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CONTENTS

IN MEMORIAM: WILLIAM BREWSTER. By Henry W. Henshair. (Plates • and II.) 1

W•IAM BREWSTER.-- AN APPRECIATION. By John O. Oehring 24

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

SEQUESTRATION NOTES. 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• SERIES, } CON•NVXTXON 0•' THE J NEW SERIES, VOL. XLV. BULLETIN OF THE NUTTALL ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB • VOL. XXXVII.

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VOLUME XXXVII

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LANCASTER, I•ENNSYL•rANIA.

OFFICERS OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' L•NION PAST AND PRESENT

PRESIDENTS.

J. A. ALLEN, 1883--1890 *D. G. ELLIOT, 1890-1892. *ELLIOTT COUES, 1892-1895. *WILLIAM BREWSTER, 1895--1898. ROBERT RIDGWAY, 1898--1900. C. HART MERriAM, 1900--1903.

CHAS. B. CORY, 1903-1905. CHAS. F. BA•CHE•)ER, 1905--1908. E. W. NELSON, 1908--1911. FraNK M. CUArMAN, 1911--1914. A. K. FISHER, 1914--1917. JOHN It. SAGE, 1917--

VICE-PRESIDENTS.

*ELLIOtt COUES, 1883-1890.

I 1883--1891; ROBERT RIDGWAY, 1895--1898. *WILLIA• BreWSTER, 1890-1895.

t 1891--1894; H. W. ItENSHAW, 1911--1918. C. HART MEra•A•, 1894-1900.

CHAS. B. CORY, 1898•1903. CHAS. F. BATCHELDER, 1900-1905. E. W. NELSON, 1903--1905. FRANK M. CHAr•AN, 1905-1911. A. K. FISHER, 1908-1914. W•T•ER S•ONE, 1914-- GEORGE BIr• GrsN•LL, 1918--

SECRETARIES.

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

TREASURERS.

C. I-IART MERmAn, 1883-1885. *Wr•L•A• DUTCHER, 1887-1903. CHAS. B. CORY, 1885-1887. JONATHAN DWIGHT, 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- MONTAGUE CItAMBERI•kIN, 1883-1888. FRANK M. CItApMAN, 1894-

*ELLIOTT COUES, 1883-1899.

1883-1894; Il. W. IlENSHAW, 1911--1918. *GEORGE N. LAWRENCE, 1883--1890.

C. I-IART MERRIAM, 1883- ROBERT i:•IDGWAY, 1883--

I 1885--1895; CHAS. B. CORY, 1896- *WILLIAM DUTCHER, 1887-1920. *D. G. ELLlOT, 1887--1915.

J 1887--1895; LEONttARI) STEINEGER, • 1896--1899.

*T•oMAs MOILWRAITH, 1888-1889.

*C•ARLES E. BEN•rRE, 1895--1897 A. K. FISHER, 1895-- JONATUAN DWm•T, 1896-- RUTUVEN DEANE, 1897-- WITMEa STONE, 1898- THOMAS S. ROBERTS, 1899- E. W. I•ELSON, 1900- C. W. RICHMONV, 1903- F. A. LucAs, 1905- W. II.'OsGoo•), 1911-1918. JOSEPH GRINNELL, 1914- T. S. PALMER, 1917- IlAam; C. OBERUOLSER, 1918--

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

*Deceased.

Elections have been in November except in 1883 and 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--AN APPRECIATION. By John G. Gehring . . 24 WILLIAM BREWSTER--REsOLUTION OF THE NUTTALL ORNITHO-

LOGICAL CLUB ................. 27 THE WILLIAM BREWSTER MEMORIAL ........... 29 IN MmMORIAM: LYMANBELDING. ByA. K. Fisher. (Plate III) . 33 MIDSUMMER BIRDS IN THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. By Stanley

Cobb, M. D ................... 46 NOTES ON THE WINTER BIRDS OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. By Ludlow

Griscom ................... 49 TaE OCCULT SENSES IN BIRDS. By Herbert H. Beck ..... 55 BIRDS OF THE CLEAR CRE•K DISTRICT, COLORADO. By F. C. Lincoln 60 SA•NrDPIPERS WINTERING AT PLYMOUTH• MASSACHUSETTS. By J. A.

