OLDVOL.SERIES, LIV I BULLETINOF THECONTINUATION NUTTALLORNITHOLOGICAL OFTHE CLUB I VOL.NEW XLVISERIES, The Auk •u•rterl•, Jlourn•l of ©rnitbolog•,

EDITOR WITMER STONE

VOLUME XLVI

PUBLISHED BY

The American Ornithologists' Union

LANCASTER, PA.

1929

Enteredas second-classmail matter in the PostOffice at Lancaster,Pa. MEMBERS OF TIlE COUNCIL. *J. A. ALLEN, 1883--1921. FRANXM. CHAPMAN,1894- *S. F. BAIRD.1883--1887. *CHARLESE. BENDIRE,1895-1897. *WILLIAM BREWSTER,1883--1919. A.K. FISHER•1895- *MONT. CHAMBERLAIN,1883--1888. *JONATHANDWIGHT, 1896--1929. *ELLIOTTCOUES, 1883-1899. RUTHYEN DEANE, 1897-- WITMER STONE, 1898- Il. W. IIENSHAW,f 1883-1894.1911--1918. THOMAS S. RORERTS,1899- *GEo. N. LAWRENCE,1883--1890. E. W. N•LSON, 1900- C. Il. MERRIAM,1883- C. W. RICHMOND,1903- *ROBERTRIDGWAY, 1883--1929. *F. A. LucAs, 1905-1921 W. H. OSGOOD,1911-1918,1920-1928 *CHAs.B. CORY,1896-1921.1885-1895. JOSEPH GRINNELL, 1914- *WILLIAM DWrCHER,1887--1920. T. S. PALMER, 1917- *D. G. ELLI•r, 1887--1915. HARRY C. OBERHOLSER,1918-- ( 1887-1895. GEORGEBIRD GRINNELL, 1918-1923. LEONHARDSTEJNEGER, 11896-1899. W.L. MCATEE,1920- *THOMASMCILwRAITH, 1888-1889. ARTHURC. BENT, 1921- *JOHN Il. SAGE,1889--1925. ALEXANDERWETMORE, 1923- *N. S. Goss, 1890-1891. JAMESII. FLEMING, 1923-- CHAS. F. BATCHELDER,1891-- *EDWARDIl. FORBUSH,1926-1929 P. A. TAVERNER,1928--

Officers are ex-ofi•ciomembers of the Council during their terms of officeand ex-presidentsare membersfor life. Ex-ofi•ciomembers are in- cluded in the above.

Electionshave beenin November exceptin 1883 and 1884 (September), 1887, 1922, 1923 and 1926 (October), 1907 and 1909 (December), 1914 (April) and 1915 (May).

*Deceased. 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. *ELLIOTTCOVES, 1892-1895. FRANK M. CHAPMAN, 1911-1914. *WrLLIA• BREWSTER,1895--1898. A. K. FISHER,1914-1917. *RosERT RrOGWAY,1898--1900. *JOHN H. SAGE,1917--1920. C. HART MERRIAM, 1900--1903. WrrMER STONE,1920--1923. *C•As. B. CORY,1903-1905. *JONATHANDWIGHT, 1923--1926. ALEXANDERWETMORE, 1926-

VICE-PRESIDENTS. $ELLIOTTCOUES, 1883--1890. E.W. NELSON,1903-1908. FRANKM. CHAPMAN,1905-1911. *ROBERTRIDGWAY, 1883-1891.1895-1898. A. K. FISHER, 1908-1914. *WILLIAM BREWSTER,1890--1895. WITMER STONE,1914-1920. • 1891--1894. GEORGEBIRD GRINNELL, 1918--1923 I-I.W. HENSHAW, 1 1911-1918. *JONATHAN DWIGHT, 1920--1923. C. HART MERRIAM,1894-1900. ALEXANDERWETMORE, 1923--1926. *CHAs.B. CORY,1898-1903. JOSEPHGRINNELL, 1923- CHaS. F. BATCHELDER,1900-1905. JAMESH. FLEMING,1926-

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

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

*Deceased. CONTENTS OF VOLUME XLVI.

