Contents
In Memoriam: James Lee Peters
Alexander Wetmore
A New Bird (family Cracidae) from the Early Oligocene of South Dakota
Harrison B. Tordoff and J. R. Macdonald
California Gull Predation on Waterfowl
Clyde R. Odin
The Birds of Miyake Jima, Japan
Jack T. Moyer
Variation in Seiurus Noveboracensis
Stephen W. Eaton
The Nests of Pitangus Lictor and Coryphotriccus Parvus
F. Haverschmidt
Variation in Clutch Size at Different Latitudes
H. O. Wagner
The Molting Periods of Mexican Hummingbirds
H. O. Wagner
Recent Literature
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Notes and News
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Aou Committees 1956-57
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Student Membership Awards for 1957 Selected by the Aou Committee on Student Membership Awards
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Obituaries
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General Notes
Notes on the White-breasted Thrasher
James Bond
Displacement Singing in a Canada Jay (perisoreus Canadensis)
Louise De Kiriline Lawrence
Winter Returns of Baltimore Orioles (icterus Galbula) in the Washington-baltimore Area
Ralph E. Lawrence and Hervey Brackbill
Swallow-tailed Kite in Ohio: a Retraction
Robert B. Gordon
Vestigial Claws on the Wings of a Red-winged Blackbird
Robert W. Nero
Bronzed Grackles Feeding on Emerald Shiners
W. I. Follett
A Bronzed Grackle (quiscalus Quiscula) Feeding on Live Minnows
A. M. Beeton and Larue Wells
Eastern Phoebes Fishing
Laurence C. Binford
Falco Peregrinus at Sea
George W. Byers
Common Tern (sterna H Hirundo) Breeding in the Netherlands Antilles
F. H. Ansingh and H. J. Koelers
Southernmost Records for the Hooded Merganser (lophodytes Cucullatus) in the United States
Mary P. Sherwood
First Record of Vermilion Flycatcher (pyrocephalus Rubinus) in Kentucky
Frederick W. Loetscher Jr.
Covers
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Back Matter
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