Farley .................... 78 SEOUES?mtTION NOTES. By Joseph Grinnell ........ 84 ON Procellaria alba GMELIN. By Levererr Mills 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'S WARBLER BRmEDING IN ALABAMA. By Ernest G. Holt.

(Plate IV) .................. 103 DESCRIPTION OF A PROPOSED NEW RACE OF THE KILLDEER FROM

THE COAST OF PERU. By Frank M. Chapman ...... 105 DESCRIPTIONS OF A NEW SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES OF TYRANN1DAE.

By Charles B. 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 Southern Teal, 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 Gallinule in 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 Woodpecker in Morris County, N.J., 132; Unusual Habits of Chimney Swift, 132; Empidonax griseus in Nevada, 133; The Crow in Colorado, 134; Appearance of the Canada Jay at Moore- head, Minn., 134; Note on the Food of the Starling (Sturnus vulgaris), 135; Harris' Sparrow in Michigan, 135; American Golden-eye and White-crowned Sparrow in Northern Michigan in Summer, 135; Lanius ludovicianus migrans in North Dakota, 136; Bohemian Wax-

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wings in Chicago, Ill., 136; The Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla ga?ula)_at Chicago, Ill., 137; Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata celata) in Massachusetts, 137; Fall Records of 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 Wisconsin River, 143; Abundance of Periodical Cicadas Divert- ing Attacks of Birds from Cultivated Fruits, 144; Nomenclatural Casuistry, 145; Supplementary Note 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 Geographical Bibliography 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 Avifauna of the Inner Coast Range of California,' 156; Bailey's 'Raptorial Birds of Iowa,' 156; Mrs. Farwell's 'Bird Observations near Chicago,' 157; Hudson's 'Book of a Naturalist,' 158; Dixon on Wild Ducks in a City Park, 158; Recent Circulars by 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 Galapagos Islands,' 162: Hall and Grinnell on Life Zone Indicators in California, 163; Dabbene on Argentine Forms of the Genera Geositta and Cinclodes, 164; Cory's 'Review of the Genera Siptornis and Cranioleuca,' 164; Chap- man on New South American Birds, 165; Oberholser on Larus hyper- boreus barrovianus, 166; Contributions to the Zoogeography of the Palaearctic Region, 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 Ornithological Journals, 168; Ornithological Articles in Other Journals, 173; Additional Publications Received, 178.

CORRESPONDENCE.

International Ornithological Congress, 179; Name of the Redslooted Booby, 180; Ornithological Pronunciation, 181.

NOTES AND NEWS.

Editorial Note, 182; Obituary: Dr. Charles Conrad Abbott, 183; Obitu- ary: Edward Everett Brewster, 184; Obituary: Barron Brainerd, 184; Recording Migration, 185; Election of Officers of the Nuttall Club, 185; A. O. lJ. Committee on Nomenclature and Classification of N. A. Birds, 186; Bird Collection of the Ottawa Museum, 186; Oldest Members of the A. O. U., 186; Publications of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 187; The South African Biological Society, 187; Dinner of the D. V. O. C., 187; Vogel der palaarktischen Fauna, 187; Educational Work of the California Fish and Game Commis- sion, 188; Endowment of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology of the University of California, 188.

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NUMBER II.

PAGE

A REVISION OF THE GENUS EUPSYCHORTYX. By W. E. Clyde Todd. (Plates V-VI) ................. 189

OBSERVATIONS ON THE HABITS OF BIRDS AT LAKE BURFORD, l•EW MExico. By Alexander Wetmore. (PlatesVII-IX) .... 221

ADDITIONS TO THE AVIFAUNA OF THE PR1BILOF ISLANDS, ALASKA, INCLUDING FOUR SPECIES NEW TO NORTH A1ViERICA. By G. Dallas Hanna ................. 248

