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ABI•GG, Klaus. Saw-whet Owl in Kan- Associates, xi; Fifty-seventh stated sas, 416 meeting, 141; Annual report of Treas- Acanthis linaria linaria, 118 urer, 150; Fifty-eighth stated meeting, linaria rostrata, 119 278; Report of Committee on bird Aecipiter cooperil, 237 protection, 1939, 279; Fifty-eighth nisus, 175 stated meeting, 444; Deceased mem- striatus, 237 bers, 450 Acrocephalus scirpaeeus, 177, 178 Ammodramus manimbe, 517 Adams, Zabdiel Boylston, obituary, 446 Anas fulvigula maculosa, 92 Addy, Edward. Notes from Virginia, piatyrhynchos domesticus, 516 422 platyrhynchos platyrhynchos, 92, Aepypodius bruijnii, rediscovery, 83 408, 516 Agapornis personata, 332 rubripes, 106, 413, 516 roseieollis, 332 rubripes rubripes, 245 Agelaioides badius, 481 rubripes tristis, 245 Agelains phoenieeus arctolegus, 118 Ani, Smooth-billed, 571; social habits, phoenieeus littoralis, 88, 89 179 phoenieeusmatudae, 548 Announcements, 136 phoenieeusriehmondi, 548 Anser albifrons, 529 Aimophlla rufeseenscinerea, 549 Antbird, Tyrannine, 296 rulestens gigas, 549 Anthreptes collaris elachior, 321 rufescens rulestens, 549 collaris ugandae, 321 rufescens subvespera, 549 Antbus trivialis, 177 ruficeps eremoeca, 421 'Anting' by Song Sparrow, 520 Aix sponsa, 175, 177, 245 Antrostomus vociferus vociferus, 238 Alcedo rubestens, 543 vociferus setosus, 238 vestita, 543 Aphelocoma sordida arizonae, 239 Alisterus scapularis scapularis, 332 sordida sieberil, 239 Allen, Francis H. Nicolas Denys' birds, Aquila chrysa•tos, 175 75; Wilson's Plover in Massachusetts, chrysa•tos canadensis,565 111; Conservation notes, 134, 292, Ara macao, 332 442, 596; Nicolas Denys and the Aramides saracura, 517 Nighthawk, 417; Flying with the wind: Aratinga pertinax margaritensis,332 a correction, 443; The American Bit- pertinax tortugensis, 332 tern as a stake-driver, 561 Archilochus alexandri, 238 Amadon, Dean. Hosts of the Cowbirds, Ardea herodias, 106 257 herodias herodias, 413, 530 Amazona aestiva aestiva, 332 herodias wardi, 105 aestiva ? albifrons, 332 occidentalis, 105 barbadensls barbadensis, 332 wfirdemanni, 105 festiva festiva, 332 Arlzelocichla masukuensis roehli, 319 Amblycercus holoserieeus,297 Arquatella maritima, 402 A.O.U., Officers and committees, 1940, Arremonops rufivirgatus rufivirgatus, ix; Patrons, Fellows, Members, and 257 601 602 Index FAuk L Oct,

Asio wilsonianus, 423 Bonasa umbellus subsp., 44 Atlapetes pileatus, 243 umbellus togata, 391f Auk, Great, 76, 569; early fig., 112 umbellus umbelloides, 396 Aulacorhynchus prasinus chiapensis, umbellus umbellus, 396 546 umbellus yukonensis, 396 prasinus stenorhabdus, 546 Bond, James. Bahama Pintail and Cin- namonTeal in Cuba, 412; Identity of B•xtLLt•, James L., Jr. King Rail breed- United States specimensof Fork-tailed ing in southern Ontario, 109 Flycatcher, 418 Baldpate, 577 Botaurus lentiginosus, 106, 561 Baldwin, Samuel Prentiss, 1 Boulton, Rudyerd. Annual report of the Baldwin, W. P. Bald Eagle robbing Treasurer, 150 Marsh Hawk, 413 Brant, American, 14 Barbour, Thomas. Reappearance of Atlantic, 289 Oxypeh'a, 416 Branta canadensiscanadensis, 523 Bartramia longicauda, 110 canadensis hutchinsi, 77 Basileuterus belli, 241 Bray, Reynold J. O., obituary, 139 Batis mixta, 320 Breckenridge, W.J. American Egret in Beaton, Robert. Arkansas Kingbird in Minnesota, 411 Maine and New Jersey, 418 Brodkorb, Pierce. New birds from Beck, Herbert H. Status of the Upland southern Mexico, 542 Plover, 110 Brodrick, Harold J. Rock Sparrow at Betruer, Franklin, obituary, 137 Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Bent, Arthur C. 'Life histories,' 443 New Mexico, 421 Bird protection, Report of A.O.U. Com- Brooks, Chester K. King Eider in mittee on, 279 Ohio, 563 Birds and the winter of 1939-40, 401 Bishop, Louis B., collection of, 136 Brooks, Maurice. See Lunk, William A., and -- Bittern, American, 106, 561 Least, 57, 58 Brown, Frank A., Jr., and Rollo, Marie. Blackbird, Brewer's, 242, 574 (bis), 575 Light and molt in weaver finches,485 European, 514, 517 Bubo virginianus pacificus, 572 Red-winged, 574 virginianus virginianus, 571 Rusty, 408 Buccanodon olivaceum, 319 Blackcap, 520 Bucorvus cafer, 318 Bluebird, 176, 335f Bunting, Eastern Snow, 407 Guatemalan, 240 Lark, 119 Nelson's, 240 Snow, 15, 16, 17, 20, 57, 59, 119 Bluethroat, 520 Burhinus oedicnemus 176, 177 Bobolink, 87, 256 Burleigh, Thomas D., and Lowery, Bob-white, 57, 58, 507 George H., Jr. Brewer's Blackbird in Bode, I.T. Golden-winged Warbler in Florida, 574 Maine, 420 Bushtit, Black-eared, 239 Bombycilla tedforum, 177, 178 Buteo jamaicensis, 237 garrulus, 177, 178 lagopus s. johannis, 564 Bonasa umbellus, 80, 109, 390f platypterus, 237 umbelins canescerts, 395 swainsoni, 237 umbellus medianus, 394 Butler, Amos W., collection of, 136 umbellus monticola, 392 Butorides virescensvirescens, 106 umbellus sabini, 396 Bycanistes cristatus, 318 vol. •7'I Index 6O3 1940 -I

