CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



In Memcriam: Thomas Mcllwraith {with portrait) 



By Wm. E. Saunders 1 



Some Work for Michigan Ornithologists to do. By 



Wm. Dutcher , 6 



Some Hints for Bird Study. By Prof. Walter B. 



Barrows 10 



A List of the Land Birds of Southeastern Michi- 

 gan. By B. H. Swales 14 



A. B. Covert (halftone) 18 



Suggestions for a Method of Studying the Migra- 

 tion of Birds. By Leon J. Cole 19 



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Book News and Reviews 24 



Merriam^s Handbook of Birds of the Western 



United States (2 halftones) 24 



Jacobs^ The Story of a Martin Colony 25 



Publications Received 26 



Notes from the Field and Museum 26 



An Announcement Concerning Bird Distribution. 



By C. C. Adams 29 



Minutes of Club Meetings 29 



Officers, Committees, Membership Roll 30 



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