Contents of Volume IV. 



Winter Habitat in the Grass Finch, 259; A Song Sparrow winter- 

 ing in Eastern Maine, 260; The Song Sparrow in New Brunswick 

 in Winter, 260; Unusual Nesting-site of the Song Sparrow, 260; 

 The Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Awmodramus caudacutus) in a Fresh- 

 water Marsh, 261 ; Nesting of the Hudsonian Chickadee (Pants 

 hudsonicus), 261; Another Addition to the Avi-fanna of South 

 Carolina, 261 ; Another Specimen of Bachman's Warbler (Helmin- 

 tkophila bac/imani), 262; Additional Specimens of Bachman's 

 and Swainson's Warblers, obtained by Mr. Chas. S. Galbraith, in 

 the Spring of 1887, 262; Birds laj'ing their Eggs in the Nests of 

 other birds, 263; New Species of Winter Birds in New Brunswick, 

 264; Additions to Mr. Drew's List of the Birds of Colorado, 264. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



Individual Variation in the Skeletons of Birds', and other Matters, 265 ; 

 Scarcity of Adult Birds in Autumn, 268; The 'Proceedings' of the 

 U. S. National Museum, 270. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



American Museum of Natural History, 270; The late Dr. Wheaton's 

 Collection of Birds, 272 ; Ornithological Publications, 272 ; De- 

 struction of Herons in Florida, 272. 



NUMBER IV. 



TAGE 



The Present Condition of Some of the Bird Rookeries of 



the Gulf Coast of Florida. By IV. E. D. Scott .... 273 



The Pine Finch (Sfiuus pinus) Breeding at Corxwall-on- 



Hudson, N. Y. By J. A. Allen 2S4 



The American Crossbill (Lo.x/a curvirostra minor) in Large 



Numbers near Charleston, S. C. By Arthur T. Wayne . 2S7 



Birds of Tom Green and Concho Counties, Texas. By Wil- 

 liam Lloyd 2 &9 



Additions to the Avi-fauna of Bayou Sara, La. By Charles. 



Wickliffe Beckham 299 



The Significance of Certain Phases in the Genus Helmin- 



thophila. By Spencer Trotter, M. D 3°S 



The Birds of the West Indies, including the Bahama Islands, 

 the Greater and the Lesser Antilles, excepting the 

 Islands of Tobago and Trinidad. By Charles B. Cory . .311 



Summer Birds of Santa Cruz Island, California. By Eli 



Whitney Blake, Jr 3 2 § 



Description of a new Subspecies of Junco. By Henry K. Coale. 330 



Ornithological Curiosities. — A Hawk with Nine Toes, and a 



Bobolink with Spurs on its Wings. By Henry K. Coale . 337 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Ridgway's 'Manual of North American Birds,' 333; Olphe-Galliard's 

 Ornithology of Western Europe, 336; Minor Ornithological Pub- 

 lications, 337 ; Publications Received, 342. 



