Table of Contents, Vol. III. 



Alle nigricans, 23. 



Alligator, .^>2. 



Another Enemy in the Poultry 



Yard, 57. 

 American taxidermists, 65. 

 A Trip in the Rocky Mountains, 66. 

 Autumnal Suggestions, «1. 

 Anemones, 84. 

 Abnormal Embryos, 84. 

 Amethyst Locality of Burrillville, 



R. I., 90. 



Bumpus, Hermon C, Reptiles and 



Batrachians of R. I., 7, 14, '21, 



35, 43, 5-2. (i9, 76, 83. 



Bailey, W. Whitman, To a Friend 



at West Point, 9. 



Some Early Wild Flowers, 



34. 

 Wild Flowers of Warwick, 



60, 67, 75. 

 Autumnal Suggestions, 81. 

 Hazel Copses, 97. 

 Dispersion of Seeds, 97. 

 Blue Jay, Strange Behavior of, 33. 

 Bohemian Waxwiiigs, 34. 

 Birds, etc., seasonable notes, 37, 42. 

 Buhach, Poison to Insects, 43. 

 Barrows' Golden Eve, 50. 

 Birds of Kansas, Note of Check- 

 list by Col N. S. Goss, 58. 

 Birds. The Killing of, 65. 

 Battey, T. J., Kames in R. I., 81. 



Amethyst Locality of Bur- 

 rillville. R I., 90. 

 Blake, E. W., Jr., The Coast Fox, 

 93. 



Check-lists, New, A. O. U., 1. 



Collecting Trip to the Magdalens,3. 



Carpenter, Horace F., Shell-bear- 

 ing Mollusraof R. I.. 4, 14, 22, 

 30, 38. 46, 54. 70, 78, 85. 95, 99. 

 Hyalinia whealleyii, 87. 



Check-list of Shells, Clausilia, J. 

 Ritchie, Jr., 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 

 80. 



Caterpillars, their destruction, 28. 



Crocodile, 52. 



Chemically Pure Gold, 64. 



Diamonds in the Uuited States, 10. 



Entomology Work of the Govern- 

 ment, i. 



E'g Collection of John Snowdon 

 Howland, 10. 



Eggs of the Rock Wren, 17. 



Townsend's Flycatcher, 



25, 42. 

 Mountain Chickadee, 



25. 



Fishery, cod and haddock, 45. 



Ferret, Black-footed, 73. 



Flying Squirrel, 77. 



Fischer, Ph., Cleaning Oily Lepi- 



doptera, 45. 

 Forest Trees of Rhode Lsland, 6, 11, 



20,29,36,44,53,74, 82, 91. 



Hamlin, Prof. Charles E., his de- 

 cease, 9. 



Hornaday, Willia n T., My First 

 Capture of a Tiger, 26. 



Helix, 27. 



Hyalinia wheatleyii, 87. 



Immaculate Eggs of the Song Spar- 

 row, 8. 



Kunz, Geo. F., Diamonds in the 



U S., 10. 

 Kames in R. I , 81. 

 Kelly, Henry A., Possum Hunt, 51. 



Lunda cirrhata, 17. 



Lepidoptera, Cleaning oily speci- 

 mens. 45. 



Literary Note, Ridgeway's Manual 

 of N. A Birds, 64. 



Leather-backed Turtle, 72. 



Mollusca, Shell-bearing, of R. I., 

 Horace F Carpenter, 4, 14, 22, 

 30, 38, 46, 54, 62, 70, 78, 85, 89. 



Mica, 2.S. 



Myiadestes townsendi, 25, 42. 



Newport Nat. Hist. Soc'ty, 42. 

 Night Heron, Yellow Crown, 49. 

 Notice of W. T. Hornaday's book. 

 Two Years in the Jungle, 25. 



Ornithological Explorations 



Leonhard Stejueger, 17. 

 Ornithology, Economic, 41. 



by 



Possum Hunt, 51. 

 Pleurocera neglectum 69. 

 Plant-lice. Lady Bugs, and Spar- 

 rows, 76. 



Purple Gallinule, 79. 



Reptiles and Batrachians of R. I., 



7, 13, 21, :i5, 43. 52, 69, 76, 83. 

 Rhode Island Birds, 2. 

 Red-shouldered hawk breeding, 11. 