EXTRACTS FROM 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 SUBSPECIES OF BRANTA CANADENSIS (Linn.). By H. S. Swarth 268 DESCRIrTION or A NEW NORTH AMERICAN DUCK. By Wharton

Huber .................... 273 FIFTH ANN-UAL LIST OF PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE A. O. U. CHECK-

LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN 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 Nesting of the Black Duck in Ohio, 287; The American and 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 Phaeochroa Gould, 295; Great Crested Flycatcher in Massachusetts in Winter, 295; The Song of the Boat4ailed Grackle, 295; Clark's Crow in Denver, 297; Another Occurrence of the Starling Near Montgomery, Alabama, 298; A Flight of Newfoundland Crossbills, 298; Evening Grosbeaks 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 Sparrow Notes from Madison, Wisconsin, 299; Zonotrichia albicollis again in Colorado, 300; The Proper Name of the West African Serin, 300; The Louisiana Tanager in Massachusetts, 301; Bohemian Wax- wing in Illinois, 301; The Yellow-throated Warbler in Central New York--A Correction. 302; The Louisiana Water-Thrush Breeding at Graniteville, AlLen County, South Carolina, 302; Elminia Bonaparte Preoccupied, 302; Toxostoma crissalis versus Toxostoma dorsalis, 303; The Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe lencorhoa) in Eastern Pennsyl- vania, 303; Additional Notes on the Birds of Red Deer, Alberta, 304; Birds of Irregular Occurrence on Long Island, 306; Rare and Un- common Birds at Branchport, Yates Co., N.Y., 307; Unusual Winter Bird Records for Iowa City, Iowa, 308; Notes on Winter Birds of the Missouri Ozarks, 309; Mesa County, Colo., Notes, 310; Some North American Birds Obtained in Japan, 311; The Color of Natal Down in Passerine Birds, 312; Birds and Tent Caterpillars, 312.

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RECENT LITERATURE.

Baldwin's 'Bird Banding by Means of Systematic Trapping,' 314; Chap- man on New South American Birds, 315; Cory's 'Catalogue of Birds of the Americas,' 315; Witherby's 'Handbook of British Birds,' 316; A Geographical Bibliography of British Ornithology, 317; Annual Report of the National Association of Audubon Societies, 317; Bulle- tin of the Essex County Ornithological Clvb, 318; Hollister's Account of the National Zoo, 319; Cory's Review of the Genus Rhynchocy- clus, 319; Recent Papers by Bangs and Penard, 320; Van Oort's 'Birds of Holland,' 320; Kirk Swann's 'Synoptical List of the Acci- pitres,' 321; Dr. Shufeldt's Bibliography, 321; Stuart Baker on Egg Collecting and its Objects, 32]; Economic Ornithology in Recent Entomological Publications, 322; Pine-seed Eaters in British Gar- hwal, 325; The Ornithological Journals, 325; Ornithological Articles in Other Journals, 334; Additional Publications Received, 338.

CORRESPONDENCE.

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

NOTES AND NEWS.

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

NUMBER III.

NOTES ON SOME AMERICAN DUCKS. By Allan Brooks. (Plates XV-XVI) .................. 353

RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF WILD DUCKS AT DELAVAN, WISCONSIN. By N. Hollister ................ 367

RECOLLECTIONS OF AUDUBON PARK. By George Bird Grinnell (Plates XVII-XVIII) .............. 372

COURTSHIP IN BiRDS. By Charles W. Townsend, M. D ..... 380 OBSERVATIONS ON THE HABITS OF BIRDS AT LAKE BURFORD, NEW

MExico. By Alexander Wetmore .......... 393 NOTES ON TItE BREEDING HABITS OF THE RUSTY BLACKBIRD IN

NORTHERN NEW ENGLANd). By Fred H. Kennard. (Plates XIX-XX) .................. 412

THE GENERA OF CERYLINE KINGFISHERS. By Waldron DeWitt Miller .................... 422

ONTARIO BIRD NOTES. By J. H. Fleming andHoyes Lloyd . . . 429 SEVENTEENTH SUPPLEMENT TO THE AMERICAN 0RNITHOLOGISTS •

UNION CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS ..... 439

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GENERAL NOTES.

