0LDVOL. SERIES,L } BULLETIN OF THECONTINUATION NUTTALL ORNITHOLOGICALOFTHE CLUB { NEWVOL. XLIISERIES The Auk • •u•rterlp •Iourn•l of ©rnitl•ologp

EDITOR WITMER STONE

VOLUME XLII

PUBLISHED BY

The American Ornithologists' Union

LANCASTER, PA. 1925

Entered as second-classmail matter in the Post Office at Lancaster, Pa. OFFICERS OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION PAST AND PRESENT.

PRESIDENTS.

*J. A. ALLEN, 1883-1890. CHAS. F. BATCHELDER,1905--1908. *D. G. ELLIOT, 1890-1892. E. W. NELSON,1908--1911. *ELLIOTTCOUES, 1892-1895. FRANK M. CHAPMAN,1911--1914. *WILLIAM BREWSTER,1895--1898. A. K. FISHER, 1914--1917. ROBERTRIDGWAY, 1898--1900. *JOHN H. SAGE,1917--1920. C. I•RT MERmAM, 1900--1903. WITMER STONE,1920--1923. *CHAs. B. CORY, 1903-1905. JONATHANDWIGHT, 1923--

VICE-PRESIDENTS.

*ELLIOTTCOUES, 1883-1890. CHAS.F. BATCHELDER,1900-1905. 1883-1891;E. W. NELSON,1903-1908. ROBERTRIDGWAY, [1895--1898. FRANK M. CHAPMAN,1905-1911. *WILLIAM BREWSTER,1890--1895. A. K. FISHER, 1908--1914. f1891--1894; WITMER STONE, 1914--1920. tI.W. HENSHAW, •1911--1918. GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL,1918--1923 C. Hart MERRIAM, 1894--1900. JONATHANDWIGHT, 1920--1923 *CHAs. B. CORY, 1898-1903. ALEXANDERWETMORE, 1923-- JOSEPHGRINNELL, 1923-

SECRETARIES.

C. HART MERRIAM,1883--1889. *JOHNtI. SAGE,1889--1917. T. S. PALMER,1917--

TREASURERS.

C. HART MERRIAM,1883--1885. *WILLIAM DUTCHER,1887--1903. *CHAs.B. CORY,1885-1887. JONATHANDWIGHT, 1903-1920. W. L. McATEE, 1920-

* Deceased. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

*J. A. ALLEN,1883-1921 CHAS.F. BATCHELDER,1891- *S. F. BAIRD,1883-1887. FRANKM. CHAPMAN,1894-- *WILLIAM BREWSTER,1883-1919. *CHARLESE. BENDIaE,1895--1897 *Mo•rAGVE CHAMBERLAIN,1883--1888. A. K. FISHER, 1895- *ELLIOTTCOUES, 1883-1899. JONATHANDWIGHT, 1896- 1883-1894; RUTHVEN DEANE, 1897-- H.W. HENSHAW, [1911--1918. WITMER STONE,1898- *GEORGEN. LAWRENCE,1883--1890. THOMASS. ROBERTS,1899-- C. HART MERRIAM,1883- ]•. W. NELSON,1900- ROBERTRIDGWAY, 1883-- C. W. RICHMOND,1903- 1885--1895; F. A. LUCAS,1905-1921 *CHAs.B.CORY, [1896-1921 W. H. OSGOOD,1911-1918, 1920- *WILLIAMDUTCHER, 1887--192Q. JOSEPHGRINNELL, 1914-- *D. G. ELLXOT,1887--1915. T. S. PALMER,1917-- 1887--1895;I-IARR¾ C. 0BERHOLSER,1918- LEOXaARDSTEJNEGER, [1896--1899. GEO. BIRD GRINWELL,1918--1923 *THOMASMCILWRAITH, 1888-1889. AR?H•ZRC. BEN?, 1921- *JOHNH. SAGE,1889-1925 ALEXANDERWE?MORE, 1923- *N. S. Goss, 1890-1891. JAMESH. FLEMING, 1923--

Officers are ex-officio members of the Council during their terms of office and ex-presidentsare members for life. Ex-officio members are included in the above.

