CONTENTS. 



Vol. 1. No. 3. March, 1888. 



Among the Raptores Dr. W, S. Strode 17 



Correspondence J. Claire Wood, Jr. . . . 19 



Instructions for Collecting and Preserving Birds and Eggs. . . .Prof. J. A. Singley. . . .20 



Editorial 22 



Publications received 22 



The Carolina Wren L. O. Pindar 23 



Nesting of the Fish Crow C. S. Shick 24 



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