iv Contents of Volume HI. 



Ipswich Sparrow in Texas, 135; Occurrence of the Ipswich Spar- 

 row {Atnmodrafnus frinceps) in Nova Scotia, 135; The Lark 

 Finch in New Jersey, 136; The Winter Distribution of the 

 Swamp Sparrow and the Yellow-rump, 136; On the Former 

 Breeding of P^w/Z/'/^rtrrts minimus in South Carolina, 137 ; Hel- 

 7niHihof>hila cchita in South Carolina, 138 ; Dendroica dominica 

 albilora obtained in Chester County, South Carolina, 139; Addi- 

 tions to the Avi-fauna of Texas, 139; Birds New to the District 

 of Columbia, 139. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



Turner's List of the Birds of Labrador, 140; Revival of the Sexual 

 Passion in Birds in Autumn, 141. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Ornithologists as 'Bird Enemies,' 142; A. O. U. Committee for the 

 Protection of Birds, 143; Nuttall Ornithological Club, 143; Obit- 

 uary — Dr. Samuel Cabot, Mr. John Snowden Howland, 144; 

 A. O. U. Code and Check-List, 144. 



NUMBER 11. 



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The Birds of Western Manitoba. By Ernest E. T. Seton . . 145 

 Notes on Birds of the Salt Pond Mountain, Virginia. By 



William C. Rives, Jr., M. D 156 



Field Notes on the Birds of Washington County, Oregon. By 



.1. W. A)ithony . . - loi 



An Ornithological Reconnaissance in Western North Caro- 

 lina. By William Breivster , . . 173 



A List of the Birds Obtained in Ventura County, California. 



By Barioti W. Evermaiiu ........ 179 



The Birds of the West Indies, including the Bahama Islands, 



THE Greater and the Lesser Antilles, excepting the 



Islands of Tobago and Trinidad. By Charles B. Cory . . 187 

 Breeding Habits of the Black Vulture. By Walter Hoxie . 245 

 On a New Race of the Field Sparrow from Texas. By Arthur 



P. Chadbourne .......... 248 



On the Avi-fauna of Pinal County, with Remarks on Some 



Birds of Pima and Gila Counties, Arizona. By W. E. D. 



Scott 249 



The Red Crossbill {Loxia curvirostra stricklandi) in Kansas. By 



L. L. Dyche 258 



Description of a New North American Species of Ardetta. By 



Charles B. Cory 262 