* Deceased.

Electionshave been in November exceptin 1883 and 1884 (September) 1887, 1922 and 1923 (October),1907 and 1909 (December),1914 (April) and 1915 (May). CONTENTS OF VOLUME XLII.

NUMBER 1. PAGE WALTERBRADFORD BARROWS. By A. K. Fisher. (Plate I.) 1 GROWTH DEVELOPMENT AND REACTIONS OF YOUNG GREAT HORNED OWLS. By BessieP. Reed. (Plates II-IV.) ...... 14 NOTES ON Two GROUND-NESTINGBIRDS OF PREY. By Chas. A. Urner. (Plates V-VI.) ...... 31 THE SECONDARY REMIGES AND COVERTS IN THE MANDARIN AND WOOD DucKs. By W. De W. Miller ...... 41 NOTES ON THE BIRD LIFE OF NORTH DAKOTA WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE SUMMER WATERFOWL. By Frederick C. I•ncoln ...... 50 SOMESUMMER BIRDS OF LAKE OWEN, BAYFIELD COUNTY, W. ISCONSIN. By A. W. Schorger...... 64 NOTESON BIRDS OF THE LABRADORPENINSULA IN 1923. By Harrison F. Lewis. (Plate VII.) ...... 74 OBSERVATIONSAND BANDING NOTES ON THE BANK SWALLOW. By Dayton Stoner. (Plate VIII.) ...... 86 SUCGESTEDORNITHOLOGICAL WORK FORBIRD BINDERS. By Alfred O. Gross ...... 95 THE FORTY-SECOND STATED MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ORNI- THOLOGISTS'Ulx.•ION. By T. S. Palmer ...... 105 REPORTOF THE SECRETARY. By T. S. Palmer ...... 116 NOTES ON THE TAXONOMYOF ARDEA CANADENSISLINNE. By James L. Peters ...... 120

GENERAL NOTES. Sea-birds at Cape Lookout, North Carolina, 123• The Brown Pelican (Pelecanusocc•dentalis) in Ontario, 124; Abundanceof the Laughing Gull (Lar•s atricilla) about New York, 125; Black Skimmer (Rynchops nigra) at Long Island, 125; The Black Skimmer (Rynchopsnigra) at Ipswich, Massachusetts,125; Black Skimmerand Golden Plover in Bronx County, 125; Wilson's Phalarope (Steganopustricolor) in Bronx County, 126; A Remarkable Flight of Sanderlings,126; King Rail Nesting on Long Island, N.Y., 127; Nesting of Great Blue Heron in Boothbay, Maine, 128; Little Blue Heron in Massachusetts, 128; American Egret (Casmerodiusegretta) and Little Blue Heron (Florida caerulea)in Brooke Co., W. Va., 129; Correction, 129; Late Nesting of the Scaled Quail (Callipeplasquamata squamata), 129; Another Record of the Ruddy Quail-Dove at Key West, 130; Black Vulture at Grand Manan, New Brunswick,and Ipswich, Mass., 130; Swallow-tailed Kite in Southern Michigan, 130; Goshawksin North- iv Contentsof Volume XLII.

