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Index. 



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to the avi-fauna of Bayou Sara, 

 La., 299. 

 Bellona cristata, 96. 

 Bird, Cardinal, 338. 

 Frigate, 136. 



Man-o'-War, 139, 141, 214, 

 216, 219, 221, 222, 279, 281. 

 Rice, 59* 341. 

 Whale, 1. 

 Bittern, 185. 



Least, 185, 338. 

 Blacicus flaviventris, 251. 



martinicensis, 96. 

 Blackbird, Bicolored, 22. 

 Boat-tailed, 277. 

 Brewer's, 23, 76, 291. 

 Red-winged, 241, 290, 302. 

 Rusty, 15. 



Yellow-headed, 22, 256, 266, 



290. 



Blake, E. W. , Jr. , summer birds of 



Santa Cruz Island, California, 



328. 



Blakiston, J. W., notice of his 



'Water-Birds of Japan,' 250. 

 Bluebird, 133, 299, 301. 

 Eastern, 211. 

 Mountain, 299. 

 Western, 299. 

 Bobolink, 15, 59, 139, 331, 333, 339, 



34°- 

 Bob-white, 9, 129, 246. 



Masked, 159. 



Texan, 9, 24, 186. 

 Bonasa umbellus, 103, 129, 246, 338, 



342- 

 umbellus togata, 15, 16. 

 Botaurus exilis, 87, 185, 338. 



lentiginosis, 185. 

 Brachyramphus brevirostris, 65. 

 hypoleucus, S7, 93. 

 marmoratus, 65, 87. 

 perdix, 65. 

 Brambling, 163. 

 Brant, Black, 185. 

 Branta bernicla, 264. 

 canadensis, 185. 

 canadensis minima, 12. 

 nigricans, 87, 185. 

 Brewster, W., the Golden Eagle in 

 eastern Massachusetts, 75 ; the 

 Black Gyrfalcon ( Falco rustico- 

 lus obsoletus) in eastern Maine, 

 75 ; three new forms of North 

 American birds, 145; the Com- 

 mon Murre ( Uria troille) and 

 the Razor-billed Auk {Alca tor- 

 da) on the New England coast, 



158; further notes on the Masked 

 Bob-white (Colinus ridgzvayi*), 

 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 swai?t- 

 sont), 160; capture of a Fish Crow 

 (Corvus ossifragus) at Ware ham, 

 Massachusetts, 162; the Redpolls 

 of Massachusetts, 163 ; an over- 

 looked specimen of Bachman's 

 Warbler, 165; discovery of the 

 nest and eggs of the Western 

 Warbler (Dendroica occidcnta- 

 tis), 166; Hummingbirds feeding 

 their young on insects, 255; 

 'scarcity of adult birds in au- 

 tumn,' 268. 

 Brooks, W. E., notice of his papers 



on the genus Acanthi's, 63. 

 Browne, F. C, the New England 

 Glossy Ibises of 1850, 97; the 

 Clapper Rail again in Massachu- 

 setts, 344. 

 Bryant, W. E., Piranga rubricefs 

 and Tringa fuscicollis in Califor- 

 nia, 78; notice of his 'Additions 

 to the Ornithology of Guadeloupe 

 Island,' 154. 

 Bubo virginianus, 67, 128, 129, 247. 



virginianus subarcticus, 190. 

 Buffle-head, 185. 

 Bunting, Black-throated, 294. 



Indigo, 131, 293, 302. 



Lark, 205, 294. 



Lazuli, 205. 



Painted, 293. 



Snow, 67. 

 Buteo abbreviatus, 188. 



albicaudatus, 26, 188. 



borealis, 39, 241, 247. 



borealis calurus, 188. 



brachyurus, 160. 



harlani, 304. 



latissimus, 40, 66, 96, 332. 



lineatus, 188, 241. 



pennsylvanicus, 40. 



swainsoni, 91, 160, 1S9. 

 Butorides brunnescens, 327. 



virescens, 326. 

 Buzzard, Mexican, 222. 



Turkey, 51, 92, 173, 209, 210, 



34°- 

 Calamospiza melanocorys, 205, 



294. 

 Calcarius lapponicus, 12, 347. 

 ornatus, 77, 199. 



