CONTENTS. 



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In Search of a New Turkey in Arizona. By £. A. Goldman 121 



Geographical Variation in Abrasion. '&y Joseph Grinnell. . 128 



A List of the Land Birds of Seattle, Washington, and Vicinity. By Saiiiitel F. 



Rathbun. ................. 131 



The Cactus Wrens of the United States. By Edgar A. Mcarns. . . . . . 141 



Notes Concerning Certain Birds of Long Island. By IVilliain C. Braislin, M. D. . 145 

 Individual, Seasonal, and Geographical Variations of the American Goldfinch 



{Asiragalinns iristis). V>y Jonathan Dtvighi, Jr., M. D. ....... 149 



Nesting Habits of the Anatid^f, in North Dakota. By A. C. Bent. (Plates J' and 



VI). . 164 



A Synopsis of the Genus Commonly Called Anorthura. By Harry C. OberJiolser. . 175 



A Summer Colony at Anticosti. By Joseph Schmitt, M. D. {Plate VII) 181 



An Undescribed Form of the Black Duck {Anas obscura). By William Brewster . ■ 183 

 A Plan for Recording in a Condensed Form the Life History Notes of Birds. 



ByA.H.Fclger • iSg 



General Notes. — Occurrence of the Arctic Htxw (Sterna par adiscea) in the Hawaiian Islands, 195; 

 Note on the name of Audubon's Shearwater, 195; European Widgeon (Tl/rtrt'ira/^wf/tf/e) on Long Island, 

 N. Y., 195; The Masked Duck in Vermont. ig6 : Rare Ducks in Ma.=;sachusetts, 196 ; The Wilson Plover 

 in California, 197; The Yellow Rail {Porzana noz<eboracejnis) in Wisconsin, 107; An Abnormal 

 Specimen of the Bob-white iColinits virgin/anus). 197; Biiteo solitarius off tlie Coast of Hawaii, 

 197; Unusual Nesting Date of the Barn Owl iStri.r pratincola), rgS; Nyctca nyctea on Long 

 Island, N. Y., 199 ; Belted Kingfisher in the Island of Hawaii, 199 ; A Winter Record for the Flicker 

 {Colaptes aiiratus liiteiis) in Berkshire County, lyg; The Winter Fringillidje c^f New Brunswick, 

 199; The Occurrence of the Lapland Longspiir, {Calcariiis lappofiicus) in Mid-winter in Massa- 

 chusetts, 202 ; The Lapland Longspur Wintering in Massachusetts, 202 ; The .Savanna Sparrow 

 Wintering in Massachusetts, 203; The Ipsvi'ich Sparrow {Ajmnodramiis priftccps) on the Coast 

 of .South Carolina, 203 ; I'he Ipswich Sparrow {A nimodrainus princcps) on the Mainland of .South 

 Carolina, 203; A Remarkable Specimen of Bachinan's Sparrow (Penaea mstivalis bachinanii\ 204; 

 Henslow's Sparrow on Shelter Island, N. Y., 204; The Field .Sparrow in Arlington, Mass., in 

 Winter, 204 ; The Length of Life of the Chipping Sparrov\ and Robin, 204: The Cardinal an 

 Established Resident of Ontario, 205; The Philadelphia Vireo in Western Pennsylvania, 206; 

 Observations of a Pair of Mockingbirds seen during the Summer of 1901 in .Solebury Township, 

 Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, 206; The Catbird {Galeoscoptes carolinensis) in Massachusetts in Winter, 

 20S ; The Catbird Wintering at Concord, N. H., 20S ; The Carolina Wren at Lake Forest, Illinois, 

 2og ; Eastern Bluebird at Cheyenne, Wyo., 209; Michigan l^ird Notes, 1901, 209; Bird Notes from 

 Long Island, N. Y., 210 ; Winter Notes from Louisiana, 210 ; Northern Birds at Cumberland, Md., 

 211; February Water Birds of Elsinore Lake, California, 212. 



Recent Literature. — Proceedings of the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union, 215; Reed's 'American 

 Ornithology,' 215 ; Silloway's ' Summer Birds of Flathead Lake,' 216; Shufeldt on the Osteology 

 of Flamingoes, 217 ; Oberholser on a Collection of Hummingbirds from Ecuador and Colombia, 

 217 ; Bangs on a Second Collection of Birds from Chiriqui,' 217 ; Scale on the Avifauna of Guam, 

 218; Mrs. Miller's 'The Second Book of Birds,' 219; Lord's Birds of Oregon and Washington, 

 2ig; Wetherby's 'Bird Hunting on the White Nile,' 220 ; Publications Received, 220. 



Notes and News. — Obituary: Rev. George S. Mead. 222 ; Delaware Valley Ornithological Club 

 223 ; Maine Ornithological Society, 223 ; Notices of Ornithological Journals, 224 ; Palmer's, 

 ' Legislation for the Protection of Birds other than Game Birds,' 224. 



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