CONTENTS. 



VOL. XVI.. NO. 1. JANUARY, 1891 



A Series al Ksrgs of the Red-shouldered H^wk 

 The Nmnljer of E^gs to a Set . . . . 

 Familiar Sew England Birds iu Alabama . 



. .1. 1>. X. 



. C. S. Briniley 



. F. E. C. . 



The Effect of Winter L'lion the Arrival ami Xestino; of Birds 



atOrinnell, Iowa Carl Kelsey 



A Jloonlight A<lventure Walter Hoxie . 



How the Data of a I.arse Collection of Ej;ss are Kept . . J. I". X 



Lapland Longspur Will de la Barre 



English Sparrows hy the Thousand 7. 1*. X. 



Birds of the North Atlantic Montague Chamberlain . 



Probable Addition to the Avifauna of Kansas . P. li. Teabody . 



Brief Notes 



Editorial 



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JUST RECEIVED— A few choice skins of the Long- 

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