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Acanthis taminca, 353 Amazilia amabilis costaricensis, 468 Accentor, Alpine, 64, 70 amabilis decora, 468 Accipiter, 353 edward edward, 468 cooperil, 195 edward niveoventer, 467, 468 nisus, 262 tzacafi tzacafi, 467, 468 Aceros, leucocephalus, 474 Ammann, George A., unpub. thesis, the plicatus, 474 life history and distribution of the Acrocephalus familiaris, 188 Yellow-headed Blackbird, 191 scirpaceus, 262 Ammospiza caudacuta, 65 Aechmophorus occidentalis, 333 Anas acura, 310, 461 Aegolius, 173 acura tzitzihoa, 310 A•ronautes saxatalis, 466 laysanensis, 188 Aethopyga ignicauda, 172 platyrhynchos, 197, 267-270 Africa, 12, 13, 89 rubripes, 192 Agelaius icterocephalus, 152 , 90, 460, 474 phoeniceus, 46, 65, 137-155, 279, , 196 461 Anthracothorax, 467, 468 phoeniceus utahensis, 140 nigricollis nigricollis, 468 ruficapillus, 152 Antigua, 329 tricolor, 151 Antipodes Island, 249, 251 Aix sponsa, 267, 459, 461 A.O.U., Check-list Committee, twenty- Alaska, 203, 209, 351-365 ninth supplement to the Ameri- Albatross, 188, 239-252 can Oruithologists' Union check- Laysan, 211 list of North American , 310- Light-mantled Sooty, 239, 249, 251 312 Royal, 239-252 check-list ranges, 156-163 Wandering, 240, 241, 243, 244, 248, committees, 85 249, 251 Committee on the Nomination of Albinism, 137-155, pl. 11 Associates, 233 Alca torda, 463 officers,trustees, and committees, 85 Aleidac, 192 report of the Advisory Committee Allen, Robert P., additional data on the on Protection, 186-190 food of the Whooping Crane, 198 report of Research Committee on Allison, Donald G., unpub. thesis, bird unpublishedtheses in , populations of forest and forest edge 191-197 in central Illinois, 191 resolutions, 84 Allison, John E., unpub. thesis, gonadal seventy-first stated meeting, 74-86 responsein the male English Sparrow, seventy-second stated meeting, Passer domesticus (Linnaeus), follow- notice of, 108, 233 ing the administration of pregnant special report and proposals re- mare serum, 191 garding conservation activities, Amadon, Dean, on the correct names for 109-110 the carataras and for the Long- student membership awards, 233 winged , 203-204; review by, Aphelocoma californica, 193 212-213 coerulescens cana, 311 Amaurornis, 401 Apus, 90 phoenicurus, 401 Arabia, 89 [ Auk 500 Index to Volume71 tVol.71

Aramides ypecaha, 403 Barton's Medical and Physical Journal, Archilochus alexandri, 466 208 colubris, 313, 316, 467, 468 Becard, Rose-throated, 120, 127 Ardea herodias, 322-325 White-winged, 113-129, pl. 7 Ibis, 310 Behavior, 1-15, 16-35, 38, 40, 47, 49, 53, Argentina, 114, 327 55, 57, 90, 113-129, 164-172, 193, 195, Arizona, 168, 194, 195 196, 204, 239-252, 316, 306-309, 320- Arnold, John R., unpub. thesis, the 321, 330, 331, 332, 333, 358, 366-412, systematic position and natural his- 435-442, 465-466, 472 tory of the Northern Blue Jay, Benson, Dirck, unpub. thesis, studies in Cyanocitta cristata bromia Oberholser, the ecology of the Black , Arias 191 rnbripes Brewster, 192 Arremonops, 76 Benson, Mary H., unpub. thesis, a Ascension Island, 1-15, 89, 90 study of the American Redstart Astley, Arthur, obituary of, 345 (Setophagaruticilla) Swainson,192 Athene, 173, 176 Bibbee, Paul C., unpub. thesis, the brama, 174 Bewick's Wren, Thryomanes bewickii noctua bactriana, 174 (Audubon), 192 noctua ludlowi, 173 Bird protection, 109, 186-190 noctua, 173 Bittern, American, 298 noctua sarda, 173 Least, 298 Atlantisia rogersi, 401 Bivins, Stephen Thomas, obituary Auckland Islands, 239 345 Auk, Razor-billed, 463 Black, Charles T., unpub. thesis, ecolog- Austin, Oliver L., Jr., the birds of Japan, ical and economic relations of the their status and distribution (rev.) Crow, with special reference to 338-339 Illinois, 192 Aythya affinis, 316 Blackbird, (seeRedwing) Brewer's, 65, 70, 138, 148, 195 Backus, Richard H., a case of bird- South American, 152 eating by the Cowbird (Molothrus Yellow-headed, 65, 138, 149, 153, ater), 471 191 Bahamas, 137 Blood volume, 196 Bailey, Alfred M., and Frederick C. Blouch, Ralph I., unpub. thesis, the Lincoln, the Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia Bob-white ( virginianus) in adamsi) in Colorado, 203 Franklin County, Pennsylvania, 192 Baillie, J. L., obituary by, 348 Bluebird, 332, 461 Bally, A. Lang, Indigo Bunting nesting Eastern, 330 in Colorado, 330 Baldwin, Paul H., annual cycle, en- Bobolink, 138, 194, 280, 281 vironment and in the Ha- Body temperatures, 253-266 waiian Honeycreepers(rev.), 212 Bonasa umbellus, 164, 192, 193, 194, 461 Bannerman, David A., the birds of east umbellus umbellus, 196 and equatorial Africa (rev.), 93-95; umbellus monticola, 196 the birds o[ the British Isles (rev.), Booby, Masked, 10 216-217 Boughton, Donald C., unpub. thesis, Barbados, 329 studies on the Isospora of Minnesota, Barro Colorado Island, 473 192 Bartlett, L. M., a techniquefor recording Bowers, Glen L., unpub. thesis, a popu- rapid consecutive field observations, lation study of the Ruffed 464 (Bonasa umbellus) in Pennsylvania at Barton, Benjamin Smith, 208 the low of the cycle, 192 1954]Oct.] Indexto Volume71 50

Boyd, Elizabeth M., and Joan Shriner, Calothorax lucifer, 465-466 nesting and food of the Barn Owl Calypte anna, 429 (Tyto alba) in Hampshire County, Campbell Island, 239, 243, 249, 251 Massachusetts, 199-201 Campylopterus, 468 Boyer, George F., unpub. thesis, an hemileucurus, 468 ecological study of the marshes of Canada, 146, 193, 197, 205 New Brunswick-Nova Scotia border Alberta, 186 region with special reference to water- Athabaska, 193 , 192 British Columbia, 195, 196, 333, Branta canadensis, 148 357, 365, 432 Brazil, 10, 285, 286, 288, 291, 326, 473 Manitoba, 199, 395, 399 Breckenridge, W. J., obituary by, 348 New Brunswick, 192 Brewster Medal, award of, 78 Newfoundland, 317 British Guiana, 286, 288, 327, 328 Ontario, 194, 209, 431, 471 Brodkorb, Pierce, unpub. thesis, a re- Quebec, 317 vision of the genus Empidonax Canary, 331, 458 Cabanis, 192 Caprimulgidae, 470 Brooks, A. C., unpub. thesis, cranial Caracara, 203, 204 musculature in the Alcidae, , 274-278, 280, 281,283 192 Carpodacus mexicanus, 276 Bubo, 173 Casarca cana, 474 virginianus, 469-470 ferruginea, 474 Bubulcus ibis, 472 tadornoides, 474 ibis ibis, 310 variegata, 474 Bucerotidae, 474 Casey, Irma M., unpub. thesis,correla- Buchanan, Forest W., unpub. thesis, an tion between the length of the wing, ecological study of breeding birds of the area of the keel, and the mode of eastern Ohio in relation to the Flushing flight in birds, 192 Escarpment, 192 Casmerodius albus, 322-325, 473 Bullis, Harvey R., Jr., trans-gulf migra- Catamblyrhynchidae, 273 tion, spring 1952, 298-305 Catbird, 332, 461 Bunting, Indigo, 303, 330, pl. 24 Cathartes aura, 443 Lazuli, 330 Central America, 114, 193 Burgess,Dr. Henry Clinton, obituary of, Cepphus grylle ultimus, 311 345 Certhiidae, 172 Burnett, Frances L., and Dorothy E. Chalybura buffonii micans, 468 Snyder, blue crab as starvation food Chambers, Charles, unpub. thesis, the of oiled American Eiders, 315-316 air sac system in the Western Grebe, Buteo jamaicensis, 466 . 192 Button quail, 474, 475 Chapin, James P., the calendar of Wideawake Fair, 1-15; a Juba River Cabalus modestus, 401 race of Kiaas's Cuckoo, 89; house Calcarius, 277 martin and swift from Ascension Is- lapponicus, 210, 459, 461 land, 89; the birds of the Belgian ornatus, 65 Congo, Part 3 (rev.), 214; the birds California, 90, 137, 141, 146, 190, 351, of the Belgian Congo, Part 4 (rev.), 352, 354, 355, 362, 364, 366-412, 427, 476 475 Cben rossi, 190 , 296 Chicken, domestic, 458, 461 squamata, 293-297 Chigi, PrinceFrancesco, obituary of, 346 X Colinus, 297 Chile, 9 [ Auk 502 Index to Volume71 [Vol.71

