ORNITHOLOGIST AND OOLOGIbT. 



INDEX TO VOL. XIII., 1888. 



Acanthus liuaria, U 



Accipiter coopcri, 24, 115 



" (Mn)peri, :i serif s of cfCf^s of, SI 



*' fuscus, 24, 115 



" fuscus, a series of epps of, 34 



Actiti» maeularia, l,i2, l(i8, 171 



. Aetodroiiius nuK'Uluta. l.'I!* 



.-l-^fliniuplionis (n'cidentalis, 140 



.l-^-^aloii niluinbarius, 115 



Alielil, 1« 



Agela'us i)ha?nieeus. 4;i 



*' tricolor, 75 



Aix sponsa, 50, 165 



Ajaja ajaja, KiO 



Albinos, 82, 184 



Alliino Knliin, .at Crand Rapids, 118 



Anipelis (-(Mlroruiii. 12, 45 



" ^arrulus, 11, 73 



Anas aniericana, ."jO, 148 



" boscas. 111, 50, 140, 14K 



" caroliiiensis, 50. 148 



" cyanoptera, 50, 148 



" discors, 50, 148 



" obscura, 10, 50, 148 



" strepera, ,50 



Anser albrifrons panibeli, 105. IGit 



Antrostonius vociferns, 42 



Apheloooina woodbousi, 107 



Aquila chrysaetiis canadensis, 139 



Ardea candidissinia. 166, 169 



'• egretta, 169 



" herodias, 45, 166, 169 



** virescens, 42, 109 



Arenaria interprcs, 1,56 



Aslo accipitrinus, lo, 115 



" aniericanus, 115 



AstraKalinus psaltria. 73 



" tristris, - 73 



Asturatricapi)illus, 45 



Audubon Monument, 61 



Auk, (ireat, sale of an ejjj; of in 



London, 31 



Avocet, American. 167, 170 



Aytlija allinis, 51,148,165 



" americana, .50, 105 



" collaris, 51, 105 



" marilla nearctica, ,51,165 



" valeisneria, .50. 165 



/Egillitis melodia, 1,55 



" melodia circumcincta, 172 



" montan'a, 171, 181 



" seniii)alniata, 155, 171 



" vociferus, 42, 1.55, 171, 181 



jEgiothus linaria. 73 



Baldpate, ,50, 148 



Bartr,amia longicauda, 131, 108, ni 

 Birds and their relati<m to agri- 

 culture, 24, 108 

 Birds, do thev change their 



habits, .32 



Birds, a list of, known to breeii 



at lialeigh, N.C, 42 



Bird \otes, a few. .56 



Birds, fun among, 95, 100 



" how they breathe, 97 



Birds found nesting in Bucks 



County, l"a., Mivy 13, 1888, 99 



Bittern, American, 166, 169 



'* Least, occurrence of in 

 Salt Marshes at Port Roval, 

 S.r., on .June 13, 1888, " I16 



Blackbird, Brewer's, 75 



" Bed-winged, 43 



'* Red-winged, change of 



breeding habits of, 186 



** Red and Wliite .Shouldered, 75 



" Yellow-headed, in Conn., 189 



Bluebird, 43 



" Californian. 71 



*' Rockv Mountain. 71 



Bobwhite, " 10, 27, 42, 181 



Bonasa umbellus, 10, 45 



" umbellus umbelloides, 139, 181 



Botaurus lentiginosus, 160, 109 



Brant, 106 



Branta bernicla, 106 



*' canadensis, 100, 169 



" canadensis hutchinsii, 166, 169 



Bristol Ciy., .Mass., an addition 



to the l'"auna of, 48 



Bubo virginianus, 10, 2.5, 45 



" virginianus, nesting of, 93 



" virginianus subarticus, 115 



HulHc-licad. 

 lUintiiig. Indigo, 

 ■^now. 



10, 51. Ilk) 

 10, 43 

 28, 74, 94 

 runt 



60 



Black-tbroated, 



egg of, 

 Buteo borealis, 



" borealis calunis, 



" lincatus elegans, 



" lincatus, 

 swainsoni, 

 Calcarius lapponicus, 

 Calidris arenaria, 

 Callipcpla gand)eli, 

 Canacc canadensis, 



obscura. 

 Canvas-back, 

 Cardinalis virginianus. 

 Cardinal, 

 Catbird, 

 Cathartes aura, 

 Cedarbird, 



Centrot-crcus urophasianus 

 Certhia taiiiiliaris rufa. 

 Ccr\]c alryii. 

 Charadrius dominicus, 



" sipuitarola, 

 Charitonetta albeola, 

 Chat. Yellow-breasted, 



Yellow-breasted, nesting 

 of, in 1888, near Ra- 

 leigh, N.C., 

 Chaulelasnuis streperus, 

 Chen caTiilescens, 



" hverborea. 

 Chickadee, 



" Carolina, nesting of, 



" J^ong-tailed, 



" Mountain, 

 Cliordeiles iinpetue, 



*• p<ipctnc lieliryi, 

 Cha-tura pchtsgi.a." 

 Chondesto gr;uiiiiiica strigata, 

 Cinrlus iii"'xi< anu>. 

 Clangula liyenialis. 

 Cocryziis amcricaiius, 



*' * erytliroptlialmus. 

 Cock, Sage, 



Cocothranstes vespertina, 

 Colaptes auratus, 



auratus mexicanus, 

 Colinus virginianus, 1 



Collecting trip to Cresson 



Springs, Fa., 

 Collecting trip. Winter, 

 Colorado, birds of, 145 



Colyinbus auritus, 



" holbcellii, 



" nigricollis californicus 

 toniuatus. 