ern New Jersey, 131; The Barn Owl (Tyro pratincola)in Schenectady County, N.Y., 131; Barn Owl Breeding at Madison, Wis., 131; Richardson's Owl at Grand Manan, New Brunswick, 131; An Or- nithologicalEnigma, 132; Noteson the NestingHabits of the Northern Pileated Woodpecker, 132; Habits of the Flicker, 134; Will the Starling Learn to Migrate in this Country? 134; Bobolink in Colorado, 135; Domestic Affairs of Spizella p. passerina, 136; Violet-green Swallow in Illinois, 137; Prothonotary Warbler in Erie Co., N.Y., 138; Nesting of the Prothonotary Warbler in Northern New Jersey, 138; Prothonotary Warbler in So. New Jersey in Summer, 139; Pro- thonotary Warbler Feeding Young of Another Species,140; Con- necticut Warbler in Spring Migration in Central New York, 140; Mockingbird in Central New York, 140; Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottospolyglottos) Nesting in Cohasset, Mass., 141; Blue-gray Gnatcatcher and Carolina Wren in Minneapolis, 142; Notes on the Water Ouzel (Cinclus mexicanus)in the Mountains of Colorado, 142; Ruby-crowned Kinglet in Summer in the Adirondack Mts., 144; Robin Feeds Young House Finch, 144; Michigan Notes, 144; Notes from Luce County, Mich., 145; Further Notes on North Dakota Birds, 145; Notes from Manitoba, 146; Early Shooting and Some Late BreedingRecords for Alabama, 147. RECENT LITERATURE. Cory's 'Birds of the Americas,' 148; Kirke Swann's 'Monograph of the Birds of Prey,' 149; Abel Chapman's'The Bordersand Beyond,' 151; Heim'oths' 'Birds of Middle Europe,' 152; Recent Publications of the U.S. Biological Survey, 153; Chapin on the Weaver-Finches of the Genus Pyrenestes, 154; Riley on Celebes Birds, 154; Chapman on New Neotropical Birds, 155; Hellmayr on the Birds of 'Silla de Caracas,' 156; Recent Papers by Griscom and Dwight, 156; Pearson's 'Herons of the United States,' 157; Grinnell's 'Bibliography of Cali- fornia Ornithology,' 157; Mathews' 'The Birds oœAustralia,' 158; Life a•d Bibliographyof Salvadori, 158; Murphy ox•the Cormorants of Peru, 158; The Nuttall Club's AnniversaryPublication, 159; Note on the Crested Mynah, 159; Introduction upon Introduction, 160; The OrnithologicalJournals, 161; OrnithologicalArticles in Other Journals, 168.

CORRESPONDENCE. Bird Banding Traps, 171; The Bean Goosein North America, 173.

NOTES AND NEWS. Obituary: Adolph Herluf Winge, 174;William Daly Hobson,175; Personal Mention: J.P. Chapin and H. Lang, 175; Dawson's 'Birds of the World,' 175; Arnold's 'British Waders,' 175; International Congress on Bird Protection,175; Meeting of the Wilson OrnithologicalClub, 175; Meeting of the R. A. O. U., 175;Perso:aal Mention: R. C. Murphy, 176; Bird Refuge and Public Shooting Ground Bill, 176. Contentsof Vol•me XLII.

NUMBER II. PAGE OBSERVATIONSONTHE DOMESTIC BEHAVIOUR OF THE BARN OWL (Tyro pratincola). By Julian K. Potterand John A. Gillespie. (Plates IX-X) ...... 177 THE RELATIONSHIPS AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE WARBLERS OF THE GENUS COMPSOTHIJYPIS: A CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF THE ORIGINOF ANDEANBIRD LIFE. By Frank M. Chapman. . 193 A GRArHICMETHOD or RECORDINGFLIGHT. By Earl L. Poole. . 209 BIRDS'NESTS AT HOME. By E. A. Andrews...... 217 OBSERVATIONSONTHE SrOTTED SANDrIrER. By A. J. Van Rossem..230 AN OUTLINE or THE PRINCIrLES or THE NATUraL SELECTIVE ABSORr- TION or RADIANT ENERGY. By B. W. Cartwright and C. G. Hartold ...... 233 THE ORNITHOLOGICALCOLLECTION OF THE BERLIN MUSEUM. By T. G. Ahrens ...... 241 BIRD NETTINGAS A METHODIN ORNITHOLOGY.By JosephGrinnell. 245 THE HISTORY AND CHARACTERSOF VERMIVORACRISSALIS (SALvIBI ANDGODMaN). By OutramBangs ...... 251 A NEW RACE or SICALIS rLAVEOLA fROM SOUTHEASTERN BraZIL. By W. DeW. Miller ...... 253 THE EVENING GROSBEAK(HESPERIPHONA), THE ONLY AMERICAN GENUSOr A PALAEARCTICGROUt. By Prof. Peter P. Bushkin. . 256

