Series, [ Series, •oI.XLIVJOld) BULLETIN OF THE CONTINUATIONNUTTALL ORNITHOLOGICALOF THE CLUBI VoI.XXXVII New

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Vol. XXXVII JANUARY, 1920 No. 1

PUBLISHED BY

The American Ornithologists' Union

CAMBRIDGE, MA88.

Entered as second-classmail matter •n the Post Office at , Mass. "Acceptancefor mailing at specialrate of postageprovided for in Section 1103,Act of October3, 1917,authorized on September23, 1918." CONTENTS

INMEMORIAM: WILLIAM BREWSTER. ByHenry W. Henshair. (Plates • and II.) 1 W•IAM BREWSTER.-- AN APPRECIATION. By John O. Oehring 24

MIDSUMMERBIRDS IN THEOATSKIL• MOUNTAINS. By Btante•Cobb, '•. D[ 46 NOTES ON THZ W•NTZa B•aDS O• SAN ANTONIO, T•XAS. B• Ludlo• Ori•com 49

SEQUESTRATIONNOTES. By Joseph Grinnell . 84 ON Pr•ellaria alba GM•. By Lever• Mills Loomis

Arthur T. Wayne ...... 92

BacaMa•'• Waa•=a Ba==m•o x• A•a•a•*. By E•nezt O. H•. (Plate IV.) 103 DgSC•IPTIO• o• I PaOPO•ED •EW •ACE OF THE KILLDEER FROM THg •OlSW OF

C• ...... 108

G•*• NOTZ•-- The Bl•ck 8•er on Long I•nd. N.Y.. 1•8; •o•her •eord of •h• •hi•8 P•lic• in Nsw York. 128; A No• on •8 Southern Ts•I. •8; 8w• (0•o• bu•o•) In •ern •inneso•. A Correction. 1•7; •lld Swan on •ng I•nd. N.Y.. 1•7; No• on 8om8 Shor• Birds of •8 Al•b•m• •lv•r. •on•- nul• in Nor• C•ol•. 180; Breed•n• o• •h8 •ou•g Dov• In •n•. 1•0; The •on•n•. 182; Th8 •wk Owl in North D•ko•. 182; PM•ed •oodpecker In

Peculiar Nes•g of Hs•l• Thru•e•. 18g. Th8 Bluebird l• •ub•. 140; •re or Unco•on Birds • •o•es•r. N.Y.. 140; No•es from 8•. •rk•. FI•.. 1•; Bird

liogr•ph• of •rt• Or•holo•. 1•2; Birds of •h8 •xp•di•ton •o •o•neh•

l•g; Dixon on •fid Ducks • ß •l• P•rk. l•g; •ecsn• •irc•s b• Forbush. Th8 Birds of •h8 •b•ross •x•di•on of lg•l•. 1•; •oker on •he Guano Birds of •. 180; 8coville'• 'The Ou•f-Doors •lub.' 182; Gi•ord's ' •i81d No•es on L•nd B•d• of •h8 Gal•p•os •nds.' 182; •11 •nd G•nnell on Lif• Zon8 Indicators

188; •on•tbu•on• •o •he Zoo•eo•ph• of •h8 Pal•rc•ic Re,on. 188; •nu•l 187; Th8 Food of Au•M•n Birds. 188; Th8 Ornithological Journ•s. 18g; Or•-

Obl•u•r%: Edward E•r• Br•w•r. 184; Obituary: Barron B•n•rd. 184; Comm• on Nomencl•ur• •nd Cl•slfic•on ofN. A. Birda 188; •rd of •h80•aw• •ussum. 188; Oldes• •emb•rs of •h8 A. O. U.. 188; •blic•o• of

•ork of •h8 C•l•or• Fish •nd G•m• Co•ssion. 188; Endo•en• of •h8 OL•VOL.SERIES, XLV. } BULLETIN OF THECON•NVXTXON NUTTALL ORNITHOLOGICAL0•'THE CLUB J• VOL.NEW XXXVII.SERIES, The Auk fll •uarterl•, •ourna! of •rnil•olog•,

EDITOR WITMER STONE

VOLUME XXXVII

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LANCASTER, PA. 1920 Entered as second-classmail matter in the Post Officeat Lancaster,Pa. STEINI•IAN AND FOLTZ LANCASTER,I•ENNSYL•rANIA. OFFICERS OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' L•NION PAST AND PRESENT

PRESIDENTS.