 Communication, 

 Consistency 



C'ondor, Caiifornian. notes on the, 30 

 Contopus Itorcalis, 107 



" richardsoni, 107 



Contopus virens, 43 



Coot, American, 167, 170 



Cormorant, Double-crested, 50, 148 

 Corrections, 48 



Corresi)ondence, 112, 174, 191 



Corvus americana, 11 



" corax carnivorus, 107 



Corvus frugivorus, 42, 45, 107 



Coturniculus i>asserinns perpal- 



lidus, 74 



Cowbird's eggs with sets, 158 



Crake, Corn, in Connecticut, 45 



Crane, Little Brown, 106, 170 



Crane Island, a visit to, 81 



Crane, Sand-hill, 140, 167, 170 



" Whoo])ing, 166, 170 



Creeper, Brown, 28, 72 



" Brown, feeds a Chickadee, 138 

 Crossbill, American, 11,28 



" Mexican, 73 



" White-winged, 11,73 



Crow, 42, 45, 10' 



115 



26 



42 



110 



11 



129 



181 



45 



139 



.50, 105 



43 



43 



16, 43, 45, 71 



42, 139 



45 



139, 182 



45, 11.5 



1.51. 171, 181 



1.^4. 171 



10.51, 105 



43 



189 



140 



169 

 165, 109 

 12, 2H, W 



100 

 72 

 72 

 45 



107 

 42 

 74 

 71 

 10 

 42 

 42 



139 



11 



42,45 



115 

 0, 181 



133 

 94 



181 

 49 



140 



49, 146 



45 



1.59 



128 



, 10." 



('row. .American. 



a timely word in behalf 



of. 



" winter roost of, at St. 

 Louis, 

 Crymophilus fulicarius. 

 Cuckoo, and Tent Caterpillar, 



1, 28 



17 

 122 

 188 



Cm^koo, Black-billed, 42 



■• Yellow-billed, 42 



Yellow-billed, late nest- 

 ing of, 140 

 Curlew. l;s(|iiiuio, 1.53, 171, 181 

 " HlidMiniau, 1.53,171 

 " Long-liilled, 1.5:!, 108, 171, 181 

 Cyanocitta cristata, 11 

 *' stelleri macrolepha, 107 

 Cvpselus saxatilis, 107 

 Dalila acuta, .50,105 

 Data Blanks, 25 

 Dead <'rcck. dav on, 157 

 Deer Hunter's Assistants, 27 

 Dendragapus obscurus, 181 

 Dendnuca lestiva, 43, 45 

 auduboni, 72 

 •' discolor, 43 

 dominica, 16, 43 

 " graca'a, 72 

 '• nigrescens, 72 

 pinus, 43 

 " tounsendi, 72 

 Diver, (ireat Northern. 45 

 Dove, Mourning, 42, 139 

 Dowitcher, 170 

 '• Long-billed, 123, 107, 170 

 Dryobates pubescens, 10 

 Du'ck, American Scaup, 51, 140, 106 

 " Black, 10, .50, 148 

 " Dusky, 45 

 " Harlequin, 165 

 ■' Lesser Scaup, .51,148,165 

 ■■ Little Hlack-heail, 140 

 King-necked, 51, 165 

 •' Ruddy. 51, 165 

 Ruddy, nesting of. 132 

 " Wood'. 50. 105 

 Eagle. Bald, nest of, 63 

 " Bald, nesting habits of, 77 

 " Caracara, remarkable runt 



egg of, 99 



" (iolden, nest of, im, 172 



" Golden, 139 



" vs. Fish Hawk, 118 



•• (iolden, atrip toSan Ben- 

 ito county after eggs of, 1 19 

 Editorial, iHi, 110, 12.5. 14.3, 1.59, 174, 190 

 Eggs, fading of colors of. after 

 they are jirepared for 

 tlie'cabinet, 151 



number in a set, 109 



" retention of by birds, 89 



" some curious sets ()f, 152 



Elanoides forflcatus, 24 



Embryo, in, 78 



Enipidonax acadicus, 43 



Einiiidonax pusilUls trailli, 107 



Ereunetes jiusillus, 12Vt, 108, 171 



Erisniatura ruliida, 51, 165 



Exchanges, on making, 54 



E.xclianges for 1888, our, 190 



K\|iericncc, a day's, 177 



Falco sparverius, IS 



" Peregrine, nesting of, 1.5C 



Finch, Cassin's I'nrple, 73 



'* Lincoln's, 74 



" Western Grass, 74 



" Western Lark, 74 



Five sets of eggs from one bird 



in one season, 1**2 



Flicker, 28, 42, 45, 142 



" and Downy Woodpecker, 



nests of in same stub, 130 



" Red-shafted, 115 



Food of some Raleigh birds, 10 



Four lirotbcrs. Lake Cham- 

 plain, a visit to, 138 

 Flycatcher, Acadian, 43 

 " Gre.at-crested, 42 

 " Olive-sided, 107 

 •• Traill's, _ 107 

 Fulica .americana, ""''}!„ 

 Fulix afflnis, }™ 

 " marila, JfO 

 (iadwall, ^ ' 1 

 Galeosciiptes carolinensis, 16, 43, 45, 71 

 Gilllinago dclicata, 10, 122, 167, 170 

 " media wilsoni, ,^ 139 

 Gallinula galcata, IJo. j'O 

 Gallinule, Flornla, "'i, no 

 (ieoeoccyx californi.anus, 11.) 

 (Jeothlypis macgillivrayi, '- 



