CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



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 AT. Turner . . 154 

 On the Breeding Habits or Some Arizona Birds. By W. E.D.Scott. Second Paper. 



Icterus cucullalus 159 



On Buteo harlani (Aud.) and B. cooperi Cass. By Robert Ridgway .... 165 

 Remarks on the CALIFORNIA VULTURE (Pseudogryphus ca/ifontianus). By Robert 



Ridgway 167 



Note on Sarcoriiamphus ;eqjtatorialis Sharfe. By Robert Ridgway .... 169 



Winter Mountain Notes from Southern Arizona. By W. E. D. Scott .... 172 

 Variations in the Form of the Beak, that take place during its growth, in the 



Short-tailed Albatross {Diomedeabrackyitra'). By Dr. R. W. Skujeldt, U.S. Army. 175 



Analecta Ornithologica. Fifth Series. By Leonkard Stejneger 17S 



Supplementary Notes on the Ornithology of Chester County, South Carolina. 



By Leverett M. Loo mis 188 



The Hock Ptarmigan of Newfoundland. By William Brewster . . ■ . . . . 193 

 Additional Notes on some Birds collected in Arizona and the adjoining Prov- 

 ince iii' Sonoka, Mexico, bi Mr. F. Stevens in 1884; with a Description of a 



New Species 01 Ortyx. By William Brewster 196 



Notes on Some Species of Birds attributed to Point Barrow, Alaska. By jfohn 



Murdoch 200 



Change of Color in the Wing-Feathers of the Willow Grouse. By C. Hart 



Merriam, M. D 201 



Recent Literature. — Gurney's 'List of the Diurnal Birds of Prey,' 203; Newton's 'Ornithology,' 

 235; Ridgway on the American Red Crossbills, 206; Ridgway on Various American Birds, 207; 

 Jordan's 'Manual of Vertebrates,' 208; Shufcldt on the Osteology ol Numeniiis longiroslris, 

 2 S; Rives on the Birds of Newport, R. I., 2 S; Bell on Birds observed between Norway 

 House and Forts Churchill and York, 2:9; Minor Ornithological Publications, 209; Publica- 

 tions Received, 214. 



General Notes. — The Wood Thrush in Maine, 215; The Occurrence of the Catbird (Mimus 

 carolincnsis) on the Farallone Islands, Pacific Ocean, 215; The Vellow-rumped Warbler Win- 

 tering in Maine, 216; The Migration 06 the Swallows, 216; Nelson's Sharp-tailed Finch on the 

 Atlantic Coast, 216; Wintering of the Swamp Sparrow in Eastern Massachusetts, 216: Cyan- 

 ocitta stelleri frontalis Nesting in Holes in Trees, 217; The First Nest and Eggs of Fresno- 

 phila alpestrts found in Niagara County, N. Y., 217; The Swallow-tailed Flycatcher in 

 Manitoba and at York Factory, 21S; The Food of the Hummingbird ( Trocnilus colubris), 21S; 

 The Chuck-will's- widow (Antrostomus carolincnsis) in Massachusetts, 220; The Hawk Owl 

 in Eastern Massachusetts, 221: 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 kotzbuei in Washington Territory, 222. 



Correspondence. — Indian Bird Names, 222. 



Notes and News. — Government Aid to the A. O. U. Committee on Bird Migration, 223 ; The 

 New Maine Bird-law, 223 ; The Collection of Birds in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 

 224; The Editor's Change of Address. 224; Obituary — Dr. N. Severtzow, 224; The Ridgway 

 Ornithological Club, 224; -The Young Ornithologist, 1 224. 



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