J. A. ALLEN, 1883--1890 CHAS.B. CORY,1903-1905. *D. G. ELLIOT, 1890-1892. CHAS.F. BA•CHE•)ER, 1905--1908. *ELLIOTTCOUES, 1892-1895. E. W. NELSON, 1908--1911. *WILLIAM BREWSTER,1895--1898. FraNK M. CUArMAN, 1911--1914. ROBERTRIDGWAY, 1898--1900. A. K. FISHER,1914--1917. C. HART MERriAM, 1900--1903. JOHNIt. SAGE,1917--

VICE-PRESIDENTS.

*ELLIOtt COUES,1883-1890. CHAS.B. CORY,1898•1903. CHAS.F. BATCHELDER,1900-1905. ROBERTRIDGWAY, I 1883--1891;1895--1898. E. W. NELSON, 1903--1905. *WILLIA• BreWSTER, 1890-1895. FRANK M. CHAr•AN, 1905-1911. A. K. FISHER,1908-1914. H. W. ItENSHAW,t1891--1894;1911--1918. W•T•ER S•ONE, 1914-- C. HART MEra•A•, 1894-1900. GEORGEBIr• GrsN•LL, 1918--

SECRETARIES.

C. HART MERRIAM,1883--1889. John It. SAG•, 1889-1917. T. S. PA•ER, 1917--

TREASURERS.

C. I-IARTMERmAn, 1883-1885. *Wr•L•A• DUTCHER,1887-1903. CHAS.B. CORY,1885-1887. JONATHANDWIGHT, 1903--

*Deceased.

14 3 3 7 MEMBERS OF TIlE COUNCIL.

J. A. ALLEN, 1883-- JOaN II. SAGE,1889- *S. F. BAIrn), 1883-1887. *N. S. Goss, 1890-1891. *WILLIAM BREWSTER,1883--1919. CHAs. F. BATCHELDER,1891- MONTAGUECItAMBERI•kIN, 1883-1888. FRANK M. CItApMAN,1894- *ELLIOTT COUES,1883-1899. *C•ARLESE. BEN•rRE, 1895--1897 A. K. FISHER, 1895-- Il. W. IlENSHAW,1883-1894;1911--1918. JONATUAN DWm•T, 1896-- *GEORGEN. LAWRENCE,1883--1890. RUTUVEN DEANE, 1897-- C. I-IARTMERRIAM, 1883- WITMEa STONE,1898- ROBERTi:•IDGWAY, 1883-- THOMASS. ROBERTS,1899- E. W. I•ELSON, 1900- CHAS.B. CORY,I 1885--1895;1896- C. W. RICHMONV,1903- *WILLIAM DUTCHER, 1887-1920. F. A. LucAs, 1905- *D. G. ELLlOT, 1887--1915. W. II.'OsGoo•), 1911-1918. J1887--1895; JOSEPH GRINNELL, 1914- LEONttARI)STEINEGER, • 1896--1899. T. S. PALMER,1917- *T•oMAs MOILWRAITH,1888-1889. IlAam; C. OBERUOLSER,1918--

Officersare ex-officiomembers of the Council during theft terms of office and ex-presidents for life. Ex-officio members are included in the above. *Deceased.

Electionshave been in Novemberexcept in 1883and 1884(September), 1887 (October),1907 and 1909(December), 1914 (April) and 1915(May). CONTENTS OF VOLUME XXXVII

NUMBER I.