NUMBER I. PAGE IN MEMORIAM:LEVERETT MILLS Looms. By LouisB. B•hop. (Plates I-II) ...... NO•ES ON THE BIRDSOF COBBSISLAND, VA. By John F. Kuerzi .... 14 VARIATIONAND •)ISTRIBUTION IN TWO SPECIESOF DIGLOSSA. By John T. Zimmer ...... 21 IMPRESSIONSOF ENGLISHBIRDS. By CharlesWendell Townsend...... 38 CHANGES IN THE STATUS OF CERTAIN IN THE NEW YORK Cl•r¾ REGION. By Ludlow Griscom...... 45 THE NESTINGOF THE GREAT HORNED OWL. By L. L. Gardner. (Plates III-V) ...... 58 TEXAN HARI?ATS. By C. W. G. Eifrig ...... 70 THE FORTY-SIXtH STATED MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. By T. S. Palmer ...... 79 P•EPORTOF THE SECRETARY.By T. S. Palmer...... 92

GENERAL NOTES. The Herring Gull (LarDs argentaiDs)in the North Carolina Mountains, 100; Forster'sTern in Massachusetts,100; SootyTern (Sternafuscata) on Long Island. New York, 101; Sooty Tern on Staten Island, N.Y., 102; PomariDe Jaeger and Phalaropesoff shore in November, 102; LesserSnow Goose (Chen hyperboreahyperborea) in Quebec, 103; The Blue Goose(Chen caerulescens) at Virginia Beach,Va., 103; The Great- er Scaup Affected by Lead Poisoning,103; White Pelican in Chester County, Pennsylvania,104; AmericanEgret at ConneautLake, Penn- sylvania, 104; American Egret at SenecaFalls, New York, 105; Great White and Roseate Spoonbill Near Daytona Beach, Florida, 105;SomeRail Traits, 106; A Dead Clapper Rail Found at Lexington, in the Valley of Virginia, 106; Northern Phalarope(Lobipes lobatus) in Penna., 108; BreedingRange of the Northern Phalarope (Lobipeslo- barDs),108; Buff-breastedSandpiper at Brigantine, New Jersey, 109; Black-neckedStilt (Himantopus mexicanus)again in South Carolina, 110; The Possibilityof Tularemia in the Ruffed Grouse, 110; On Den- dragapusobseurus obscurus (Say), 111; Rare Michigan Records,113; Lewis's Woodpeckerin Rhode Island, 113; Red-headed Woodpecker in New Mexico, 114; Yellow-belliedSapsucker Winters in Brookfield, Mass., 114; The Identity of Trogon fulgidusGould, 115; Twig Gather- ing of the Chimney Swift, 116; Speedof Flying Hummingbird, 116; The Scissor-tailedFlycatcher (Muscivoraforficata) in South Carolina, 117; Gray Kingbird Nesting Near Pensacola,Florida, 118; Long- crestedJay in Quebec,119; Yellow-headedBlackbird in Pennsylvania, 119; SecondCanadian Record of Bachman'sSparrow, 119; Harris' Sparrow in Denver, 119; Barn Swallow Resting uoc ?ater, 120; White-eyed Vireo in SouthernMichigan, 120;Audu• o Warblernear Minneapolis,Minn., 120; Nest of Golden-crownedKinglet in Millelacs Contentsof VolumeXL VI.

County, Minnesota,121; Notes from Washington,D.C., 121; Addi- tions to the List of the Birds of Leon County, Florida, Fifth Supple- ment, 122; Some Vancouver, B.C. Records, 122; Protective Mimicry of the Chickadee,123; A Spider (Argiopeauranrta) and a Bird (Astra- galinustristis), 123; An Early Collectionof Birds, 124.

RECENT LITERATURE. Mrs. Bailey's 'Birds of New Mexico,' 125; Mrs. Sturgis' 'Field Book of Birdsof the Canal Zone,' 128; Van Schaick's'Nature Cruisings,'129; Hausman's 'Hawks of New Jersey,' 129; Robinson's 'Birds of the Malay Peninsula,'130; Grinnell on the Birds of Lower California, 131; Sutton's 'Introduction to the Birds of Pennsylvania,' 133; Phillips' 'A Sportsman's Scrapbook,' 133; Linsdale on Variation in the Fox Sparrow, 134; Mathews' 'Birds of Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands,' 135; Swann's'Monograph of the Birds of Prey,' 136; Havre's 'Birds of Belgium,' 136; Bangs and Penard on Chinese Birds, 136; 'The Heart of Burroughs'Journals,' 137; PelletUs 'Birds of the Wild,' 137; Bird Types in the Carnegie Museum, 138; Aves for 1927, 138; Madoh's 'Les Corvidesd'Europe,' 139; Further Notes on Birds in the Ecology of Spitzbergen,142; St. Clair-Thompsonon the Protectionof Wood- lands, 143; The OrnithologicalJournals, 145.