Chisholm, A. H., obituary by, 497 Conservation, 109, 186-190 Chlidonias niger niger, 41 Coot, American, 42, 366-412, 461 niger surinamensis, 36-63 Black, 389, 400, 401, 402, 405, 406, Chlorophoniaoccipitalis, 276 407 Chlorostilbon, 467 Caribbean, 407 canivetii assimilis, 468 Red-fronted, 401 Christmas Island, 11, 14 Red-gartered, 401, 405 Chrysococcyxklaasi arabicus, 89 Red-knobbed, 401, 402, 405, 406 klaasi klaasi, 89 Copulation, 30, 61, 204, 331, 358, 361, klaasi somereni, 89 369, 373-374, 402 Church, Thomas Charles, obituary of, Coragyps atratus, 443-453 236 Corvidae, 138 Circus buffoni, 203 Costa Rica, 114, 117, 126, 128, 137, 146 Clark, Webster K., Jr., unpub. thesis,the Cotinga, 113-114 status of hybrid wild turkeys in Coturnicops, 401 Missouri, 192 Cowbird, 65, 87, 138, 328, 329, 330, 471 Clayton, Blanche P., unpub. thesis, the Craig, Wallace, obituary of, 496 metanephros of the bird (histology, Crake, African, 404 histo-chemistry, and cytology), 192 Corn, 401,404, 407 Cloacal protuberance, 64-73 Little, 404, 407 Cocrebidae, 273 Marsh, 404 Corer, Howard H., unpub. thesis, a Spotless,404, 407 summary of information eoncerning Spotted, 404, 407 the hawks, eagles, and vultures of Crane, Sandhill, 332 Missouri including a general bulletin Whooping, 188, 198 for public use, 192 Creciscusjamaicensis stoddardi, 310 Colaptes auratus, 193, 469, 475 Crecopsis egregia, 404 Colburn, Albert Ernest, obituary of, 111 Creepers, tree, 172 Cold resistance, 253-266 Crex, 401 Colibri thalassinus cabanidis, 468 crex, 401, 404 Colinus, 296 Critcher, Titus S., unpub. thesis, an virginianus, 192, 267, 293-297, 388, investigation of waterfowl resources 469 on Currituck Strand, North Carolina, Collecting permits, Mexico, 234 during the 1947-1948 and 1948-1949 Colombia, I 18, 119 hunting seasons, 192 Color phases, 205 Crow, 192, 195, 363 Colorado, 187, 203, 330 Cuckoo, 474 Columbia livia, 142, 318-320 Klaas's, 89 Colymbus auritus, 313 Cuculidae, 474 caspicuscalifornicus, 313 Curlew, Bristle-thighed, 351 grisegena, 461, 463 Currier, Warren W., unpub. thesis, an Combellack, C. R. B., a nesting of ecologicalstudy of the vertebratesof a Violet-green Swallows, 435-442 two squaremile area in Centre County, Compsothlypidae(see Parulidae) Pennsylvania, 192 Compton, Dorothy M., unpub. thesis, a Cuthbert, Nicholas L., a nesting study study of the Downy Woodpecker, of the Black Tern in Michigan, 36-63 Dryobates pubestens medianus, 192 Cyanocitta cristata bromia, 191 Condor, California, 188 Cyanocompsa, 278 Conirostrnm bicolor, 328 Cyciarhidae, 273 Connecticut, 313 Cygnus atratus, 90 1954]Oct.1 Indexto Volume71 503

Cygnus cygnus, 90 Diomedia epomophora epomophora, 239 olor, 90 epomophora sanfordi, 239-252 immutabilis, 211 Damophila julie panamensis,467, 468 Distribution, 1-15, 87, 88, 89, 164-171, Darsie, James C., unpub. thesis,fall and 203, 204, 209, 211, 288, 313, 317, 327, winter food habits of the English 328, 329, 330, 333, 463, 465, 473 Sparrow on the campus of North Dixon, Joseph Scattergood, obituary of, Carolina State College, 192 III Davis, David E., the breeding biology Dolichonyx, 280 of Hammond's Flycatcher, 164-171; oryzivorus, 138, 194, 279 a simple method for obtaining atten- Douglass, Donald W., unpub. thesis, the tive data, 331-332 spring migration of birds at Sand Davis, Grant, unpub. thesis, a study Point, Huron County, Michigan, of the population and biology of 1931-1933, 193 Ruffed Grouse in central Pennsyl- Dove, Mourning, 142, 195, 264, 267, vania, 192 268, 462 Davis, John M., obituary of, 236 Dovekie, 463 Davis, Malcolm, Black-crowned Night Dowitcher, Inland, 311 Herons flying with retracted feet, Alaskan, 311 332-333 Drepaniidae, 281, 283 Dawson, William R., review by, 477-479 Dry Tortugas, 9 Dehnel, Paul A., unpub. thesis, analysis Dryobates, see Dendrocopos of variation in some western races of Duck, 194, 196, 298, 459, 474 the Hairy Woodpecker, Dendrocopos Black, 192, 197 villosus, 192 Harlequin, 310 Deignan, H. G., review by, 337 Mallard, 267-270, pls. 15-17 Delacour, Jean, pheasant breeding and New Zealand Paradise, 474, 475 care (rev.), 95 Old Squaw, 315 Dellebon urbica, 89 Pintail, 461 Dendrocolaptes picumnus puncticollis, Ruddy, 373 204 Wild, 194 Dendrocolaptidae, 172 Wood, 267-272, pls. 18, 19; 459, Dendrocopos, 474 461 pubestens, 196 Dumetella carolinensis, 332, 461 pubestens medianus, 192 Dutch Guiana, see Surinam villosus, 192, 196 Eagle, 192 villosus villosus, 194 Bald, 306-309 Dendroica ecrulea, 303 Easter Island, 9 petechia brewsteri, 311 Eastman, Sara Chandler, obituary of, petechla morcomi, 311 346 Deshler, George B., unpub. thesis, rela- Eaton, Stephen W., unpub. thesis, the tion of light intensity to arian activity, genus Seiurus: a comparative study 193 of the ,193 Detroit Audubon Society, bird survey Ecology, 1-15, 164-171, 177, 179-185, of the Detroit region 1952 (rev.) 339 192-197, 239, 251, 253-265, 273-283, Dickcissel, 280, 281, 317 352 Dilger, William C., unpub. thesis, an Ecuador, 287, 291 introduction to the ornithology of Edeburn, Ralph M., unpub. thesis, a India, including a bibliography, 193 study of the distribution of breeding Diomedia exulans, 240 birds in a typical upland area, 193 504 Indexto Volume71 [Vol.[' Auk71

