CONTENTS. 



VOL. XIII, NO. 9, SEPTEMBER, 1888. 



Tlie Shore Birds of Cape Cod .John C. Caiioos 129 



Nesting of the Ruddy Duck Wm. G. Smith 132 



We Think the Same 132 



Nesting of the Golden-crowned Thrusli Lv.VDS .Jones 133 



A Collecting Trip to C'resson Springs Harry K. .Jamison 133 



Large Set of Eggs of the Yellow Warbler T. W. Glover 134 



Food of the Great Northern Shrike ISenj. F. Hess 134 



Food of the Great Northern Shrike C. C. Maxwell 134 



English Sparrow Bexj. F. Hess 135 



Occurrence of the fellow-bellied Woodpecker In New Haven, Conn W. G. VanName 135 



A Timely Word in Behalf of the Crow Edward Texnant 135 



Nests of Flicker and Downy Woodpecker in same Stub C. C. Maxfielii 136 



Remarkable Nesting Sites of the Black Snowbird W. L. Bishop 136 



Nesting of the Florida Burrowing Owl T. H. Jackson 137 



Brief Collecting Notes .7. C. Cahoon 137 



A Brown Creeper Feeds a Chickadee Edward Tenxant 138 



Reminiscences ol Audubon Wm. Bradford 138 



A Visit to the Four Brothers, Lake Cliamplain A. H. Jordan 138 



A List of Some Birds of LaPlata County, Col., with Annotations Chas. F. Morrisox 139 



Winter Notes from Raleigh, N. C C. S. Brimlev 140 



Late Nesting of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo J. P. N 140 



Nest Building .John N. Clark 141 



On the Food of Woodpeckers C S. Brimlev 141 



Nesting of the Field Sparrow at Raleigh, N. C C. S. Brimlev 142 



Nesting of the Tufted Tit in 1888 C. S. Brimlev 142 



Brief Notes from Raleigh, N. C C. S. Brimlev 142 



Editorial 143 



Brief Notes 144 



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