OBITUARIES. Peter Petrovich Sushkin, 149; Charles Sheldon, 150.

NOTES AND NEWS. A New Year of the Auk, 151; Attendanceat A. O. U. meetings,152; Field Trips at A. O. U. Meetings, 153.

NUMBER II. PAGE IN MEMORIAM:HARRY BALCH BAILEY. By A. K. Fisher (Plate VI).. 155 NOTESON YOUNG GOLDENEAGLES. By E. L. Sumner, Jr. (Plates VII-X) ...... 161 SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE NESTING OF A PAIR OF YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT . By Margaret Morse Nice ...... 170 SOMELETTERS OF BACHMANTO AUDUBON. By RuthyenDeane ...... 177 THE GENUSPHAEOrROGNE BAIn•. By W. E. Clyde Todd...... 186 How CANTHE BIRD LOVERHELr TOSAVE THE HAWESAND OWLS. By GeorgeMiksch Sutton ...... 190 RARE BIRDS IN CINCINNATICOLLECTIONS. By Amos W. Butler.... 196 UNUSUALBEHAVIOR OF BARN SWALLOWS. By FlorenceK. Daley ..... 200 NOTES ON SOME BIRDS OF TtIE CHISOSMOUNTAINS OF TrxAs. By JosselynVan Tyne ...... 204 LABRADORRrco•)s OF EUROrEANBIRDS. By O. L. Austin, Jr ..... 207 THE FLIGHTLESSCORMORANT IN CArTIVITY. By CharlesH. Townsend (Plate XI) ...... 211 LIMICOLAEOF THE STATEOF OREGON. By StanleyG. Jeweft...... 214 Contentsof VolumeXLVi.

GENERAL NOTES. The Summer Molt of the Razor-billed Auk (Alca torda), 223; The Wedge- tailed Shearwater off the Coast of Vancouver Island, B.C., 224; The Sooty Tern (Sternafuscata) at Stone Harbor, N.J., 224; A Flight of Ross's Gulls, 224; The Fall Flight of Geese to Louisiana, 225; Mi- grating Water Birds on a New Artificial Lake in Piedmont, Virginia, 226; The EuropeanCoot in America,227; SoraBreeding in Mississippi, 228; The Red Plumage Coloration of the Little Brown and Sand-hill Cranes, 228; Cranes CrossingBering Strait, 230; The Snowy Egret (Egretta lhula thula) at Avalon, N.J., 230; American Egret (Casmer- odiusegretta) at Williams Lake, York Co., Pennsylvania,231; Northern Phalarope at Madison, Wis.--A Correction, 231; A Lapwing from the Canadian Labrador 231; Snowy Plover in Haiti and Porto Rico, 231; Woodcock Carrying Young, 232; Woodcock Wintering in Massachu- setts, 232; Early Record of the PassengerPigeon, 232; Some Weights of Mourning Doves in Captivity, 233; The Field Marks of the Black Vulture (Coragypsurubu), 234; A Duck Hawk Views the Inaugural Ceremonies,235; Can the Cooper'sHawk Kill a Crow?235; The Barn Owl (Tyro alba pratincola)in Manitoba, 236; The Chuck-will's-widow in Indiana, 236; The Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorusrufus) in South Carolina, 237; Ruby-throated Hummingbird Wintering in Northern Florida, 238; PossibleReasoning Power in a Phoebe,238; The American Three-toed Woodpecker in Luce County, Michigan, 239; A Note on Brachygalba goeringi Sclater, 240; Northern t•aven (Corvuscorax principalis) in Rockbridge County, Virginia, 240; Bill Deformityin a BlueJay, 241; Red-winged Blackbirds Wintering in Ohio, 242; Snow Buntings Taking Insect Food, 242; Nelson s Sparrow in Maryland, 243; Natal Down and JuvenalPlumage of the American Sharp-tailedSparrow, 243; Gambel'sSparrow in Illinois and Michigan, 244; Hap]ochelidon, a New Genus of Swallowa, 245; House Sparrow AdoptsUnusual Methods of Feeding,245; Birds on Board Ship between Nova Scotia and New York City, 246; Notes from Long Island, New York, 247; Three Interesting Recordsfrom South Carolina, 248; Some Recent Records from Coastal South Carolina, 248; Winter Notes from South Florida, 249; Notes from Madison, Wisconsin, 250; Some Uru- guay Records,251; An Early Account of the Destruction of Birds at Niagara Falls, 251.