CAcI•2U•, Prevost's, 297 Chloroceryle•mazona amazona, 543 Cahalane, Victor H., and others. Report amazona mexicana, 543 of the Committee on Bird Protection, americana isthmica, 544 1939, 279 americana septentrionalis, 544 Calamospiza melanocorys, 119 americana vanrossemi, 544 Calcariuslapponicus lappohio.us, 407 cabanisi, 546 Calospiza thoratica, 177, 178 leucostriata, 543 Capella delicata, 111, 514 mathewsi, 546 Caracara, Audubon's, 289 Chloropicus guerini, 554 Cardinal, Louisiana, 90 Chondestes grammacus, 577 Carduelis carduelis, 332, 575 Chordeiles acutipennis littoralis, 543 major, 332 acutipennis mieromeris, 543 Carpodacus mexicanus, 242 acutipennis texensis, 543 Carson, Hampton L. Red Crossbill in Christy, Bayard H. Mortality among North Carolina in summer, 421 Tree Swallows, 404 Carter, G.N. Great Auk in the Isle of Chrysomitris tristis, 332 Man, 569 Cinclus aquaticus, 176 Casmerodius albus egretta, 411 Circus hudsonius, 413 Cassidix mexicanus major, 88 pygargus, 175 mexicanus nelsoni, 117 Cissilopha yucatanica rivularis, 547 Catbird, 334f yucatanica yucatanica, 547 Catharacta skua, 567 Cisticola erythrops sylvia, 320 Cathartes aura, 237 galactotes, 320 aura septentrionalis, 517 Cistothorus platensis elegans, 419 Catharus melpomene, 240 platensis stellaris, 419 mexicanus, 240 Cleghorn, J. D. Wood Thrush nesting occidentalisfulvescens, 240 in Montreal, 114 Cedarbird, 409 Coccopygia melanotis kilimensis, 321 Centrocercus urophasianus, 467f Coccyzus americanus, 178 Centropus javanicus, 178 Coereba mexicana, 302 superciliosus, 317 Colapres auratus borealis, 113 Cercomacra tyrannina, 296 caret mexicanus, 238 Certhia familiaris, 176 Colinus virginianus, 175, 177 familiaris alticola, 240 Colius erythromelon, 517 Ceryle americana isthmica, 544 indicus, 517 septentrionalis, 544 striatus near affinis, 318 Chapman, Frank M. Further studies of Colocus monedula, 176 the genus Quiscalus, 225 Columba arquatrix arquatrix, 317 Charadrius hiaticula, 22 livia, 178 vociferus, 237 Compsothlypis pitiayumi, 517 Chaulelasmus streperus, 514, 516 Condor, California, 279 Chen hyperborea atlantica, 107, 523f, Conservation notes, 134, 292, 442, 596 562, 577 Cooke, May Thacher. Winter range of hyperborea hyperborea, 524 the Herring Gull, 250 Chickadee,Black-capped, 422, 536f Coot, 413 Long-tailed, 536f Coragyps atratus, 237, 246 Mexican, 239 Cormorant, European, 56, 57 Chicken, Prairie, 282 Florida, 423 Chinehirigiii, 298f Corrections, 258, 259 Chloroceryle aanazona, 545 Correspondence, 443 604 Index [ Auk L Oct.

Corthylio calendula, 240 Davis, David E. Social nesting habits calendula calendula, 408 of the Smooth-billedAni, 179; Social Corvus braehyrhynchos, 573 nesting habits of Guira guira, 472; corax, 176 Immature Smooth-billed Ani in Flor- corax sinuatus, 239 ida in 1897, 571 corone, 176, 520 Deceasedmembers of the A.O.U., 450 frugilegus, 176 Dendrocygnabicolor fulva, 563 Corythaixoides leucogaster,318 viduata, 317 Coturnicops noveboracensis,413 Dendroica aestiva, 177, 178 Courtship feeding, 169 auduboni, 241 Cowbird, 87, 118, 574 caerulescens, 177, 178 Bronzed, 257 castanea, 177, 178 Eastern, 90 coronata, 241, 408, 409 l•ed-eyed, 257 graciae decora, 547 Shiny, 517 graciae graciae, 241, 547 Crane, Florida Sandhill, 282 graeiae ornata, 547 Little Brown, 55 occidentalis, 241 Western Sandhill, 282 pinus, 177, 178, 423 Whooping, 280, 289 townsendi, 241 Creciscusjamaicensis stoddardi, 423 virens, 241 Creeper, Brown, 577 virens virens, 422 Mexican Brown, 240 Denys, Nicolas, 75 Crossbill, Red, 575; in N. C., 421 deSehauensee,R. Meyer. Rediscoveryof Mexican, 242 the megapode,Aepypodius bruijnii, 83 Crotophaga ani, 179, 474, 479, 571 Dichromanassaruficollis, 563 sulcirostris, 179 Dickcissel, 575 Crow, 573 Dierufus adsimilisadsimilis, 321 American, 56 Discussion, 135 Carrion, 520 Dolichonyx oryzivorus, 87, 256 Fish, 56, 59 Dove, Eastern Mourning, 113 Cryptoglaux acadica acadica, 253 Mourning, 57, 58, 415 Cuckoo, Black-billed, 57, 58 Western Mourning, 237 Guira, 517 Dovekie, 56, 58 Yellow-billed, 57, 58 Dowitcher, Alberta, 424 Cuncuma voeifer, 317 Dryobates borealis, 424 Curlew, Eskimo, 136, 279, 566 pubescensmedianus, 113 I-Iudsonian, 567 pubescens nelsoni, 114 Long-billed, 290 stricklandi, 238 Cutler, Herbert S. Ivory Gull in New villosus jardinii, 238 Jersey, 403 villosus villosus, 113 Cyanocitta eristata florincola, 90 Duck, Black, 55, 58, 106, 245, 413, 516, stelleri coronata, 239 577 Cyanomitra olivacea near changmwen- Domestic, 514 sis, 321 Harlequin, 56, 58 Cyanospiza ciris, 332 Lesser Seaup, 91,413 Mottled, 92 DAFV.Aacuta tzltzihoa, 91,408, 514, 516 Ring-necked, 91, 245 bahamensisbahamensis, 412 Ruddy, 55, 58 Daly, Stephen. See McDonald, N.J., Wild, 514 et al. Wood, 56, 58, 245 vo. l. dex 605 1940 -•

