CONTENTS 



Another — More About Nomenclature 7 



Barred Owl, The, 21 



Bird Arrivals, 6 



Caracara Eagle, The, 83 



Compar. Scarcity of the Scarlet Tauager, 92 



Cow Bird a Polygamist, The, ... 7 



Vlockmg o^ Quhcalus ])urpureus^ . . 15 



Flamingo, The, 72 



Great-tailed Grackle, The, ... 53 



Hybrids, 6 



Jay of the North ; Canada Jay, The, 14 



Le Coute's Thrasher, 99 



Note on the Olive-sided Flycatcher . 98 



Notes ou the Dusky Grouse, ... 98 



On Changes of Habit among W'dp'kers, 91 



Other Side, The, 23 



Reflections upon the Habits of the Purple 



Finch, 13 



Rose-breasted Grosbeak, The, . . 30 

 Studies on Certain Fringillidce, — 



Grass Finch, 31 



Tree Spari'ow, 37 



White-throated Sparrow, . . . . 71 



Black Snow Bird, 90 



'^Tip-up," 22 



Utility of the Crow, 38 



Yellow-winged Sparrow, The, . . 47 



Exotic Ornithology. 



Brush Turkey, The, 54 



Condor, The 39 



Gigantic Kingfisher of New Holland, 



The, 100 



Gilded Cuckoo of Africa, The, . . 70 

 Great Moa, The, [Illustration] . . G3 



Harpy Eagle, The, 28 



Nandou ; South American Ostrich, The, 5 



Souffriere Bird, The, 32 



Voyageur Pigeon, The, [Illustration] 46 



General Items. 



8, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 62, 72, 84 



Recent Publications. 



American Natixralist, 16 



Birds of Florida, 32, 48, 56, 72 



Birds ol New York, 84 



Birds of North America (B. B. & R.), ... 56 

 Birds of North America (Jasper's), .... 64 



Birds of the Colorado Valley, 64 



Bulletin of the National Museum, 64 



Familiar Science, 56, 84 



Dlustrations of the Nests and Eggs of the Birds 



of Ohio, 48 



Ineligibility of the European House Sparrow in 



America (in Am. Nat.) 40 



Meteorologist, 84 



Naturalist'and Fancier, 48 



Naturalists' Directory for 1878, 32 



Nests and Eggs of American Birds, . . 8, 72, 92 

 Notes on Certain Species of New England Birds, 24 

 Notes on the Occurrence of Mieropalaina hiinan- 



topus in New England, 8 



Notes on the Ornithology of Southern Texas, 64 



Nuttall Bulletin, 40 



Photographed Birds' Eggs 92 



Science Observer, 48, 84 



Temperence Vedette, 32 



Town and Country, 72 



Valley Naturalist, 32, 64 



Wesley's Book Circular, 32, 64 



Miscellaneous Items, 



7, 8, 15, 22, 31, 

 69, 70, 71, 90 



Illustrations. 



Coloi'ed Plate of Birds' Eggs, 



facin<j 73 



A Nondescript Egg 



Egg of Horned Lark, .... 



Nest and Eggs of Turdus swainHoni, 

 Skeleton of the Great Moa, . . 

 Voyageur Pigeon, . • . • • ■ 



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Advp:rtisements, . supplements and last 



leaf of cover. 



