondcliiss mail matter in the Post Office at Harrisburg, Pa 