 Russell, L. W., Forest Trees of R. 



I., 6, 11, 20, 29, 36, 44, 53, 74, 



82, 91. 

 Ritchie, John, Jr., Check-list of 



Genus Clausilia, 16, 24, 32, 40, 



48, 80. 

 Receipt for Cement, 25. 



Specific Gravity of Minerals, 2. 

 Smith, William G., 



Eggs of Rock Wren, 17. 



Mountain Chicka- 

 dee, 25. 

 Townsend's Fly- 

 catcher, 25. 

 Barrows' Golden 



Eye, 50. 

 A Trip in the 

 Rocky Mts., 66. 

 Black-footed Fer- 

 ret, 73. 

 Stejueger, Leonhard, Tufted Puf- 

 fin, 17. 

 Sea Doves, 23. 

 Silver Gar, 50. 

 Sword Fish, 58. 

 Sitta canadensis, 85. 

 Sea Beans, 95. 



To a Friend at West Point, 9. 

 Tufted Puffin, 17. 

 Turkey Buzzard, 19. 

 Townsend's Flj catcher, 25, 42. 

 Turtles, to prepare skins, 58, 

 Turtles, Leather-backed, 72. 

 Tennessee Warbler in R. I., 79. 

 The Nebular Hypothesis, 89. 

 The Coast Fox, 93. 



Unio complanatus, its growth, 61. 



Vorticella, 8. 



Wild Flowers, 34, 60, 67, 75. 

 Wolf Rocks, 49. 

 Woodchuck, 53. 



Yelping a Gobbler, 33. 

 Yellow-crown Night Heron, 50. 



NDEX rO ADVERTISEMENTS. 



The figures refer to the issue of R.\ndom Notes, the 



Curiosities, 5, x viii ; 6, xxiii ; 7, xx vi ; 

 8, x.xx ; 9, xxxiv. 



American Ornithologists Union 



Check-list l,iv; 4,xvi; 3, xii. 



Auk, The, 7. xxvi; 8, xxx: 9, xxxiv; 



10, xxxviii; 11, xlii; 12, 



xlvi. 



Bone Snips, 1, ii; 5, xviii; 6, xxii; 



7. xxvi; 8. xxx; 9. xxxiv; 



10 xxxviii ; 11, xlii ; 12, 



xlvi. 



Bird Eggs, 1, iii; 4, iv; 7, xxvii;8, 



xxxi. 

 Bird Skins, 1, iii ; 2, vii ; 3, xi; 6, 

 xxiii; 7, page5li; S. page 

 64; 9,xxxv; 10. xxxix; 

 11, page 8h; 12, xlvii. 

 Black-footed Ferret, 12, xlvii. 



Catalogues, 1, ii; 2, vi. 



Glass Capped Boxes, 9, xxxvi; lOi 

 xxxviii ; 10, xl ; 11, xlii; 

 12, xlvi. 



Glass Eyes, 11, xliii; 12, xlvii, xlviii. 



Davies' Egg Check-list, 2. vi ; 6, 

 xxiii. 



Minerals. 4, xv. 



Museum Hardware Specialities, 7, 

 .xxvi; 8, -x.x.x; 9. xx.xiv; 10, 

 xxxviii; 11, xlii; 12, xlvi. 



Newport N. H. Soc. proceedings. 

 1, ii; 2, vi; 3, xv- 



Ostrich Ejgs, 1, ii. 

 Owls, 3, xi. 



letters to the page. 



O.ilogy of New England, 4, xv. 



Peacock Skins, 5, xx. 



Shells, 1, iii; 2, viii; 3, xii; 4, xv; 



4, xvi ; 5, XX ; 6, xxiii ; 7, 



xxviii; b, xxxii; 10, xxxix. 



Science Observer, 1, iv; 2, vii; 5, xx. 



Supplies for Naturalists, 3, ix ; 4, 



XV ; 5, xix ; (i xxii ; 7, page 56. 



Southwick, James M., 11, xliv. 



Trays, 1, ii; 2, vi; 4, xv; 5, xviii; 

 6, xxii; 7, xxvi; 8, xxx; 9, 

 xxxiv; 10, xxxviii; 11, xlii; 



12, xlvi. 



Wants, 2, vii; 5, xviii; 6, xxii; 7, 

 xxvi; 8, xxx; 9, xxxv. 