PAGE IN MEMORIAM: WILLIAM BREWSTER. By Henry W. Henshaw. (Plates I and II) ...... 1 WILLIAM BRmVSTER--ANAPPRECIATION. By John G. Gehring . . 24 WILLIAM BREWSTER--REsOLUTION OF THE NUTTALL ORNITHO- LOGICAL CLUB ...... 27 THE WILLIAM BREWSTERMEMORIAL ...... 29 IN MmMORIAM:LYMANBELDING. ByA. K. Fisher. (Plate III) . 33 MIDSUMMER BIRDS IN THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. By Stanley Cobb,M. D ...... 46 NOTESON THE WINTER BIRDSOF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. By Ludlow Griscom ...... 49 TaE OCCULTSENSES IN BIRDS. By Herbert H. Beck ..... 55 BIRDSOF THE CLEARCRE•K DISTRICT,COLORADO. By F. C. Lincoln 60 SA•NrDPIPERSWINTERING AT PLYMOUTH•MASSACHUSETTS. By J. A. Farley ...... 78 SEOUES?mtTIONNOTES. By JosephGrinnell ...... 84 ON Procellaria alba GMELIN. By LevererrMills Loomis .... 88 NOTES ON SEVEN BIRDS TAKEN NEAR CHARLESTON•SOUTH CARO- LINA. By Arthur T. Wayne ...... 92 THE STATUS OF THE SUBSPECIFIC RACES OF Branta canadensis. By J. D. Figgins ...... 94 BACHMAN'SWARBLER BRmEDING IN ALABAMA. By Ernest G. Holt. (Plate IV) ...... 103 DESCRIPTION OF A PROPOSEDNEW RACE OF THE KILLDEER FROM THE COASTOF . By Frank M. Chapman ...... 105 DESCRIPTIONS OF A NEW SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES OF TYRANN1DAE. By CharlesB. Cory ...... 108 THE THIRTY-SEVENTH STATED MEETING OF THE AMERICAN 0RNI- THOLOGISTS'UNION. By T. S. Palmer ...... 110

GENERAL NOTES. The Black Skimmer on Long Island, N.Y., 126; Another Record of the White Pelican in New York, 126; A Note on the SouthernTeal, 126; Trumpeter Swan (Olor buccinator)in Western Minnesota. A Cor- rection, 127; Wild Swan on Long Island, N.Y., 127; Notes on Some Shore Birds of the Alabama River, Montgomery County, Ala., 127; The Black Rail at St. Marks, Florida, 128; Purple Gallinulein Nortb Carolina, 130; Breeding of the Mourning Dove in Maine, 130; The Status of Harlan's Hawk in Colorado, 130; White Gyrfaleon (Falco islandus)in Montana, 132; The Hawk Owl in North Dakota, 132; Pileated Woodpeckerin Morris County, N.J., 132; Unusual Habits of Chimney Swift, 132; Empidonax griseusin Nevada, 133; The Crow in Colorado, 134; Appearance of the Canada Jay at Moore- head,Minn., 134;Note on the Foodof the Starling (Sturnusvulgaris), 135; Harris' Sparrow in Michigan, 135; American Golden-eyeand White-crownedSparrow in Northern Michigan in Summer, 135; Lanius ludovicianusmigrans in North Dakota, 136; BohemianWax- Contentsof Volume XXXVII.

wings in , Ill., 136; The Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla ga?ula)_at Chicago,Ill., 137; Orange-crownedWarbler (Vermivora celatacelata) in Massachusetts,137; Fall Recordsof Mourning War- bler in Western Missouri, 137; Breeding of the Canadian Warbler and Northern Water-Thrush in New Jersey, 137; Hermit Thrush's Nest in Unusual Location, 138; Peculiar Nesting of Hermit Thrushes, 138; The Bluebird in Cuba, 140; Rare or Uncommon Birds at Roch- ester, N.Y., 140; Notes from St. Marks, Fla., 142.;Bird Notes on the WisconsinRiver, 143; Abundanceof PeriodicalCicadas Divert- ing Attacks of Birds from Cultivated Fruits, 144; Nomenclatural Casuistry, 145; SupplementaryNote on J.P. Giraud, 146.