Edminster, Frank C., unpub. thesis, a Falco plancus, 204 study of ornithological terms in com- rusticolus candicans, 206 mon use, 193 Falcon, Prairie, 333 Edwards, Glenn D., unpub. thesis, a Farner, Donald S., see Wolfson, Albert, comparative study of the leg muscles et al. of some gallinaceous birds of the Fat deposition, 413-434 Pacific Northwest, 193 Fauquet, Edna D., unpub. thesis, the , 1-15, 43, 90, 119, 167, 267-272, behavior and feeding habits of Cali- pls. 16-21,280, 330, 376 fornia Jay, Aphelocoma californica, Egret, American, 322-325 193 Cattle, 310, 472, 473 Fawver, Ben, Jr., unpub. thesis, the Greater, 473 bird and mammal population of an Snowy, 314, 322-325, 472 Illinois flood-plain forest, 193 Eider, 463 , emberizine, 278 American, 315-316 Galapagos, 280, 283 Elias, Hans, see Hickey, Joseph J., Laysan, 188 and --. Fisher, Harvey I., review by, 91-93 Elmore, La Rue J., unpub. thesis, a Flat-bill, 285, 287, 291 study of the sexual behavior of the Cinnamon-crowned, 287 Ruffed Grouse, Bonasa umbellus Lin- Golden-crowned, 287, 288 naeus, 193 White-crowned, 288, 289, 291 Elyira, 468 Yellow-crowned, 287 chionura, 468 Flicker, 193, 469 Emberizinae, 275, 278, 279, 280 Yellow-shafted, 475 Emlen, John T., Jr., , nest Florida, 187, 188, 305, 306-309, 314, 443, building, and pair formation in the 472 Cliff Swallow, 16-35 Florida caerulea, 473 Empidonax, 164, 168, 192 caerulea caerulea, 314 difficilis, 169 Florisuga, 468 flaviventris, 169 mellivora, 468 fulvifrons, 169 Flycatcher, Acadian, 169 griseus, 168 hammondi, 164-171, 332 Alder, 169 Buff-breasted, 169 minimus, 169 Crested, 171 oberholseri, 164 Fork-tailed, 327 virescens, 169 wrighti, 164, 168 Gray, 168 Eremophila alpestris,65, 461 Hammond's, 164-171, 332 Least, 169 alpestris leucolaema, 263 Erithacus rubecula melophilus, 250 Paradise, 13, 172 Estrilda melpoda, 276 Parasitic, 126, 127, 129 Estrildinae, 275, 277, 283 Western, 169 Eudynamysscolopacea, 474 Wright's, 164, 169, 171 Yellow-bellied, 169 Eugenesfulgens spectabilis, 468 Eulabeornis, 401 Food, 53-55, 87, 114, 123, 124, 127, 168, Euphaguscyanocephalus, 65, 138 192-194, 196, 198, 199-201, 209-211, cyanocephalus minusculus, 195 239-252, 315, 316, 320, 324, 325, 329, Eupherusa eximia egregia,468 390, 443-453, 469-470, 472 Foster, Frank Bisbin, obituary of, 346- Falco brasiliensis,203, 204 347 mexicanus, 333 Fowle, C. David, unpub. thesis, a pre- 19541Oct.1 Indexto Volume71 505

liminary investigation of certain birds' Gayla immer, 203, 310 nests with reference to their environ- immer elasson, 310 mental relationships, 193 stellata, 463 Fox, Robert P., and territorial Georgia, 169, 189, 194, 330, 424, 428 behaviorof the LuciferHummingbird Geospizidae, 280 in the Chisos Mountains, Texas, 465- Geospizinae, 280 466 Geothlypis trichas, 65, 303 France, 42 Ghigi, Alessandro, obituary by, 346 French Guiana, 286 Giles, LeRoy W., and David B. Marshall, Friedmann, Herbert, reviews by, 93-95, a large heron and egret colony on the 214, 476-477 Stillwater Wildlife Management Area, Friedmann, Herbert, see Wetmore, Alex- Nevada, 322-325 ander, et al.; see Wolfson, Albert, et al. Gillin, James Rhoads, obituary of, 347 Frigate bird, 10 Glaucidium, 172, 173, 174, 176 Fringilla, 278, 280 brasilianum, 174 Fringillidae, 76, 77, 273-280, 283, 469, cuculoides castanonotum, 174 470 perlatum, 174 Fulica, 376, 400, 401 radiatum, 172 americana, 42, 366-412, 461 sj6stedti, 174 armillata, 401, 405 Glaucis, 468 atra, 389, 405 hirsuta affinis, 468 caribaea, 407 Glick, Bruce, reverse mounting in the cristata, 401,405 Starling (Sturnus vulgaris), 204 leucoptera, 401 Goatsucker, 470 rufifrons, 401 Godfrey, W. Earl, the Dickcissel on Fulicinae, 406 the Atlantic Coast of Canada, 317- 318 Gabrielson, Ira N., special report and Goose, Canada, 148, 193 proposals regarding conservation ac- Ross's, 186, 190 tivities of the American Ornithologists' Gordon, Kenneth L., unpub. thesis, the Union, 109; et al., report of the Amer- ican Ornithologists' Union advisory application of the laboratory type of experiment to field studies of the committee on bird protection, 186-190 behavior of chipmunks, winter birds, Galachrysia, 13 and some nesting birds, 193 Gallicrex, 401 cinerea, 404 Gould, Victor E., unpub. thesis, a , 460 history of the Bob-white in New York Gallinula, 400, 401 State with particular reference to chloropus, 386, 404 restocking, 193 Gallinule, Black, 386, 400, 402, 406, 407 Grackle, Barbadian, 329 Florida, 299 Bronzed, 138 Purple, 402, 405, 407 Purple, 65 , 401 Grebe, Eared, 313 australis, 401,403 Holboell's, 461 troglodytes, 403, 407 Horned, 313 Gallus gallus, 458, 461 Red-necked, 463 Gannet, 302, 315, 320-321 Western, 333 Gardner, Aston Colebrook, obituary of, , 199 347 Gregory, Carey Ellis, obituary of, 347 Garrett, Mary L., unpub. thesis, life Grimes, Samuel A., and Alexander history of the Horned Lark, 193 Sprunt, Jr., an album of southern Gayla adamsi, 203 birds (rev.), 480-481 506 Indexto Volume71 [Vol.[ Auk71

Griscom, Ludlow, see Gabrielson, Ira Rhytipterna immunda (Sclater and N., et al. Saivin) in Surinam, 326-327; the Grosbeak, Cardinal, 280 occurrence of Muscivora tyrannus in Rose-breasted, 149 Surinam, 327; the Barn Swallow in Grouse, Ruffed, 164, 192, 193, 194, 196, Surinam, 328; Conirostrum bicolor 461 parasitized by Molothrus bonariensis Grus americana, 198 in Surinam, 328-329; Quiscalus lugu- Guatemala, 114, 204 bris fortirostris in Surinam, 329 Guiana, 289, 290 Hawaiian Islands, 11, 188 Guillemot, Short-billed Black, 311 Hawk, 192, 196, 264, 353 Guiraca, 278 Cooper's, 195 caerulea, 279 Fish, 326 Gull, Black-backed, 313 Red-tailed, 196, 466 Kittiwake, 463 Sparrow, 262 Laughing, 304 Hawksicy, Oscar, unpub. thesis, a study Ring-billed, 57 of the behavior and ecology of the Western, 261 Arctic Tern, Sterna paradisaea Brfin- Gullion, Gordon W., the reproductive nich, 193 cycle of American Coots in California, Hazel, Robert B., unpub. thesis, a study 366-412 of the biology, population, and man- Gyrfalcon, 205-207 agement of the Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus subsp.) in central Penn- Habia, 276 sylvania, 193 Hales, Henry Teasdel, obituary of, 347 Heliodoxa, 468 Haliaeetus leucocephalus, 306-309 jacula henryi, 468 Hamilton, Mary Alice, see Stabler, Heliothrix barroti, 468 Robert M., and- Helm, Lewis G., unpub. thesis, effects Harm, Harry W., the biology of birds of Canada Geese on crops and soils in (rev.), 479 central Missouri, 193 Hanna, Wilson C., breeding dates for Helmitheros vermivorus, 303 Barn Owls in southern California, 90 Hen Island, 401 Hanson, Harold C., unpub. thesis, Henderson, Eleanor, unpub. thesis, birds wildlife studies at Prairie du Sac, 193; and mammals of Texas County, criteria of age of incubated mallard, Oklahoma, 193 wood-duck, and bob-white quail eggs, Hendrickson, William Francis, obituary 267-272 of, 348 Happ, George R., unpub. thesis, a study Hensley, Marvin M., unpub. thesis, of the Flicker, Colaptes auratus studies of the breeding bird popula- (Linnaeus), 193 tion on the forest edge in Robert W. Harper, Francis, unpub. thesis,a faunal Allerton Park, central Illinois, 193; reconnaissance in the Athabaska and unpub. thesis, ecological relations of Great Slave Lakes region, 193 the breeding bird population of the Harrier, Long-winged, 203 desert biome in Arizona, 194 Hatrower, David E., unpub. thesis, the Heron, 187, 298, 299 habits of the passerincbirds of Central Black-crowned Night, 195, 299, 322- America, 193 325, 332 Hartman, Frank A., cardiac and pectoral Great Blue, 298, 322-325 muscles of trochilids, 467-469 Great White, 187 Hayerschmidt, F., the occurrence of Little Blue, 314, 473 Pandion haliafitus in Surinam, 326; Ward's, 187 19s4jOct.1 Indexto Volume71 507

