ORNITHOLOGIST AND OOLOGIST. 



INDEX TO VOLUME XVI., 1891 



HreeiJin^ in 



Adventure. A Moonlight 11 



Alaliaina, Familiar New Kngland 



Birds in 9 



Anliinga, American 49 



Bay St. Louis, Miss.. Across the 



Lake of 1G9 



Birds, and their Value, 130 



" ol Kansas, Goss' Historyof 176 

 " of Fowcshiek Co., Iowa, 131 

 '* Two Days in the Woods 



with 97 



Blackbird, Red -winded It) 



Bluebird, 9, 10 



" A Crazv 2-1 



Bobolink, A Runt Egg of 42 



Bob-white, 9 



" Latti Nesting of l/JT, 180 



" Later Nesting of. from 



iMichigan. 



liooks, New 



Bunting, Indigo 



Uuzzanl, Turkey, 



-Mulligan. 

 Biizziirds' Boost, 

 Callipepla califoriiion. Habits of 

 Cape Cod, A Few Notes frruii 

 Capriuuilgida' on the Sea Island, 12i; 

 Cardinal, y, 10 



Chat, Yellow-breasted lo 



Chickadee, Carolina 9, lo 



Clangula.That 25 



Cobb's Island, Va., Trip to IM 



Collecting, Warm-weather 4.t 



Collectors. Mints Inr "Jun*' Tvl 



Conn.. Florida Callinnle, 149 



Middletown, Notes from 140 

 Correspondence. 



82, 47. G4, 79. 9(5. 11(1. 144, ir.9. 175 

 Crane Islan<l, 19 



Cuckoo, Yellow-billed 9, in 



Curious " Sets of Eggs," i;{9 



Day, A Lazy 87 



Delaware Vallev Ornithoiogi(.-al 

 Club, nt Philadelphia. Proceed- 

 ings of 91. 104. 171") 

 Disappointment, A Pleasant 100 

 Diver, Black-throated, Singular 



Capture ot 20 



(ireat Northern, Eggs of 2G 



Dove, Mourning 9 



Duck, Lal'rador. for Sale, ISI 



Ruddy, Breeiling at Cai)e 



Cod." I.^-, 



" Wood l.'i4 



Eagle, with a Glass Eye. 17G 



Editorial, 16, 29, 107. 158, ISl 



Eggs, Abnormal 23 



" Cowbirds', Variation in 



Size of CI 



" Coloration of r»5, 105 



'* Curious Sets of 139 



" ITow the Collecti{»n of, at 

 the National Museum is 

 Kept, 38 



" How a Large Collection of, 



is Kept, 17 



" How the Data of a Large 



Collection ol", are Kept, 11 

 " Mr. Thomas H. .Jackson's 



Collection of C5 



" Number of, to a Set, 9 



Fall, An Unexpected 28 



Fate. Horrible, Death of .John C. 



Cahoon, 73 



FieldNote-book, Whatisthe Best 



Method of Keeping a 22 



Find, A Curious 99 



Flint. Wm. C. 93 



Flycatcher, Acadian 9, 10 



Gallinule. Florida, in Conn., 149 



Gnatcarcher, Blue-grav 9, 10 



Goss, Col.. N. S., ' 45 



Grinnell, Iowa, Effect of Winter 

 Upon the Arrival and Nesting 

 of Birds at 10 



Green, Edward K., 

 Grosbeak, Rose -breasted, in 

 W"ashtenaw County, Michigan, 

 Grouse Eggs, Large Set ot 



Sooty. Nesiing ol 

 Gull, Glaucous, Capture of, at 



Long Island, N. Y.. 

 Gyrfalcon, Black, in Vermont. 



*" lilack, Taken at L\nn, Mass 

 Hawk, Broad-winged 



•' Broad-winged, Nesting of, 

 at Raleigh, N C. 

 Red-shouldered 

 Red-sh(mldered, Series of 

 Eggs of 

 " Sharp-shinned, Nesting of 

 the 

 Hawks and Owls, Bill t») Extend 

 the Protection of the Law tt> 

 Certain Species of 

 Hawks Ne^ts, 



Heights, Hints on Measuring 

 " More Hints on -Measuring 

 " Pleasuring, Again, 

 Heron. Great Blue 

 (Jreen 

 '* Yellow-crowned Night, Vis- 

 Its the Bav State, 

 Hornaday, William T. 

 llornaday's Taxidermy, A Testi- 

 monial of 

 Hummingbird, Ruby-Throated 

 Ictinia mississijipensis, 

 Insects. Injurious to Collections, 

 Th- ir Prevention and Remedy, 

 Iowa, Poweshiik Co., Birds of 

 Ja<!kson, Mr. Thomas H., Collec- 



ti<m of Eggs. 

