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THE OOI.OGIST. 



bling Mixture from Coinierticut: Henslows 

 Sparrow: A Few Notes on Ornithology and 

 Ornii holosists :Tbe Rnby-throated Hiimuiing- 

 bird:Of interest to Oo!ogists: How I Found 

 a Killdeer's Nest:Rai)ge 6t tbe Towhee: Owls 

 as Pets: Michigan Notes: A Rose-breasted 

 Grosbeak Widower: 5 short arts Sept. '91. 

 No. 7-'.— The Scree h Owl; The Divers: In Fa- 

 vor of an Organization: What is the Most 

 Northern Latitude in Which tlie Chewink 

 Breeds: Notes at Random : Ornithologists 

 Association; Harlan's Buzzard and the Red- 

 tail: An April's Outing: Egg- of the Sharpe's 

 Seed-eater; Shall We have a General Associ- 

 ation of Scientists; A Trip to Cobb's Island; 

 One of Indiana's New Laws; ■•Bird Nestmgin 

 Northwest Canada." -Fremde Eire iiii Nest."' 

 5 short articles. Oct. '91 

 No. 73.— The Great Caiolina Wren; A Timely 

 Letter; Western Robin: Western New York 

 Natural St' s Association; The Scissor-tailed 

 Flycatcher; Calilornia Thrasher; Ornitholo- 

 gist Association: Albino Birds; Chewink or 

 "Chewee"; •Our Birds in Their Haunts"; 

 The Lark Bunting: List of Birds Found 

 Breeding in the Vicinity of Peoria Ills; 

 World^s Fair Notes; Relics by the Wagon 

 Load. Nov. '91 

 No. 74.— The Sharp shinned Hawk; A WV;lte 

 Crow: The Pileated Woodpe-i-ker: Russet- 

 backed Thrush : How Dr. M. Keeps His Oolo- 

 gical Treasures; Thanksgiving Notes from 

 the Far West: The Blue-gray Gnat-catcher in 

 Arkansas; Shall We Organize: Bird Nesting 

 in November: Frauds; A Further Contribu- 

 tion to the Chewink Controversy; One Day's 

 Tramp: The Nest of the Chestnut-sided War- 

 bler: The Gulls: The Carolina Parrot: Bar- 

 tram's Sandpiper; The Horned Grebe; 

 World's Fair Notes. This number also con- 

 tains a 4-page inset of Nuttal's Ornithology. 

 Dec. '91. 

 VOLUME IX. 

 No. 75— Bird Nesting in North-west Canada; 

 Two Birds of Wt-stern Kansa-; Ornitholo- 

 gists Association: Western New York Natur- 

 alists Association: The Blue Grosbeak; 

 Maryl;ind Yellow-throat: Chewink: The 

 Bronzed Crackle. Prizes for Best Articles; 

 Are Nesting Cavities Occupied More than 

 Once; Old Kecollections; Summer Tanager; 

 •The Way of the Transgressor is Hai'd" :-^Our 

 Birds iu Their Haunts." 5 short articles, this 

 No. a!so contains a plate iu two colors of 

 Long Lake and Nests of Canvas-back and 

 Yellow-headed Blackbird. Jan. '9-). 

 No. 76— Title pages for binding with complete 

 and exhaustive index for Vol. VIII Zootomy 

 —The Domestic Pigeon (Illustrated) : Yellow 

 Warbler; Black-throated Bunting; Four 

 Birds of Oregon : My Trays; Pileated Wood- 

 pecker ; Notes on Albinoes; A Day's Trip for 

 Bald Eagle Nests in Florida; Partridges and 

 Their Relatives: Notes on Some Peculiar 

 Eggs; Collecting on the Farallone Island; 

 Our Winter Visitors; 3 short articles. Feb- 

 ruary '92. 

 No. 77 - A Pair of Screech Owls at Home (an 

 engraved Frontispiece) Zootomy— The Dom- 

 estic Pigeon ; Incessancy of the Yellow Warb- 

 ler'sSontr; Some of Our Thrushes: The Spec- 

 imens I Didn't Get: Notes from South-west- 

 eiii Ohio; A Day with the Duoks; A Trip 

 Tln-ough "W^a-h'b Hammock:" A True Nat- 

 uralist: The Crow; Around Omaha: Early 

 Nesting of the Great Horned Owl; A Trait of 

 -the C'arolina Wren; Visiting a Bald Eagle's 

 Nest in Virginia; The Vireos of Connecticut; 

 The Crossbill in Iowa; Notes from the Vir- 

 ginia Coast; An Hour with the Water Birds; 

 I Holf-a-dozen short articles, notes, etc. March 



'y2. 