RECENT LITERATURE. Arrigoni Degli Oddi's 'Italian Ornithology,' 253; Skinner's Guide to the Winter Birds of the North Carolina Sandhills, 254; Napier's 'On the Barrier Reef,' 254; Astley's 'From a Bird Lover's Diary,' 255; Snyder on the Summer Birds of Lakes Nipigon and Abitibi, 255; Devincenzi's 'Birds of Uruguay,' 256; Schaaningon 'Birds from the Siberian Arctic Ocean,' 256; Horsfall'sBird Paintings,256; Dayton's 'Bird Rhymes,' 257; Chapmanon the Nesting Habits of Oropendola,257; Van Tyne on the Habits oœthe Toucan, 258; Swarth on a New Bird Family for the GalapagosIslands, 259; Slevinon the NestingHabits of the Golden Eagle, 260; Recent Papersby Harterr, 260; Farsky on the Food of European Birds, 261; Bond on West Indian Birds, 261; deSchauensee on a Collectionof Birds from Siam, 262: Taverner on the Birds of Bel- vedere,Alberta, 262; AnnotationesOrnithologiae Orientalis, 263; Naunzig's 'Zum Brutparasitismusder Viduinen,' 263; Recent papers by Bangs, 264; Peters, 264; Bede, 264; Brooks, 265; Chapman, 265; Delacour,265; Dickey and vanRossem,265; Friedmann,265; Grinnell, 266; Gross, 266; International Committee on Nomenclature, 266• Contentsof VolumeXLVI.

Kalmbach,266; Lincoln,266; Linsdale,266; Miller, 267; Murphy and Mathewa, 267; Nelson, 267; Peters and Griscom,267; Riley, 267; Rob- inson and Kinnear, 267; Strecker, 267; Swarth, 267; Todd, 268; Wet- more, 268; The OrnithologicalJournals, 268; OrnithologicalArticles in Other Journals, 276.

CORRESPONDENCE. A Note on Bernard Hantzsch, 278.

OBITUARIES. Jonathan Dwight, 279; Edward Howe Forbush, 279; Robert Ridgway, 280; FredericAugustus Lucas, 281; Col. WArtRobinson, 282; William Lyman Underwood,284; Cyril Guy Harrold, 285; Abel Chapman, 286.

NOTES AND NEWS. Dwight Memorial Fund, 288; Abbey Dawn Sanctuary, 289; Bird Box Specifications,289; Annual Meeting of the Baird OrnithologicClub, 289; AnnualMeeting of the DelawareValley OrnithologicalClub, 290; Annual Meeting of the CooperOrnithological Club, 289; Forty-seventh Stated Meeting of the A. O. U., 290.

NUMBER III. PAGE SUMMERNOTES ON THE SOOTYGROUSE OF MOUNT RAINIER. By R. A. Johnson. (Plates XII-XIII) ...... 291 NOTES ON THE UNIQUE METHOD OF NIDIFICATION OF THE AUSTRALIAN MALLEE-FOWL(LEIPOA OCELLATA) WITH ORIGINALDATA SUP- PLIEDBY BRUCE W. LEAKER. A. O.U. By Edwin Ashby. (Plates XIV-XVI) ...... 294 SOME PROCEDURES IN CARING FOR A RESEARCH COLLECTION OF BIRDS By Margaret W. Wythe. (Plate XVII) ...... 306 THE SOUTHWARD SHORE-BIRD FLIGHT ON THE NEW JERSEY COAST IN 1928. By CharlesA. Urner. 311 PHOTOGRAPHINGWILD TURKEYNESTS IN PENNSYLVANIA.By George Miksch Sutton. (Plate XVII) ...... 326 ArRIL BIRDSOF THE CAM•RGUE. By Francis Harper. (Plate XIX).. 329 THE RACESOF THE BARE-THROATED FRANCOLIN (PTERNISTES CRANCHI). By H. B. Conover...... 344 RELATIONSHIPS OF THE RACES OF PHAEOPROGNE TAPERA AND THEIR PROBABLESIGNIFICANCE. By Frank M. Chapman...... 348 NOTESON THE BIRDSOF HISPANIOLA. By Stuart T. Danforth ...... 358

