THE 



QUARTERLY JOURNAL 



Boston Zoological Society, 



Vol. Iii.-JAITUAIIY, 1884. -No. i 



CONTENTS: 



NOTES ON THE HABITS OF HTDROCHARIS OBTUSATUS 

 SA2^ AND MAGDALIS OLl'RA HERB ST. Bv F. C. Boiv- 

 difch . . , . . . ... . . , ^ J 



ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES FROM MINNESOTA. By Easier H. 



Brackett ••........,.. 7 



ON THE SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF BOLETOTHERUS BIFUR- 



CUS. By R. Hayward . . . . . . . . . .16 



GENERAL NOTES 17 



Occurrence of the Pileated Woodpecker (^Hylotomtis pileatus) in Massachusetts; The Black- 

 backed Three-toed Woodpecker {Picoides arctiais) at West Medford, Mass. 



BOSTON, MASS. 



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