 No. 78. -Sharp-shinned Hawk (Half-tone en- 

 graving); Lanius Boreal's on Deck: A Vaca- 



tion with the Birds ; The Ibis of Ledworth 

 l.,ake: Notes on the Whip-poor-will; The 

 Black I ail in Franklin Co.. Kans. : Albino 

 Eggs ff the Long-billed Marsh Wren; Notes 

 from Nova Scotia: Scifiitilic Names. Their 

 Use and i eauty; Pointers on Making Bird 

 Skins: Collecting on an European Islet; The 

 Great (iViy Owl; Collecting and Collectors; 

 A Collecting Trip; Zootomy. The Comes ic 

 Pigeon; Prepare Your Specimens Well; 

 Eleven sh'rt ar icles. April 'i«. 

 No. 79.— A anthis Linaria : Bird Notes from Or- 

 egon; The Woodpeckers; Ph:iinopepla or 

 Black-crested Flycatcher: After Golden E--ig- 

 les; Amonii- ti)e "•Blue-grays" : Treatment of 

 C--<ses (It Ivy Poison: A Trip After Beach 

 Birds: Some of Our Louisiana Birds; A Step 

 in the Rigkt Direction ; A Winter Acquain- 

 tance; Are Cro'AS Beneficiar?: Spring Open- 

 ers: The Wood Ibis: The Yellow Warliler"s 

 Song: Wilson's Snipe: Notes from Southern 

 Wisconsin: Eleven short articles. May '9'3. 

 No. 8lJ. A Taxidermist's Camp (engraved 

 Frontispiece) : The Purple Finch : South Dak- 

 ota Notes; Some of Our Visitors and Neigh- 

 bors: The Black Vulture in Orleans Co. ; A 

 Day's Collecting in California: The Turkey 

 Vulture: The Puri)le Finch in Broome Co.. 

 N. Y. ;Two rare nests: The Chestnut-sided 

 Warbler: Six short articles. June '9'2. 

 No. 81.— A (Juavvk town: The Hairy Wood- 

 pecker: Birds found Breeding in Bertie Co.. 

 No. Car. ; California Bu.sh-Tit: Nighthawks 

 in Bin^hianpton. N. Y. : Sitta Canadensis in 

 Montana : A Few Notes on the Red-tailed 

 H-Awk; The Hummingbird in So. Car. ; Five 

 short articles. July '92. 

 No. S^3 -( oilecting on Cobb's Island: Va;The 

 Ashy Petrel (Oceanodroma honiochroa) on 

 the Fairallones: After the Yellow-billed Mag- 

 pie; An Oological Trip in Central Illinois; 

 Iowa Notes: The Chicadee in Rutland Co., 

 Vt; The Long-eared Owl; 5 short articles 

 August '92. 

 No.h3.— The Breeding Warblers of Western New 

 York; A Tramp Through Wood and Marshes 

 in Eastern Iowa; Acadian Flycatcher: the 

 Prothonotarv Warblrt-; Notes frojn Bexar 

 Co. Tex; How I Spent Easter Sunday; A Cali- 

 fornia (Collecting Ground: Past Remin- 

 iscences : Six short articles. Sept. '92. 

 No. 84. The History and Mystery of Jacob 

 Potter Jr. ; A Day in the Field: The Genus 

 Thryothnrns; The Californian Bush-Tit: A 

 Ramble in May: Among the Hunimingbids; 

 A Collecting Expedition; Five short articles. 

 Oct. '9'i.h 

 No. 85.— Osteologv for Amatuers: Buzzard 

 Island: Winter Visitors: The Chestnut-collar- 

 ed Lonaspur; Fringilladae in Newton, Mid- 

 dlesex C'ountv, Mass. : The Birds iu Bush 

 Fields inSuinmer: Some Trips for Hawks 

 Eggs. November '92. 

 No. 86.— ' Cut of Eggs of California Murre" : 

 Professional Egging: or the Collecting of 

 Murre's Eggs m California; A CoUeCticm of 

 North Carolina IMrds Eggs; 'Report of West- 

 ern New York Naturalists Association; Two 

 Western Birds: The Fascination of Oology; 

 To the Ornithologists of Illinois; Cerulean 

 Warbler. December '9-i. 

 No. 87.— A Field Naturalists Outtlt; Tne Gold- 

 en Swamp Warbler; Bird Nesting in an 

 Illinois Swamp; Birds as Pets (One Way of 

 Tamine Them): The Osprey in Florida and 

 Other Notes : Notes from Isabella Co.. Mich: 

 The Birds Which Breed in Central P-ark. New 

 York City; Two W'ar'olers; A Collection of 

 North Carolina Birds Eggs ; Wanted— Advice ; 

 Two short articles. Jdunary '93. 

 No. 88.- The American Osprey: A summer 

 Ramble ; Some Sparrows in Minnesota ; Col- 

 lecting in Chicago; Scientific Osteology for 

 Amateurs; A Collection of North Carolina 



