CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Frontispiece. In the Haunts of the Red-shouldered 



Hawk. By F. C. Hubel 66 



Song: of a Nest Robber {poem). By J. Claire 



Wood 67 



Eggs of the Red-tailed Hawk {half-tone). By J. 



Warren Jacobs 68 



The Passenger Pigeon in the Early Days of Michi- 

 gan. By James B. Purdy 69 



Merganser americanus Nesting at Saginaw Bay, 



Michigan, 1902-1903. By E. Arnold 71 



With the Loons of Oakland County, Michigan. By 



Frederick C. Hubel 72 



Breeding of the Piping Plover on Big Charity 



Island, Michigan, 1903. By E. Arnold 74 



Breeding of the Grasshopper Sparrow in St. Clair 



County. By Frederick C. Hubel 75 



Michigan Ornithologists {2nd series). Halftones 

 of Prof. H. L. Clark, N. A. Eddy, L. J. 

 Eppinger, E. Arnold 76 



Editorial 77 



Recent Literature 79 



Notes from Field and Museum {8 short articles) . . 



Halftone by J. Warren Jacobs 81 



Minutes of Club Meetings 84 



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