Heron, W'tirdemann's, 187 Icterus spurius, 303 Hewitt, Oliver H., unpub. thesis, water- wagieri, 204 fowl food plants and the duck popu- Illinois, 148, 153, 191, 192, 193, 195, 197, lation at the head of Cayuga Lake, 205, 414, 432 194 Incubation, 3-15, 43, 119, 167, 267-272, Hickey, Joseph J., reviews by, 336-337, pls. 15-21, 319, 373, 377-388, 439 339 India, 172, 193, 401 Hickey, JosephJ., and Hans Elias, the Internal Organs, blood volume, 196 structure of the liver of birds, 458-462 cloaeal protuberance, 64-75 Hill, Letoher A., unpub. thesis, the heart rate, 462 embryology of the free eandal verte- liver structure, 458-462 brae in the chick, 194 muscles, 467-469 Himatione sanguinea freethii, 188 weight, 183, 184, 356-357, 468 Hirundo rnstica, 19, 153, 263, 303, 325 Iowa, 373, 389, 399 rustica erythrogaster, 328 Iridoproene bieolor, 20 Histrionicus histrionicus, 310 histrionicus pacificus, 310 Jaeger, 353 Pomarine, 302 Honey creeper, 188 Jay, 363 Honey eater, 474 Hope, Clifford Ernest, obituary of, 348 California, 193, 197 Canada, 353 Hornbill, 474, 475 Eagle Mountain Scrub, 311 Malaysian Helmeted, 172 Northern Blue, 191 Houck, Warren J., and JamesH. Oliver, unusual nesting behavior of the Jenkins, David H., unpub. thesis, Bob- Brown-headed Nuthatch, 330-331 white cover in Franklin County, Howard, Hildegarde, obituaries by, 111, Pennsylvania, 194 236 Johnson Island, 10 Howell, Joseph C., a history of some Johnston, David W., unpub. thesis, the Bald Eagle nest sites in east-central relation of breeding bird populations Florida, 306-309; reviews by, 479, 480 and plant succession in Georgia Hoyt, Sarah F., unpub. thesis, a refer- Piedmont, 194 ence book and bibliography of orni- Jump, Alice Oldfield (Mrs. Edwin thological techniques, 194 Robert), obituary of, 348 Hummingbird, Allen, 429 Juneo, hyemalis, 64, 65, 210, 461, 471 oreganus, 413 Anna, 429 Black-chinned, 466 Juneo, Oregon, 413, 414, 415, 426, 427 Blue-throated, 466 Slate-colored, 64, 65, 210, 461 Broad-tailed, 465, 466 Jynx torquilla, 263 Lucifer, 465-466 Kansas, 197 Ruby-throated, 313, 316 Keith, Ralph W., unpub. thesis, a Rufus, 465 winter study of birds and mammals in Hybridization, 192, 293-297, pl. 22, 314, woodlots of central Pennsylvania, 194 pl. 23, 471 Kendeigh, S. Charles, see Wolfson, Hylocichla usttfiata, 164 Albert, et al. Kenyon, Karl W., unpub. thesis, a Ibis, 187 study of the old nest as a visual White-faced Glossy, 322-325 stimulus to the re-nesting of the Icteridae, 138, 273, 280, 283, 470 Baltimore Oriole, Ieterus galbula Icterus galbula, 194, 279, 303 Linnaeus, including supplementary maculi-alatus, 204 life history observations, 194 ,508 Indexto Volume71 [Vol.[ Auk71

Kilgore, William, Jr., obituary of, 348 Larus hyperboreus, 311 Kilham, Lawrence, unusual feeding be- leucopterus, 311 havior of the Lesser Scaup, 316; marinus, 313 Phoebe nests with three Cowbird occidentalis wymani, 261 eggs, 330 Laterailus jamaicensis jamaicensis, 310 Kingbird, Cassin's, 209 jamaicensis pygmaeus, 310 Kingfisher, 298, 299 Laysan Island, 188 Kinglet, Ruby-crowned, 164 Lazareff, Anne, unpub. thesis, the Kingsbury, E. W., unpub. thesis, a comparative histology of the digestive study of the Hairy Woodpecker, tract of meat, fish, and grain eating Dryobates villosus villosus, 194; un- birds (oesophagusto duodenum), 194 pub. thesis, the status and natural Lee, Forrest B., unpub. thesis, a com- history of the Bobolink, Dolichonyx parison of bird occurrences and ac- oryzivorus Linnaeus, 194 tivity in two climax forests at Itasca Kite, Everglade, 187 Park, Minnesota, 194 Kittiwake, 463 Lee, Zell Charlotta, obituary of, 349 Knappen, Phoebe M., unpub. thesis, a Legatus leucophaius, 126, 129 census of the birds nesting on the Leister, Claude W., unpub. thesis, food Cornell Campus in 1926, compared and feeding habits of the of the with a similar census made in 1915, Cayuga Lake region, 194 194 Leucophoyx thula, 314, 322-325, 472 Koel, 474, 475 Leucosticte, 277 Koford, Carl B., the California Condor Lewis, Prentiss D., unpub. thesis, a (rev.), 91-93 partial gazeteer of South American Korschgen, Leroy J., unpub. thesis, the collecting localities, 194 late fall and early winter food habits Life histories, 113-129, 191, 193-197, of the Bobwhite Quail in Missouri, 351-365, 366-412 194 Limnodromus griseus caurinus, 311 Kozicky, Edward L., unpub. thesis, griseus hendersoni, 311 life history and management of the griseus scolopaceus, 311 wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo scolopaceus, 311 silvestris) in Pennsylvania, 194 Limpkin, 187 Kuhn, Tracy M., unpub. thesis, Part I, Lincoln, Frederick C., see Bailey, availability of mast for wildlife. Alfred M., and --; see Wetmore, Part II, fall food habits of the Ruffed Alexander, et al. Grouse (Bonasa umbellus umbellus), Liver, structure of, 458-462 194 Lloyd, Hoyes, see Gabrielson, Ira N., Kutz, Harry L., unpub. thesis, studies et al. on the inhibiting influenceof captivity Loetscher, F. W., unpub. thesis, orni- upon reproduction in wild ducks, thology of the Mexican state of effects of light and various gonado- Veracruz with an annotated list of the tropic hormones, 194 birds, 194 Longspur, Alaskan, 210, 211 Lapwing, 13 Chestnut-collared, 65, 70 Lark, Desert Horned, 263 Lapland, 459, 461 Horned, 65, 70, 193, 461 McCown's, 65 Larrabee, Austin Park, obituary of, 496 Longwell, John R., unpub. thesis, a Larus delawarensis, 57 study of seasonal activities and cover glaucoides, 311 preferences of the American Wood- glaucoidesglaucoides, 311 cock on a selected area in central glaucoides kumlieni, 311 Pennsylvania, 194 19541Oct.1 Indexto Volume71 509