EAGLE, Bald, 248, 283, 413, 596 Empidonax wrighti, 357f Golden, 248, 565 Ergaticus ruber, 242 White-headed, 530 Erickson, Arnold B. Sarcocystis in Ectopistes migratorius, 415 birds, 514 Egg¾olumes, 44 Erithacus rubecula, 176, 520 Egret, American, 411 Estrilda astrild minor, 321 Reddish, 289, 563 Eugenes fulgens fulgens, 238 Snowy, 106 Eupetes caerulescens,new genus for, 94 Egretta thula thula, 106 macrocercus, 94 Eider, American, 55, 58 Euphagus caxolinus, 408 King, 14, 15, 20, 563 cyanocephalus,242, 574 (bis), 575 Northern, 15, 16 Euphonia, Blue-hooded, 242 Elanoides forficatus forficatus, 247 Euplectes hordeacea, 322 Eliot, SamuelA., Jr. Wilson'sPlover in nigroventris, 322 Massachusetts, 414 Eurillus virens, 319 Embryonic monstrositiesin pigeons, 326 Emilio, S. G. Obituary of Rodman FALCO aesalon, 175 Armitage Nichols, 600 colurabarius, 237 Empidonax affinis affinis, 239, 367, 386 columbarius aesalon, 175 affinis pulverius, 364f peregrinus, 175 affinis trepidus, 366, 386 peregrinus anatum, 107, 109, 424 albigularis albigularis, 383 rusticolus obsoletus, 401 albigularis axillaris, 382 sparverius, 175, 237 albigularis subtills, 381 subbuteo, 175 albigularis timidus, 380 Falcon, Prairie, 283 atriceps, 383 Fieldfare, in America, 119 diffieilis bateli, 372 Finch, House, 242 diffieilis eineritus, 369f Purple, 577 difficilis culiacani, 370, 386 Finches, Weaver, light and molt in, 485 diffieilis diffieilis, 369f Fisher, A. K. Obituary of Dr. Arthur diffieilis hellmayri, 370 Camp Stanley, 599 diffieilis immemoratus, 375 Fledging periods, 313 diffieilis immodulatus, 372 Flicker, 339f diffieilis oeeidentalis, 373 Boreal, 113 diffieilis salvini, 239, 377 Guadalupe, 136 diffieilis seelusus, 377 Mexican Red-shafted, 238 flarestens dwighti, 378 Florida eaerulea caerulea, 106 fiaveseens fiaveseens, 378, 386 Flouer, George F. Yellow Rail in West fiaviventris, 351 Virginia, 413 fulvifrons fuseieeps, 349 Flycatcher, Crested, 335f fifivifrons inexpeetatus, 385 Fork-tailed, 418 fulvifrons pygmaeus, 383 Fulvous-breasted, 239 fulvifrons rubieundus, 239, 384 Gray-headed, 303 griseus,362, 386 Hammond's, 239 hammondi, 355f Northern Tody, 296 hammondii, 239 Olive-sided, 239, 577 rainlinus, 354 Pied, 520 trailli brewsteri, 352, 386 Ruddy Buff-breasted,239 trailli trailli, 353, 386 • Salvin's Western, 239 virescens, 351 Scissor-tailed, 563 606 Oct.

Flycatcher, Spotted, 520 Goose, Blue, 14, 20, 524, 529 Swainson's, 239 Canada, 15, 55, 523 Vermilion, 239 Greater Snow, 562, 563, 577; winter- Forpus conspicillatusconspicillatus, 332 ing, 523f passerinus, 332 Hutchins's, 14, 15, 20, 77 spengleri, 332 Lesser Snow, 14, 20, 55, 524 Fowl, Domestic, 55, 499, 514, 517 Snow, 107, 562 Fox, Adrian C. Ruffed Grousebudding White-fronted, 529 on western serviceberry, 109; New Grackle, Boat-tailed, 88 food habit for Common Redpoll, 118 Bronzed, 408 Fregata magnificens,177 Purple, 408 Frey, Edward Snively. Hawk notes Sonora, 117 from Sterrett's Gap, Pennsylvania, Graydidarculus brachyams, 332 247 Grebe, Pied-billed, 57 Fulica americana, 413 Greenway, J. C., Jr. Oriental forms of Fulmar, 55, 57, 75, 330f l•icus canus, 550 Ftfimarus, 175 Griffin, Donald R. Homing experiments glacialisglacialis, 330f with Leaoh's Petrels, 61 Grosbeak, Black-headed, 242 GADWAt,I•, 56, 58, 514f Canadian Pine, 407 Galbtfia melanogenia, 176, 178 Eastern Evening, 406 Gallintfia chloropus, 175, 177 Mexican Evening, 242 Gallinule, Purple, 56, 58, 566 Pine, 420 Gallus gallus, 517 Rose-breasted, 517 gallus domesticus, 175 Grouse, Appalachian Ruffed, 392 Gannet, 55, 57 Minnesota Ruffed, 394 Garrison, David L. Northern Skua in Northern Ruffed, 395 Massachusetts, 567 Ruffed, 56, 58, 109, 282, 424; eastern Gavia adamsi, 119 races, 390f Geeinus canus griseovirldis, 553 Sage, 282, 291; mating, 467f canus jacobsii, 554 Guillemot, Black, 56, 58 hainanus, 559 Mandt's, 17 tancolo, 559 Guira guira, 472f, 517 Geese, Canada, 408 Gull, European Black-headed, 22 Gelochelidon nilotica aranea, 251 Franklin's, 56, 58 General notes, 105, 244, 411, 561 Franklin's, in N.Y., 251 Geothlypis nelsoni nelsoni, 241 Glaucous, 17, 55, 58 Gillespie, John A. See McDonald, Herring, 14, 17, 18, 20, 22, 55;range, Norman J., et al. 250; soaring, 219 Glaucionetta clangula americana, 245 Ivory, 402, 403 islandica, 244 Kumlien's, 17 Gnatcatcher, Blue-gray, 240 Laughing, 56, 58, 111,413, 423, 568; Golden-eye, 245 egg recognition, 22 Barrow's, 244 Ring-billed, 56, 58, 413 Goldfinch, American, 575 Sabine's, 14, 19, 20 Arkansa.s, 242 Gyrfaleon, Black, 401 Europearb 575 White, 16, 55, 58 Gordon, Kenneth. Lark Bunting in Oregon, 119 HAEMATOPIJSostralegus, 210 Goshawk, 55, 58, 248 Haliaeetus albicilla, 175 Vol. 607 •94o a

