Contents of Volume III. 



(Helminthophaga leucobronchialis) in Connecticut, 99. — The Occurrence of 

 Myiarchus crinitus var. erythrocercus, Sclat. at Fort Brown, Texas, 99. — 

 The Golden Eagle in the Hudson Highlands, 100. — Meaning of the Word 

 " Anhinga," 101. — Late Capture of the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher in Mas- 

 sachusetts, 101. — The Ipswich Sparrow (Passerculus princeps) on Long 

 Island, N. Y., 102. — The Stilt Sandpiper ( Micropalama himantopus) at Port- 

 land, Me., 102. — Nesting-Habits of Parus montanus, 102. — Persistency 

 in Nest-Building of a Pair of City Robins, 103. —Deadly Combat between 

 a Robin and a Mole, 104. 



NUMBER III. 



The Eave, Cliff, or Crescent Swallow (Petrochelidon lunifrons). By 



Dr. Elliott Coues, U. S. A ". 106 



Nest and Eggs of the Blue Crow ( Gymnokitta cyanocephala). By H. W. 



Henshmo . 112 



Descriptions of the First Plumage in Various Species of North 



American Birds. By William Brewster 115 



Remarks on some of the Birds of Lewis County, Northern New York. 



By C. Hart Merriam 123 



Evidences of the Carolinian Fauna in the Lower Hudson Valley. 



Principally from Observations taken at Riverdale, N. Y. By 



Eugene P. Bicknell 128 



Nesting of the Large-billed Water Thrush (Siurus motacilla). By 



William Brewster 133 



Description of a Hybrid (Hirundo horreori-lunifrons) between two 



North American Swallows. By Spencer Trotter .... 136 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Ornithology of the Wheeler Expeditions of 1876 and 1877, 136. — Allen's 

 " Birds of Massachusetts," 138. — Mr. Howard Saunders on the Sterninae, 

 140. — Sennett's "Notes on the Ornithology of the Lower Rio Grande, 

 Texas," 144. — M ynard's " Birds of Florida," 145. — Jordan's "Manual 

 of Vertebrated Animals," 145. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Capture of the Yellow-throated Warbler in Massachusetts, and Notes on other Rare 

 Massachusetts Birds, 146. — Capture of two Rare Birds in the Hudson River 

 '/alley, 146. — The Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila catrulea) in Massa- 

 chusetts, 146. — The Ground Dove (Chamoepeleia passerina) in New York, 

 147. — Swallow-tailed Kite in Dakota in Winter, 147. — Apologetic, 147. 

 — The Stilt Sandpiper (Micropalama himantopus), 148. — Occurrence of 

 three Species of Sea Ducks at St. Louis, Missouri, 148. — The Carolinian 

 Fauna, 149. — Phalarope, — an Etymological Blunder, 150. — Breeding of 

 the Woodcock in Georgia, 151. — Interesting Captures, 151. — The Glossy 

 Ibis in Massachusetts, 152. — Two more Birds new to the Fauna of North 

 America, 152. 