RECENT LITERATURE. Van Oort's 'Birds of Holland,' 147; Taverner's 'Birds of East Canada, 147; 'The Birds of North Carolina,' 149; Hine on Birds of the Katmai Region, Alaska, 150; Witherby's 'Handbook of British Birds,' 151; A GeographicalBibliography of British Ornithology, 152; Birds of the Expedition to Korinchi Peak, Sumatra, 153; Swann's 'Synop- tical List of the Accipitres,' 154: Burns' 'Ornithology of Chester County,Pennsylvania,' 155; Mailliard's 'Notes on the Avifaunaof the Inner Coast Range of California,' 156; Bailey's 'Raptorial Birds of Iowa,' 156; Mrs. Farwell's 'Bird Observationsnear Chicago,'157; Hudson's 'Book of a Naturalist,' 158; Dixon on Wild Ducks in a City Park, 158; Recent Circularsby Forbush, 159; The Birds of the Albatross Expedition of 1899-1900, 159; Coker on the Guano Birds of Peru, 160; Scoville's 'The Out-of-Doors Club,' 162; Gifford's 'Field Notes on the Land Birds of the GalapagosIslands,' 162: Hall and Grinnellon Life ZoneIndicators in California,163; Dabbene on Argentine Forms of the Genera Geositta and Cinclodes, 164; Cory's 'Review of the Genera Siptornisand Cranioleuca,' 164; Chap- man on New South American Birds, 165; Oberholseron Larus hyper- boreusbarrovianus, 166; Contributions to the Zoogeographyof the PalaearcticRegion, 166; Annual Report of the Chief of the Biological Survey, 167; Shufeldt on tbe Birds of Brazil, 167; The Food of Aus- tralian Birds, 168; The OrnithologicalJournals, 168; Ornithological Articles in Other Journals,173; Additional PublicationsReceived, 178. CORRESPONDENCE. International Ornithological Congress, 179; Name of the Redslooted Booby, 180; OrnithologicalPronunciation, 181.

NOTES AND NEWS. Editorial Note, 182; Obituary: Dr. CharlesConrad Abbott, 183; Obitu- ary: Edward Everett Brewster, 184; Obituary: Barron Brainerd, 184; RecordingMigration, 185; Election of Officersof the Nuttall Club, 185; A. O. lJ. Committeeon Nomenclatureand Classification of N. A. Birds, 186; Bird Collection of the Ottawa Museum, 186; Oldest Members of the A. O. U., 186; Publicationsof the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 187; The South African Biological Society, 187; Dinner of the D. V. O. C., 187; Vogel der palaarktischenFauna, 187; EducationalWork of the California Fish and Game Commis- sion, 188; Endowmentof the Museum of Vertebrate Zoologyof the University of California, 188. Contentsof VolumeXXXVII. iii

NUMBER II.

PAGE A REVISIONOF THE GENUSEUPSYCHORTYX. By W. E. Clyde Todd. (Plates V-VI) ...... 189 OBSERVATIONSON THE HABITS OF BIRDS AT LAKE BURFORD,l•EW . By AlexanderWetmore. (PlatesVII-IX) .... 221 ADDITIONS TO THE AVIFAUNA OF THE PR1BILOFISLANDS, ALASKA, INCLUDINGFOUR SPECIESNEW TO NORTH A1ViERICA.By G. Dallas Hanna ...... 248 EXTRACTSFROM NOTES MADE WHILE IN NAVAL SERVICE. By W. T. Helmuth ...... 255 THE PLUMAGE OF GULLS IN RELATION TO AGE AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE HERRING GULL (LARuS ARGENTATUS)AND OTHER SPECIES. By Jonathan Dwight, M.D. (Plates X-•(IV) . . 262 THE SUBSPECIESOF BRANTA CANADENSIS (Linn.). By H. S. Swarth 268 DESCRIrTIONor A NEW NORTH AMERICANDUCK. By Wharton Huber ...... 273 FIFTH ANN-UAL LIST OF PROPOSEDCHANGES IN THE A. O. U. CHECK- LIST OF NORTHAMERICAN BIRDS. By Harry C. Oberholser 274

