AUTHORS' IXDEX'. 1G7 



Avery, H. W. xii., 14, 265— A swan killed by flying against the telegraph 

 wires. 



A , P. H. ii., 16, 243 — Spring notes from the Adirondacks. 



" A Rp;uler." ii., 23, 358— Woodcock shooting in Connecticut. 



" Addorhaiik." ii., 2, 22—" Grouse and "Woodcock " in Massachusetts. 



" Ad Paul." iv., 4, 58 — Games notes from St. Louis, Missouri. 



"Agate." vi., 2, 18— Game (birds) in Western New York ; short notes. 



" Aix Sponsa." xii., 23, 444— Food of the Mud Hen. 



" A iamis." xii., 3, 46— Notes at Schraalenburg, N. J. 



"Al I (Jator " is J. Francis Le Baron. 



" Aliquis." iv., 17, 202— The Woodcock as a song bird. 



"Alio." X., 12, ^le-Brooding Woodcock April 7, 1878, at Painesville, 



Ohio ; one week later the young were hatched and gone. 

 "Anscr," iv., 11, 167— Canada Goose with nmeteen tail-feathers ; also 



shot one with the crown and back part of the head blotched with 



white. 

 " Antler " is E. S. Stratton. 

 " Archer " is G. A. Stockwell. 

 ** Arrow " is Junius P. Leach. 



"Audubon." v., 16, 243— "Eagles on the Susquehanna." v., 17, 260— 

 Snowy Owls at Harrisburg, Penn. v., 18. 276— Albinos shot near 

 Harrisburg, Penn. v., 25, 388— Albino Meadow Lark and Partridge 

 killed at Harrisburg, Penn. viii., 4, 50 — Domesticated Wild Geese*! 



" Au Sauble " is John W. Button. 



"Avis." vii., 25, 395— Snowy Owls and Hudsonian Titmouse at Utica 



N. Y. 

 *' Awahsoose " is R. E. Robinson. 

 Bailey, H. B. xi., 25, 503— At the meeting of the Linnean Society of New 



York of Dec. 28, 1878, a paper read by him on the genus JJeridrmca. 



xii., 10, 185— Reviewing Langdon's list of birds (see Langdon, F. W.) 

 Bailey, Jas. S. iv., 11, 172— "The Migration of Birds ;" general remarks. 



iv., 15, 230 — "The Canada Goose:" general account, v., 25, 388 



Doubts the statement made in a previous number that hybrid Ducks 



are ever prolific. 



Bai d, Spencer F. ii., 1, 5— "Hybrid Ducks;" in his opinion most of those 

 that are shot are a cross between the Mallard and Muscovy ; says they 

 have frequently been described, viz., by John G. Bell as FuUgula «r- 

 la and ]Mr. Gosse. one taken in Jamaica, as Anaa m xima. ii., 1, 14 

 —Review by the Editors of "A History of North American Birds," 

 by S. F. Baird, Tbos. M. Brewer and' Robt. Ridgway. ii., 12, 179 

 — Review by the Editors of Vol. IH. of above, ui., 6, 85 — Answers 

 a description of a strange bird in the preceding number by stating it 

 is probabh' Pidcoi^us colnvihianu'<. vi., 3, 36 — Approving the invita- 

 tion for notes from collectors, vi., 9, 133 — Asks for information con- 

 cerning any specimens of-^he Labrador Duck that may be in collec- 

 tions in the United States, to be used by Mr. Rowley, of England, in 

 his memoir. 



Ballon, >'ahnin E. iv., 12, 187— " Protection of Game." 



Barnes, ,7. B. iii., 24, 373—" The Peridicidse :" general account of all the 



Quails inhabiting the United States and a few notes on the Migratory 



Quail of Europe. 



Batty, J. H. i., 3, 35— Notes from Twin Lakes, Col., on a few 

 species breeding among the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, 

 advising taking a nest, eggs and young of the Ruby- 



