Contents
In Memoriam: Samuel Prentiss Baldwin
S. Charles Kendeigh
Local Distribution of Eastern Canadian Arctic Birds
J. Dewey Soper
Egg Recognition by the Laughing Gull
G. K. Noble and D. S. Lehrman
Egg Volumes and Incubation Periods
C. Brooke Worth
Homing Experiments with Leach's Petrels
Donald R. Griffin
Nicolas Denys' Birds
Francis H. Allen
Rediscovery of the Megapode, Aepypodius Bruijnii
R. Meyer Schauensee
Sex Ratio in Wild Birds
E. A. Mcilhenny
A Genus for Eupetes Caerulescens Temminck
James L. Peters
Geographical Variation in the Carolina Wren
George H. Lowery Jr.
Recent Literature
The Auk
Conservation Notes
The Auk
Announcements
The Auk
Obituaries
The Auk
General Notes
A Specimen of the Black-capped Petrel
Alexander Wetmore
Young Great White Heron and W
Harold S. Peters
Another Record of Puffinus Diatomicus
Robert T. Orr
Snowy Egret Nesting in New Jersey
Norman J. Mcdonald, Stephen Daly, and John A. Gillespie
A Heronry in Northern New Jersey
William F. Rapp Jr.
Black Ducks Nesting in Tree Holes
Harold S. Peters
Snow Geese near Philadelphia
J. Kenneth Terres
Homing Instinct and Prolificacy in the Duck Hawk
William A. Wimsatt
Ruffed Grouse Budding on Western Serviceberry
Adrian C. Fox
Early Nesting of the Duck Hawk in Maryland
William A. Wimsatt
King Rail Breeding in Southern Ontario
James L. Baillie Jr.
Status of the Upland Plover
Herbert H. Beck
Wilson's Plover in Massachusetts
Francis H. Allen
The Winnowing Note of Wilson's Snipe
Harold S. Peters
Red Phalarope in Kentucky
Burt L. Monroe
Courtship Note on the Laughing Gull
Joseph J. Hickey
An Early Figure of the Great Auk
H. S. Shaw
A Detail in the Ecology of the Mourning Dove
Gordon W. Jones
Notes on Woodpeckers from West Virginia
Alexander Wetmore
An Odd Nest of the Carolina Wren
J. J. Murray
Wood Thrush Nesting in Montreal
J. D. Cleghorn
Red-eyed Vireo Captures Food under Water
Arthur B. Williams
Nashville Warbler Breeding in Northeastern Illinois
Frank A. Pitelka
Two New Breeding Birds for the United States
Allan R. Phillips
New Food Habit for Common Redpoll
Adrian C. Fox
Parasitism of the Red-wing by the Cowbird
A. W. Schorger
Lark Bunting in Oregon
Kenneth Gordon
Covers
Front Matter
The Auk
Back Matter
The Auk
Discussion
Unorthodox Thoughts on Migration
W. L. Mcatee