GENERAL NOTES. A Loon (Gavia immer) Caught on a Fishing Line, 286; Intestinal Caeca in the Anhinga,286; On the Nestingof the Black Duck in Ohio, 287; The Americanand European Widgeon in Massachusetts,288; Whist- ling Swan (Olor columbianus)in Massachusetts,289; Habits of the Two Black Ducks (Anas rubripes and Anas 'rubripes tristis), 289; Flight of Water Fowl at Washington, D.C., 291; Nesting of the Greater Yellow-Legs in Newfoundland, 292; Nesting of the Little Black Rail in Atlantic County N.J., 292; Maggots in the Ears of Nestling Cooper's Hawks (Accipiter cooperi),293; Age attained by the Hyacinth Macaw, 293; Curious Habits of the Whip-poor-will, 293; Aeronautes melanoleucus(Baird) versus Aeronautes saxatalis (Woodhouse),294; A New Name for PhaeochroaGould, 295; Great Crested Flycatcher in Massachusettsin Winter, 295; The Song of the Boat4ailed Grackle, 295; Clark's Crow in Denver, 297; Another Occurrenceof the Starling Near Montgomery, Alabama, 298; A Flight of NewfoundlandCrossbills, 298; EveningGrosbeaks at Valley Falls, N.Y., 298; Evening Grosbeak at Brantingham, Lewis Co., N.Y., 299; The Evening Grosbeak in Mon•.e Vista, Colo., 299; Some SparrowNotes from Madison, Wisconsin,299; Zonotrichiaalbicollis againin Colorado,300; The ProperName of the West African Serin, 300; The Louisiana Tanager in Massachusetts,301; Bohemian Wax- wing in , 301; The Yellow-throatedWarbler in Central New York--A Correction.302; The Louisiana Water-Thrush Breeding at Graniteville,AlLen County, , 302; Elminia Bonaparte Preoccupied,302; Toxostomacrissalis versus Toxostoma dorsalis, 303; The Wheatear (Oenantheoenanthe lencorhoa) in Eastern Pennsyl- vania, 303; Additional Notes on the Birds of Red Deer, Alberta, 304; Birds of Irregular Occurrenceon Long Island, 306; Rare and Un- commonBirds at Branchport,Yates Co., N.Y., 307; UnusualWinter Bird Recordsfor Iowa City, Iowa, 308; Notes on Winter Birds of the Missouri Ozarks, 309; Mesa County, Colo., Notes, 310; Some North AmericanBirds Obtained in Japan, 311; The Color of Natal Down in PasserineBirds, 312; Birds and Tent Caterpillars,312. iv Contentsof VolumeXXXVII.

RECENT LITERATURE.

Baldwin's'Bird Bandingby Meansof SystematicTrapping,' 314; Chap- man on New South AmericanBirds, 315; Cory's 'Catalogueof Birds of the Americas,'315; Witherby's 'Handbook of British Birds,' 316; A GeographicalBibliography of British Ornithology,317; Annual Report of the National Associationof AudubonSocieties, 317; Bulle- tin of the EssexCounty OrnithologicalClvb, 318; Hollister's Account of the National Zoo, 319; Cory's Review of the GenusRhynchocy- clus, 319; Recent Papersby Bangs and Penard, 320; Van Oort's 'Birds of Holland,' 320; Kirk Swann's'Synoptical List of the Acci- pitres,' 321; Dr. Shufeldt'sBibliography, 321; Stuart Baker on Egg Collectingand its Objects,32]; EconomicOrnithology in Recent Entomological Publications, 322; Pine-seedEaters in British Gar- hwal, 325; The OrnithologicalJournals, 325; OrnithologicalArticles in Other Journals,334; Additional PublicationsReceived, 338.

CORRESPONDENCE.

An "Occult Food Sense"in Birds, 339; The Searchfor Food bv Birds, 341;Ridgway's 'Birds of North andMiddle America, Vol. VI•II, ' 344.

NOTES AND NEWS.

Obituary: James Mellville Macoun, 346; A. O. U. Committee on Classi- ficationand Nomenclature,346; Migratory Bird Treaty, 347; Bird Reservations,347; Modificationin Federal Regulations,347; Pacific Northwest Bird and Mammal Club, 347; Complete Sets of 'The Auk,' 348; The Wilson OrnithologicalClub, 352; Correction, 352; Errata, 352.

NUMBER III.