GENERAL NOTES. Notes on the Black Skimmer in Maine, 261; Wilson's Petrel in Maryland, 262; White Pelicanat Lawrenceville,Ill., 263; Noteson TexasDucks, 263; European Widgeon (Marecapenelope) at Niagara Falls, N.Y., 263; King Eider in North Carolina, 264; Blue Goose(Chen caerulescens) at Sea-breeze,Fla., 264; Blue Goose (Chen caerulescens),in Maine, 265; A Pink-looted Goose taken in Massachusetts, 265; The Brant (Branta bernicla glaucogastra)at Charleston, S.C., 265; King Rail Wintering on Long Island, 266; Type Locality of Ardea herodias wardi Ridgway: A Correction, 266; Purple Sandpiperat Cape May, N.J., 267; Wfison'sPhalarope in Bronx Park, New York, 267; Notes on the Mating Habits of the SparrowHawk, 268; Habits of the Marsh Hawk, 269; Tyto pratincolain NortheasternIllinois, 269; Northern Pileated Woodpecker in Clayton Co., Iowa, 269; The Nighthawk in Alaska, 270; Another South Carolina Winter Record for the Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus), 271; Tyrannus verticalis in eastern Oklahoma,271; Northern Raven in Tioga Co.• N.Y., 271; The Star- ling (Sturnusvulgaris) on the Coast of South Carolina, 271; The first Labrador Record of the Starling (Sturnus vulgaris), 272; Further Notes on the Breeding of the Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) at Hatley, Quebec, 1924, 273; Harris's Sparrow in SouthwesternOhio, 275; White-crownedSparrows in Montgomery Co., Virginia, in January, 275; Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidonlun•frons) again Nesting in Balti- more Cc}unty, Maryland, 275; Progne elegansus. Progne furcata, 276; The Great Northern Shrike and its Song, 277; Bell's Vireo in Michigan, 277; Macgillivray's Warbler in Indiana, 277; Winter Wren vi Co, tents of Volume XLII.

in Michigan•278; A Double-yokedRobin's Egg, 278; UnusualNest- ing of a Robin, 278; Notes on Birds of the Labrador Peninsula in 1924, 278; Further Notes on the Birds of Hatley, Quebec,1924, 281; Two New Birds for Porto Rico, 282; One additional Copperplateof the Folio Edition of Audubon's 'Birds of America,' 282; Dates of Publicationof Mikan's 'Flora and Fauna of Brazil,' 283; Birds Caught by Burdochs,284.

RECENT LITERATURE. Murphy's 'Bird Islandsof Peru,' 284; Wheeler's 'Birds of Arkansas,'285; Sumner on the Stability of SubspecificCharacters, 286; Allen's 'Birds andBird Lore,' 287; Kirke Swann's' A Monographof the Birds of Prey.' 288; White's'Birds of Concord,New Hampshire,'288; Arnoldis 'British Waders,' 289; Califf's 'Permanent Bird Homes,' 290; Recent Papers by Kuroda, 291; Bannerman on Tricholaema hirsutum, 291; Riley on New Birdsfrom West China, 291; Oberholseron East Indian Birds, 291; Grinnell on Wild Animal Life and Natural Forests, 291; Murphy's Reportson the Whitney South SeaExpedition, 292; Crosby on Bird Banding, 292; The Illinois Audubon Bulletin, 292; Quail In- vestigationin 1924, 293; Report of the Chief of the BiologicalSurvey, 293; RecentPapers by LSnnberg,294; Report on the Fiji-New Zealand Expedition of the University of Iowa, 294; Mathews' 'The Birds of Australia,' 295; Fleming on a New Gull, 295; Miller and Griscom, on New Nicaraguan Birds, 295; Proceedingsof the Linnaean Society of New York, 295; Recent Papersby Peters, 296; Grote on Birds of the Grasslandsof New Cameroon,296; The OrnithologicalJournals, 297; OrnithologicalArticles in Other Journals,303.

CORRESPONDENCE. "Danger in Bird Traps," 304.

NOTES AND NEWS. The list of DeceasedMembers, 307; Obituary: Dr. Charles B. Penrose, 307; Dr. Charles E. Dionne, 308; Brewster Fund of the Boston Society of Natural History, 309; The Forty-third Stated Meeting of the A. O. U., 310.

