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Notes of an Ornithological Tkii' in Arizona and Sonora. By F. Stephens 22% 



The Gulls ok the California Coast. By H. W. Henshav) 231 



Winter Notes from New Mexico. By Charles F. Batchelder 233 



Counter-'Notes on Some Species of Biros Attributed Td'PtoiNT Barrow, Alaska.' 



By E. W. Nelson -.239 



On the Breeding Habits of Some Arizona. Birds. By W. E D. Scott. Third Paper. 



Phainopepla nitens 242 



Hybrid Quail {Lopkortyx gambeli x L, calij vrnicus). By H. W. Henshaw .... 247 



A Study of the Singing of Our Birds. By Eugene P. Bicknell 249 



WINTER Birds of Prince Edward Island. By Francis Bain ... ... 262 



Notes on Manitohan Birds. By Ernest E. T. Seton 267 



Long Island, N. Y., Bird Notes. By Nexvbold T. Ea-Mrence 272 



The Black-CAFFED VlREO and Noni'aueil in Southwestern Kansas. By A 7 ". 5. Goss 274 



The Birds of SOUTHEASTERN Dakota. By G. S. Agersborg . . . . . . 276 



Recent Literature. — Nests and Eggs of the Birds of Ohio, 289; Willard on Birds of Brown 

 and Outagamie Counties, Wisconsin, 289; Lawrence on New Species of American Birds, 290; 

 Ridgway on New SpeCies and Sub-species of American BirdS, and on the Nomenclature of 

 Other Species, 290; Nutting on Nicaraguan Birds, 293; Stcjneger on the Genus C'epphtts, 294; 

 Ridgway on New Species oi Birds from Cozumel Island, Yucatan, 294; Cory's Birds of Haiti 

 and San Domingo, 295; Minor Ornithological Publications, 295 ; Publications Received, 302. 



GENERAL Notes.— Abnormal Coloration in a Caged Robin, 303; Another Black Robin, 303; Re- 

 turn of Rollins to the same Nesting-places, 304; Abundance of Pants atricdpillus near Wash- 

 ington, 304; Occurrence a'f Hilmintkophila leucobronckialis in Virginia,- 304; Another Example 

 ol Helminthophila leuedbronchialis from Connecticut, 30} ; Nesting of the Worm-eating 

 Warbler {Helmintkolkerus "uermivorus) in Southern Connecticut, 305 ; Probable Breeding of 

 the Wheatear {Saxicola ctnanthe) on the North Shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 305; Nest 

 and Eggs of the Philadelphia Vireo, 305; A White-winged Junco in Maryland, 306; yunco an- 

 nectens —A Correction, 306; Capture of Ainniodram US caildacutus nelsoni in the Lower Hudson 

 Valley, New York, 306; Swamp Sparrows anil Yellow-rumps — A Question of Evidence, 307; 

 The Song of Cardinalis virginianus, 307; The Black-throated Bunting, Yellow-breasted Chat 

 and Connecticut Warbler in Ontario, 307; A Belated Bird, 30S ; Cowhird Wintering in Western 

 New York, 309; Nest and Eggs of Calypte costce, 309; Curious Food for the Kingfisher QCeryle 

 alcyon), 311 ; Occurrence of tile Sharp-shinned Hawk in New Hampshire in Winter, 311 ; Early 

 and Accidental Occurrence of Calharisla a/rala and Tantalus loculator in Kansas, 311; The 

 (Jlossy Ibis and Avocet at San Diego, Cat., 311; The Eggs of the Knot (Tringa canutus) 

 found at last, 312; Southern Range of Ris'sa tridactyla kotzbuei, 313; The Relationship of 

 Podiceps occidentalis and P. clarkli, 313; The Western Grebe in Manitoba, 314 ; Capture of 

 Escaped Cage-birds, 314; Introduced Game Birds in Orgon and Idaho, 315; Fourth Addendum 

 to last of Birds Ascertained to occur within ten miles from Point de Monts, Province of 

 Quebec, Canada, 315. 



Correspondence. — The Popular Names of Birds, 316. 



Notes and News; — Time and Place of Meeting of the A. () U. for 1885,317; A. O. V. 'Code 

 and Check List,' 31S; Economic Ornithology, 318; Mr. Brewster's Ornithological Explorations, 

 31S; Messrs. Bailey anil Sennett's Ornithological Collections, 318; Ridgway Ornithological 

 Club, '319; Ornithological Works in Prospect, 319; New Ornithological Journals, 320. 



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