Cotifents of Volutne III. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Occurrence of the Yellow-billed Tropic Bird in Florida, 4S1 ; The 

 Breeding of Bran fa canadensis at Reelfoot Lake, Tenn., 481; 

 Breeding of the White-faced Glossy Ibis in Florida. 481 ; The Red 

 Phalarope in the District of Columbia — A Correction, 482; 

 ^■Egialitis jneloda circiuncincta on the Atlantic Coast, 4S2 ; Bo- 

 nasa umbellus in the Alpine Region of South Carolina, 482 ; The 

 Type Specimen of Colinus ridgxvayi, 483 ; A Red-headed Black 

 Vulture, 483; The Swallow-tailed Kite in Rensselaer County, 

 N. Y., 484; The Barn Owl at Englewood, N. J., 485 ; Carnivorous 

 Propensities of the Crow {Corvies americanus), 485; On the 

 Absence of Amniodramus lecoiitei from Chester County, South 

 Carolina, during the Winter of 1S85-86, 486; Occurrence of 

 Ammodramiis caiidacutiis nelsoiii in Massachusetts, 486; Occur- 

 rence of Chondcstcs graminaca about Washington, D. C, 487; 

 Lincoln's Sparrow and the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher in Connecti- 

 cut, 487; The Evening Grosbeak in Wisconsin, 487; First 

 Plumage of the Summer Tanager (^Piranga rubra') , 4S7 ; Two 

 Additional Massachusetts Specimens of the Prothonotary Warbler 

 {Protonotaria ciirea), 487; An Earlier Occurrence of the Pro- 

 thonotary Warbler in Massachusetts, 4SS ; The Carolina Wren in 

 Connecticut. 4S9 ; The Red-breasted Nuthatch in Kentucky in 

 Summer, 4S9; Singular Nesting Site of Wilson's Thrush, 489; 

 The Eastern Bluebird at Fort Lyon, Colorado, 4S9 ; Three Inter- 

 esting Birds in the American Museum of Natural History: Am- 

 7nodramiis Iccontci, Hclinaia s-Maiiisonii, and Saxicola conuithc, 

 489; Four Rare Birds in Northern California : Yellow^ Rail, Em- 

 peror Goose, European Widgeon, and Sabine's Ruffed Grouse, 

 490. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



The Classification of the Macrochires, 491. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



The next A. O. U. M Jting, 495 ; Ornithological Works in Prepara- 

 tion, 495; Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy, 496 ; Protec- 

 tion of North American Birds, 496 ; Obituary— Prof. Eugen von 

 Boeck, 496. 



SUPPLEMENT. 



Descriptions of Thirteen New Species of Birds from the 



Island of Grand Cayman, W. I. By Charles B. Cory . . 497 



A List of the Birds Collected in the Island of Grand 

 Cayman, W.I. , by W. B. Richardson, during the Summer of 

 1886. By Charles B. Cory SO\ 



Index 503 



Contents of Volume III iii 



Organization of the American Ornithologists' Union. 1886 . ix 