NUMBER III. PAG• AN AvI• CITY OF THE SOUTH CAROLINACOAST. By Alexander Sprunt, Jr. (Plates XII-XV) ...... 311 ON THE UTTERANC]•SOF THE KINGBIRDTYRANNUS TYRANNUS LINN., WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO A RECENTLY P•ECORDED SONG. By Leon Augustus Hausman...... 320 SOMENESTING HABITS OF THE BELTEDPIPING PLOVER. By Gayle Pickwell. (Plate XVI) ...... 326 LEONARDBALDNER, SEVENTEENTH CENTURY SPORTSMAN AND NATUR- ALIST. By John C. Phillips. (Plate XVII) ...... 332 A FEW REMARKSABOUT CYCLARHIS GUJANENSIS CEARENSIS. By Elsie M. B. Naumburg...... 341 Co•te•ts of Volume XLII. vii

PAGE THE BREEDING AND WINTERING OF THE PALLID HORNED LARK IN WASHINGTONSTATE. By Walter P. Taylor...... 349 THE OUTER PRIMARY IN RELATION TO MIGRATION IN THE TEN- PRIMARIEDOSCINES. By CharlesK. Averill...... 353 SOMERESULTS OF BIRD BANDINGIN EUROPE. By Frederick C. L/ncoln. (Plate XVIII) ...... 358 THE GRAY-HOODED(•UAIL DOVE (GALLICOLUMBARUBESCENS) OF THE MARQUESASISLANDS XN CAPTIVITY. By E. W. Gifford. Plate XIX) ...... 388 NoTEs oN THE BreEDING HABITS OF SOMEGEORGIA BIRDS. By Thos. D. Burleigh...... 396 A FOSSIL BIRD'S EGG FROM T•E POST-TERTIARY MUD-ROCKS OF FIJI. By CaseyA. Wood. (Plate XX) ...... 401 Birds OF BAr•)S•OWN,NELSON CO., KEntUCKY. By Benedictg. Blineoe ...... 404 A NEw LEPIDOCOLAPTES.By Elsie M. B. Naumburg...... 421 A NEW HAZEL GROUSEFROM THE PROVINCEOF SZECHWAN,CHINA. By J. H. Riley...... 422 DISEASESOF THE RUFFEDGROUSE. By Alfred O. Gross...... 423 BIRDSOF THE BROWNSVILLEREGION, SOUTHERN TEXAS. By Ludlow Gr/scomand Maunsell S. Crosby...... 432

GENERAL NOTES. Black Tern at Brooklyn, N.Y. in Spring,441; Black Skimmeron Lake Ontario, 441; Cinnamon Teal and Black Brant in Oklahoma, 441; Mallard Duck Nesting in a Tree, 441; The White-wingedScoter in Louisiana,442; GlossyIbis in Colorado,442; Black Vulture (Coragyps urubu)in Michigan,442; GoldenEagle near Pensacola,Florida, 443; Ospreyat Guelph, Ontario, 443; Behavior of the Barred Owl, 443; Barn Owls at Chicago, 444; Unusual Nesting Site of Great Horned Owl, 444; StrangeBehavior of Great Horned 0wl in Behalf of Young, 445; Protective Colorationof Horned Larks, 446; Another Recordfor the Genus Corvusin St. Croix, 446; The Starling at Guelph, Ontario, 446; The Starling (Sturnusvulgarus) at Leetouia,Ohio, 447; Mountain SongSparrow in Oklahoma,447; Winter Habits of the White-throated Sparrow at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 447; Vireo bellii bellii at Detroit, Michigan, 449; The Status of Amoromyza Richmond, 450; The Cape May Warbler at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 450; Some Noteson the ConnecticutWarbler (Oporornisagilis) from LuceCounty Michigan, 450; A Retrograde Movement in the ConnecticutValley, 451; New and Rare Birds in North Dakota, 452; One Additional Copper-plateof the Folio Edition of Audubon's 'Birds of America,' 452.