Haliaeetus leucocephalus leucocephalus, Hirundo abyssiniea unitatis, 320 413 smithii smithii, 320 Hallman, R. C. Brewer's Blackbird in Hoffman, M. L. Barrow's Golden-eye Florida, 574 in Connecticut, 244 Hamilton, W. J., Jr. Winter roosting Hollander, W. F., and Levi, W. M. habits of Slate-colored Junco, 258 Twins and late embryonic monstrosi- Hawk, American Rough-legged, 564 ties in pigeons, 326 Broad-winged, 56, 58 Honeycreeper, Mexican, 302 Cooper's, 237 Howard, William Johnston. Wintering Duck, 16, 56, 58, 109, 237, 248, 282, of the Greater Snow Geese, 523f 424, 530; homing and prolifieaey, Hummingbird, Blaek-ehinned, 238 107 Rivoli's, 238 Ghiesbreeht's, 517 Ruby-throated, 57, 59 Marsh, 283, 413 White-dared, 238 Pigeon, 56, 58, 237, 248 Hyc•ranassatricolor rufieollis, 413 Red-shouldered, 56, 58 Hydroprogne easpia imperator, 569 (bis) Red-tailed, 55, 58, 237, 283 Hyloeharis leueotis leueotis, 238 Rough-legged, 56, 58, 248 Hyloeiehla guttara auduboni, 240 Sharp-shinned, 56, 58, 237 mustelina, 114 Sparrow, 237 Swainson's, 55, 58, 237 IBIS, Glossy, 56, 58 Hedymeles ludovieianus, 517 White, 56, 58 melanoeephalus melanoeephalus, Ieterus bulloeki, 242, 257 242 eueullatus nelsoni, 420 Heleodytes eapistratus, 296f Incubation,factors affecting length, 499 ehiapensis, 296f Incubation periods, 44, 313 zonatus, 212, 294f Ionornis martinlea, 566 zonatus impudens, 547 Iridoprocue bieolor, 404, 405 zonatus restrictus, 547 zonatus vulcantus, 547 JAEGER,Long-tailed, 20, 56, 58 zonatus zonatus, 547 Parasitic, 14, 20, 56, 58 Henieorhina lcueophrys, 296f Pomafine, 14, 20 leueophrys mexieana, 240 Jay, Blue, 90 prostheleuea, 304 Blue-crested, 239 Heron, Black-crowned Night, 56, 58, 106 Sieber's, 239 Eastern Green, 106 Jones, Gordon W. A detail in the Great Blue, 55, 58, 106, 282, 413, 530 ecology of the Mourning Dove, 113 Great White, 105, 281 Jones, John C. Black Vultures in Green, 56, 58 southern Florida, 246; Alabama Tow- Little Blue, 106 bee in northeastern Florida, 257; An Louisiana, 413 unusual roadside casualty in southern Ward's, 105 Maryland, 412 Wiirdemann's, 105 Jourdain, Francis Charles Robert, obitu- Yellow-crowned, 561 ary, 445 Hesperiphona vespertina montana, 242 Juneo, Mexican, 243 vespertina vespertina, 406 Slate-colored, 258 Hickey, Joseph J. Courtship note on Juneo byemalls hyemalis, 258 the Laughing Gull, 111 phaeonotus phaeonotus, 243 Hicks, Lawrence E. The fifty-seventh stated meeting of the A.O.U., 141 ]•To• galerita galerita, 332 608 Index [-Auk L Oct.

Kakatoe roseicapilla, 332 Lipoa ocellata, 55 sanguinea, 332 Longspur, Lapland, 14, 15, 407 Kelso, Leon. Antipathy in the Screech Loon, Common, 14, 55 Owl, 252 Pacific, 14, 20 Kendeigh, S. Charles. In memoriam: Red-throated, 14, 20 Samuel Prentiss Baldwin, 1; Factors Yellow-billed, 119 affecting length of incubation, 499 Lophocerosdeckeni, 318 Kestrel, 56, 58 erythrorhynchus, 318 Killdeer, 57, 58, 237, 250, 409 Lowery, George H., Jr., Geographical Kingbird, 57, 59 variation in the Carolina Wren, 95; Arkansas, 578; in Me. and !g. J., 418 See Burleigh, Thomas D., and -- West Mexican, 117 Lownes, Albert E. A collection of Kinglet, Golden-crowned, 408, 577 seventeenth-century drawings, 532 Ruby-crowned, 240, 408 Loxia eurvirostra neogaea, 421, 576 Kite, Everglade, 281 curvirostra stricklandi, 242 Swallow-tailed, 281; in Connecticut, curvirostra subsp., 421 247 Lunk, William A., and Brooks, Maurice. White-tailed, 289, 596 Red Crossbill in the West Virginia Knight, Charles H. An albinistic mountains, 576 Robin, 574 Lullula arborea, 176 Luscinia svecica, 520 LAc•:, David. Courtship feeding in birds, 169 MACCRaKEN,Walter Harrington, obitu- Lagonosticta senegala, 332 ary, 446 Lampronessa sponsa, 177 Magpie, 520 Lanius collaris humeralis, 321 Main, John S. Notes from Wisconsin, collurio, 177, 178 424 ludovicianus, 177, 178, 241 Mallard, 56, 58, 408, 516 senator, 177 Common, 92 Lark, Horned, 15, 20 Domestic, 516 Northern Horned, 406 Manacus vitellinus, 176 Prairie Horned, 406 Mareca penelope, 577 Larus argentatus, 22, 178 Martin, Purple, 335f argentatus smithsonianus, 219, 250 Mathews, FerdinandSchuyler, obituary, atticilia, 22, 111,413, 423, 568 138 delawarensis,413 McAtee, W. L. Unorthodox thoughts pipixcan, 251 on migration, 135; Obituary of Reyn- ridibundus, 22 old J. O. Bray, 139; An experimentin Legatus leucophaius, 212 songbird management, 333; Mimicry Leiothrix lutea, 520 by a Brown Thrasher, 574; Obituary Leucolepis lawrencii, 297 of Gutdon Trumbull, 597 Leucopternis sp., 517 McClanahan, Robert C. Lark Sparrow Leucosticte tephrocotis, 178 in Maine, 577 Levi, W.M. See Hollander, W. F., and McCormiek-G.oodhart, L. Unusualnest of Killdeer, 250 Limnodromus griseus hendersoni, 424 McDonald, Norman J., Daly, Stephen, Limpkin, 281 and Gillespie, John A. Snowy Egret Lincoln, Frederick C. Arizona Hooded nesting in New Jersey, 106 Oriole in Kansas, 420; Caspian Tern McIlhenny, E. A. Sex ratio in wild in Haiti, 569; An American Caspian birds, 85; Effect of excessive cold on Tern in England, 569 birds in southern Louisiana, 408 vo.x94o a 609