GENERAL NOTES. SecondOntario Recordof Fulmarusglacialis glacialis, 376; A SecondTopo- type of Campephilusprincipalis, 376; Little Gull (Larus minutus) at Port Newark, N.J., 376; Larus minutusseen in upper New York Bay, 377; Greater SnowGoose on Long Island, N.Y., 378; Migrating Ducks Contentsof Volume XLVI. vii

in the Valley of Virginia, 379; Nesting of the American Merganser in Chihuahua,380; Florida Gallinule in Northern New Jersey,380; Egg- eating Habits of the Florida Gallinule, 380; Notes on the Roseate Spoonbill(Ajaia ajaja) in Florida, 381; Early date for Solitary Sand- piper, 382; Wilson'sPhalarope and Black-neckedStilt in SouthCaro- lina, 353; The Avocet in Georgia, 383; Black Vulture Nesting in Northern Virginia, 384;The Black Vulture Breeding in the Moun- tains of Virginia, 385; The Turkey Vulture in Westchester County, N.Y., 385; Field Identification of Vultures, 386; The Barn Owl (Tyro alba pratincola)Breeding in Colorado,386; The Barn Owl Nesting on the Lower Savannah River, 387; A Further Note on the Horned Owl and Goshawk Migration in British Columbia, 387; An Old Record of the Carolina Paroquet, 388; Crotophagaani in Pinelias County, Flor- ida, 388; Proper Name of the "Parauque," 389; Blue Jay in Denver, Colorado, 389; Feeding Habits of the Florida Grackle, 389; Yellow- headedBlackbird in Pennsylvania,390; Xanthocephalusxanthocephalus in Southern Mexico; A New Bird for New Mexico, 391; Breeding of the Dusky SeasideSparrow on the Mainland of Florida. 391; An Albino Savanna Sparrow, 391; Harris's Sparrow in Massachusetts,a New Record, 392; Lincoln's SparrowWintering at Jeffersonville,Montgom- ery County, Pa., 392; SummerTanagers and Other SouthernVisitors in Massachusetts,393; Black-whiskeredVireos on Florida Keys, 394; Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotariacitrea) in New Hampshire, 394; Worm-eating Warbler at Ipswich, Mass., 394; The ConnecticutWarb- ler (Oporornisagilis) in New Jersey, 395; Long-tailed Chickadee in Iowa, 396; Bird Notes from Piedmont Virginia, 396; Some Biloxi, Mississippi Bird Notes• 397; Notes from Berrien County, Michigan, 397; Summer Notes from Southern Illinois, 398; Order of Awakening of Some Arizona Birds, 399; Birds and Motor Cars, 399; Plates of 'Birds of Patagonia,' 399.

RECENT LITERATURE. Friedmann's 'The Cowbirds,'401; Saunderson Bird Song,402; Mackay's ShootingJournal, 404; BenUs'Life Historiesof North AmericanShore Birds,' 405; Audubon Bird Cards, 405; Hellmayr on the Ornithology of Northeastern Brazil, 405; Miss Cooke on the Birds of the Washing- ton Region, 406; Schantz's'Birds of Illinois,' 407; Lucanus' 'R•tsel des Vogelzuges,'407; Todd's 'Review of the Wood Warblers of the Genus]Basileuterus and Its Allies, 408; Mathews SystemaAvium Australasianarum,'408; The Illinois Audubon Bulletin, 409; Sa'ss's 'On the Wings of a Bird,' 410; Delamain's 'Pourquoi les Chantent,' 410; Henry and Wait on the Birds of Ceylon, 410; Guerin on the Hab- its of the Barn Owl, 411; Bangson Seicercus,411; Bannermanon Lam- pribis; Chapman on New Birds from Mr. Roraima, 412; Conklin and Morton on Food of Upland Game, 412; Miss Cooke on the Starling, 412; Mrs. Davidson on Australian Birds, 412; Griseom on Birds of Darien, 412; Hadley on Status of Hawks and Owls, 413; Harper on Habitats in the Adirondacks, 413; Lincoln on what Constitutes a Record, 413; Metcalf on Bird Parasites, 414; Meylan on Birds of Geneva, 414; Mitchell and Duthie on Tuberculosisin Crows,•414; Peters on Mallophaga on Ohio Birds, 414; Peters on Corvusmexicanus 415; Peterson Birdsof the Corn Islands?415;Reid and Gannonon Birdsin Henry'sJournals,•415; Riley:on Birds from S•sm, 415' Riley on Birds of the 'Mentawi Islands/416; Salomonsenon Carduelislin- aria, 416; Schestakowaoff-the Musculature of the Bird's Wing, 416; Snyderon Winter Bird• of Toronto•416; Swarthon FaunalAreas of viii Contentsof VolumeXLVI.