Loon, Common, 203, 315 McGraw, Harry Arthur, obituary of, 349 Red-throated, 463 Meadowlark, 87, 138, 195, 196 Yellow-billed, 203 Eastern, 87, 149, 196, 458, 461 Lophortyx californica, 142 Pacific Western, 311 gambelii, 293 Western, 65, 87, 138, 149, 461, 470 Loughery, Alan G., unpub. thesis,a food Measurements, 89, 140, 177, 181-185, habit study of juvenile Ring-necked 192, 195, 202, 209, 289, 297, 471 Pheasants on Pelee Island, Ontario, Meise, Wilhelm, notes on flat-bills of the 194 genusPlatyrinchus (Tyrannidae), 285- Louisiana, 302 292 Lowery, George H., Jr., see Wetmore, Melanitta deglandi, 463 Alexander, et al. perspicillata, 463 Loxia leucoptera, 276 Melanospiza, 279, 280 Loxigilla, 279 Meleagris gallopavo silvestris, 194 Loyalty Islands, 197 Melopsittacus undulatus, 263 Lungstrum, Leon G., unpub. thesis, Melopyrrha, 279 comparative microscopicstudy of the Melospizamelodia euphonia•,250 proventriculus and duodenum of the Meng, Heinz K., unpub. thesis, the Mourning Dove, Red-headed Wood- Cooper's Hawk, Accipiter cooperii pecker, and Meadowlark, 195 (Bonaparte), 195 Merriam, Clinton Hart, obituary of, Marshall, David B., see Giles, LeRoy W., 130-138, pl. 10 and --• Merry, Katherine, unpub. thesis, a Martin, House, 89 study of the life history of the Eastern Purple, 298, 299 Phoebe--Sayornis phoebe Latham, River, 13 195 Maryland, 330 Mexico, 288 Massachusetts, 199-201, 315, 463 Chiapas, 204 Mayfield, Harold, Starlings nesting in Collecting permits, 234 Churchill, Manitoba, 199 Veracruz, 194 Mayr, Ernst, and Margaret Mayr, the Yucatan, 137 tail molt of small owls, 172-178 Michigan, 36-63, 90, 169, 187, 193, 430 Mayr, Ernst, see Wolfson, Albert, et al. Micrathene, 173 Mayr, Margaret, seeMayr, Ernst,and -- Migration, 1-15, 87, 88, 89, 193, 197, McAllister, Tom, the Laysan Albatross 298-305, 315, 316, 326-329, 353-356, (Diomedia immutabilis) on the Oregon 413-434 coast, 211 Miller, Alden H., see Wetmore, Alex- McAtee, W. L., ornithology in Barton's ander, et al.; see Wolfson, Albert, et al. Medical and Physical Journal, 208 Miller bird, 188 McCabe, Robert A., unpub. thesis, a Mills, Herbert Raphael, obituary of, 236 ten-year study of a refuge population Minnesota, 192, 194, 196, 316 of Ring-necked Pheasants, 195; hy- Missouri, 192-196 bridization between the Bob-white and Mitchell, Margaret H., habitat of the Scaled •uail, 293-297 Screaming Seedeater (Sporophila McDonald, Jean (3., unpub. thesis,arian caerulescens)in Brazil, 473 bone marrow under experimental Mniotilta varia, 65, 303 conditions, 195 Molothrus ater, 65, 138, 330, 471, McGill, Arnold R., a species index to bonariensis, 328 The Emu. Volumes 1 to 50, 1901- Molt, 38, 87, 172-178, 195, 320 1951 (rev.), 479 Monarchidae, 274, 282 510 Indexto Volume71 [[Vol. Auk71

Montana, 164, 169, 171, 332 Nichols, Leon Nelson, obituary of, 112 Moore, Nettie Louise Purdy, obituary of, Nightingale, 285 237 Ninox, 173, 175, 177 Moris bassana, 320-321 affinis affinis, 175, 177 Morrison, Peter R., see Ryser, Fred A., connivens assimilis, 176, 177 and -- connivenspeninsularis, 176, 177 Mosher, Franklin Herbert, obituary of, connivensrufostrigata, 176, 177 349 jacquinoti eichorni, 175, 177 Mulford, Alice S., unpub. thesis, eco- jacquinoti granti, 175, 177 logical relations of the Brewer's jacquinoti jacquinoti, 175, 177 Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus meeki, 176, 177 minusculus), 195 odiosa, 175, 177 Munro, David A., unpub., thesis, a punctulata, 176, 177 preliminary study of the waterfowl rufa humeraiis, 176, 177 of Bnrnaby Lake, British Columbia, rufa rufa, 176 195; notes on Western Grebe in squamipila bantu, 175, 177 British Columbia, 333; Prairie Falcon squamipila hypogramma, 175, 177 "playing," 333 superciliaris, 175, 177 Murphy, Dean A., unpub. thesis, theomacha rosselliana, 175, 177 mobility of Bobwhite Quail in Central theomacha theomacha, 175, 177 Missouri, 195 Norris, Russell T., unpub. thesis, an Muscivora tyrannus, 327 ecological study of the relationships Musgrave, John K., unpub. thesis, between forest types and the wildlife birds of Centre County, Pennsylvania, speciesfound thereon, 195 195 North Carolina, 143, 192, 195, 463 Myiarchus crinitus, 171 Notornis mantellii, 401, 405 Myiozetetes, 127 Nuthatch, Brown-headed, 330-331 Nyctea scandiaca, 264 Nelson, Theodora, unpub. thesis, the Nycticorax hoactli, 195 biology of the Spotted Sandpiper, nycticorax, 322-325, 332 195 Nero, Robert W., plumage aberrations of the Redwing (Agelaiusphoeniceus), Oahu, 11, 14 137-155 Oakeson, Barbara Blanchard, the Gam- Nesting, 1-15, pls. 1-3, 16-35, pls. 4-8, bel's Sparrow at Mountain Village, 36-63, 90, 117-126, 164-172, 193, 195, Alaska, 351-365 199, 199-201, 240-241, 251, 280, 306- Oatman, Mrs. Edward, unpub. thesis, 309, 313, 318, 322, 325, 330, 331, 333, pterylosis in Black-crowned Night- 359-360, 366-412, 435-442, 475 heron, Nycticorax hoactli (Gmelin), Netherlands, 42 195 Nevada, 322-325 Obituaries of, Arthur Astley, 345; New Caledonia, 197 Stephen Thomas Bivins, 345; Henry New , Clinton Burgess,345; Prince Francesco Chrysococcyxklaasi somereni, 89 Chigi Della Rovere, 346; Charles Parus atricristatus dysleptus, 201- Thomas Church, 236; Albert Ernest 202 Colburn, 111; Wallace Craig, 496; New York, 137, 146, 179, 193, 194, 195, John M. Davis, 346; Joseph Scatter- 413 good Dixon, 111; Sara Chandler New Zealand, 239-252, 406 Eastman, 346; Frank Bisbin Foster, Nice, Margaret M., see Wolfson, Albert, 346; Aston Colebrook Gardner, 347; et al. James Rhoads Gillin, 347; Carey 1954JOct.1 Indexto Volume71 511