Notes on the Black-crowned Night 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 Schiffornis Bonaparte and Scotothorus Oberholser, 454; Evening Grosbeak (Hesperiphona vespertiaa) in Minnesota in Mid- summer, 455; Evening Grosbeaks Common at Lakewood, N.J., 456; Evening Grosbeaks at Princeton, N.J., 456; The Newfoundland Crossbill in the Washington Region, 456; White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera) in West Virginia 457; An Erroneous Kansas Record for Baird s Sparrow, 457; A Scarlet Tanager at Thirty-fourth Street, New York, 458; Bohemian Waxwing at Seattle, Washington, During the Winter of 1919-1920, 458; Bohemian Waxwing at Salem, Mo., 460; Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrula) at Rochester, N.Y., 461; Bohemian Waxwing at Rochester, N.Y., 462; Autumnal Stay of the Parula Warbler in Maine, 462; The Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora pinus) on the Coast of South Carolina, 462; Hooded Warbler (Wilsonia citrina) at Detroit, Michigan, 463; Penthestes hudsonicus hudsonicus in North Dakota, 463; Labrador Brown- capped Chickadee (Penthestes hudsonicus 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-backed Thrush (Hylo- cichla ustulata ustulata) 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 1Vebraska Waterfowl 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 Common Tern, 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 Publications on Conservation and Education, 482; A Fascicle of Papers on British Economic Ornithology, 483; The Ornithological fJ•urnals 485 Ornitbological Articles in other Journals, 494; Addi- f. onal Publications Received, 497.

CORRESPONDENCE.

A. O. U. Luncheons, 498; Popular Nomenclature, 499; Precellaria vittata Forster is not I-Ialobaena caerulea Gmelin, 505.

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NOTES AND NEWS.

Obituary Notices: Frank Slater Daggett, 508; Horace Winslow Wright, 509; Thomas McAdory Owen, 510; Charles Gordon Hewitt, 511; Johan Axel Palmen, 511; Bird Banding, 512; The Permanent Funds •of, th.e A. O. U., 513; Annual Meeting of the B. O. U., 514; Annual lv•ee•ing of the R. A. O. U., 515; Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for the 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- more, 517; James L. Peters, 517; Washington Meeting of the A. O. U., 517.

NUMBER IV.

L•MI½OLINE VOICEs. By John Tweadwell Nichols ...... 519 SIJMMER BiRD RECORDS :*ROM LAKE COUNTY MINNESOTA. By

Charles Eugene Johnson .............. 541 IN TaE HAUNTS or C•RNS' WARBLER. By C. W. G. Eifrig 551 PA•r•,aN D•,VELOPM•,NT •N T•,AL. By Glover M. Allen .... 558 NOTES ON THE BIRDS or SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. By

Edward Fleisher ................ 565 MIGRATION AND PHYSICAL PROPORTIONS. A PRELIMINARY STUDY.

By C. K. Averill ................ 572

GENERAL NOTES.

Roseate Tern (Sterna dougalli) Breeding in Virginia, 579; Egret in South Orleans, Mass., 579; The Louisiana Heron (Hydranassa tricolor ruficollis) at Cape May, N.J., 580; The Marbled Godwit (Limasa fedoa) on the New Jersey Coast, 580; Marbled Godwit on Long Island, N.Y., 581; The Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus semi- palmatus) in Nova Scotia, 581; The Willet in Nova Scotia, 582; Breeding of the Semipalmated Plover (Aegialitis semipalmata) in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, 583; The •owbird's Whistle, 584; .Dance of the Purple Finch, 584; Breeding of the Evening Grosbeak •I Man. itoba, 585; A Change in the Nesting Habits of the Common ouse •parrow (Passer domesticus), 586; Notes on the Acadian Sharp~ tailed Sparrow (Passerherbulus nelsoni subvirgatus), 587; Notable Warblers Breeding Near Aiken, S.C., 589; The Yellow-throated Warbler (Dendroica dominica dominica) at Cape May, N.J., 591; The Black-poll Warbler and Bicknell's Thrush at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, 591; The Summer Resident Warblers (Mniotiltidae) of North- ern New Jersey, 592; A Peculiarly Marked Example of Dumetella carolinensis, 593; The Hudsonian Chickadee in New Jersey, 593; The Plain Titmouse, a New Bird for Oregon, 594; The Singing of the Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus c. calendula), 594; Notes from Seal Island, Nova Scotia, 596; Some Summer Residents of Dutchess County, N.Y., 597; Bird Notes from Collins, N.Y., 598; Additions to the 'Birds of Allegany and Garrett Counties, Maryland,' 598 Rare and Unusual Birds in the Chicago Area During the Spring of 1920, 600; Items Relative to Some Costa Rican Birds, 601; Obser- vations of a Remarkable Night Migration, 604.

