Contcuts of Voluvie XIX. 



Yellow Vireo in Sinaloa, 8S ; Nesting of the Tennessee Warbler 

 in British Columbia, 88; Connecticut Warbler and Philadelphia 

 Vireo at Shelter Island, X. Y., 89 ; Toxostoma vs. Harpor/iync/iiis, 

 89; Hy/(»iar//rous vA. Tro^/ody/cs iov the House Wven, Sg ; Nest- 

 ing of the Great Carolina Wren in Connecticut, 90 ; Blue-graj 

 Gnatcatcher in New York City, 91 ; Various Massachusetts Notes 

 of Interest, 91 ; Necessary Generic Changes in Nomenclature, 92 ; 

 Northern Visitants to C)regon,92; Connecticut Bird Notes, 93 ; 

 Ontario Bird Notes, 94 ; Solution of the ' Ornithological Mystery,' 

 94; Clark on the Classification of Birds, 95. 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Ridgway's ' Birds of North and Middle America,' Part I, 97 ; Scott 

 on the Song of Baltimore Orioles in Captivity, 102 ; Barlow's 

 List of the Land Birds of Placerville, California, 104; Pearson's 

 ' Stories of Bird Life,' 105 ; Sharpe's ' Hand List of the Genera 

 and Species of Birds,' Volume III, 105; Stark's ' Birds of South 

 Africa,' Volume II, 106 ; Nelson on New Birds from Mexico, 107 ; 

 Robinson and Richmond on Birds from La Guaira, Venezuela, 

 108; Embody's 'Birds of Madison County, New York,' 108; 

 Osgood's Contributions to the Natural History of the Qiieen 

 Charlotte Islands and Cook Inlet Region of Alaska, loS; Verrill's 

 'The Story of the Cahow,' no; Palmer and Old's 'Digest of 

 Game Laws for 1901,' in; Judd's 'The Relation of Sparrows 

 to Agriculture,' iii; Bonhote's 'On the Evolution of Pattern in 

 Feathers,' 112; Publications Received, 114. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



A Biographical and Autobiographical Letter, 116. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Obituary: Dr. John Anderson, 118; Abb6 Armand David, 118; 

 Lionel William Wigglesworth, 119 ; Announcements of New 

 Ornithological Publications, 119. 



NUMBER II. 



In Sk.\rch of a Nfav Turkey in Arizona. By E. A. Goldman. 

 Geographical Variation in Abrasion. By Joseph Grinucll. 

 A List of the Land Birds of Seattle, Washington, and 



Vicinity. By Samuel F. Rathhun 



The Cactus Wrens of the United States. By Edgar A. 



Mcarns. ••■........ 



Notes Concerning Certain Birds of Long Island. Bv William 

 C. Braislin, M. D 



Individual, Seasonal, and Geographical Variations of the 

 American Goldfinch {Astragaliuus Iris/is). By Jonathan 

 Dzvight^ Jr., M. D. 



Nesting Habits of the Anatid^ in North Dakot\. Bv A C 

 Bent. (Plates V and VI) ' ' 



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