iv Contents of Volume II. 



Crossbill breeding in Massachusetts, 105; The Ipswich Sparrow 

 (Passerculus princeps) in Delaware, 105; Peuccea aestivalis and its 

 Subspecies illinocnsis, 105; The Black-throated Bunting in Maine, 

 106; Foster Parents of the Cowbird, 106; Nest and Eggs of the 

 Rusty Grackle (Scolecophagus ferrugineus), 106; A White Crow 

 (Corvusfrugivorus), 107; A Remarkable Migration of Canada 

 Jays, 107; The Kingbird in a New R61e, 108 ; Late Occurrence 

 of the Phoebe (Sayornis fuscti) at Brewer, Maine, 10S; Hawk 

 Owls in New England, 108; The Turkey Buzzard in Central 

 New York, 109; Recent Occurrence of the Black Vulture in Ohio, 

 109; A New Bird for Illinois, 109; The Great White Egret and 

 Yellow Rail in Ottawa, Canada, no; CEdicnemus dominicensis 

 in Confinement, no; The Western Semipalmated Sandpiper on 

 the Coast of Virginia, no; The Canada Goose, in ; The Eider 

 Ducks of the New England Coast, 111; The White Pelican on 

 Lake Ontario, in; The Common Cormorant off Boston Harbor, 

 112; The Common Cormorant in Massachusetts, 112; Rare Sum- 

 mer Residents in Kansas, 112 ; Third Addendum to List of Birds 

 Ascertained to Occur within Ten Miles from Point des Monts, 

 Province of Quebec, Canada; Based chiefly upon the Notes of 

 Napoleon A. Comeau, 113; Albinism, 113. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



Vernacular Names of Birds, 114. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Ornithological Publications, 115; Ornithological Societies, 116; The 

 Baldamus Collection of Birds' Nests and Eggs, 116; The Names 

 'Junco' and 'Snowbird,' and 'Vireo' and 'Greenlet,' 116. 



SUPPLEMENT. 



Committee on the Migration and Geographical Distribution 

 of North American Birds. — Circular for 1SS4. By C. Hart 

 Merriam, M. D 117 



NUMBER II. 



Winter Notes from New Mexico. By Charles F. Batchelder . 121 

 Sexual Selection and the Nesting of Birds. By J. A. Allen 129 

 Notes on Some of the Birds of Pueblo, Colorado. By Charles 



Wickliffe Beckham ........ .139 



A Study of the Singing of our Birds. By Eugene P. Bicknell 144 

 Notes on the Birds of the Nearer Islands. Alaska. By Lucian 



M. Turner 154 



On the Breeding Habits of Some Arizona Birds. By W. E. 



D. Scott. Second Paper. Icterus cucullitus ..." 159 

 On Buteo harlani- (Aud.) and B. cooperi Cass. By Robert 



Ridgxvay . . . . . . . . . . -165 



Remarks on the California Vulture {Pscudogryphus calif or- 



nianus). By Robert Ridgway ....... 167 