 Javs, Blue, A Pair of Pugnacious 

 .Joke, A Nesting 

 Kansa', Provable Addition to the 



Avifauna ol 

 Kingfisher, Belted 

 Longspnr. Lajiland 



" McCown's, Fir.'it Record of 



Breeding of, in Minnesota, 



Long Island, N. Y., Ca]>ture of a 



(Hau(;ous (Jull at 

 Long point. Birds of 

 Looking Backward, 

 Lynn. Mass., Black Gyrfaleitn 



taken at 

 Mangrove Swamp, Lost in a 

 Martin. Purple 

 Memory, Tribute to his 

 Michigan, Picidreof 



•* Rr)se-breasted Grosbeak in 



Washtenaw County, 

 " Stupid I^aws of 

 " TurkfV Buzzard lireeding in 

 Minnesota, Addition to the List 

 of Birds of lOfi, 



•* Birds of 

 " First Record of McCown's 



Longspur Breeding in 

 " Swainson's Hawk in 

 Mockingbird. 



•* in Northwest Iowa, 

 Mud Lake. The Least Bittern and 



Long-billed Marsh Wren at 

 Nest, A Stake-driver's 

 Ne.st Collecting. A Plea for 

 Newfoundland, Five M(mths in 



40, 70,83, 115, 

 Nighrhawk. 



North Atlantic, Birds of 

 Note-book, The First Pages of a 



'91 b( 



Notes, Ancient Ornithological, 

 Found in Ames* Almanack 

 Published at Dedham, 

 Mass., in 172G to 1775, 92 



•■ Brief 15. 29, 46, 62. 77. 94, 108 

 127. 143. 1.58, 171, 181 

 " from Dartmouth, N. S., 155 



Notes, from Midillctown, Conn., 141 



•' Nesting, 1S90, 148 



" Oological, 42,85,120 



" on Egg Coloration, 75 



Nova .Scotia, Hunting Eagles* 



Nests in 103 



" Snow Buntings in 23 



Nuthatch, Brown-headed 9, lu 



" A\ hite-bellied. Large Set 



ol Eggs of 157 



" White-bellied, Series of 



Eggs of 123 



Oologisi on Skates, 37 



Ooliigisls, Attention, 142 



Oriole, Baltimore, Some Curious 



Sets of Eggs of 61 



" Orchard 9, 10 



Orchard. Nesting Near 



Kingbirds. 88 



Ornithology and Geology, 51 



Osprev, American, A Series of 



EggV of 1G3 



"Outside'' in Winter, 117 



Owl, American Barn. Taken in 



Mass., 92 



" Barred 10 



Flammulated Screech. 



Nesting of 27 



Partridge, California, Habits of 179 



I'et, A (JerniHU 166 



Pewee, Wood 10 



" Wood. Late Nesting of 28 



Phaino]K'pla, Series of Eggs of 125 



Publications, New 



16,23, 80,110, 160 

 Ramlile, An Afternoon 180 



Rail, Black 10 



" Black, Nesting of, at Ral- 

 eigh, N. C, 26 

 " Kintr 10 

 Raleigh, N. C, Dates of First 



Takes of Eggs at, in 1890, 10 



'* N. C, Notes from 125 



Redstart, American 10 



Reminiscences, 177 



" of an Old Steel Trap, 54 



Sandpii)er, Western Seniipal- 



niated 170 



Sapsncker, Death of a 125 



Shrikes, Hungry 61 



Skunks. 136 



Sparrow. Chipi)ing 10 



" Chi}ti)ing, Unspotted Eggs of86 



•* Field 10 



" Hensbiw's Nesting of. at 



>ttephentown. New York, 27 

 " How I Embalmed my 76 



.'iiparrows. English, by the thous- 

 and, 13 

 " Slautihter of 141 

 Specimens. How I Send My, 



Home, 88 



Swallow. Rough-winged 10 



" Rough-winged, Nesting of, 



in Saratoga Co., N. Y., 104 



" White-bellied 10 



9, 10 



, Loui>iana W'ater 9, 10 



Louisiana Water, Nesting 



of.inPhilade!]thiaCo., Pa., 87 



" Wilson's, Nesting of, in 



Western Pennsvlvania, 50 



" Wo<kI ' 9, 10 



Trip After Fish Hawks and 



Tanagfr, Summer 

 Thrus" ' 



