Bird-Lore

March — April, 1899

CONTENTS{| width="80%" |- | colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| GENERAL ARTICLES |style="text-align:right;"| PAGE |- |

Frontispiece—Least Bittern on Nest Photographed from life

|style="text-align:right;"| E. G. Tabor |style="text-align:right;"| 34 |- |

The Camera as an Aid in the Study of Birds, Second Paper

|style="text-align:right;"| Dr. Thos. S. Roberts |style="text-align:right;"| 34 |- |

A Least Bittern Portrait,

|style="text-align:right;"| E. G. Tabor |style="text-align:right;"| 39 |- |

Loons at Home,

|style="text-align:right;"| William Dutcher |style="text-align:right;"| 40 |- |

Photographing a Bluebird, with photographs from life

|style="text-align:right;"| Robert W. Hegner |style="text-align:right;"| 43 |- |

A Tragic St. Valentine’s Day

|style="text-align:right;"| Annie Trumbull Slossen |style="text-align:right;"| 45 |- |

Clark's Crows and Oregon Jays on Mount Hood

|style="text-align:right;"| Florence A. Merriam |style="text-align:right;"| 46 |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| TEACHERS AND STUDENTS |- |

Suggestions for Bird-Day Programs in the Schools

|style="text-align:right;"| C. A. Babcock |style="text-align:right;"| 49 |- |colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|

Questions on nest-building and nesting habits, Some questions to be answered about Robins,

|style="text-align:right;"| 50 |- |

A Bird-Day Program

|style="text-align:right;"| Elizabeth V. Brown |style="text-align:right;"| 52 |- |colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|

The Program, Decoration, Composition, Chalk Talks, For Reading and Recitation

|style="text-align:right;"| 52 |- |

Migration Tables for April and May

|style="text-align:right;"| Dr. A. K. Fisher |style="text-align:right;"| 54 |- |colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|

Sing Sing, New York,

|style="text-align:right;"| 52 |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| FOR YOUNG OBSERVERS |- |

The Legend of the Salt

|style="text-align:right;"| Frank M. Chapman |style="text-align:right;"| 55 |- |

The February Walk Contest

|style="text-align:right;"| Frank M. Chapman |style="text-align:right;"| 57 |- |

A February Walk in Central Park, New York, contest winner

|style="text-align:right;"| Floyd C. Noble |style="text-align:right;"| 57 |- |

The Myth of the Song Sparrow, Illustrated by the author

|style="text-align:right;"| Ernest Seton Thompson |style="text-align:right;"| 59 |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| Notes from Field and Study |- |colspan="2"|

Sparrow Proof Houses, A Musical Woodpecker, An Ornithologist in San Juan

|style="text-align:right;"| 60 |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| Book News and Reviews |- |colspan="2"|

Sketch Book of British Birds. By R. Bowdler Sharpe

|style="text-align:right;"| 64 |- |colspan="2"|

Book News.

|style="text-align:right;"| 61 |- |colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|EDITORIAL |style="text-align:right;"| 63 |- |colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|AUDUBON DEPARTMENT |style="text-align:right;"| 64 |- |colspan="2"|

The Conducting of Audubon Societies, A Letter from Governor Roosevelt, Reports of Societies: Pennsylvania Society, Indiana Society, Illinois Society, Iowa Society, Minnesota Society

|style="text-align:right;"|   |- |colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Advertisement |style="text-align:right;"| 68