Contents of Volume IV. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Merganser americanus breeding in New Mexico, 344; The Clapper 

 Rail again in Massachusetts, 344; Ictinia mississippiensis and 

 sEgialitis nivosa nesting in Southern Central Kansas, 344; The 

 Merlin {Falco ecsaloti) in Greenland, 345; Notes on Melanerpes 

 formicivorus bairdi in New Mexico, 345; Egg-laying extraor- 

 dinary in Colaptes auratus, 346; The Range of Quiscalus major, 

 346; The Lapland Longspur about Washington, D. C, 347; 

 Descriptions of Two New Races of Pyrrhuloxia sinuata Bonap., 

 347 ; Helinata swainsonii near Chester C. H., S. C, 347 ; Another 

 Bachman's Warbler in Florida, 348; Additional Captures of Hel- 

 minlhophila leucobronckialis, 348; Hehninthophila leucobronchilis 

 in New Jersey, 349; The Canadian Warbler breeding in Pike 

 County, Pa., 349; On the Correct Subspecific Title of Baird's 

 Wren (No. 719^, A. O. U. Check List), 349; Central New York 

 Notes, 350; On the Western Trend of Certain Fall Migrants in 

 Eastern Maine, 351 ; A Bird Scare, 351. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



The Dermo-Tensor Patagii Muscle. 353: A Protest, 357: The Metric 

 System, 357. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Obituary — Spencer Fullerton Baird, 358; A. O. U. and Auk' 

 announcements, 350; Proposed Monument to Audubon. 359: 

 Ornithological Work in Progress. 359; Annual Report of the 



Ornithologist to the Department of Agriculture for 1S86. 360. 



Index 361 



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