iv Contents of Vblwne TV. 



bus, 0., 62. — The Great White Egrel in New Brunswick, 63. — The Still 

 Sandpiper [Micropalama himantopus) on the New Jersey Coast, 62. — 

 Notes on New England Birds, 63. — The Frigate Pelican in Nova Scotia, 

 64. — Fulmurus glacialis on the Massachusetts Coast, 64. 



NUMBER II. 



History of the Evening Grosbeak. By Elliott Coues .... 66 



On the Habits and Nesting of Ceutain Rare Birds in Texas. By 



Will hi in Brewster 75 



Late Fall and Winter Notes on some Birds observed in the Vicin- 

 ity of Princeton, N. J. By W. E. I). Scott 81 



Notes on the Breeding Habits of the California Pygmy Owi.(Glau- 

 cidium calif or nicum), with a Description of its Eggs. By William 

 A. Cooper 80 



The American Brown Creeper. By T. .U Brewer . .... 87 



Notes on Birds OBSERVED AT Twin Lakes, Lake County, COLORADO. 



By PP. E. h. Scott 90 



Nest and Eggs of the Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa). By 



T. M. Brewer 96 



Notes upon the Distribution, Habits, and Nesting of the Black- 

 capped Vireo ( Vireo atricapillus). By William Brewster ... 99 



The Ipswich Sparrow {Passerculus princeps, Maynard). By W. A. 



Jeffries lU-'-t 



Notes on a few Birds occurring in the Vicinity of Portland, Mb. 



By Nathan Clifford Rrown loci 



Strange Story of a California Bird. By Miss Fannie Miller 109 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Aughey'n Notes on the Food of the Birds of Nebraska, 110. — Langdon's Re 

 vised Lisl of Cincinnati Birds, 112; A Woman's Work as a Naturalist, 113. 



— Mnynard's Birds of Florida, 114. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Olive-backed Thrush {Turdus swainsoni) in Texas. 116. — Albinism in the 

 Tufted Titmouse, 116. — Hooded Warbler in Western New Fork, 116. — 

 Note on Dendraca townsendi, 116. — The Yel'ow-rumped Warbler (Den 

 draca coronata) wintering in Swampscott, Mass, lis. — Capture of 

 K inland's Warbler [Dendraca kirtlandi) in the Bahama Islands, lis. 



— The Eggs of the Redstart (Setophaga ruliciBa), lis. — Rough-winged 

 Swallow in Connecticut, 119. — The Loggerhead Shrike (C>illi<ri<> ludovi- 

 cianus) breeding in Northern New England, 119. — Capture of the Logger- 

 head Shrike in Winter in New Hampshire, 119. — The White-rumped ami 

 Loggerhead Shrike- in Ohio, 120. -The Great Northern Shrike in New 

 England, 120. — JSgiothus exilipes in Massachusetts, L21. — Record of the 

 Breeding of Crossbills in Northern Vermonl in 1796, 121. — Notes on the 

 Purple Finch, 122. — Nesting of the Black-throat 1 Bunting I Euspiza ameri- 

 ciiiin) iii Massachusetts, 122 —Rare Birds in Michigan, 128. — The Cow- 