RECENT LITERATURE. Brewsters Birds of the Lake UmbagogRegion of Maine, 453; Jack Miner and the Birds, 454; Mathews' 'The Birdsof Australia,'454; Balsacon the Ornithology of the Northern Sahara, 455; Townsend's'Sand Dunes and Salt Marshes, 455; Skinner's 'Birds of the Yellowstone viii Contentsof Voiume XLII.

National Park,' 455; Aves in the ZoologicalRecords, 456; Stoner's Sketch of the Life of Audubon, 457; Kirke Swann on the Birds of Prey, 457; Delacour and Jabouille on the Birds of Central Annam, 458; Chapmanon New South AmericanBirds, 458; Miller on Ptilosls, 459; Van Tyne on the Birds of CharlevoixCo., Mich., 460; Tugarinow and Buturlin on the Ornithology of the Yenisee Government, 460; Miss Sherman on the House Wren Problem, 460; Clark on Animal Coloration and Flight, 462; Recent Papers by Stresemann, 462; Papers on Neotropical Birds by Zimmer, 463; Papers on Bird Pro- tection, 463; EconomicOrnithology, 464; The OrnithologicalJournals, 465; OrnithologicalArticles in Other Journals, 473.

NOTES AND NEWS. Obituaries: Eugene Pintard Bicknell, 475; Tadeusz Chrostowski, 476; EugeneLouis Simon, 478; Ned Hollister, 478; Robert Oliver Morris, 480; Ernest Harold Baynes, 480; Mrs. Martha Evans Martin, 481; Meeting of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists'Union, 482; British Ornithologists'Union, 482; Baird OrnithologicalClub, 482; DelawareValley OrnithologicalClub, 482; Heath Hen Problem,482; The ZoologicalRecord, 483; Birds of Denmark, 483; International OrnithologicalCongress, 483; Personal Mention: S. P. Baldwin and T. W. Weisman, 483; H. L. Stoddard, 484; International Committee for the Protection of Birds, 484; Brewster Medal, 484; Papers at the next A. O. U. Meetings, 484.

NUMBER IV.

THE NES?INOOF THE KILLDEER. By Gayle Pickwell. (Plates XXI- XXIII) ...... 485 T•H BLACK SWIFT AND I?S HABI?S. By Samuel F. Rathbun. (Plate XXlV) ...... 497 BREEDING OF THE HERRING GULL (Larus argentatus) IN MASSA- CnUSH??S. By GeorgeH. Mackay...... 517 BIRDSOF ?nE BROWNSWLLEREOION, SOU?nERN TEXAS. By Ludlow Griscomand Maunsell S. Crosby. (Continued)...... 519 I•0TES ON T•E BIRDS OBSERVED IN T•E LOWER Ri0 GRANDE VALLEY OF TEXASDURr•G MAY, 1924. By HerbertFriedmann. (Plates XXV-XXlX) ...... 537 So•H NO?ESo• ?nE BIRDSOF ?UE BRANCUrORT, N.Y. REOION,1923. By Verdi Burtch. (Plate XXX) ...... 554 NEW BIRDSfOR PORTORICO. By Stuart T. Danforth...... 558 TnH B•RDsor TnE DES MOINESRAtres. By W. E. Praeger .. . 563

GENERAL NOTES. Double-crestedCormorant in the Connecticut Valley, 578; The Man-o'- war-bird in South Carolina, 578; The AmericanScorer in Florida, 579; HudsonianCurlew near Youngstown,Ohio, 580; Avocetat Wallop's Island, Va., 580; Swimmingand Diving Activity of the Spotted Sand- piper (Actiris macularia), 580; Diving of the Spotted Sandpiper, 581; Contentsof Volume XLI[. ix

