Contents of J ohtmc II. v 



l'ACE. 



Note on Sarcorhamphus .equatorialis Sharpe. By Robot 



Ridg-iVay ........... 169 



Winter Mountain Notes from Southern Arizona. By W. E. 



D. Scott . . . . . . . . . . . .172 



Variations in the Form of the Beak, that take place dur- 

 ing its growth, in the Short-tailed Albatross {Diomedea, 

 brachyura). By Dr. R. W. Skufeldt, U- S Army . . . 175 



Axalecta ORNITHOLOGICA. Fifth Scries. By Leonhard Stejneger 178 



Supplementary Notes on the Ornithology of Chester 



County, South Carolina. By Lcvcrctt M. Loomis . . 18S 



The Rock Ptarmigan of Newfoundland. By William Brew- 

 ster ............. 193 



Additional Notes on some Birds collected in Arizona and 



THE ADJOINING PROVINCE OF SoNORA, MEXICO, BY Mr. F. 



Stephens in 1SS4; with a Description of a New Species 



of Ortyx. By William Brewster ...... 196 



Notes on Som;-: Species of Birds attributed to Point Bar- 

 row, Alaska. By John Murdoch ...... 200 



Change of Color in the Wing-feathers of the Willow 



Grouse. By C. Hart Merriain, M. £>...... 201 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Gumey's 'List of the Diurnal Birds of Prey.' 203 ; Newton's 'Or- 

 nithology,' 2j-;\ Rid'gway on the American Red Crossbills, 206; 

 Ridgwav on Various American Birds, 207; Jordan's 'Manual of 

 Vertebrates,' 208; Shufeldt on the Osteology of Numenius longiros- 

 Iris, 20S; Rives on the Birds of Newport, R. I., 20S ; Bell on Birds 

 observed between Norway House and Forts Churchill and York, 

 209; Minor Ornithological Publications, 209; Publications Re- 

 ceived. 214. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



The Wood Thrush in Maine, 215; The Occurrence of the Catbird 

 {Mimns carolinensis) on the Farallone Islands, Pacific Ocean, 

 215; The Yellow-rumped Warbler Wintering in Maine, 216; The 

 - Migration of the Swallows, 216; Nelson's Sharp-tailed Finch on 

 the Atlantic Coast, 216; Wintering of the Swamp Sparrow in 

 Eastern Massachusetts, 216 ; Cyanocitta stcllcri frontalis Nesting 

 in Holes in Trees. 217; The First Nest and Eggs of Eremophila 

 alpestris found in Niagara County, N. Y., 217; The Swallow- 

 tailed Flycatcher in Manitoba and at York Factory, 21S; The 

 Food of the Hummingbird (Trochilus colubris) , 218; The Chuck- 

 will's-widow {An frost omits carolinensis) in Massachusetts, 220; 

 The Hawk Owl in Eastern Massachusetts, 220; The Ptarmigan of 

 Anticosti — -A Correction, 220; A Blue Heron's Meal, 221 ; Wood 

 Ibis {Tantalus loculator) in Eastern New York, 221; Wilson's 

 Plover in Nova Scotia, 221 ; The Occurrence of Chroicocephalus 

 franklini in Wisconsin, 222; Rissa tridactyla kotzbuci in Wash- 

 ington Territory, 222. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 

 Indian Bird Names. 222. 



