iv Contents of Volume III. 



Crow (Corms ossifragus) on Long Island, 47. — Correction, 47. — Mela- 

 nism of Turdus migratorius, 47. — The Seaside Finch (Ammodromus mari- 

 timus) in Eastern Massachusetts, 48. — The Lark Bunting ( Calamospiza 

 bicolor) in Massachusetts, 48. 



NUMBER II. 



Changes in our North American Fauna. By T. M. Brewer ... 49 

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



York. By C. Hart Merriam, with Notes by A. J. Dayan .... 62 

 Descriptions of the First Plumage in Various Species of North 



American Birds. By William Brewster 66 



Notes on some of the Birds of Calaveras County, California, and 



adjoining Localities. By Robert Ridgway 64 



Notes on the Breeding Habits of Hutton's Vireo ( Vireo huttoni) and 



the Gray Titmouse (Lophophanes inornatus), with a Description of 



their Nests and Eggs. By William A. Cooper 68 



A Description of unusually developed Individuals of three Species, 



and Remarks on Uncommon Plumages in several others, taken 



near West Point, N. Y. By Edgar A. Mearna 69 



Notes on Junco caniceps and the closely allied Forms. By T. M. 



Brewer 72 



Effects of the Warm Winter on the Migration of Birds. By John 



Murdoch 76 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Sharpe's "Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum," 77. — Rowley's 

 "The Pied Duck," 79. — Street's Notes on the Birds of Lower California 

 and the Hawaiian and Fanning Islands, 80. — Bendire's Notes on the Birds 

 of Southeastern Oregon, 81. — Ridgway's Report on the Ornithology of the 

 Fortieth Parallel, 81. —Recent Lists of the Birds of Central New York, 83. 

 — Barrows's "Catalogue of the Alcidae," 86. — Feildcn's "List of Birds 

 observed in Smith Sound," 86. — On the Moult of the Bill and Palpebral 

 Ornaments in Frattrcuia arctica, 87. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Habits of the Kingfisher ( Ceryle alcyon), 92. — The Painted Lark Bunting {Plec- 

 trujihants pictus) in Texas, 92. — Notes on a few Birds observed in New 

 Mexico and Arizona, 03. Capture of sKgialitis >m l«da var. eireumemeta, 

 Ridgway, mi Long bland, M. — Not and Eggsof Stlajphorut jilutycercui, 



96. — Nesting of Vireo olivnceus, 96. — Californian Prairie Chickens, 96. — 

 Beport <>f the Second Capture of the ( Irange-crowned \\ arbler (I it I mint ho- 

 phaga celata) in New Hampshire, 96. — Bobin'i Egg*i spotted, '.-7. — Some 

 New Trait-, for the Bed-headed Woodpecker ( Mekuterpet erythroeephahu), 



97. — Spurious Primaries in the Red-eyed Vireo, '.'7. — The European Wid- 

 geon [Mareea ptnelope) in the United States, B8. — The Sharp-tailed Finch 

 'Ammodromus caudacutus) in Maine, US. — The White-throated Warbler 