Arizona,416; Zimmeron New Birdsfrom South'America,416; Zimmer on Deconychura,417; The OrnithologicalJournals, 417; Ornithological Articles in Other Journals, 425.

OBITUARIES. Josiah Huntoon Clark, 426; Mrs Anne Maud CharlesworthLevey, 426; FrederickShaw Mitchell, 426; Dr. Leigh Hunt Pennington,427.

NOTES AND NEWS. Swarth's History of the Cooper Club, 428; Ornithological Journals, 428; Heath Hen's Status, 429; Swan Protection, 429; New Bird Refuges, 429; Dr. E. W. Nelson's Retirement, 419; Seventh International Or- nithologicalCongress, 429; PhiladelphiaMeeting of the A. 0. U., 430; William Vogt, Personal Mention, 430.

NUMBER IV. PAGE THE PURPLEGALLINULE (IoNoRNIS MARTINICUS)OF BARROCOLORADO ISLAND,CANAL ZONE. By Alfred O. Grossand JosselynVan Tyn• (Plates XX-XXIV) ...... 431 MARK CATESBY AND THE NOMENCLATURE OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. By Witmet Stone...... 447 THE NEST AND HABITS OF THE CONNECTICUT WARBLER IN MINNESOTA. By N. L. Huff (Plates XXV-XXVI) ...... 455 EGG WEIGHTSFROM EGG MEASUREMENTS.By W. H. Bergtold...... 466 NOMENCLATURE AND SYSTEMATIC POSITION OF THE PARADISE WHYDAHS. By James P. Chapin...... 474 ON THE USE OF A REFRACTING ALTAZIMUTH TELESCOPE FOR BIRD SERYATION. By Dr. Leon Augustus Hausman (Plate XXVII)... 485 BIRDSOF CHINA. By RufusH. Lefevre...... 494 NOTES ON THE BIRD LIFE OF NORTHWESTERNWASHINGTON. By Thomas D. Burleigh...... 502 THE Scots OWLSOF NORTHEASTERN AFRICA. By HerbertFriedmann. 520 THE REDISCOVERYOF THE ST. LUCIAN BLACK FINCH (MELANOSPIZA RICHARDSONI).By James Bond...... 523

GENERAL NOTES. Observationsof the Horned Grebe in Captivity, 527; Red-throated Loon in Northern Illinois, 529; Aak Flights at Sea, 529; Little Gull at Point Pleasant, N.J., 532; Golden-eyeNesting on the Ground, 532; Breeding of the Pink-looted Goosein Iceland, 533; CaspianTerns (Sternacaspia imperator)at Palmyra, N.J., 534; Ducks and Other Water Birds on the Reading, Pa., Reservoir, 534; Egret at Wareham, Mass., 536; Egret at PoconoLake, Pa., 536; SnowyEgret in Northern New Jersey 536; A White Heron Roost at Cape May, N.J., 537; Yellow-crowned (Nyctanassaviolacea) in Morris County, N.J., 537; Yellow-crownedNight Heron in New Hampshire,538; SomeShore- Contentsof Volume XLVI. ix

