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Brewer, T. M., notes on New England 

 birds, 63 j Fulmarus glacicdis on the 

 Massachusetts coaBt, 64 ; the Ameri- 

 can Brown Creeper, 87 ; nest and 

 eggs of the Golden-crowned Kinglet 

 [Regains sairapa), 96; the eggs of 

 the Redstart (Setophaga rutu 

 118 ; the Loggerhead Shrike (Collurio 

 ludovicianus) breeding in Northern 

 New England, 119 ; the Great North- 

 ern Shrike in New England, 120 J 

 the Cow-Blackbird of Texas and 

 Arizona, 123; the Rocky .Mountain 

 Golden-eye [Bucephala islandica), 

 148 ; the 'eggs of the Curlew Sand- 

 piper (Tringa subarquata), 190; the 

 Booby Gannet [Sula fiber) in Massa- 

 chusetts, 191 ; a word in defence, 191 ; 

 introductory note to Loomis'a List 

 of the Birds of Chester County, 

 South Carolina, 209; notice of Ids 

 paper on the nests and eggs of the 

 North American species of Empido- 

 nax, 232; on a nest of the Summer 

 Redbird, 213; Vireo gtivus and Vireo 

 flavifrons in Northern New England, 

 237; the Rocky Mountain Whiskey- 

 Jack [Perisoreus canadensis capitalis), 

 239 ; the Black Skimmer in Massa- 

 chusetts, 24-'S. 

 Brewster, William, note on Ortyx vir- 

 oinianUB from Alabama, 12; the 



Terns of the New England Coast, 

 13; descriptions of the ftrsl plumage 



in various species of North American 

 birds, 39 ; notes on the habits and 

 distribution of the Rufous crowned 

 Sparrow (Peuccea ruficeps), 47 ; on 

 the habits and nesting of certain rare 

 birds in Texas, 75 ; note- upon the 

 distribution, habits, and nesting of 

 the Black-eapped Vireo ( Vireo airica- 

 pillus), 99; a spotted egg of Empi- 

 donax minimus, 124; a Becond speci- 

 men Of the Yellow-crowned Nighl 

 Heron [Nyctiardea violacea) in Massa- 

 chusetts, 124; additional notes On 

 the Whistling Swan [Cygnus ameri- 

 canus) in New England, 125; breed 

 ing habits Of the American Brown 

 Creeper (Certhia familiaris ameri- 

 cana), 199. 



Brown, Nathan Clifford, b KbI of birds 

 observed at < loosada, < Jentral Ala- 

 bama, 7 ; notes ..n a few birds oc- 

 curring in the vicinity of Portland, 

 Me., 106. 



Bubo rirginianus, 11, 95, 146, 216. 

 " virginianus Bubarcticus, 195. 



Bucephala albeola, 33, 198. 

 " clangnla, 96. 

 " clangnla americana, 1 98. 



Bucephala islandica, 50, 12G, 148, 198. 



Bull-hat, 215. 



Bunting, Bay-winged, 143, 214. 



Black-throated, 122, 144. 

 " Chestnut-collared, 143. 

 " Clay-colored, 154. 

 Henslow's, 8, 143. 

 Lazuli, 165. 

 LeConte's, 8, 152. 

 " Towhee, 214. 

 Buteo albocaudatus, 51. 

 " aqnilinus, 84, 146, 242. 

 " boreaHs, 84, 216, 242. 

 " lineatns, 11, 31, 84, 146, 216. 

 " Bwainsoni, 188, 196. 

 " zonocercus, po, 189. 

 Butter-hall, 198. 

 Buzzard, Turkey, 11, 147, 196, 216, 



224. 

 Calidris arenaria, 182, 225. 

 ( ! an ace obscura, 197. 

 Cardinal, 82, 144. 

 Cardinalis virginianus, 9, 46, 82, 144, 



214. 

 Carpodacus cassini, 93, 164. 



purpureus, 32, 34, 122,143, 

 214. 

 Catbird, 28, 32, 140. 210. 

 Cathartes atratus, 12, 21t'>. 



aura, 11,24, 147. 216, 224. 

 Cedar-Bird, 7, 32, 81, 93, 143. 

 Centrocercus urophasianus, 96, 197 

 Centrophanes lapponica, 238. 

 Centurus carolinus, 6, 11, 216. 

 Certhia americana, 90. 



brachydactyla, 89, 90. 

 " costsej 90. 



familiaris, 32, 87, 141, 183, 

 211. 

 " familiaris americana, 199. 

 " mexicana, 90. 

 ( lerthiola martinica, 229. 

 Ceryle alcyon, 31,86,95, 140, 188, 195. 



215. 

 americana cabanisi, 79. 

 Chsetura pelagica, 11, .".l, 146, 215. 

 Chamsepelia passerina, 12. 

 Charadrius virginicus, 217. 



Chat. Vellow-I. reasled. 142, 212. 



( 'hen hyperboreus, 198. 

 Chewink, .".2, 145. 



Chickadee, 32, 140. 



Carolina, 211, 223. 



Mountain, 92, 163. 

 Chicken, Prairie, 111, 112, 147 

 ( 'hip-thc-rcd-oak-whitc-o.ik, 215. 

 < Ihloephaga canagica, 

 ( !bondestes grammica, 144. 

 Chordiles acutipennis texensis, 51. 

 popetue, ."l . 

 " virginianus, 11, l -4 c» , 215. 

 " \ irginianus henryi, 95. 



