FOR YOUNG OBSERVERS Oliver Twist--Catbird. _Isabella McC. Lemmon_ 163
NOTES FROM FIELD AND STUDY 166 Birds and Caterpillars, _Caroline G. Soule_; An Odd Nesting Site, _L. H. Schwab_.
BOOK NEWS AND REVIEWS 167 Mrs. Miller's 'The First Book of Birds;' Knoble's 'Field Key to the Land Birds;' Hodge's 'Suggestions for the Study of Our Common Birds;' Book News.
AUDUBON DEPARTMENT 170 Editorial: Illustration, Quills to Avoid; Audubon's Seal, illustrated; Report of the Society of the District of Columbia.
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Bird-Lore for December will contain, among other interesting articles, 'The Story of a Pet Sea Parrot,' by E. W. Nelson; 'A Search for the Reedy Island Crow Roost,' by Witmer Stone; 'A Large Family,' by Frank M. Chapman, all illustrated. An account of How the Central Park Chickadees were Tamed by Anne A. Crolius, one of Garrett Newkirk's admirable bird poems for children, etc., and a detailed Statement of the Plans of the Magazine for 1900, including an announcement of special interest to all bird students.
[Illustration: FOUNDERS OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION, 1883.
T. McIlwraith. J. B. Holder. D. G. Elliot. Chas. Aldrich. J. M. Wheaton. E. A. Mearns. H. W. Henshaw. S. F. Baird. Geo. N. Lawrence. A. K. Fisher. Nathan C. Brown. Robert Ridgway, _Vice Pres._ J. A. Allen, _Pres._ William Brewster. Elliott Coues, _Vice Pres._ C. F. Batchelder. R. W. Shufeldt. C. B. Cory. C. Hart Merriam, _Sec'y._ M. Chamberlain. D. W. Prentiss. H. A. Purdie. C. E. Bendire. E. P. Bicknell. H. B. Bailey.]
DEVOTED TO THE STUDY AND PROTECTION OF BIRDS
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During the sixteen years that have passed since the founding of the American Ornithologists' Union, in August, 1883, the study of North American birds has advanced with constantly accelerated strides. That this progress has been due largely to the founding of the Union is beyond denial, as will become evident from the following brief history of its work and the causes that led to its formation.