

CONTENTS. 



FAGB 



Announcement of the Congress 7 



Advisory Council 10 



Publishers' Note 14 



The Presidential Address, by Dr. Elliott Coues 15 



The Migration of Birds, by J. A. Allen 31 



Slaughter of the Innocents, by Rev. Leander S. Keyser 39 



The Range of the Crossbills in the Ohio Valley, with notes on their 



unusual occurrence in Summer, by A. W. Butler 47 



Observations on the American Flamingo, by D. P. Ingraham 59 



Facts from the Field, by E. H. Crane 70 



Amateur Ornithology, by Rev. Geo. B. Pratt 73 



Notes on the Observation of Birds, by Oscar Bird Warren 82 



Hints at the Kinship and History of Birds, as shown by their Eggs, 



by James Newton Baskett 90 



The Red-Shouldered Hawk in Captivity, by H. C. Oberholser, 106 



On the Change of Habits of some Maine Birds, by Manly Hardy. . 113 



Ornithology in our Common Schools, by Abraham H. Bates 117 



Abstract of Address on the Birds of British Guiana, by J. J. Quelch. 121 



Song-Birds of the Pacific Coast, by Lyman Belding 130 



Notes on the Herons of Central Florida, by T. Gilbert Pearson 132 



The Summer Home of Dendrceca Coerulescens, by John S. Cairns. 136 



Instinct in Birds, by J. H. Bowles 139 



On Birds' Names, by Wm. G. Praeger 144 



Side Thoughts About Birds, by Frank E. Coombs 154 



The Homing Faculty in Birds and other Animals, by C. F. Amery. 161 



Protect our Birds, by Henry Hales ... 168 



To the Rescue of Birds, by Hortensia M. Black 171 



The Cowbird, by Alfred Duges 179 



The Ornithology of Columbus's First Voyage, by Frank M. Chap- 

 man 181 



Some Recent Economic and Scientific Questions in Ornithology, 



by R. W. Shufeldt 186 



The Migration of Hirundo Rustica to South Africa, by D. Emil 



Holub 191 



Ornithologists Past and Present, by Paul Leverkiihn 199 



