INDEX. 



Accipiter cooperi, 41. 



jEchmoptila albifrons, 144. 



jEgialitis hiaticula, 51, 86. 



" meloda var. circumcincta, 94. 

 " wilsonia, 139. 



Agelaeus phcenieeus, 175. 

 " tricolor, 137. 



Alca bruennichi, 86. 



Aldrich, Charles, Red-headed Wood- 

 pecker eating grasshoppers, 189. 



Allen, C. A., an albino Anna Hum- 

 ming-bird, 192; the Pygmy Owl 

 (Gluucidium californicum) , 193. 



Allen, J. A. , an inadequate " Theory 

 of Birds' Nests," 23; note on Pipilo 

 erythrophthalmus with spotted scapu- 

 lars, 42 ; note on the Fish Crow, 47 ; 

 the Lark Bunting (Calamospiza bi- 

 color) in Massachusetts, 48 ; late 

 capture of the Yellow-bellied Fly- 

 catcher in Massachusetts, 102 ; per- 

 sistency in- nest-building by a pair 

 of cit} r Robins, 103; notice of his 

 " List of the Birds of Massachu- 

 setts," 138 ; occurrence of three spe- 

 cies of Sea-Ducks at St. Louis, Mo., 

 148; the Carolinian Fauna, 149 ; the 

 Glossy Ibis in Massachusetts, and 

 note on its proper generic and specific 

 names, 152; Rufous-headed Sparrow 

 (Peuccea rnjiceps) in Texas, 188 ; 

 early nesting of the Shore Lark 

 (Eremophila alpestris) near Indian- 

 apolis, Ind., 189; the Snow-Bird in 

 summer on Mount Wachusett, 192 ; 

 Sabine's Gull in Maine, 195. 



Amazilia cerviniventris, 144. 



Ammodromus bairdi, 2. 



" caudacutus, 48, 98, 119, 147. 

 " maritinius, 43, 119. 



Ampelis cedrorum, 64, 70. 

 " garrulus, 46. 



Anhinga, 101. 



Anorthura troglodytes var. hyemalis, 

 53, 172, 194. 



Anous fuscatus, 143. 

 " riierminieri, 143. 

 " niger, 143. 

 " plumhea, 141. 

 " rousseaui, 143. 

 " spadiceus, 143. 

 " stolidus, 143. 



" var. frater, 143. 



Anser hyperboreus, 146. 



Anthus ludovicianus, 35, 172, 194. 



Antrostomus carolinensis, 165. 



Aquila ehrysae'tus, 100. 



Ardea canulea, 145. 

 " candidissima, 145. 

 " cinereus, 183. 

 " cocoi, 183. 

 " egretta, 145. 

 " herodias, 53, 183, 184. 

 " lessoni, 184. 

 " leucogastra var. leucophrvmna, 



145. 

 " occidentalis, 183. 

 " rufa, 145, 184. 

 " wiirdemanni, 184. 



Audubon, Miss Maria R., combat be- 

 tween an albino Robin and a mole, 

 184. 



Auriparus flaviceps, 93. 



Bagg, Egbert, Jr., Lincoln's Finch 

 (Melospiza Hncolni) breeding in Ham- 

 ilton County, N. Y., 197. 



Bailey, H. B., some new traits in the 

 Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes 

 erytlimcephalus), 97. 



Barrows, S. J., notice of his Catalogue 

 of the Alcida?, 86. 



Batchelder, Charles F., spurious prima- 

 ries in the Red-eyed Vireo, 97. 



Belding, L., nesting-habits of Partis 

 montanus, 102. 



Bendire, Charles, breeding habits of 

 Geoccyx californiamis, 39 ; notice of 

 his Notes on some of the Birds of 

 Southern Oregon, 81. 



Bernicla brenta, 86. 



Bicknell, Eugene P., evidences of the 

 Carolinian Fauna in the Lower Hud- 

 son Valley, 128. 



Bluebird, 19, 76, 169. 



Brachyrhamphus craveri, 81. 



Brewer, T. M., nest and eggs of Zono- 

 tric/tia coronata, 42 ; the Seaside 

 Finch [Ammodromus maritimus) in 

 Eastern Massachusetts, 48 ; changes 

 in our North American Fauna, 49 ; 

 notes on Junoo canieeps and the close- 

 ly allied forms, 72 ; note on eggs of 

 Afyiurchtts erythrocercus, 100 ; the 

 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila 

 ccerulea in Massachusetts, 146 ; Apol- 

 ogetic, 147; theStiltSandpiperfi/jcro- 