Ellis Gregory, 347; Henry Teasdel Owl, Screech, 205 Hales, 347; William Francis Hendrick4 Snowy, 264 son, 348; Clifford Ernest Hope, 348; Oxyura jamaicensis, 373 Alice Oldfield (Mrs. Edwin Robert) Jump, 348; William Kilgore, Jr., 348; Pachyramphus polychopterus, 113-129 Austin Park Larrabee, 496; Zell polychopterus cinereiventris, 114, Charlotta Lee, 349; Harry Arthur 118 McGraw, 349; Clinton Hart Merriam, Palmer, T. S., in memoriam: Clinton 130-136; Herbert Raphael Mills, 236; Hart Merriam, 130-136; in memor- Nettie Louise Purdy Moore, 237; iam: Otto Widmann, 454-457; obit- Franklin Herbert Mosher, 349; Leon uaries by, 112, 237, 345, 346, 347, 348, Nelson Nichols, 112; Juliette Amelia 349, 350 Owen, 349; Frank Mills Phelps, 496; Palmer, T. S., and A. W. Schorger, John McFarlane Phillips, 112; John obituary by, 349-350 Livzey Ridgway, 237; Leonora Jef- Palmer, T. S., and others, biographies frey Rintoul, 237; Samuel Albert of members of the American Orni- White, 497; Addison Prentiss Wilbur, thologists' Union (rev.), 481 350; Frank Smith Wright, 350 Palmyra Island, 11 Oceanodromaleucorhoa, pls. 13, 14 Panama, 114, 467, 473 Ohio, 192, 197, 325, 425, 430 Pandion halia•tus, 326 Oidemia nigra, 463 Paraguay, 327 Oklahoma, 193, 293 Parakeet, Grass, 263 Oliver, James H., see Houck, Warren Parasites, 196, 205-207, 320 J., and -- Pardirallus maculatus, 403 Onychognathusblythii, 475 Parkes, Kenneth C., unpub. thesis, a Oporornis formosus, 303 survey of published colored illustra- Oregon, 189, 211, 435-442 tions of North American birds, 195 Oriole, Baltimore, 194, 303 Parmalee, Paul W., unpub. thesis, an Orchard, 303 analysis of development and behavior Ortygonax rytirhynchos, 403 of the young Crow, 195; the vultures: Oscines, 273-284 their movements, economic status, and Otus, 173, 174, 176 control in Texas, 443-453; food of the asio, 205 Great Horned Owl and Barn Owl in bakkamoena glabripes, 175 East Texas, 469-470 bakkamoena lempiji, 175 Partridge, European, 197 bakkamoena umbratills, 175 Parulidae, 273, 278 brucei, 174 Parus atricristatus atricristatus, 201-202 leucotis granti, 174 atricristatus dysleptus, 201-202 leucotis leucotis, 174 atricristatus paloduro, 201-202 rulestens rulestens, 174 atricristatus sennetti, 201-202 stops senegalensis,174 Passer domesticus, 19, 64, 65, 151, 191, scopsugandae, 174 459, 461 Owen, Juliette Amelia, obituary of, 349 Passerculusprinceps, 88 Owen, Oliver S., unpub. thesis, the sandwichensis,65, 88, 353, 432 bird community of an elm-maple-ash Passerella iliaca, 353 swamp in central New York, 195 iliaca olivacea, 312 Owl, 196, 264 Passerherbulus caudacutus, 65 Barn, 90, 199-201, 469-470, 475 Passeriformes, 460 Great Horned, 469-470 Passerina, 278 Horned, 353 amoena, 330 5 12 Indezto ¾olum½71 [[VoL Auk71

Passerina cyanea, 303, 330 Pigeon, domestic, 142, 318 , 274, 351, 461, 471 feral, 318-320 Paullus, Katheryn L., unpub. thesis, Fruit, 13 wing-length, molt, and productivity homing, 207 of Bob-white Quail in Missouri, 195 White-crowned, 187 Paynter, Raymond A., Jr., two species Pipilo erythrophthalmus, 64 new to the Mexican avifauna, 204 erythrophthalmus alleni, 312 Pedionomidae, 474 erythrophthalmus arcticus, 312 Pelecanoides urinatrix, 251 erythrophthalmus canaster, 312 Pennsylvania, 192-197 erythrophthalmus clementae, 312 Permits, collecting in Mexico, 234 erythrophthalmus eonsobrinus, 312 Petrel, 250, 251 erythrophthalmus eurtatus, 312 Diving, 251 erythrophthalmus erythrophthal- Leach's, pls. 13, 14 mus, 312 Petroehelidon albifrons, 263 erythrophthalmus falcifer, 312 pyrrhonota, 16-35 erythrophthalmus falcinellus, 312 Phaeoehroa, 468 erythrophthalmus gaigei, 312 curlcfii, 468 erythrophthalmus magnirostris, 312 Phaethornis guy eoruseus,468 erythrophthalmus megalonyx, 312 longuemareus, 468 erythrophthalmus montanus, 312 Ionguemareus saturatus, 468 erythrophthalmus oregonus, $12 supereiliosus,468 erythrophthalmus rileyi, 312 supereiliosus cassinii, 468 erythrophthalmus umbratieola, 312 , 460 maculatus, 65, 196, 312 Phasianus eolehieus eolehieus 253 Piranga ludoviciana, 164 eolehieus formosanus, 253 oliYacea, 149, 195, 276 eolehieus mongolicus, 253 rubra, 303 eolehieus torquatus, 253 Pirnie, Miles D., unpub. thesis, the Pheasant, 196 plumage changes of certain waterfowl, Ring-necked, 194, 195, 196, 197, 195 253-266 Pitelka, Frank A., see Wetmore, Alex- Phelps, Frank Mills, obituary of, 496 ander, ½tal.; review by, 215-216 Pheuetieus, 278 Plains Wanderer, 474 ludovieianus, 149, 279 Platypsaris aglaiae, 120 Phillips, Allan R., unpub. thesis, the Platyrhynchos, 285 birds of Arizona, 195 rostratus, 285 Phillips, John McFarlane, obituary of, Platyrhynchus griseiceps,286 112 Platyrinchus, 285-291 Phillips, Viola A., unpub. thesis,la study cancrominus, 287-291 of Spinus tristis tristis with special coronatus, 287-290 reference to the breeding habits at flavigularis, 286-291 Ithaca, New York, 195 fuseus, 286-291 PhiloheN minor, 195, 197 griseiceps, 291 Philomachus pugnax, 44 mystaceus, 287-290 Phoebe, 330 mystaceus cancrominus, 290 Eastern, 195, 263 mystaceus mystaceus, 287 Phoebetria palpebrata, 239 platyrhynchos, 285-290 Pieidac, 172, 474 platyrhynchos platyrhynchos, 286, Picoides, 475 291 Pigeon, Band-tailed, 186 platyrhynchos senex, 287, 291 19541Oct.1 Indexto Volume71 513

Platyrinchus saturatus, 287-290 Quiscaluslugubris fortirostris, 329 senex griseiceps, 285, 286, 291 lugubris lugubris, 329 senex senex, 287 quiscula, 65, 138 Plautus alle, 463 , Argentine, 403 Plegadis mexicana, 322-325 Chatham Island, 401 Ploceidae, 275 Clapper, 402, 403 Plumage aberration, 137-155, pl. 11 King, 403 characters, 474 Slate-breasted, 403 Polyborus, 203 Sofa, 398, 404, 406, 407 plancus plancus, 204 Spotted, 403 Pooecetes gramineus, 64-73 Virginia, 196, 402, 403, 406, 407 Population, 191-197, 306-309 Water, 403 Porphyrio, 401 Ypacha, 403 madagascariensis,402, 405 Rallidae, 376, 378, 400, 401, 402, 406, poliocephalus,401 407 porphyrio, 405 Rallina, 376, 400, 401 Porphyrula, 401 fasciata, 403 martinica, 402, 405 , 400 Portugal, 286 aquaticus, 403, 407 Porzana, 400 elegans, 403 carolina, 404, 406 limicola, 402, 403 parva, 404, 407 Iongirostris, 402, 403 porzana, 404, 407 pectoralis, 403 pusilia, 404 Ramphastos swainsonii, 127 tabuensis, 404, 407 Rand, A. L., immature females with Porzanula palmeri, 188 adult male plumage characters, 474 Prairie Chicken, 461 Ranges, comments on A.O.U. Check- Attwater's, 262 list, 156-163 Pratincole, 13 Rankin, Wallace H., unpub. thesis, the Predation, 19, 29, 30, 60, 126, 129, 258, life history and distribution of the 293, 315, 318, 353, 363, 381, 397, 443- Chipping Sparrow, Spizella passerina 453, 471 passerina(Bechstein), 195 Prescott, Kenneth W., unpub. thesis, a Rawson, George W., birds and butter- life history study of the Scarlet flies or vice versa, 209-211 Tanager (Piranga olivacea), 195 Redpoll, Common, 353 Prunella collaris, 64 Redshank, 44 Pseudochelidon, 13 Redstart, 298, 303 Psittirostra cantans, 188 American, 192 Psittirostrinae, 281, 283 Redwing, 46, 60, 65, 87, 137-155, 461 Ptilolae•nus tickelli, 474 tricolor, 151 Puffinus griseus, 250 Reed-Hen, 401, 402 Pyrrhuloxiinae, 279 Blue 407 Quail, Bob-white, 192, 193, 194, 195, Green-backed, 405, 406 267, 271, pls. 20-22, 293-297, 388, 469 Purple, 405 California, 142 Reed-warbler, 262 Gambel's, 293 Reese, Robert W., unpub. thesis, com- Scaled, 293-297, pl. 22 parisonof forest-edgebird populations Quay, Thomas L., unpub. thesis,ecology in Robert W. Allerton Park, central of the Savannah Sparrow in winter Illinois, 195 at Raleigh, North Carolina, 195 Regulus calendula, 164 [ Auk 514 Indexto Volume71 tVol.71

