CONTENTS. 



VOL. I, NO. 2, FEBRUARY. 1888. 



Notes on some Birds of Texas J. A. Singley 9 



Nesting of the Rough- winged Swallow in St. Louis, Mo.. .'. .Philo Smith, Jr 11 



Editorial 12 



A Day with the Fish Hawks on Seven-Mile Beach C. S. Shick 13 



The Tufted Titmouse J. W. Jacobs 15 



The Long-billed Curlew in California A. M. Shield 16 



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