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                              =Bird-Lore=

            _AN ILLUSTRATED BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO
                  THE STUDY AND PROTECTION OF BIRDS_

                               Edited by
                           FRANK M. CHAPMAN

                Official Organ of the Audubon Societies

                     Audubon Department Edited by
                          MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT

                            [Illustration]

                           _VOLUME I--1899_

                         THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
                  ENGLEWOOD, N. J., AND NEW YORK CITY


                            Copyright, 1899
                          By FRANK M. CHAPMAN




INDEX TO ARTICLES IN VOLUME I BY AUTHORS


  Allen, J. A., The American Ornithologists' Union, 143.

  Babcock, C. A., 'Suggestions for Bird-Day Programs in the Schools,' 49.
  Baily, William L., 'Three Cobb's Island Pictures,' 81.
  Batchelder, Annie V., Sec'y, report of, 102.
  Beal, F. E. L., Reviews by, 98, 133.
  Beebe, C. Will, 'Two Nova Scotia Photographs,' 113.
  Board, Nellie S., Sec'y, report of, 62.
  Brown, Elizabeth V., 'A Bird-Day Program,' 52.
  Burnett, Dr. D. L., 'A Musical Woodpecker,' 60.
  Burroughs, John, 'In Warbler Time,' 3.
  Butler, Amos W., Sec'y, report of, 66.

  Chapman, Frank M., 'Birds Through a Telescope,' 132;
    'Gannets on Bonaventure,' 71;
    'The Legend of the Salt,' 55;
    'The Passing of the Tern,' 205;
    'The Surprising Contents of a Birch Stub,' 187;
    editorials by, 2, 28, 63, 135, 169, 201;
    photographs by, 119, 149;
    reviews by, 26, 27, 61, 97, 98, 133, 167.
  Collins, H. M., 'The Peculiarities of a Caged Skylark,' 157.
  Cram, William Everett, 'Winter Bird Notes from Southern New
      Hampshire,' 180.
  Crolius, A. A., 'How the Central Park Chickadees Were Tamed,' 185.

  Day, Mary F., 'Home-Life in a Chimney,' 78.
  Deane, Ruthven, President, report of, 66.
  Dutcher, William, 'Loons at Home,' 40.

  Eaton, Isabel, 'Bird Studies for Children,' 17.

  Fisher, Dr. A. K., 'Average Dates of Arrival of the Commoner Birds
      at Sing Sing, N. Y., during April and May,' 54.

  Geery, D. R., 'Sparrow Proof Houses,' 60.
  Glover, Harriet D. C., Sec'y, report of, 31.
  Glover, Helen W., Sec'y, report of, 139.
  Grant, Annie M., Sec'y, reports of, 30, 204.

  Hegner, Robert W., 'Photographing a Bluebird,' 43;
    'The Prairie Horned Lark,' 152.
  Hodge, C. F., 'A Pleasant Acquaintance With a Hummingbird,' 155;
    'On the Ethics of Caging Birds,' 158.
  Horack, Frank E., 'The Songs of Birds,' 96;
    'A Singing Bluejay,' 197.

  Ives, Ella Gilbert, 'The Cardinal at the Hub,' 83;
    'The Cardinal in Maine,' 132.

  Judd, Sylvester D., Ph. D., 'Collecting a Brown Thrush's Song,' 25.

  Kearton, R., 'Photographing Shy Wild Birds and Beasts at Home,' 107.
  Kendall, Blanche, photographs by, 84, 85, 86.
  Kennard, Fred. H., 'A May Morning,' 91.

  Lehmann, Lilli, A Message from, 103.
  Lemmon, Isabella McC., 'Oliver Twist, Catbird,' 163.
  Lockwood, Emma H., Sec'y, report of, 32.
  Loring, J. Alden, 'Inquisitive Magpies,' 96.

  Mellick, Mary A., Sec'y, report of, 32.
  Menke, H. W., 'From a Cabin Window,' 14;
    photograph by, 106.
  Merriam, Florence A., 'Clark's Crows and Oregon Jays on Mount
      Hood,' 46, 72;
    'Our Doorstep Sparrow,' 20.
  Miller, Oliver Thorne, 'On the Ethics of Caging Birds,' 19,