Boreal Limicolae Summeringin Florida, 581; The American Egret (Casmerodiusegretta) in Eastern and Central Pennsylvania,583; The Egret in Connecticut, 584; An Egret and a Little Blue Heron in RensselaerCounty, N.Y., 584; Diagnosisof a new Genusof Buteonine Hawks (Coryornis),585; Kingfisherand Cooper'sHawk, 585; North- ern PilearealWoodpecker at Cummington,Mass., 586; StrangeNest- ing Site of the Chimney Swift, 586; UnusualOccurrence of the Chim- ney Swift, 587; Broad-tailedHummingbird Bathing in a Swift Flowing Mountain Stream, 588: The Dance of the Tangar•., 588; White- crownedSparrow at C,fharleston,S.C., 590;Henslow's Sparrow in Helderbergs,N.Y., 590; EnglishSparrows and Robins,591; Yellow- throated Warbler on Quaker Ridge, Mamaroneck,N.Y., 591; The TennesseeWarbler at a low Altitude in Vermont, 592; The Short- billed Marsh Wren Breedingin WestchesterCounty, N.Y., 593; Mountain Chickadeewith an Adopted Family, 593; Ruby-crowned Kinglet Nestingin Michigan,593; Changesin Bird Life in Amherst, Massachusettsin Twenty Years, 594.

RECENT LITERATURE. BenUs'LifeHistoriesof the North AmericanWater Fowl,' 595;La Touchse' 'Handbook of the Birds of Eastern China,' 595; Kuroda's 'Avifauna of the Riu Kin Islands,'597; Hachisuka's'Comparative List of the Birds of Japan and the British Isles,' 598; Canon Raven's 'In Praise of Birds,' 599; Miller and Griscom on New Central American Birds, 600; Todd on New Birds from Brazil and Guiana, 600; Mathews' 'The Birds of Australia,' 600; Recent Publicationsby Beebe,600; Grinnell on Introducing Alien Game Birds, 601; Esten on Nest Studies,602; Kalmbach and McAtee's 'Homes for Birds,' 602; Sun Brothers,602; The Buff-backedEgret in EgyptianAgriculture, 603; The OrnithologicalJournals, 604.

CORRESPONDENCE. A Plea for the Evidence,612; Out of Print, 612.

NOTES AND NEWS. Obituaries:John H. Sage, 613; Dr. Arthur Gatdiner Butler, 615; Henry Worthington Olds, 616; Richard Hunt, 617; Mrs. Sara Anderson Hubbard, 618; Col. Harry Copeland Benson•619; James Britton Purdy, 620; 75th Anniversaryof GermanOrnithological Society, 621; Dr. AlexanderWetmore, 621; N.Y. Meeting of A. O. U., 621.

INDEX ...... Page 623 ERRATA ...... " 650 DATES OF ISSUE ...... " 650 OFFICERS OF THE A. O. U. PAsr AND ih•r•ssN'r ...... " i COUNCIL OF THE A. O. V. PAsr ANO P•SEN'r ...... " ii CONTEN?S ...... " iii OFFICERS AND MEMBERS ...... • X• Contentsof Volume XLII.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

PLATES. Walter B. Barrows. Young Great Horned Owls (four, three and four views re- spectively). Vo Short-earedOwls (two views). VI. Marsh Hawks, Eggs and Young (two views). VII. Ring-billed Gulls, Adults and Young (two views). VIII. Nests of the Bank Swallow (three views). IX. Barn Owls Nest Site and Young (two views). X. Barn Owls (four views). [xI. Owing to an error in numberingthere is no Plate XI.] XII. Brown Pelican and Nest (two views). XIII. Brown Pelican Colony (three views). XIV-XV. Royal Tern Colony (two views each). XVI. Belted Piping Plover and Nest (two views). XVII. Leonard Baldner. XVIII. RossittenObservatory and Bird Trap. XIX. Gray-hoodedQuail Dove (two views). XX. Fossil Egg from the Fiji Mudstones (two views). XXI. Killdeer at nest (two views). XXII. Killdeer Nest Site on Roof (two views). XXIII. Killdeer Nests and Eggs (two views). XXIV. Skins of the Black Swift. XXV. Nests of the Sennett's Thrasher and Lornira Wren (two views). XXVI. Nests of the Vera Cruz Redwing and Gray-tailed Cardinal (two views). XXVII. Nests of the Texas Wren and Merrill's Parauque (two views). XXYIII. Nests of the Mexican Crested Flycatcher and Ward's Heron (two views). XXIX. Nests of Sennett's White-tailed Hawk and Mexican Ground Dove (two views). XXX. Golden Plover and Canvasback Ducks (three views).

