CONTENTS. 



VOL. XVII, NO. 3, MARCH, 1892. 



Geographical Variation in Birds 



A Morning on Spoon River, 111. 



The Herons of Alachua County, Florida 



A Trip to Tolchester Beach 



Bird Notes of Northern New Jersey 



. Harry Gordon White 33 



. \V. S. Strode, M. D 34 



. F.G. Pearson x 36 



. Wm. H. Fisher 38 



. Henrv Hales 38 



A Dip into the .January O. & O P. B. Peabody 39 



The Western Robin and Varied Thrush Wni. L. Kells 39 



Notes on Bird Flight J. W. Preston 41 



Birds of Five Mile Beach Philip Laurent 43 



The Appearance of the Chewink in Lat. 37° 48' N. in Winter Thaddeus Surber 44 



Arrivals of Some Migratory Birds of .Johnson Co., Ind. . E. M. Kindle 44 



Old S(iuaw (Clangulahiemalis) Samuel E. Bacon, Jr 45 



Capture of a Mink Arthur M. Farmer 45 



Editorial 4G 



Brief Notes 4G 



New Publications 48 



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