CONTENTS. 



VOL. XIII, NO. 7, JULY, 1888. 



Tlie Wood Tliiusli .James B. I'i isdv 97 



How UiiOs Bi'eat lio Scolopax 97 



Nestiiij? of the Yellow riifoated Warbler in So. Carolina J. P. X 09 



Remarkable Runt Egg oftlie Caracara Eagle .J. P. X 99 



Birds lountl Xesting in Bncks County, Pa I. S. Ueiff 09 



Supposed Breeding of the r.;nred ()\vl in .St. Joseph's Co., Midi Leon E. Keed 100 



Nesting of Carolina Chiekaiicr in Is.ss C. S. Bkimlei' 100 



Notes on Nesting of Yellow-Throated AVarbler Walter Hii.kie 100 



Ratio of the Minor to the Major Axis of an "Ideal" Egg Walter Hd.me 101 



Ttie Yellow. Bellied Sapsucker in Bristol County A. C. Bent 101 



Notes on the Savannah Sparrow Walter Hoxie 101 



Unmarked Eggs ot the Turkey Vulture H. R. Tavlou 102 



Five Sets of Eggs from One Bird in One Season J. P.N 102 



Notes on the Nesting of the Rough-Winged Sparrow Walter Hoxie lO'i 



Florida Red-Shouldered Hawk in Texas 102 



Philadelphia Vireo in Conn A. H. Verrill 103 



Food of the Great Northern Shrike John C. Cahoon 103 



Winter Notes from Wellesley, Mass S. W. Denton 104 



Winter Notes .J. Walik) Nash 104 



Song of the Brown Thrasher AUTUt R H. IIohkll 10.5 



How a Set of Snipe's Eggs were Saved Watson L. lirsHOP 105 



Fun Among Birds H. R. Tavlou 100 



Curious Nests of the Sparrow Hawk .J. P. N 100 



Canadi.an Grouse in Captivity J. P. N lOti 



List of Some Birds of LaPlatta County C. F. Morrison 107 



Wintering of Pectoral Sandpiper on Monomoy Island, Mass .John C. CAHOO>f lOS 



Birds and their Relation to Agriculture C. S. Brimlev 108 



Barn Owl in California Clark P. Streator 109 



Number of Eggs in a .Set W. W. Gilman 100 



Occurrence of Vireo flavoviridis at Riverside, Cal 110 



Editorial 110 



Stolen Names Ill 



Brief Notes Ill 



Correspondence 112 



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