Meade, Gordon M. Franklin's Gull in Murre, 76 New York State, 251 Brfinnich's, 17, 55 Meadowlark, Florida, 90 Common, 55, 58 Melopsittaens undulatus, 332 Museicapa hypoleuca, 177, 520 Melospiza lincolnii lincolnii, 243 striata, 177, 520 melodia, 208, 520f Museivora forficata, 563 Mendell, Howard L., and Gashwiler, tyrannus, 418, 481 Jay S. Water bulrush as a food of tyrannus sanctaemartae, 419 waterfowl, 245 tyrannus tyrannus, 419 Mengel, Robert M. Notes from eastern Musselman, T. E. Harris's Sparrow in Kentucky, 424 central western Illinois, 258 Merganser, American, 55, 58 Myadestes townsendi, 176 Hooded, 56, 58, 246 Myioborus miniatus miniatus, 242 Red-breasted, 14, 412 Myiochanes pertinax pertinax, 239 Mergus serratot, 412 Myiopsitta monathus monaclaus,332 Meyer, K.F. Psittacosis, 330 Myospiza humerails meridiana, 517 Micropus caffer streubelli, 318 Migration, Unorthodox thoughts on, 135 NANDAYUSnanday, 332 Miller, Alden H. The Pine Grosbeak of Nephoecetes niger, 238 the Cascade Mountains, Washington, Nettion carolinense,578 420 crecca, 578 Miller, Richard F. Yellow-crowned Nice, Margaret M., and Ter Pelkwyk, Night Heron nesting in Salem County, Joost. 'Anting' by the Song Sparrow, New j•ersey, 561 520 Milvus migrans, 175 Nichols, Rodman Armitage, obituary, Mimus longicaudatuslongicaudatus, 257 599 Mniotilta varia, 241 Nighthawk, 57, 59, 417 Mockingbird, 403 Nightingale, Peking, 520 Molothrus ater, 118 Nightingale-thrush, Fulvous, 240 ater ater, 87, 90 Noble, G. K., and Lehrman, D.S. Egg bonariensis,481, 517 recognition by the Laughing Gull, 22 bonariensis occidentalis, 257 Nuthatch, Chihuahuan Pigmy, 240 rufoaxillaris, 481 Mexican White-breasted, 239 Molt in weaver finches, 485f Red-breasted, 577 Monroe, Burt L. Red Phalarope in Nuttallornis borealis, 239 Kentucky, 111 Nyctanassa violatea, 561 Montagna, William. European Gold- Nycticorax nycticorax hoactll, 106 finch in New York, 575 Nymphicus hollandicus, 332 Moore, Robert T. Notes on Middle Nyroca affinis, 91, 413 American Empidonaces, 349 collaris, 91, 245 Mouse-bird, Red-faced African, 514, 517 Moreau, R. E., and Moreau, W. M. Incubation and fledgling periods of OBITUARIES, 137, 445, 597 African birds, 313 Oceanodroma leucorhoa leucorhoa, 6 If Munia oryzivora, 332 Old-squaw, 14, 15, 20, 56, 58 Murphy, Robert Cushman. Purple Onychognathuswalleri walleri, 321 Sandpiper in South Carolina, 401 Oporornis tolmiei, 241 Murray, J.J. An odd nest of the Caro- Orfraye, 80 lina Wren, 114; Purple Gallinule and Oriole, Arizona Hooded, in Kans., 420 King Rail at Lexington, Virginia, 566 Bullock's, in Louisiana, 257 610 Index LF AukOct.

Orr, Robert T. Another record of Penthestes atricapillus occidentalis, 536 Pu.•nus diatornicus,105 atrieapillus septentrionalis, 536f Osprey, 55, 58, 248 Periodical literature, 124, 269, 429, 587 Otocoris alpestris alpestris, 406 Peters, Harold S. Young Great White alpestris praticola, 406 Heron and Wiirdemann's Heron in Otus asio, 178 the same nest, 105; Black Ducks nest- asio naevius, 252 ing in tree holes, 106; The winnowing flammeolus flammeolus, 238 note of Wilson's Snipe, 111 pinosus, 234 Peters, James L. A genus for Eupetes Owl, Barn, 56, 417, 571 caerulescensTemminek, 94 Burrowing, 57, 59 Petrel, Black-capped, 105; in New York, Flammulated Screech, 238 244 Great Horned, 80, 571, 572 Leach's, 57, 61, 75 Long-cared, 423 Wilson's, 57 Northern Barred, scream, 253 Pettingill, Olin Sewall, Jr. Correction, Pacific Horned, 572 259 Saw-whet, 57, 59, 253 Peucedramus olivaceus olivaceus, 241 Screech, 56; antipathy in, 252 Phaeopus borealis, 567 Snowy, 16, 55 hudsoniccs, 567 Western Burrowing, 573 Phaithon lepturus, 177 Oxyechus voeiferus vociferus, 250, 409 Phalarope, Red, 14, 20, 57, 58, 86, 111 Oxypelia cyanopis, 416 Wilson's, 424 Oystercatcher, 56, 58 Phalaropus fuliearius, 86, 111 Phasianuscolehiccs torquatus, 566 PAGOLLAwilsonia, 414 Pheasant, Ring-necked, 566 wilsorda wilsonia, 111 Pheugopodius hyperythrus, 295f Pagophila alba, 402, 403 macclipectus, 309 Palmer, T. S. Obituary of Ferdinand Phillips, Allan R. Two new breeding Schuyler Mathews, 138; Deceased birds for the United States, 117; Cor- members of the A.O.U., 450 rection (to article in 'Auk'), 258 Parakeet, Carolina, 136 Philohela minor, 409 Partridge, Canada Spruce, 56 Phoebe, 409 Chukar, 407 Say's, 238 Hungarian, 407 Phoeniccrns phoeniccrus, 520 Parnla pitiayumi, 517 Phyllastrephus flavirostris tenuirostris, Parns ater, 176 319 atrieapillus, 176 Phylloscopuscollybita, 177 eaernlea, 520 sibilatrix, 177 caernleus, 176 Pica pica, 520 eristatus, 176 Pieus canus, oriental forms, 550 major, 176 canus dedemi, 559 sclateri sclateri, 239 cag:gsgriseoviridis, 553 Passer domesticcs, 508, 517 canus guerini, 554 Pearson, T. Gilbert. North Carolina canus gyldenstolpei, 557, 558 bird colonies, 423 canus hessei, 557 Pelican, Brown, 55 eanus kogo, 557 White, 55 canus microrhynchus, 557 Penguin, Adelie, 175 canus occipitalis, 559 Penthestes atrieapillus anamesus, 541 canuspe•rpallida, 553 atricapillus atrieapillus, 176, 178, canus ricketti, 554 422, 537f canus robinsoni, 559 Vol. 1 ,aex 611 I•94o a

