CONTENTS. 



Robert Ridgway „ ^n thr Check-List of North American 



Two Subspecies which should be added to the Check list 



Birds, ^y Edgar A. Hear 7n . ■ ■ „ , '.^ „ ^, ,' „<,' ^y Ed^ar A. Mearns 7: 



DESCRIPTION OK A HVBRID BETWEEN THE BaKN AND C"" ^^ ALLOWS^ By^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ 



Genhkai. NOTES-Franklins GuU iV^!,,y"orLe?s Te"S 7^^ l'^- European Wid; 



land, Md., 75) A Supposed New Co ony of Least Terns o^n^^^ ^^^^ ,, Cun^bedand. Md., 76 ; Seconc 



geoii m 



d 7 V A Supposed New Colony o£ Least 1 erns on iviaru.^. ' "->»;'^'^;i^„d Md., 76 ; Second 

 .eoa ../No'rthCaroUna, 76; Northern P^alarope and Black Ter„ at C^^^^ „ 'a KiUdeer 



Record of the Purple .Gallinule. (/.«^«»'«<^^^^^^^^ Avocet and American 



(yEzialitis vocifera) in the Vicinity of ^a'"''"°f^„7„„f„' J. .' Capture of the Mexican Jacana m 

 Thrfe Toed Woodpecker (P/c./</..<?;«^r^.^.»^.) at To o^^^^^^^^ ^j j,^^ Barn Owl in 



Florida, 7Q; Note on the Name ^ol^^us I^^M^^l^^^^^^^^ Plymouth, Michigan 80; The 



Canada, 79; Strix lapponica, ly, ^^^ov^.^^^^^^"^^^^ ^^^j Abundance of Lewis's 



Hawk Owl m Massachusetts 80; The EH Owl in Calilor , .^^ Southern California 83; 



Woodpecker near Tucson, Arizona, 80, /^le .^woli numm ^ Sparrow and Ohve-Sided 



V^stlplus... Eriocnemis, 83 ; Note 91^//^°^" "* *'^^ ^''<^^^ Flycatcher, 84; The Correct 

 Flycatcher in Western Maryland, ^3 ; The S^ng ^lot" « ^^^ Sparrow, 85 ; The Cardinal m 



Name for the Canadian Pme OrosbeaU, 85 ,, 1 He ^^f ^raaor o >. .^^^^^^ ^^ Euethem, 



Cambridge, Mass., 86 ; ^^ Cardinal Bre^dmga^ Sioux Ciylo^^^^^ Vireo in Vermont, 88 ; 



87 ; An Addition to the Avifauna of the Uited btates 7 warbler in British Columbia 88; 



The Yellow Vireo m Sinaloa, 88; Nesting 01 tne |"' , ^^ y., So; Toxostoma vs. Har- 



ionnecticut Warbler and Philadelphia V.-eo at SheUer^slan^^ ^^ the Great 



porhynchus, 89 ; Hykmathrous vs. ^'^f/^^.^f/t^^J^/.^'f^her u New York City, 91 ; Various Massa- 



Song of Baltimore Orioles m Captivity, 102 ,t.ariow s ^^^ ^^ ^,^^ Genera and 



Caliirnia.104; Pr-n's;Stories of Bird L^' ;^ -^Vsourlfrica,' Volume H, .06; Nelson on 

 Snecies of Birds,' Volume III, 105 ; Stark s ^I'^as 01 oou , Quaira, Venezuela, 108 



n'^w Birds from' Mexico, 107; Robinson and K^^^h'^^^ ""ofgood'^ Contributions to the Natural 

 Embody's 'Birds of Madison County ^'^J,,;°'.?',°,nlet Region of Alaska, 108 ; Verrill's The 

 H"s?or/of the Queen Charlotte I^^a^ds and the Cook In^t^R^^^^^^^ ^ , ^^^. Judd's The 



^^Z^^:i^^'S^^^^^^^^^- '^^ Evolutionof Pattern m Feathers. 

 112; Publications Received, 114- 

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