Bird lore - Project Puffin

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September-October, 1916
CONTENTS
GENERAL ARTICLES page
Frontispiece in Color—Sennet's Thrasher, San Lucas Thrasher, Bendire's
Thrasher, Curve-billed Thrasher? Louis Agassiz Fuertes . .
Cardinals Through the Year Mrs Robert G. Steele . . 289
'Howell's' Nighthawk Sitting on Its Eggs. Photograph Elton Perry.. 293
Protection of Migrating Birds in England. Illustrated W. W.Grant.. 294
An Ancient Bird Census in Asphaltic Petroleum. Illustrated
M. C. Frederick. . 296
Oregon Notes Sarah Grace Pickins . . 299
Winter Feeding-Stations at Highland Park, Rochester, N. Y., 1915-1916.
Illustrated Wm. L. G. Edsoti and R. E. Horsey . . 302
Screech Owl Johnnie Florence Merriam Bailey . . 306
Notes on the Plumage of North American Birds. Fortieth Paper
Frank M. Chapman.. 311
Rough-LEGGED Hawk. Photograph E. and E. Pittman . . 312
NOTES FROM FIELD AND STUDY 313
Feeding- Habits of the Downy, R. Eldred Boschert; Observations on Some
Winter Birds at Sigourney, Iowa. E. D. Nauman; A Sparrow-Proof Individual
Feeding-Device, James F. Hall; A Distinguished Guest, Eugenia
Gillette; Bird Notes from Southern Wisconsin, Ethel A. Nett; Wheat-Wheat,
a True Story, Mrs. Lena Waite; Quick Lunch, Margaret S. Hitchcock; A
Minnesota Feeding-Station, G. H. Luedtke, M.D.; A Golden Eagle in
Virginia, Mrs. B. F. Shaver; House Sparrows Destroy Crocuses, Geo. T.
Welch; Evening Grosbeaks and Other Rarities at Bethel, Vt., Eliza F.
Miller; A Chimeny Swift's Care of Its Young, Susan M. Williamson; Evening
Grosbeaks at Smyrna, N. Y., Mrs. W. L. Chapman; A Late Record for
THE Evening Grosbeak, Stewart H. Burnham; Chased by a Great Horned
Owl, Charles H. Rogers.
BOOK NEWS AND REVIEWS 323
Sawyer's 'Land Birds of Northern New York;' Scudder's 'Conservation
OF Our Wild Birds;' The Ornithological Magazines.
EDITORIAL 326
THE AUDUBON SOCIETIES—SCHOOL DEPARTMENT 327
A Justified Criticism? A. H. W.; Junior Audubon Work; The Inner Harbor;
For and from Adult and Young Observers.
EDUCATIONAL LEAFLET No. 88. The Avocet. With Colored Plate by R. Bruce
Horsfall T. Gilbert Pearson . . 342
AUDUBON SOCIETIES—EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 346
The Treaty Wins; New Members and Contributors; News of Qur Auxiliaries.
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