Picus canus sanguiniceps, 559 Porzana carolina, 153, 413 canus setschuanus, 554 Prinia mistacea immutabilis, 320 canus sordidior, 550f, 556 Protonotaria citrea, 177, 178 canus stresemanni, 557 Pranella modularis, 177 canus tancolo, 559 Psalidoprocne holomelaena massaica, canus yessoensis,553 320 canus yunnanensis, 555 Psaltriparus melanotis, 212 canus zimmermanni, 553 melanotis melanotis, 239 Pigeon, Passenger, 57, 58, 81, 136, 283, Psephotus haematonotus, 332 415 Psilorhinus mexicanus, 212 White-crowned, 281 Psittacosis, 330 Pigeons,twins and embryonic monstros- Psittacula eupatria eupatria, 332 ities in, 326 krameri manillensis, 332 Pinicola enucleator leucura, 407 Ptarmigan, Rock, 15, 16, 20 enucleator montana, 420 Willow, 14, 19, 20, 56 Pintail, 56, 58, 408 Pterodroma hasitata, 105, 244 American, 91, 514f Ptilogonys,Mexican, 240 Bahama, 412 cinereus, 240 Pionus menstraus, 332 Ptilorrhoa, 94 Pipilo erythrophthalmus alleni, 257 Ptilorrhoa caeralescens caerulescens, 94 erythrophthalmus canaster, 257 caerulescens geislerorum, 94 fuscus potosinus, 243 caerulescens neumanni, 94 torquatus torquatus, 243 cacrule'scensnigricrissus, 94 Pipit, American, 15, 16, 17, 20 castanotus bfirgersi, 94 Piranga tiara dextra, 242 castanotus castanotus, 94 rabra cooperi, 257 castanotus p•r, 94 Pitelka, Frank A. Nashville Warbler castanotus puleher, 94 breeding in northeastern Illinois, 115 castanotus saturatus, 94 Pitta cucullata, 176, 178 leucostictus areabills, 94 Plagiospiza superciliosa,243 leucostictus centralis, 94 Platyeereus adiscitus adiscitus, 332 leucostictus leucostictus, 94 elegans elegans, 332 leucostictus loriae, 94 elegans ? eximius, 332 leucostictus mayri, 94 eximius cecilae, 332 leucostictus sibilans, 94 zonaris semitorquatus, 332 Ptyonoprogne rafigula, 320 Plautus impennis, 112, 569 Puffinus diatomicus, 105 Plectrophenax nivalis, 119 lherminieri, 244 nivalis nivalis, 407 Pycnonotus nigricans, 319 Plover, American Golden, 14 sp., 319 Black-bellied, 14, 20 tricolor micrus, 319 Ringed, 22 tricolor tricolor, 319 Semipalmated, 14, 19, 20 Pygoscelisadeliae, 177 Upland, status, 110 Pyrocephalus rubinus, 239 Wilson's, 57, 58, 414; in Mass., 111 Pyromelana franeiscana, 487f Poephila gouldlae, 332 franciscana pusilia, 496 mirabills, 332 Pyrrhula europaea, 332 Polioptila caerniea, 240 Poliospiza gul•ris reichardi, 322 QU•RQU•DULAcyanoptera, 412, 424 Poole, E•rl A. Recent records from discors, 92, 514, 516 Lake Ontelaunee, Pennsylvania. 577 Quisealus,studies of, 225 612 Index I' Auk L Oct.

