CONTENTS. 



VOL. XVI., NO. 2, FEBRUARY, 



189 1 



How a Large Collectiiin 111 Eggs is Kept J.P.N 17 



Nesting of the Whip-pimr-will I.H.Bowles 18 



Looking Kackwarcl Walter Hoxie 18 



Crane Island . . H. K. Hurd 19 



Singular Capture of a Blark-throated Diver .... C.M.Jones ao 



Nesting of the Sharp-sninned Hawk D. I>. Stone 20 



The Least Bittern ana Loniv-billed Marsh Wren at Mud Lake W. C. Brownell, M.D 21 



What is the Best Method of Keeping a Field Note-b(jok? . Horace G. Smith. Jr 22 



Snow Buntings in Nova hiotia Harry Piers 23 



Abnormal Eggs . S. R. Ingersoll 2a 



A Crazy Bluebird John N. Clark 24 



That Clangula . . P. B. Peabody 25 



Nesting of thf^ Cedar Waxwing at Raleigh, N. C. . . . C. S. Brimley 25 



Eggs of the Great Norrneni Diver H. L. Beadel 26 



Nesting of the Bl.ick Kail at Raleigh, N. C C. S. Brimley 26 



Hawks' Nests H. W. Beers ....*.... 26 



Nesting of the Flammulated Screech Owl 



Nesting of Henslow's Sparrow at Stephentown, N. Y. . 



Nesting of the Broad-wmged Hawk at Raleigh, N. C. . 



An Unexpected Fall 



Late Nesting of the Wood Pewee 



New Publications 28 



2i) 



Wm. G. Smith 27 



Benjamin Hoag 27 



C. S. Brimley 27 



Wilfred A. Brotherton 28 



James B. I'urdv 28 



Editorial 

 Brief Notes 

 Correspondence 



2'J 



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