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RECENT LITERATURE.

Townsend's 'Supplement to Birds of Essex County,' 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's Recent Bird Books, 610; 'Aves' in the Zoological Record for 1917, 611; Stresemann's 'Avifauna Macedonica,' 611; Wood on the Eyes of the Burrowing Owl, 612; Murphy on the Seacoast and Islands of Peru, 613; Dr. Shufeldt's Bibliography, 613; Birds of the National Parks, 614; Game Laws for 1920, 614; Peters on a New

ß 'T Jay, 615; Chapman on Ostznops decumanus, 615; Lonnberg on he Birds of the Juan Fernandez and Easter Island,' 615j Geographical Bibliography of British Ornithology, 616; Spring M•gration Notes of the Chicago Area, 616; Nomenclature of the Birds of Bavaria, 617; Van Cleve's 'Acanthocephala of the Canadian Arctic Expedi- tion,' 618; Economic Ornithology in Recent Entomological Publi- cations, 619; The Bird Interest in Iowa Lakes, 620; Bird Liming in Lower Egypt, 621; The Ornithological Journals, 622; Ornithological Articles in Other Journals, 631; Additional Publications Received, 633.

CORRESPONDENCE.

Popular Bird Names, 634; Baker on the Birds of the Pleistocene, 634.

NOTES AND NEWS.

Obituary Notices: William DutcheL 636; Herbert H. Smith, 637; Nicholas Alexievich Sarudny, 638; Frederick W. Headley, 638; Henry K. Oliver, 639; John H. Flanagan, 639; Robert L. Maitland, 640; Note on Biography of Ludwig Kumlein, 640; Government Publications on Birds, 640; Ornithology of the Twentieth Century, 640; Meeting of the Swiss Society for Bird Study, 641; Meeting of the Royal Aus- tralasian Ornithologists' Union, 641; Gilbert White bicentenary, 641; Rollo H. Beck, personal mention, 641; The Washington Meeting of the A. O. U., 641.

INDEX ................... Pa,,ge 643 ERr•Ta ................... 677 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

Plate

ILLUSTRATIONS.

PLATES.

I. William Brewster. II. The Brewster Museum and Cabin.

III. Lyman Belding. IV. Nest and Eggs of Bachman's Warbler. V. Genus Eupsychortyx.

VI. Distribution of Eupsychortyx in Colombia. VII. Lake Burford, New Mexico. Two views.

VIII. Lake Burford, New Mexico. Two views.

viii Contents of Volume XXXVII.

" XI-XIV.

" XV. " XVI.

" XVII. " XVIII. " XIX. " XX.

Vicinity of Lake Burford, lq'. Mex. Two views. Wing and tail pattern of Larus philadelphia. Two

views. Wing and tail pattern of Larus argentatus. Two views

each. Males of Barrow's Goldeneye chasing. Barrow's Golden-eye preening and going through mating

actions. Mrs. Lucy Bakewell Audubon. John Woodhouse Audubon. Nesting sites of Rusty Blackbirds. Two views. Nest of Rusty Blackbird.

TExT-Ct•TS.

Distribution of Eupsychortyx ........... Pa,,ge 192 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 showing pigment areas of a bird's body .... " 560 Heads of Teal showing color patterns ........ " 561