Quiscalusquiscula aeneus, 87, 225f, 408 SAI,TATOR, Buff-throated, 296 quiscula quiscula, 87, 227f, 408 atriceps atriceps, 548 quiscula ridgwayi, 226f atriceps peeti, 548 quiscula stonei, 225f intermedius, 296 Sanderling, 57, 58 I•xL, Black, 423 Sandpiper, Baird's, 14, 15 Clapper, 56, 413 Purple, 14, 20; in S.C., 401 King, 109, 566 Red-backed, 14 Sora, 153 Semipalmated, 14, 15, 20 Yellow, 413 Spotted, 57, 58 Rallus aquaticus, 175, 177 White-rumped, 14, 15, 20 elegans, 109 Sarcocystis in birds, 514 elegans elegans, 566 Sayornis phoebe, 409 longirostris waynei, 413 saya saya, 238 Rapp, William F., Jr. A heronry in Schorger, A.W. Parasitism of the Red- northern New Jersey, 106 wing by the Cowbird, 118 Raven, American, 239 Scopus umbretta bannermani, 317 Northern, 16, 56 Scott, W. E. Winter bird mortality in Recent literature, 120, 260, 426, 579 Wisconsin, 1939-40, 407; Eskimo Redhead, 55, 58 Curlew record corrected, 566 Redpoll, Common, food, 118 Seilern-Aspang, Count Josef yon, obitu- Redstart, American, 517 ary, 448 European, 520 Serinus canaria, 332 Red-bellied, 242 Setophaga ruticilla, 517 Red-wing, 118 Shainin, Vincent Everett. Bobolink Gulf Coast, 88, 89 rises from ocean surface, 256 Regulus satrapa satrapa, 408 Shaw, H. S. An early figure of the Reimann, Edward J. Saw-whet Owls Great Auk, 112 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 253; Shearwater, Audubon's, 244 Wilson's Plover nesting in New Jersey, Greater, 75 414; Greater Snow Goose at Philadel- Sheppardia cyornithopsis bangsi, 320 phia, 562 Shoveller, 56, 58, 517 Rhynchocyeluscinereiceps, 303 Sialia mexicana australis, 240 Richmondena cardinalis, 178 sialis, 176, 178 cardinalis magnirostris, 90 sialis guatemalae, 240 Ripley, S. Dillon. Swallow-tailed Kite Simon, James R. Mating performance in Connecticut, 247 of the Sage Grouse, 467 Roberts, Thomas S. Obituary of Siskin, Mexican Pine, 242 Franklin Benner, 137 Sitta canadensis, 178 Robin, 80, 336f, 408f carolinensis, 178 Eastern, 57, 59, 574 carolinensis mexicana, 239 European, 176, 520 europaea, 176 Veracruz, 240 pygmaea chihuahuae, 240 Rollo, Marie. See Brown, Frank A., Jr., Skimmer, Black, 423 and -- Skua, 55, 58 Ruff, Frederick J. Mortality among Northern, 567 Myrtle Warblers near Ocala, Florida, Skutch, Alexander F. Social and sleeping 405; Brewer's Blackbird in Alabama, habits of Central American wrens, 293 $75 Smyth, Thomas. Snow Geese in the Rynehops nigra, 178, 423 Pennsylvania Appalachians, 562 Vol. 1 naex 613 •94o a

Snipe, Wilson's, 111,514f Stoner, Dayton. Noteworthy records Snyder, L. L. Golden Eagle reported for northeastern New York, winter nesting in Ontario, 565; Laughing Gull 1939-40, 406; Unreported New York breeding in Nova Scotia, 568 State specimensof PassengerPigeon, Solitaire, Townsend's, 176 415 Somateria spectabilis, 563 Stoner, Emerson A. A definite age Songbird management, 333 record of a Horned Owl, 572 Soper, J. Dewey. Local distribution of Storer, Robert W. Audubon's Shear- eastern Canadian Arctic birds, 13 water on New Jersey coast, 244 Sora, 413 Streptoprocne zonaris mexicana, 238 Sparrow, Eastern Lincoln's, 243 Strix varia varia, 253 English, 334f Sturnella magna argutula, 90 Harris's, 258 Sturnus vulgaris, 408 Hedge, 177 vulgaris vulgaris, 90 Lark, 577 Sugden, John Williams, Sr., obituary, Rock, 421 448 Rtkfous-capped,243 Sula leucogaster, 177 Song, 57, 59, 208; 'antlag', 520 Sullivan, Maurice. Ivory Gull from Striped, 243 Mount Desert Island, Maine, 403; Texas, 257 Dickcissel at Bar Harbor, Maine, 575 Western Chipping, 243 Sutton, George Mikseh. Black-capped White-crowned, 422 Petrel in New York, 244; Black Spatula clypeata, 517 Gyrfalcon in New York State, 401; Speirs, J. Murray. Mortality of Barn Winter range of the Short-billed Owls at Champaign, Illinois, 571 Marsh Wren, 419 Speotyto cunicularis hypugaea, 573 Sutton, George Miksch, and Burleigh, Spermestes seutatus cueullatus, 321 Thomas D. Birds of Las Vigas, Spinus pinus macropterus, 242 Veracruz, 234; A new Warbling psaltria psaltria, 242 Vireo from Hid:algo, 398 Spiza americana, 575 Swallow, Tree, mortality, 404, 405 Spizella passerinaarizonae, 243 Violet-green, 239 Spoonbill, Roseate, 282, 289 Swan, Trumpeter, 55, 58, 280 Sprunt, Alexander, Jr. Gull-billed Tern Whistling, 14, 55 breeding in Florida, 251; Fulvous Swift, Black, 238 Tree-duck an addition to the avi- Mexican Collared, 238 fauna of Florida, 563; American Sylvia atricapilla, 520 Rough-legged Hawk in Florida, 564 borin, 520 Stanley, Arthur Camp, obituary, 599 communis, 520 Starling, 90, 334f, 408 European, 485f TAngR, Wendell. The scream of the Steganopus tricolor, 424 Northern Barred Owl, 253 Steganura paradisea, 487f Tabor, Ava R. Bullock's Oriole in Stephenson, Louise McGowan, bio- Thibodaux, Louisiana, 257 graphical note, 446 Tachycineta thalassina, 239 Sterna albifrons antillarum, 542 Tanager, Cooper's, 257 albifrons browni, 542 Eastern Hepatic, 242 albifrons mexicana, 542 Tanagra elegantissima,242 albifrons staoblori, 542 Tangavius aeneusaeneus, 257 antillarum, 423 aeneus involucratus, 257 hirundo, 178, 423 Tapera naevia excellens,543 614 Index L[ AukOct.