NOTES ON SOME AMERICANDUCKS. By Allan Brooks. (Plates XV-XVI) ...... 353 RELATIVEABUNDANCE OF WILD DUCKSAT DELAVAN,WISCONSIN. By N. Hollister ...... 367 RECOLLECTIONSOF AUDUBON PARK. By George Bird Grinnell (Plates XVII-XVIII) ...... 372 COURTSHIPIN BiRDS. By Charles W. Townsend,M. D ..... 380 OBSERVATIONSON THE HABITSOF BIRDSAT LAKE BURFORD,NEW MExico. By Alexander Wetmore ...... 393 NOTES ON TItE BREEDING HABITS OF THE RUSTY BLACKBIRD IN NORTHERNNEW ENGLANd). By Fred H. Kennard. (Plates XIX-XX) ...... 412 THE GENERA OF CERYLINE KINGFISHERS. By Waldron DeWitt Miller ...... 422 ONTARIOBIRD NOTES. By J. H. Fleming andHoyes Lloyd . . . 429 SEVENTEENTH SUPPLEMENT TO THE AMERICAN 0RNITHOLOGISTS • UNION CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS ..... 439 Contentsof Volume XXXVII. v

GENERAL NOTES. Notes on the Black-crownedNight Heron in Western New York, 449; Bittern Displaying its White Nuptial Plumage, 450; The Knot in Montana, 451; Tringa Auct. versus Calidris Anon., 451; Early Vir- ginia Rail in New York, 452; Least Flycatcher in Michigan in April, 453; A New Name for Anairetes Reichenbach,453; A I•aven Pellet 453; The Purple Grackle at Albany, Georgia, 454; Note on the Gen- eric Names SchiffornisBonaparte and ScotothorusOberholser, 454; Evening Grosbeak (Hesperiphonavespertiaa) in Minnesota in Mid- summer, 455; Evening Grosbeaks Common at Lakewood, N.J., 456; Evening Grosbeaksat Princeton, N.J., 456; The Newfoundland Crossbill in the Washington Region, 456; White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera)in West Virginia 457; An Erroneous Kansas Recordfor Baird s Sparrow,457; A ScarletTanager at Thirty-fourth Street, New York, 458; BohemianWaxwing at Seattle, Washington, During the Winter of 1919-1920,458; BohemianWaxwing at Salem, Mo., 460; Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycillagarrula) at Rochester, N.Y., 461; BohemianWaxwing at Rochester,N.Y., 462; Autumnal Stay of the Parula Warbler in Maine, 462; The Blue-wingedWarbler (Vermivora pinus) on the Coast of South Carolina, 462; Hooded Warbler (Wilsonia citrina) at Detroit, Michigan, 463; Penthestes hudsonicushudsonicus in North Dakota, 463; Labrador Brown- capped Chickadee (Penthesteshudsonicus nigricans) at Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y., 463; Blue-gray Gnatcatcher in the Boston Public Garden, 464; The Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptilla caer•,,lea caerulea)at Quebec,P. Q., 464; The Russet-backedThrush (Hylo- cichla ustulataustulata) Taken near Charleston,S.C., 465; l•emark- able Migration of Robins, 466; Some Rare Birds for Yates County, N.Y., 466; Notes from Springfield,Mass., 467; Notes from St. Louis, Mo., 467; Merrem's Beytrage, 468; Erratum, 468.

RECENT LITERATURE. Mathews' 'Check-List of the Birds of Australia. Part 1,' 469; Mathews' 'Birds of Australia,' 470; MacGregor's ' Index to the Genera of Birds,' 471; Witherby's 'Handbook of British Birds,' 472; Itartert's 'Die Vogel der Palaarktisben Fauna,' 472; Chapman's 'What Bird is That?,' 473; Horsfall on the Habits of the Sage Grouse,474; Kirk Swann's 'Synoptical List of tbe Accipitres,' 475; Bibliography of British Ornithology, 475; Brook's 'The Buzzard at Home,' 475; The 1VebraskaWaterfowl and their Food, 476; Bartsch on the Bird Rookeries of the Tortugas, 476; Bangs and Penard on Two 1Vow American Hawks, 477; Kuroda on New Japanese Pheasants, 477; Freeman's 'Bird Calendar for the Fargo Region,'478; Grinnell on the English Sparrow in Death Valley, 478; Rowan and Others on the Nest and Eggs of the CommonTern, 479; Report of the 1Vational Zoological Park, 480; Ornithology of the Princeton ParagonJan Expedition, 480; Nicoll's Handlist of the Birds of Egypt, 481; Sacht- leben on Goldfinches,481; Carter's 'Shooting in Early Days,' 482; Recent Publicationson Conservationand Education, 482; A Fascicle of Paperson British EconomicOrnithology, 483; The Ornithological f.fJ•urnals onal Publications485 Ornitbological Received, 497. Articles inother Journals, 494;Addi-