bird Recordsfor Northern Illinois, 538; Wilson'sPlover on Cape Cod, 538; Wilson'sPhalarope in Maryland, 538; Wilson'sPhalarope Breed- ing in Michigan, 539; Wilson's Phalaropeand Baird's Sandpiperin South Carolina, 539; The Boomingof the Prairie Chicken, 540; Do- mestic PigeonsNest Hunting on a Mountain Top, 543; Zone-tailed Hawk in Lincoln Co., New Mexico, 544; ScreechOwl Apparently Poisonedby Spraying Solution, 544; Insect-catchingTactics of the ScreechOwl, 545; Ani (Crotophagaani) Wintering in Florida, 546; Feeding Habits of Chimney Swifts, 546; Alaska Longspur in New Mexico, 548; Nelson'sSparrow Nesting in Minnesota,548; The Genus Brachyspizanot Distinct from Zonotrichia, 548; Savannah Sparrow Nesting near Reading, Pa., 550; Another Cardinal in Colorado,550; The Siberian Bank Swallow and Other Records from Point Barrow• Alaska,550; ConnecticutWarbler Nestingin Minnesota,551; Nesting of the ConnecticutWarbler in Alberta, 552; Identificationof Sycamore Warbler in Connecticutwas Satisfactory, 553; The Winking of the Water Ouzel, 554; Mockingbird Nesting Just Outside the Limits of Philadelphia,554LNotes from Northern New Jersey,555; Notesfrom Washington,D. G., 555; SomeAbnormal BreedingRecords from the South Carolina Coast, 555; Notes from Champaign County, Illinois, 556; SomeObservations of the Effect of a Late SnowStorm upon Bird Life, 557; Notes from Cobbs Island, Virginia, 558.

RECENT LITERATURE. Stresemaun's 'Aves' in Ki•kenthal and /Crumbach's Handbuch der Zo- ologie,560; Phillips' 'ShootingStands of Eastern Massachusetts,'560; Ten Year Index to 'The Auk,' 561; Mrs. Bready's 'The European Starling on his Westward Way,' 562; Proceedingsof the Sixth Inter- national OrnithologicalCongress, 563; Soper's'A Faunal Investigation of SouthernBaiTin Island,' 564; Reportson Collectionsof the Whitney South Sea Expedition, 564; Nicholson'sCensus of British Heronries, 565; Bulletin of the International Committee for Bird Preservation, 566; Hansman on the Woodpeckers,Nuthatches and Creepersof New Jersey,566; Riley on New Birdsfrom Siam, 566; deSchauenseeon New SiameseBirds, 567; Huber on a New Tachyphonus,567; McAtee and Beattie on Gourdsfor Bird Houses,567; Recent Papersby vanRos- sero, 567; Todd on Pachysylvia, 568; Burt on the Pterylographyof Woodpeckers,568; Miss Howard on the Avifauna of a Shell Mound, 568; Prof. Patten's 'The Story of the Birds,' 569; Wetmore on New Birds from Haiti, 569; the OrnithologicalJournals, 570.

CORRESPONDENCE. Common Sense and Nomenclature, 576.

OBITUARIES. Waldron De Witt Miller, 577; Herbert C. Robinson, 578; Anthony R. Knser, 579; Howard G. Lacey, 580; William F. Roberts, 580; George R. White, 581; Robert D. Camp, 581; John W. Achorn, 582; Jeweli D. Somborger, 583.

NOTES AND NEWS. Duplication of Publication,584; BrewsterMedal Committee, 584; G. M. Sutton, personalmention, 584; Seriesof 'The Auk,' 584; Complete Sets of 'The Auk,' 584; Herbert Friedmann, personalmention, 591; PhiladelphiaMeeting of A. O. U., 591. Contentsof Volume XLVL

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ILLUSTRATIONS.

PLA?rS. Levererr Mills Loomis. /.everett Mills Loomis. Nest and Young of Great Horned Owl (Three views). Great Horned Owls (Three views). V. Young Great Horned Owls (Three views). Harry Balch Bailey. Nest and Young of Golden Eagle. Nestand Young of Golden Eagle (Two views).• Young Golden Eagles (Two views). X. Young Golden Eagles (Two views). Flightless Cormorants. Sooty Grouse (Two views). Sooty Grouse. XIV. Mounds of Mallee-Fowl (Three views). XV. Mounds of Mallee-Fowl (Three views). XVI. Mound and Young of Mallee-Fowl (Three views). Trays of Bird Skins and Containers. Wild Turkey, Nest and Eggs (Two views). XIX. Three Views of the Camargue. XX. Purple Gallinule and Nest (Two views). XXI. Purple Gallinule on Nest (Two views). Purple Gallinules at Nest (Two views). Purple Gallinules at Nest (Two views). XXIV. Young PurpleGallinules and Photographer'sBlind (Two views). XXV. Nest and Nesting Site of Connecticut Warbler (Two views). XXVI. Eggsof ConnecticutWarbler and NestingCountry (Two views). XXVII. Telescopefor Bird Study.

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