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drum. Sometimes prior to this, after 

 watching one drum, I drove him from 

 his log. Instead of running or flying 

 as the birds do at other times, he drop- 

 ped without a sound to the ground and 

 sneaked swiftly and silently away. The 

 only drummer I ever saw fly at once 

 from the perch where he had been 

 drumming, was not over a month ago 

 in Freeport, when my dog frightened 

 him from the stone wall previously 

 mentioned. 



My observations then lead me to sus- 

 pect that the mating season is not 

 confined to the springtime, and possi- 

 bly the principal season ts in October 

 and November. But I am open to cor- 

 rection. 



DR. WM. C. KENDALL, 

 U. S. Fish Commission, 



Washington, D. C. 



(Read at the 7th annual meeting in 

 Portland, Nov. 29th, 1902.) 



A PARTIAL LIST. 



Of publications on the subject of Orni- 

 thology that may be procure J for 

 a nominal price. 



Publications of the TJ. S. Dept. of 

 Agriculture. 



Publications Available for Free Dis- 

 tribution. 

 Farmers' Bulletin No. 54, Common 

 i-.rds in relation to Agriculture. 



Circular No. 12; directions for col- 

 lecting the stomachs of birds (1891). 

 Circular No. 17; Bird Day in the 

 Schools (1896). 



Circular No. 19; Protection and Im- 

 portation of Birds Under Act of Con- 

 gress, approved May 25, 1900. 



Circular No. 30; Wild Animals and 

 Birds which May Be Imported With- 

 out Permits (1900). 



Circular No. 33; Protection of Birds 

 and Game. Directory of State Of- 

 ficials and Organizations for 1901. 



Circular No. 34; Laws for the Pro- 

 tection of Birds and Game in the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia (1901). 



Hawks and Owls from the stand- 

 point of the Farmer. (Reprint from 

 Year Book 1894.) 



Food of Crow Blackbirds. (Reprint 

 from Year Book 1894). 



Food of the Meadow Lark and Bal- 

 timore Oriole. (Reprint from Year 

 Book 1895.) 



Birds That Injure Grain. (Reprint 

 from Year Book 1897). 



Danger of Introducing Noxious Ani- 

 mals and Birds. (Reprint from Year 

 Book 1898). 



Review of Economic Ornithology. 

 (Reprint from Year Book 1899). 



Food for Nestling Birds (Reprint 

 from Year Book 1900). 



How Birds Affect the Orchard. (Re- 

 print from Year Book 1900). 

 Publications for Sale by Superintend- 

 ent of Documents. 



Bulletin no. 9, Cuckoos and Shrikes 

 in the Relation of Agriculture. Price 

 5 cents. 



Bulletin No. 10; Life Zones and 

 Crop Zones of the United States. 

 Price 10 cents. 



Bulletin No. 12; Legislation for the 

 Protection of Birds Other than Game 

 Birds. Price 10 cents. 



Bulletin No. 13; Food for Bobolinks 

 and Blackbirds. Price 10 cents. 



Bulletin No. 15; The Relation of 

 Sparrows to Agriculture. Price 10 

 cents. 



Bulletin No. 16; Digest of Game 

 Laws for 1901. Price 10 cents. 



N. H. College Experiment Station 

 Bulletin 55, Durham, N. H. 



The Feeding Habits of the Chipping 

 Sparrow. 



Cornell University, Cornell Leaflets. 



Clark University, Hodge. Our Com- 

 mon Birds, Sugestions for the Study 

 oi Their Life and Work, 10 cents. 