CORRESPONDENCE. A. O. U. Luncheons,498; Popular Nomenclature,499; Precellariavittata Forster is not I-Ialobaena caeruleaGmelin, 505. vi Contentsof Volume XXXVII.

NOTES AND NEWS. ObituaryNotices: Frank Slater Daggett, 508; Horace Winslow Wright, 509;Thomas McAdory Owen, 510; Charles Gordon Hewitt, 511; JohanAxel Palmen, 511; Bird Banding, 512; The Permanent Funds •of,th.e A. O. U., 513;Annual Meeting of theB. O. U., 514;Annual lv•ee•ingofthe R. A.O. U., 515;Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society forthe Study and Protection of Birds 516; American Fossil Birds, 516;Handwriting of Ornithologists,516; Distribution of Ornitholo- gists,517; Personal Mention, W. H. Osgood,517; Alexander Wet- 517.more, 517; James L. Peters,517; Washington Meeting of the A. O.U.,

NUMBER IV. L•MI½OLINEVOICEs. By JohnTweadwell Nichols ...... 519 SIJMMERBiRD RECORDS :*ROM LAKE COUNTY MINNESOTA. By CharlesEugene Johnson ...... 541 IN TaEHAUNTS or C•RNS'WARBLER. By C. W. G.Eifrig 551 PA•r•,aND•,VELOPM•,NT •N T•,AL. By GloverM. Allen .... 558 NOTESON THE BIRDS or SOUTHEASTERNNORTHCAROLINA. By EdwardFleisher ...... 565 MIGRATIONAND PHYSICAL PROPORTIONS. A PRELIMINARY STUDY. By C. K. Averill ...... 572

GENERAL NOTES. RoseateTern (Sterna dougalli) Breeding in Virginia, 579; Egret in South Orleans,Mass., 579; The LouisianaHeron (Hydranassa tricolor ruficollis)at CapeMay, N.J., 580;The MarbledGodwit (Limasa fedoa)on the NewJersey Coast, 580; Marbled Godwit on Long Island,N.Y., 581;The Willet (Catoptrophorussemipalmatus semi- palmatus)in NovaScotia, 581; The Willetin NovaScotia, 582; Breedingof the SemipalmatedPlover (Aegialitis semipalmata) in YarmouthCounty, Nova Scotia, 583; The •owbird's Whistle, 584; .Danceof thePurple Finch, 584; Breeding of theEvening Grosbeak •Iouse Man.•parrowitoba, 585;(Passer AChange domesticus), inthe 586; Nesting Notes Habitson the of Acadianthe Common Sharp~ tailedSparrow (Passerherbulus nelsoni subvirgatus), 587; Notable WarblersBreeding Near Aiken,S.C., 589; The Yellow-throated Warbler(Dendroica dominica dominica) at CapeMay, N.J., 591; TheBlack-poll Warbler and Bicknell's Thrush at Yarmouth,Nova Scotia,591; The Summer Resident Warblers (Mniotiltidae) of North- ern New Jersey,592; A PeculiarlyMarked Example of Dumetella carolinensis,593; The HudsonianChickadee in NewJersey, 593; ThePlain Titmouse, a New Bird for Oregon,594; The Singing of the Ruby-crownedKinglet (Regulus c. calendula),594; Notes from SealIsland, Nova Scotia, 596; Some Summer Residents of Dutchess County,N.Y., 597;Bird Notes from Collins, N.Y., 598;Additions to the 'Birdsof Alleganyand Garrett Counties, Maryland,' 598 Rareand Unusual Birds in theChicago Area During the Spring of 1920,600; Items Relative to SomeCosta Rican Birds, 601; Obser- vationsof a RemarkableNight Migration, 604. Contentsof VolumeXXXVII. vii