Reilly, E. M., Jr., bird records and the Saunders, Aretas A., an unusual nest A.O.U. Check-list ranges, 156-163 of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird Reproduction cycle, 7, 14 (Archiloehus eolubris), 313; the lives Reverse mounting, 204 of wild birds (rev.), 480 Rhinoplax vigil, 172 Saunders, George, unpub. thesis, a Rhynchophanesmccowni, 65 taxGnomic revision of the meadow- Rhynchops, 13 larks of the genus Sturnella Vieillot, Rhyticeros, see Aceros and the natural history of the Eastern Rhytipterna immunda, 326 Meadowlark, Sturnella magna magna , Dale W., symbiotic feeding of (Linnaeus), 196 Snowy Egrets with cattle, 472 Sayoruis phoebe, 195, 263, 330 Richdale, L. E., the starvation theory Seaup, Lesser, 316 in albatrosses, 239-252 Sehein, Martin W., survival records of Richmondena cardinalis, 279 young fetal pigeons, 318-320 Richmondeninae, 275, 278, 279, 280, 283 Sehorger, A. W., the wintering Meadow- Richter, Wilmer, unpub. thesis, singing larks of Dane County, Wisconsin, 87; ground analysisand cover preferences color phases of the Screech Owl of the American Woodcock (Philohela between Madison, Wisconsin, and minor) in central Pennsylvania, 195 Freeport, Illinois, 205; obituaries by, Ridgway, John Livzey, obituary of, 237 112, 236, 237, 345, 347, 349 Rintoul, Leonora Jeffrey, obituary of, Sehorger,A. W., seePalmer, T. S. and -- 237 Seolopax rustieola, 311 Riparia riparia, 19, 263 rustieola mira, 311 Rissa tridactyla, 463 rustieola rustieola, 311 Robin, 65, 138, 331, 361, 362 Scoter, 463 American, 64 Surf, 315 English, 250 White-winged, 315 Rocas Reef, I0 Scott, Frederic R., the Ipswich Sparrow Rogers, Cyril H., care and breeding of (Passerculusprinceps) on Chesapeake Budgies (Shell Parrakeets) (rev.), 95 Bay, Virginia, 88 Ruck, Phillip R., unpub. thesis, studies Seedeater, Hick's, 473 on the pelvic appendage in certain Screaming, 473 anserfform birds, 196 Variable, 473 Ruff, 44 Seiurus, 193 Ryser, Fred A., and Peter R. Morrison, Selasphorus, 467, 468 cold resistance in the young Ring- platyeereus, 465 necked Pheasant, 253-266 rufus, 465 sasin, 429 scintilla, 468 Salomonsen, Finn, fugletraekket og dets Serinus eanarius, 458, 461 gSdar ( and its puz- Setophaga rutieilla, 192, 303 zles) (rev.), 214-215 Sheads, Richard D., unpub. thesis, a Salt, W. Ray, the structure of the study of the Ruffed Grouse on the cloacal protuberance of the Vesper Stone Valley experimental forest in Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) and Huntington County, Pennsylvania, 196 certain other passerinebirds, 64-73 Shearwater, Sooty, 250 Sandpiper, Spotted, 195 Shibley, John, unpub. thesis, blood Sapsucker, Yellow-bellied, 316 volume in birds, 196 Sargent, William, unpub. thesis, the Shiek, Charles, unpub. thesis, progress training of a Red-tailed Hawk, 196 of prairie farm pheasant studies, Sarothrura, 376 April, 1941 to January, 1942, 196 1954.1Oct.] Indexto Volume71 5 15

Shirling, Albert, unpub. thesis, a pre- Sparrow, Gambel's, 351-365 liminary report on the birds of Swope English, 19, 30, 64, 72, 191, 192, 317 Park, Kansas City, Missouri, 196 House, 65, 151, 459, 461 Shrike, Red-backed, 263 Ipswich, 88 Shriner, Joan, see Boyd, Elizabeth M., Leconte's, 65 and -- Nuttall's, 358, 361, 363, 365 Sialia sialis, 330, 332, 461 Puget Sound, 358, 363 Siam, 197 Savannah, 65, 88, 195, 353, 432 , 286 Sharp-tailed, 65 Sitta pusilla, 330-331 So•g, 331 Skimmer, 13 Tree, 353, 413, 432, 461 Skuteh, Alexander F., life history of the Vesper, 64-73 White-winged Becard, 113-129 Washington Fox, 312 Smith, Jerome Hazen, Ruby-throated White-crowned, 64, 65, 352, 357, Hummingbird feeding at Yellow- 358, 359, 365, 425, 426, 427, 431 bellied Sapsucker holes, 316 White-throated, 149, 209, 210, 413- Smith, S. Leon, unpub. thesis, the re- 434, 427, 431 lation of edge growth to the bird Speotyto, 173, 176 and insect populations of two selected cunicularia hypugaea, 173 farming areas in Callaway County, Sphyrapicus varius, 316 Missouri, 196 Spinus tristis tristis, 195 Smyth, James A., unpub. thesis, the Spiza, 280, 281, 283 literature of the Virginia Rail, 196 americana, 279, 280, 317 Smyth, Thomas, unpub. thesis, a study Spizella arborea, 353, 413, 461 of the food and feeding habits of the atrogularis atrogularis, 312 Ruffed Grouse, 196; unpub. thesis, atrogularis evura, 312 studiesin the life history of the Ruffed pallida, 65 Grouse, 196 passerinapasserina, 195 Smythies, Bertram E., the birds of Sporophila aurita aurita, 473 Burma (rev.), 337 caerulescens, 473 Snipe, Wilson, 186 Sprinkle, Charles R., unpub. thesis, Snyder, Dorothy E., the Eared Grebe in behavior of the Spotted Towhee Massachusetts, 313; see Burnett, (Pipilo maculatus), 196 Frances L., and --; a great flight of Sprunt, Alexander, Jr., a hybrid be- Kittiwakes, 463 tween the Little Blue Heron and the Snyder, L. L., Cassin's Kingbird in Snowy Egret, 314 Canada, 209; another hybrid Zono- Sprunt, Alexander, Jr., see Grimes, triehia albicollis X Junco hyemalis, 471 Samuel A., and- Somateria mollissima, 463 Stabler, Robert M., and Mary Alice mollissima dresseri, 315 Hamilton, aspergillosis,trichomoniasis, South America, 194, 289 and drug therapy in a gyrfalcon, South Carolina, 316 205-208 South Georgia, 249, 251 Stadelman, William J., unpub. thesis, SowIs, Lyle K., unpub. thesis, a study nutritional studies with Ring-necked of the ecology and behavior of some Pheasants, 196 surface feeding ducks, 196 Staebler, Arthur E., Mute Swan (Cygnus Sparrow, 262, 263, 469, 470 olor) observed diving, 90; unpub. American Song, 250 thesis,a comparative life history study Chipping, 195 of the Hairy and Downy woodpeckers Clay-colored, 65 (Dendrocopos villosus and Dendro- Fox, 353 copos pubescens), 196 F Auk 516 Index to Volume71 [VoL71

