Contents of Volume IV. 

 RECENT LITERATURE. 



Sclater's Catalogue of the Ccerebicke, Tanagridit, and Icteridas, 149; 

 Conclusion of the Great Work on the Nests and Eggs of the Birds 

 of Ohio, 150; Ridgway's Nomenclature of Colors and Ornitholo- 

 gist's Compendium, 152 ; Bryant on the Ornithology of Gauda- 

 lupe Island, 154; Ralph and Baggon the Birds of Oneida County, 

 N Y. , 154; Piatt on the Birds of Meriden, Conn., 154; Maynard 

 on 'Five New Species of Birds from the Bahamas,' 155; Shufeldt's 

 Contributions to Science, 155 ; Stejneger 'On the Status of Synth- 

 liborkamphus wumizusume as a North American Bird,' 155; Ridg- 

 wav on New Species of American Birds, etc., 156; Publications 

 Received, 156. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



The Common Murre (Uria troille) and the Razor-billed Auk (Alca 

 torda) on the New England Coast, 158; Capture of the Razor- 

 billed Auk in Norfolk, Virginia, 1 5S ; Megalestris skua, 158; More 

 News of Ardea ivuerdemanni, 159; Ardea egretta in Niagara 

 County, N. Y. , 159; Further Notes on the Masked Bob-white 

 {Coliuics ridgwayi), 159; Capture of a Third Specimen of the 

 Short-tailed Hawk {Buteo brachyurus) in Florida, 160; A Third 

 New England Specimen of Swainson's Hawk {Buteo szvainsoni), 

 160; A Migration of Hawks at Germantown, Pa., 161 ; The Saw- 

 whet Owl in the District of Columbia, 161 ; The Imperial Wood- 

 pecker (Camptphilus imperialist in Northern Sonora, 161 ; The 

 Coppery-tailed Trogon (Trogou ambiguus) breeding in Southern 

 Arizona, 161; Capture of a Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus) at 

 Wareham, Mass., 162; Occurrence of Agelaius phaeniceus on the 

 West Coast of England, 162 ; The Redpolls of Massachusetts, 163 ; 

 Vireo solitarius alticola in Tennessee, 164; Another Specimen of 

 the Prothonotary Warbler in Massachusetts. 164; An overlooked 

 Specimen of Bachman's Warbler, 165 ; Remarks on Four Exam- 

 ples of the Yellow-throated Warbler from Chester County, S. C, 

 165; Discovery of the Nest and Eggs of the Western Warbler 

 (Dendroica occiden talis), 166; What Constitutes a Full Set of 

 Eggs? 167. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



The Camera and Field Ornithology, 16S; Classification of the Mac- 

 rochires, 170; The Sense of Smell in Cathartes aura, 172. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Obituary — Dr. John M. Wheaton, 174; Economic Ornithology and 

 Mammalogy, 174; American Museum of Natural History, 175 ; Or- 

 nithological Publications, 17s; Antedated works on Natural His- 

 tory, 176; Colorado Ornithology, 176; Mcllwraith's 'Birds of On- 

 tario,' 176. 