T•xT CuTs. Map showingDistribution of Compsothlypisin North and CentralAmerica ...... • ...... P,a,ge 197 Map showingDistribution of Compsothlyptsm South America . ' 202 Diagramsof Bird Flight ...... Pages210, 212, 214, 215 Diagram of Nest Sites in SuccessiveYears ..... Pages218, 219 Diagram of Variation in Spectral Character of Sun-light . . Page 237 Feathers ShowingAbrasion ...... " 238 Bills of Coccothraustesand Hesperiphona...... " 257 Bills of Hesperiphona,Coccothraustes, Chrysomitris and Rich- mondena ...... " 258 Heads of Falcunculusand Cyclarhis ...... " 342 Map showingDistribution of Cyclarhisgujanensis cearensis . . " 345 Maps showingMigration Routes of Various EuropeanBirds Pages362, 366, 368, 371, 372, 378, 381 THE AUK

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Since its organization in 1883 the American Ornithologists' Union has held one specialand 42 annual meetings. Total Meeting Date Place FellowsMere- PresentbershiF I 1883,Sept. 26-28 1stNew York 21 23 2 1884,Sept. 30-Oct. 2 2d New York 16 143 3 1885, Nov. 17-18 3d New York 16 201 4 1886,Nov. 16-18 1stWashington 20 251 5 1887, Oct. 11-13 1st Boston 17 284 6 1888,Nov. 13-15 2d Washington 20 298 7 1889,Nov. 12-15 4th New York 20 400 8 1890,Nov. 18-20 3d Washington 20 465 9 1891,Nov. 17-19 5th New York 14 493 10 1892,Nov. 15-17 4th Washington 20 557 11 1893,Nov. 20-23 2d Cambridge 17 582 12 1894,Nov. 12-15 6th New York 15 616 13 1895,Nov. 11-14 5th Washington 19 667 14 1896,Nov. 9-12 3d Cambridge 14 673 15 1897, Nov. 8-11 7th New York 18 679 16 1898,Nov. 14-17 6th Washington 21 695 17 1899,Nov. 13-16 1stPhiladelphia 16 744 18 1900,Nov. 12-15 4th Cambridge 19 748 19 1901, Nov. 11-14 8th New York 18 738 20 1902,Nov. 17-20 7th Washington 25 753 20a 1903,May 15-16 1stSan Francisco 7 21 1903,Nov. 16-19 2d Philadelphia 19 775 22 1904,Nov. 28-Dec. 1 5th Cambridge 17 808 23 1905,Nov. 13-16 9th New York 17 860 24 1906,Nov. 12-15 8th Washington 24 750 25 1907,Dec. 9-12 3d Philadelphia 20 850 26 1908,Nov. 16-19 6th Cambridge 17 888 27 1909, Dec. 6-9 loth New York 19 866 28 1910,Nov. 14-17 9th Washingtov•'• 23 897 29 1911,Nov. 13-16 4th Philadelphia 18 887 30 1912,Nov. 11-14 7th Cambridge 18 929 31 1913,Nov. 10-13 .11th New York 28 992 32 1914,Apr. 6-9 :10th Washington 27 1101 83 1915,May 17-20 2d SanFrancisco 11 1156 34 1916,Nov. 13-16 5th Philadelphia 26 830 35 1917,Nov. 12-15 8th Cambridge 21 891 36 1918,Nov. 11 12th New York 14 953 37 1919,Nov. 10-13 13th New York 28 1024 38 1920,Nov. 8-11 11thWashington 25 1142 39 1921,Nov. 7-10 6th Philadelphia 25 1351 40 1922,Oct. 23-27 1st Chicago 24 1457 41 1923,Oct. 8-12 9th Cambridge 25 1652 •, 1 .•24_ Nnv_ 10-l.• 1.•t Plt•hnr•h 26 1637 The next regular meeting--the 43d Stated--will be held at New York City, November9-12, 1925.