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6So Eggs in a Set. By Snowdon Howland. Ibid. , p. 8. — Large 

 clutches of Catbird, Robin, etc., reported, and the nesting in odd places 

 by other species. 



6Si. Notes from Galesburg, III. By C. W. Strumberg. Ibid., p. 8.— 

 Interesting notes on the nesting of several species. 



652. Oologicul and Ornithological. By A. H. Mundt. Ibid., pp. 9, 

 10. — Notes on the nesting of about 20 species at Fairburg, 111. 



653. Cardinal Grosbeak. By Edgar A. Small. Ibid., pp. 10, 11. — 

 Its nesting habits at Hagerstown, Md. 



654. Blue Tellorv-backed Warbler's Nest. Editorial. Ibid., pp. 12, 

 13- 



655. Eggs in a Set. By M. Day Murphev, Jr. Ibid., p. 13. — Large 

 clutches of several species reported. 



686. Corrections. By Robert Ridgvvaj. Ibid., p. 13. — Of D. D. 

 Stone's 'Notes from Colorado,' in O. and O., VII, p. 192. (See antea, 

 No. 446.) 



6S7. Bobolinks. Editorial. Ibid., p. 14. — On their scarcity in Con- 

 necticut, and their wholesale destruction by gunners along the Delaware 

 and southward in the fall. 1,000,000 Rails and Bobolinks killed near the 

 mouth of the Delaware "during the month of September alone." 



6SS. Savannah Sparrotv. By J. M. Howey. Ibid., p. 16. — "Breeds 

 commonly throughout Western New York." 



6S9. Rare Birds. By Chas. E. Bellows. Ibid., p. 16. — "Common 

 Cormorant {Phalacocorax carboy taken at Bridgton, N. J. 



690. Among the Buteos. By J. M. W[hipple]. Ibid., pp. 17, 18. — 

 Notes on the nesting of various species near Norwich, Conn., during the 

 season of 18S2. 104 eggs taken! 



691. Notes from Nebraska. By H. A. Kline. Ibid., pp. 18, 19. — -On 

 the nesting of several species of Hawks and Owls. 



692. The Prothonotary Warbler. By D. E. Lantz. Ibid., pp. 19, 20. 

 — Its nesting habits at Manhattan, Kan. 



693. Clark on ■'■Gull Island." By John N. Clark. Ibid., p. 21, with 

 cut (of a nesting Roseate Tern, swallowing a herring of nearly its own 

 size). 



694. Ipswich Sparroiv. By Moses B. Griffing. Ibid., p. 22. — Taken 

 on Shelter Island, N. Y., Nov. 21, 1S82. 



695. Caft. Chas. E. Bendire, U. S. A. Editorial. Ibid., pp. 22, 23. — 

 Extracts from his letter of Dec. 29. 1882, recounting the results of his 

 natural history work the previous season, and announcing that 'it has 

 been whispered' that he is to complete the 'North American Oology' left 

 unfinished by the late Dr. T. M. Brewer. 



697. Night Herons Breeding on the Marsh. By Delos Hatch. Ibid., 

 p. 23. — Nesting in the grass and rushes of a marsh in Wisconsin. 



698. Mississippi Valley Migration. By W. W. Cooke. Ibid., pp. 25- 

 -7- 33^ 34' 4 I "4-> 49"53- 65-67, 73-75, Si-83, 89-91.— Winter birds of St. 

 Louis, Mo., and Manhattan, Kan., compared (pp. 25-27); spring migra- 

 tion of the Robin (pp. 33, 34) ; notes from various stations on winter 