Starling, 64, 87, 199, 204, 475 Swan, Mute, 90 European, 151, 179-185, 461 Trumpeter, 189 Starvation theory, 241-251 Whooper, 90 Stegeman, Leroy C., variation in a flock Swanson, Gustav A., unpub. thesis, of the European Starling, 179-185 studies on trematodes of the super- Stephanophorusdiadematus, 276 family Strigeoidea with special refer- Sterna fuscata, 1-15, pls. 1-3 ence to the species from hawks and fuscata fuscata, 9 owls, 196 hitundo, 38 Swift, 89, 90, 298 paradisaea, 193 White-throated, 466 Stewart, Paul A., nest of Barn Swallow Sylvester, Walter, unpub. thesis, a bio- saddled on wire, 325; further com- ecological study of the chestnut oak ments on the breeding season of Barn forest, 196 Owls in southern California, 475 St. Helena, 9 Tachycineta thalassina, 435-442 Storer, John H., the web of life, a first Tachyphonus luctuosus, 276 book of ecology (rev.), 215 Takahe, 401, 405, 406 Storer, Robert W., reviews by, 95, 213- Tanager, 275, 277, 280, 283 214, 216-217, 479, 480-481 Scarlet, 149, 195, 298 Stoudt, Jerome H., unpub. thesis, a Summer, 303 waterfowl census technique and its Western, 164 application on the Chippewa National Tanagra, 276 Forest, 196 Tanner, James T., unpub. thesis, sound Strix, 173 recording for a natural history mu- Studholme, Allen T., unpub. thesis, seum, 196 Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus Tanner, Ward D., unpub. thesis, a popu- umbellus) environment in the scrub lation study of the Ruffed Grouse oak--pitch pine forest type, 196 (Bonasa umbellus monticola) in Penn- Sturkie, Paul D., avian physiology sylvania at the low of the cycle, 196 (rev.), 477-479 , 89, 191, 193, 196, 201-202, Sturnella, 196 203, 273-284, 285-292, 310-312 magna, 87, 138, 279, 458, 461 Teal, Laysan, 188 magna magna, 196 Temperature, 253-267 neglecta, 65, 87, 138, 311, 461, 470 Tenet, J. S., unpub. thesis, an investiga- neglecta neglecta, 311 tion of some of the members of the neglecta confluenta, 311 sub-family Anatinae in the lower Sturnidae, 475 Frazer Valley of British Columbia, 196 Sturnus vulgaris, 65, 151, 179-185, 199, Tern, Arctic, 193 204, 461 Black, 36-63 Sunbird, 172 Common, 38-41, 44, 56, 57, 60 Surinam, 285, 286, 326-329 European Black, 40, 41, 42 Survival records, 318-320 Sooty, 1-15, pls. 1-3 Swallow, Bank, 19, 263 Terpsiphone, 172 Barn, 19, 153, 263, 302, 303, 305, Tersinidae, 273 325, 328 Test, Frederick H., unpub. thesis, bird Cliff, 16-35, pls. 4-8, 298, 302 weight and its significance, 197 Northern Cliff, 263 Texas, 98, 201-202, 294, 295, 304, 443- Tree, 20, 30, 331 453, 465, 469-470 Violet-green, 435-442 Textor, 64 Swan, Black, 90 cucullatus, 12 19541Oct.1 Indexto Volume71 517

Thraupidae, 273, 281 Van Tyne, Josselyn, the Black-crested Thrush, Russet-backed, 164 Titmouse of Trans-Pecos, Texas, 201- Thryomanes bewiekii, 192 202 Tlaris, 279 Van Tyne, Josselyn, see Wetmore, Tinbergen, Niko, the Herring GulFs Alexander, et al. world: a study of the social behavior Venezuela, 326 of birds (rev.)., 213 Vermivora chrysoptcra, 303 Titmouse, Black-crested, 201-202 peregrina, 303 Tityra, Costa Rican, 113 Vireo, 274, 275, 281 Tityra semifasciata, 113 olivaceus, 164, 461 Todus atricapillus, 285, 286, 291 Vireo, Red-eyed, 164, 461 platyrhynchos, 285, 286 Solitary, 164 rostratus, 285, 291 Vireonidae, 273, 274, 281, 283 Tordoff, Harrison B., relationships in Virginia, 88, 463 the nine-primaried oscines, Voice, 31, 33, 40, 47, 48, 58, 59, 115, 165, 273-284 166, 169, 170, 195, 197, 327, 329, 373, Totanus totanus, 44 383, 473 Toucan, 127, 129 Vulture, 192, 443-453 Towhee, Red-eyed, 64 Black, 443-453 Spotted, 65, 196 Turkey, 443, 444, 445, 450 Trainer, John E., unpub. thesis, the Warbler, Bachman's, 159 auditory acuity of certain birds, 197 Trippensee, Reuben Edwin, wildlife Black and White, 65, 303 Cerulean, 303 managem*ent(rev.), 336-337 Trochilidae, 467-469 Golden-winged, 303 Trogiodytes aedon, 256, 332, 461 Kentucky, 303 Palm, 303 Turdus migratorius,64, 65, 138, 159 Turkey, Wild, 192, 194 Prothonotary, 298, 299 Tennessee, 303 Turnicidae, 474 -eating, 303 Tympanuchus cupido, 461 Warner, Dwaln W., unpub. thesis, the cupido attwateri, 262 Tyrannidae, 285 ornithology of New Caledonia and Tyrannus vociferans,209 the Loyalty Islands, 197 Washington, D.C., 322 Tyrant, South Brazilian, 285 Tyro, 173 Washington (State), 362, 432 Water-Cock, 404 alba, 199-201,470 Water-Hen, 406 White-breasted, 401 Underwood, Margaret Hanselman, bib- Water-Rail, 407 liography on North American minor Water-Thrush, Louisiana, 305 natural history serials in the Uni- Weaver-bird, Village, 12 versity of Michigan libraries, (rev.), Weight, of birds, 87, 179-185, 197, 198, 337 204, 245, 246, 251, 259, 261-262, 389, Utah, 168 390, 392-394, 413-434, 467-469 of internal organs, 183, 184, 356-357 Vajjakich, L. S., unpub. thesis, a study 467-469 of a bird collection from Siam, 197 of eggs, 90, 377 Van Horn, Donald H., unpub. thesis, Weise, Charles M., unpub. thesis, breeding-bird populations of flood- breeding populations and reproductive plain and upland forests in central success of birds of the forest and Illinois, 197 forest edge in central Illinois, 197 [ Auk 518 Indexto Volume71 [VoL

Westerskov, K. E., unpub. thesis, a Woodhen, 401 comparative study of the ecology Weka, 401, 403, 407 and migration of the European Black, 403, 407 Partridge in Ohio, 197 Woodhewer, 172 West Virginia, 443 Woodpecker, 172, 474, 475 Wetmore, Alexander, et al., twenty- Downy, 192, 196 ninth supplement to the American Hairy, 192, 194, 196 Ornithologists' Union Check-list of Ivory-billed, 188 North American birds, 310-312 Red-headed, 195 White, Samuel Albert, obituary of, 497 Three-toed, 475 Whitney, Gaiely, unpub. thesis, a study Wood warblers, 278, 281 of the voices of birds in Kansas, 197 Wren, Bewick's, 192 Widmann, Otto, obituary of, 454-457 House, 256, 262, 263, 332, 461 Wight, Howard M., unpub. thesis, a Wright, Bruce S., unpub. thesis, the study of the agricultural and environ- Black Duck in eastern Canada--a mental changes that have influenced study of the breeding ecology, 197 Ring-necked Pheasant populations Wright, Frank Smith, obituary of, 350 over a ten year period in Lehigh Wryneck, 263 County, Pennsylvania, 197 Wyoming, 16-35 Wilbur, Addison Prentiss, obituary of, 350 Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus, 65, 138 Wilkin, William C., unpub. thesis, the Xiphidiopterus, 13 osteology and myology of Anas Yamashina, Y., review by, 338-339 platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 197 Yeager, Ralph W., unpub. thesis, breed- Williams, George G., a captive Gannet, ing populations of Woodcock (Philo- 320-321 hela minor)--in central Pennsylvania, Wilson, Leo K., unpub. thesis, the 197 natural history of the California Jay, Yellow-throat, 65, 303 197 Yucatan, 146 Wisconsin, 18, 19, 30, 87, 140, 142, 146, 151, 154, 169, 193, 205, 295, 418, 423, Zenaidura macroura, 142, 264, 267, 462 432 Zimmer, John T., review by, 337-338 Wolfson, Albert, the seventy-first stated Zimmer, John T., see Wetmore, Alex- meeting of the American Ornitholo- ander, et al. gists' Union, 74-84; weight and fat Zonaeginthus pictus, 276 deposition in relation to spring mi- Zonotrichia albicoliis, 149, 209, 414-434, gration in transient White-throated 471 Sparrows, 413-434 albicoliis X Junco byemalls, 471 Wolfson, Albert, et al., research com- leucophrys, 64, 65, 425 mittee report on unpublished theses leucophrys gambelii, 351-365, 427 in ornithology, 191-197 leucophrys pugetensis, 363 Woodcock, 186, 197 nuttalli, 357, 361, 362, 364 American, 194, 195 pugetensis, 355, 362, 364, 426, 427