vi Contents of Volume III. 



NUMBER IV. 



The Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea). By William Brewster . 153 

 Notes on Birds observed at Mouht Caemel, Southern Iluhois, in 



the Sfbihg "i 1878. By Robert Ridgway 162 



The Nest and Eggs of the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax 



flavitentrit). By II. A. Purdie 166 



A List of Birds observed at Coosada, Central Alabama. By Nathan 



Clifford Brown 168 



Descriptions of the First Plumage in Various SrECiss of North 



Americas Birds. By William Jiracster 176 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Elliot's ''Review of the Jbidinte, or Ibises," 182. — Rtdgway's ''Studies of the 

 American Ihrodiones,' 1 ' 1 182. — Reichenow'- Review of the Herons and their 

 Allies, 183. — Brewer's Supplement to his Catalogue of New England Birds, 

 185. — Saunders on the Larinve, 185. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Nesting of the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher {Empidonax flaviveittris), 187. — The 

 Bine-winged Fellow Warbler {Helminthophaga pirms) in Massachtu 



188. — The Skua Gnll [Stercorarius catarractes) on the Coast of Massachu- 

 setts, 188. — Rufous-headed Sparrow {Peuecea ruficeps) in Texas, 188. — 

 Early Nesting of the Shore Lark near Indianapolis, Ind.. 180. — Breeding of 

 the Shore Lark in Western New York, 189. — Red-headed Woodpecker 

 eating Grasshoppers, IS!*. — Song of Hepburn's Finch (Leucosticie littoraUi) 



189. — The Short-tailed Tern ( Uydrochelidonjissipes) in Massachusetts, 190. 

 — The Black-throated Banting I Euepiza ami ricana), 190. — A Hint to Egg- 

 Collectors, 191. — The Kentucky Warbler ( OporornU formomu) at Sing 

 Sin;:, N. V., 191. — The Snow-Bird in Summer on Mount Wachusett, 192. — 

 An Albino Anna Humming-Bird, i:<2. — Wilson's Thrush, with Spotted I 



and nesting on a Tree, 198. — The Pygmy Owl {Glaucidium califbmicum), 



193. — The Carolina Wren in Massachu — The Titlark (Antlmt 

 ludoviciamu) in Massachusetts in June, 104. — Nests and Eggs of Ikhnin- 

 thophaga pinm, 194. — The Winter Wren breeding in Southern New York, 



194. — The Sooty Tern in New Hampshire, 196. — Sabine'- Gull in Maine, 

 196. — The White-crowned sparrow breeding in Vermont, 196. — Nesting 

 Habits of the Bed-bellied Nuthatch, 196. — Tragic Fate of a Summer War- 

 bler, 197. — Eggs of the Solitary Sandpipi hilut toUtaritu\ 197. — 

 Lincoln's Firch [Melotpita Uncohti) breeding in Hamilton County, N. Y., 

 197. — Occurrence of the Whistling Swan i Cygnut <tim ricattus) in Massa- 

 chusetts, L98.— Capture oi ■ Fifth Specimen of the White-throated War- 

 bler (Helminthopftaga leucoJ>ronchiaii$), 199. — Nesting of the Banded 

 Three-; i Woodpecker (Picoidu americaitu*)* in Northern New York, 200. 



I.M'i \ 201 



