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CONTENTS. 



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On an Old Portrait of Audubon, painted by himself, and a Word about Some of 



HIS Early Drawings. By R. W. Shufddt 416 



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



Gila Counties, Arizona. By W. E. D. Scolt. With Annotations by J. A. Allen . 421 



Bird Notes from Long Island, N. Y. By William Diitcher 432 



The Affinities OF Ch.etura. '^y Frederic A. Lucas 444 



Description of a New Jay from California. By //. W. Henshazv . . . .452 

 The Birds of Western Manitoba — Addenda. By Erjiest E. Thompson . . . 453 

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

 Lesser Antilles, excepting the Islands of Tobago and Trinidad. By Charles 

 B. Cory 454 



Recent Literature.— 'The Standard Natural History'— 'Birds,' 473; Brewster on 'Bird Migra- 

 tion,' 474; Minor Ornithological Publications, 475 ;'Edson on the' Birds of Chatauqua County, 

 N. Y., 479; Shufeldton tlie Osteology of Conurus carolinensis and Geococcyx calijornianus, 

 479; Publications Received, 479. 



General Notes.— Occurrence of the Yellow-billed Tropic Bird in Florida, 4S1 ; The Breeding of 

 JJranta canadensis at Reelfoot Lake, Tenn., 4S1 ; Breeding of the White-faced Glossy Ibis in 

 Florida, 481 ; The Red Pualarope in the District ?jf Columbia — A Correction, 4S2; JEgialitis 

 meloda circumcincia on the Atlantic Coast, 4S2; Bonasa umbel lus in the Alpine Region of 

 South Carolina, 4S3; The Type Specimen of Coliniis riJgzuayi, 4S3 ; A Red-headed Black 

 Vulture, 4S3; The Swallow-tailed Kite in Rensselaer County, N. Y., 4S4; The Barn Owl at 

 Englewood, N.J., 4S5 ; Carnivorous Propensities of the Crow {Corvus aniericauns), 4S5 ; On 

 the Absence oi Ammodramus leconiei from Cliester County, South Carolina, during the \V inter 

 ot iSSj-So, 4S6; Occurrence of Ammodramus caiidacutus nelsoni in Massachusetts, 4S6; Occur- 

 rence cf Chondestes grammaca about Washington, D. C, 4S7 ; Lincoln's Sparrow and the Blue- 

 gray Gnatcatcher lu Connecticut, 4S7; The Evening Grosbeak in Wisconsin, 4S7 ; First 

 Plumage of the Summer Tanager {Piranga rubra), 4S7; Two Additional Massachusetts Speci- 

 mens of tlie Prothonotary Warbler \Protonotaria citrea), 4S7 ; An Earlier Occurrence of the 

 Prothonotary Warbler in Massacliusetts, 4SS; The Carolina Wren in Connecticut, 489; The 

 Red-breasted Nuthatcli in Kentucky in Summer, 489; Singular Nesting Site of Wilson's 

 Thrush, 4S9; The Eastern Bluebird at Fort Lyon, Colorado, 4S9; Three Interesting Birds in the 

 American Museum of Natural History: Ammodramus leconiei, Helinaia svjainsonii, and 

 Saxicola cenanthe, 4S9; Four Rare Birds" in Northern California: Yellow Rail, Emperor Goose, 

 European Widgeon, and Sabine's Ruffed Grouse, 490. 



Correspondence. — The Classification of the Macrochires, 491. 



Notes and News. — The next A. O. U. Meeting, 495; Ornithological Works in Preparation. 495 ; 

 Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy, 496; Protection of North American Birds, 496; 

 Obituary — Prof. Eugen von Boeck,496. 



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. 1., by W. B. 



Richardson, during the Summer of 1SS6. By Charles B. Cory . . . .501 



Index 503 



Contents iii 



Organization of the American Ornithologists' Union. 1SS6 ix 



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