RECENT LITERATURE. Townsend's'Supplement to Birdsof EssexCounty,' 606; Bannerman's 'Birds of the Canary Islands,' 607; Mathews' 'The Birds of Aus- tralia,' 609; Leavitt's 'Bird Study in Elementary Schools,'609; Hudson'sRecent Bird Books,610; 'Aves' in the ZoologicalRecord for 1917,611; Stresemann's'Avifauna Macedonica,' 611; Woodon the Eyesof the BurrowingOwl, 612; Murphy on the Seacoastand Islandsof Peru, 613;Dr. Shufeldt'sBibliography, 613; Birds of the NationalParks, 614; GameLaws for 1920,614; Peterson a New Jay, 615; Chapmanon Ostznopsß decumanus, 615; Lonnbergon 'T he Birdsof the JuanFernandez and Easter Island,' 615j Geographical Bibliographyof British Ornithology,616; SpringM•gration Notes of the ChicagoArea, 616; Nomenclatureof the Birds of Bavaria, 617; Van Cleve's'Acanthocephala of the CanadianArctic Expedi- tion,' 618; EconomicOrnithology in RecentEntomological Publi- cations,619; The Bird Interestin Iowa Lakes,620; Bird Limingin Lower Egypt, 621; The OrnithologicalJournals, 622; Ornithological Articlesin Other Journals,631; AdditionalPublications Received, 633. CORRESPONDENCE. PopularBird Names,634; Baker on the Birds of the Pleistocene,634.

NOTES AND NEWS. ObituaryNotices: William DutcheL 636; Herbert H. Smith,637; Nicholas AlexievichSarudny, 638; FrederickW. Headley, 638; Henry K. Oliver, 639; John H. Flanagan,639; Robert L. Maitland, 640; Note on Biography of Ludwig Kumlein, 640; GovernmentPublications on Birds, 640; Ornithologyof the Twentieth Century, 640; Meeting of the SwissSociety for Bird Study, 641; Meeting of the Royal Aus- tralasian Ornithologists'Union, 641; Gilbert White bicentenary,641; Rollo H. Beck, personalmention, 641; The WashingtonMeeting of the A. O. U., 641.

ERr•TaINDEX ...... Pa,,ge677643 DATES OFISSUE ...... " 677 OFFICERS OF THE A. 0. U. PAST AND PRESENT ..... " i COUNCIL OF THE A. 0. U. PAST AND PRESENT ..... " ii CONTENTS ...... " iii OFFICERS AND •/IEMBERS ...... " iX

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PLATES.

Plate I. William Brewster. II. The Brewster Museum and Cabin. III. Lyman Belding. IV. Nest and Eggs of Bachman'sWarbler. V. GenusEupsychortyx. VI. Distribution of Eupsychortyxin Colombia. VII. Lake Burford, New Mexico. Two views. VIII. Lake Burford, New Mexico. Two views. viii Contentsof VolumeXXXVII.

Vicinity of Lake Burford, lq'. Mex. Two views. Wing and tail pattern of Larus philadelphia. Two views. " XI-XIV. Wing and tail pattern of Larus argentatus. Two views each. " XV. Males of Barrow's Goldeneye chasing. " XVI. Barrow'sGolden-eye preening and goingthrough mating actions. " XVII. Mrs. Lucy Bakewell Audubon. " XVIII. John Woodhouse Audubon. " XIX. Nesting sitesof Rusty Blackbirds. Two views. " XX. Nest of Rusty Blackbird.

TExT-Ct•TS. Distributionof Eupsychortyx ...... Pa,,ge192 Bills of Barrow's and American Golden-eyes ...... 360 Skulls of Barrow's and American Golden-eyes ..... " 362 Trachea of Barrow's and American Golden-eyes ..... " 364 Letter from Mrs. Audubon to George Bird Grinnell . . . " 377 Diagram showingpigment areas of a bird's body .... " 560 Heads of Teal showingcolor patterns ...... " 561