C O N T E N T S . 



The Birds of Western Manitoba. By Ernest E. T. Selo?i 145 



Notes on Birds of the Salt Pond Mountain, Virginia. By William C. Rives, Jr., 



M. D. . ■ ■ 156 



Field Notes on the Birds ok Washington Countv, Oregon. By A. W. Anthony . 161 

 An Ornithological Reconn.mssance in Western North Carolina. By William 



BitEwsTER • . . . . • . . 173 



A List of the Birds Obtained in Ventura County, Califoknia. By Barton W. 



Evermann • . . • .... 179 



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



and the Lesser Antilles, excepting the Islands of Tobago and Tkimdad. 



By Charles B. Cory 1S7 



Breeding Habits of the Black Vulture. By Walter Hoxie 245 



On .\ New Race ok the Field Si-arrow from Texas. By Arthur P. Chadbourne . 24S 

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



Gila Countie , Arizona. By W. E. D. Scott 249 



The Red Crossbill {Loxia cicrvirostra strieklandi) in Kansas. By L. L. Dyche . . 258 

 Description of a New North American Species of Ardetta, By Charles E. Cory 262 



Recent Literature. — Grieve on the Gieat Auk, or Garefowl, 266; Meves on the Size and Color 

 of the Eyes of European Birds, 265; 'Water Birds ot North America' — 'A Few Corrections' 

 Rectified, 266; Beckham's Birds of Nelson County, Kentucky, 26S ; Beckham on the Plumage 

 of Re^ulus calendula, 21S; Lawrence on N'w Species of Birds from Yucatan, 26S; Lawrence 

 on Birds new to the F"auna of Guadeloupe, West Indies, 269; Stejneger on preoccupied Gen- 

 eric Names of North American Birds, 269; Ridgway on the Birds of Cozuinel Island, Yucatan, 

 269; Minor Ornithological Publications, 270; Publications Received, 272. 



General Notes. — Discovery of the Nest oi Lams rossii in Greenland, 273; A Flock of Chen 

 rosii East of the Rocky Mts., 274; Capture of a I'air of Wild Hybrid Ducks (Mallard -|- Mus- 

 covy) on Long Island, 274; Trin^a damacensis (Horsf.) in Alaska; a Sandpiper new to the 

 North American Fauna, 275; The Masked Qii.iil {Colinus ridgvjayi) in Arizona, 275; Discov- 

 ery of the Breeding Place of McKay's Snowtiake {Plectrophenax hyperhoreus),^ 276; Immatnre 

 Dress of Melnspiza paltistris, 277; Wintering of the White-throated and Ipswich Sparrows in 

 Mame, 277; Junco hyemalis Nesting in a Bush, 277; Peculiar Nest of Chelidon erythrogaster, 

 27S; The Orange-crowned Warbler in Eastern Massachusetts, 27S; Seiurus ludovicianus in 

 Maine — A Correction, 27S; Changes in the Plumage of Geothlypis trichas, 279; Unseason- 

 able Birds on Long Island, 2S1 ; Two Additions to the Texas Avi-tauna, 2S1 ; A Partial Albino 

 Hermit Thrush {Tardus aonalaschkee pallasii), 2S2 ; On two Abnormally Colored Specimens 

 of the Bluebird {Sialia sialis), 2S2; Another Black Robin, 284; Some Additions to the Avi- 

 fauna of Colorado, 2S4. 



Correspondence. — Revival of the Sexual Passion in Birds in Autumn, 2S6. 



Notes and News. — Ornithological Explorations, 2S6; Ornithological Societies, 2S7 ; Ornithological 

 Publications, 2S7 ; The A. O. U. Committee on Bird Protection, 2S7 ; The Audubon Society 

 2SS; Publication of the A. O. U. Code and Check-List, 2SS. 



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