Tapera naevia major, 543 Thryothoras ludovicianus euronotus, Taverner, P.A. Fieldfare, an addition 98 to the American list, and some ludovicianuslomitensis, 104 arctic notes, 119; Ivory Gulls in the ludovicianus ludovicianus, 96, 114 Gulf of St. Lawrence, 402; Mourning ludovicianus miamensis, 100 Dove in Newfoundland, 415; Cana- ludovieianus oberholseri, 101 dian status of the Long-tailed Chick- Tit, Blue, 520 adee, 536f Titmouse, Tufted, 339f Tehagra australis littoralis, 321 Todd, W. E. Clyde. Eastern races of senegala, 321 the Ruffed Grouse, 390 Tehitrea viridis plumbiceps,320 Todirostram cinereum, 296 Teaehenor, Dix. Western Burrowing Towhee, Alabama, 257 Owl in western Missouri, 573 Collared, 243 Teal, Blue-winged,56, 58, 92, 514, 516 Plateau Brown, 243 Cinnamon, 412, 424 White-eyed, 257 European, 578 Toxostoma rafum, 574 Green-winged, 56, 58, 578 Tree-duck, Fulvous, 563 Ter Pelkwyk, JoGSt. See Nice, Margaret Trichoglossuschlorolepidotus, 332 Morse, and -- haematod molueeanus, 332 Tern, Arctic, 14, 20 Tricholaema leucomelan, 319 Black, 57, 58 Tringa solitarins, 212 Cabot's, 56, 58, 424 Trochocercus albonotatus, 320 Caspian, 55, 58, 569 (bis) Troglodytes a•don, 499f Common, 56, 58, 423 braneieollis braneieollis, 240 Gull-billed, 251 domestieus, 240 Least, 57, 58, 423 musetHus, 293f Noddy, 290 ochraeeus, 307 Royal, 424, 569 rafociliatus, 307 Sooty, 56, 58, 290 Trogon, Coppery-tailed, 238 Terres, J. Kenneth. Snow Geese near Mexican, 238 Philadelphia, 107; Birds eating tent Trogonurusambiguus, 238 eaterpillars, 422; Great Horned Owls mexicanus mexicanus, 238 dying in the winter of 1939-40, 571 Trambull, Gurdon, obituary, 597 Thalasseusmaximus, 424, 569 Turaeus persa, 318 sandvieensis aeuflavidus, 424 Turdoides bieolor, 319 Thienemann, Johannes,obituary, 445 Turdus ericitoram philomelos, 520 Thrasher, Brown, 574 merula, 517 Thrush, Audubon's Hermit, 240 migratorius, 574 Hermit, 577 migratorius phillipsi, 240 Olive-backed, 577 pilaris, 119 Song, 520 Turkey, Wild, 290 Wood, 114 Turnix lepurana, 177 Thryophilusgalbraithi, 295 sylvatica lepurana, 317 modestus,295f varia, 178 pleurostictus, 303 Turnstone, 81 semibadins, 302 Ruddy, 14, 20 Thryothorus ludovicianus, 299 Turtur rlsorins, 178 ludovicianus berlandieri, 103 Tyrannus melaneholicus occidentalis, ludovicianushurleight, 99 117 ludovieianus carolinianus, 101 verticalis, 578 Vo•.•1 •de• 615 194o •

Tyto alba, 418 Warbler, Yellow, 57, 59 alba pratincola, 571 Weaver, Orange, 488f Weber, Jay A. Destruction of Tree UND•Z}XIX,X,,A. Heaton. A bud-eating Swallows, 405 Ring-necked Pheasant, 566 Welter, Wilfred August, obituary, 448 Uraeginthus granatina, 321 Weston, Francis M. White-crowned Uttal, Leonard J. Muscle atrophy in a Sparrow at Pensacola,Florida, 422 Crow, 573 Wetmore, Alexander. A specimen of the Black-capped Petrel, 105; Notes on Vermivora chrysoptera, 420 woodpeckersfrom West Virginia, 113 ruficapilla, 241 Whip-poor-will, Eastern, 238 ruficapilla ruficapilla, 115 Mexican, 238 superciliosamexicana, 241 Whitethroat, 520 Vidua macroura, 496 Widgeon, European, 56, 58, 577 principalis, 487f Williams, Arthur B. Red-eyed Vireo Vinago sp., 317 captures food under water, 114 Vireo, Mexican Hutton's, 241 Wilsonia pusilia, 242 Plumbeus, 241 pusilia pileolata, 242 Red-eyed, 114 Wimsatt, William A. Homing instinct Warbling, new, 398 and prolificacy in the Duck Hawk, Vireo gilvus eleanorae, 398 107; Early nesting of the Duck Hawk huttoni mexicanus, 241 in Maryland, 109 olivaceus, 114 Winter of 1938-40, 259 solitarius plumbeus, 241 Woodcock, 56, 58, 409 Vulture, Black, 55, 58, 237, 246 Woodcock, Alfred H. Observations on Turkey, 237, 247, 248, 517 Herring Oull soaring, 219 Woodpecker, Eastern Hairy, 113 WALKIN'SHAW, Lawrence H. Summer Ivory-billed, 279, 291 life of the Sora Rail, 153 Jardine's Hairy, 238 Warbler, Audubon's, 241 Northern Downy, 113 Bell's, 241 Northern Pileated, 57, 59 Black and White, 241 Pileated, 282 Black-throated Green, 241, 422 Red-eockaded, 424 Blue-winged Yellow, 520 Strickland's, 238 Garden, 520 Woodpeckers from West Virginia, 113 Golden-winged, in Me., 420 Wood-rail, Saracura, 517 Grace's, 241 Worth, C. Brooke. Egg volumes and Hermit, 241 incubation periods, 44 Macgillivray's, 241 Wren, Banded, 303 Mexican Hartlaub's, 241 Banded Cactus, 294f Myrtle, 241, 408, 409; mortality, Berlandier's Carolina, 103 405 Brown-throated, 240 Nashville, 241; in Illinois, 115 Burleigh's Carolina, 99 Olive, 241 Carolina, 95, 114, 299 Olive-backed, 517 Chiapas Cactus, 296f Pine, 423 Florida, 100 Red, 242 Oalbraith's, 295 Townsend's, 241 Oray-crowned Wood, 296f Venezuelan Grasshopper,517 Hooded Cactus, 296 Wilson's, 242 House, 240, 293f, 334f, 499f 616 Index Auk Oct.

Wren, Irazfi, 307 Wren, Tawny-bellied, 295f Lawrence's Musician, 297f Winter, 577 Lomita, 104 Wood, 304 Mexican Wood, 240 Wrens, Social and sleeping habits in Northern Carolina, 101 Central America, 293 Oberholser'sCarolina, 101 River, 302 YELLOWTItROAT,Hooded, 241 Rufous-browed, 307 ZENAIDURAmacroura, 212, 415 Short-billed Marsh, 419 macroura carolinensis, 113 SoutheasternCarolina, 98 macroura marginella, 237 Southern Carolina, 96 Zonotrichialeucophrys leucophrys, 422 Spotted-breasted, 309 querula, 258