irli lore 



November -December, 1912 



CONTENTS 



GENERAL ARTICLES page 



Frontispiece in Color — Pine Grosbeak Louis Agassiz Fuertes . . 



The Magpies of Culebra Creek. Illustrated by the author. 



Edward R. Warren.. 329 



Our Winter Guests Eliza F. Miller. . 333 



Wild Ducks on an Oil Lake. Illustration Thos. M. Galey . . 336 



A Rustic Food House. Illustrated Frederic H. Kennard. . 337 



Gull Pensioners. Photographs by E. Niebergall E. L. Moseley. . 338 



Tame Wild Turkeys. Illustrated by the author William T. Davis . . 342 



Bird-Lore's Thirteenth Christmas Bird Census 344 



The Migration of North American Sparrows. Nineteenth Paper. Illustrated 



by Louis Agassiz Fuertes W. W. Cooke. . 345 



Notes on the Plumage of North American Sparrows. Eighteenth Paper. 



Frank M. Chapman.. 346 



NOTES FROM FIELD AND STUDY 347 



Relative Number of Birds in 1912, Althea R. Sherman; Value of Winter 

 Birds, George W. Tavenner, Jr.; A Field Mark for the Least Sandpiper,' 

 Francis H. Allen; Notes on the Bald Eagle, Starling, and Song Sparrow, 

 John Dryden Kuser; An Unusual Nest-Site, F. W. Aldrich; The Shrike in 

 Action, Winsor M. Tyler; The Northern Shrike, Elizabeth C. Cox; A Robin 

 Winter Colony, Edith C. M . Branders; Robins on an Ocean Beach, /. W. Lip- 

 pincott; Kingbirds Eating Sassafras Berries, Robert T. Morris; Goldfinches 

 in Massachusetts, Mary R. Stanley; Goldfinches in the Ozarks, Atny R. 

 Haight; Chat Nesting in Vermont, Charles S. Hitchcock; Intelligence of 

 Crackles, F. W. Aldrich; Annual Congress of the A. O. U. 



BOOK NEWS AND REVIEWS 357 



Nehrling's 'Native Birds;' Willett's 'Birds of the Pacific Slope;' McAtee 

 ON 'Experimental Method in Testing the Efficiency of Warning and 

 Cryptic Coloration;' Palmer on 'National Reservations for the Pro- 

 tection OF Wild Life;' Bagg's 'Birds of Oneida Co.;' Brown's 'Birds of 

 God;' The Ornithological Magazines; Book News. 

 EDITORIAL 362 



AUDUBON SOCIETIES— SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 363 



The Opportunity of the Audubon Society; For Teachers and Pupils; From 

 Adult Observers; From Young Observers. 



EDUCATIONAL LEAFLETS 



No. 5g. The Chickadee. With colored plate by Bruce Horsfall. 



Edward Howe Forbush.. 372 

 No. 60. The Willow Ptarmigan. With colored plate by Allan Brooks. 



Joseph Grinnell.. 376 



AUDUBON SOCIETIES— EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 380 



Dirfxtorv of State Societies; Eighth Annual Meeting. 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF AUDUBON SOCIE- 

 TIES FOR 1912 382 



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