CONTENTS. 



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Observations on the Golden Eagle in Montana. By E. S. Cameron. (Plates 



I-IV) 251 



Notes on the Broad-winged Hawks of the West Indies, with Description of 



A New Form. By J. H. Riley 268 



Recent Notes on Birds of Eastern Pennsylvania. By Richard C. Harlow . 276 



Birds of Delaware — Additional Notes. By C. J. Pennock .... 282 



The Case of STRIX vs. ALUCO. By J. A. Allen 288 



Treganza Blue Heron. By Edward J. Court. (Plates V and VI.) . . . 291 



Larus kumlieni and other Northern Gulls in the Neighborhood of Boston. 



By Francis H. Allen 296 



Columbina versus Chcemepelia. By J. A. Allen ■ . . 301 



The Destruction of. Whistling Swans {Olor colunibianus) at Niagara Falls. 



By James H. Fleming . • . . . . 306 



The Macaw of Dominica. By Austin Hobart Clark 309 



General Notes. — Cabot's Tern (Sterna sandvicensis acuflavida) Breeding in North Caro- 

 lina, 312; Lead Poisoning in Ducks^ 312; Capture of the Flamingo at Lake Worth, 

 Fla., 313; The Snowy Heron in South Carolina, 313; The Black-cro%vned Night Heron 

 in Washtenaw CountJ^ Mich., 314; The Turkey Buzzard near Schenectady, N. Y.. 315; 

 Migration of Hawks, 3lB; A New Name for the Texan Barred Owl, 316; The Breeding 

 Season of Strix pratincola in South Carolina, 316; Curious Fatality among Chimney 

 Swifts, 317; The Horned Lark in Georgia, 318; Clarke's Nutcracker from Wisconsin, 

 318; Red Crossbills, and Some Other Birds in Lower Delaware, 318; The Nelson Sparrow 

 in Georgia and Florida, 318; The Acadian Sharp-tailed Sparrow in Georgia and Florida, 

 319; White-crowned Sparrows Unusuahy Abundant in Eastern Pennsylvania, 319; 

 The Worm-eating Warbler in Ontario, 319; Protonotaria citrea at Concord, Mass., 319; 

 A Prothonotary Warbler in Central Park, New York City, 320; Brewster's Warbler, 

 320; The Kentucky Warbler in Vermont, 320; Mockingbird in West Medford, Mass., 

 320; Nesting of the Short-billed Marsh Wren in Philadelphia, Pa., 320; Breeding of the 

 Tufted Titmouse in Washtenaw Countj\ Mich., 322; Massachusetts Records, 323; 

 Early Nesting Records from Washington State, 323; Notes on Missouri Birds, 324; 

 Bird Notes from Southeastern Michigan, 324; Four Rare Birds from Southeastern 

 Michigan, 327; Wilson's Phalarope and White-rumped Sandpipers in Wayne Co., 

 Mich., 328; Two Ontario Records, 328. 



Recent Literature. — Walter on Bird Migration, 329; Cherrie on Trinidad Birds, 334; 

 Bangs 'On Certain Costa Rican Birds,' 334; 'Cassinia,' 335; Beebe on the Seasonal 

 Changes in Color in Birds, 335; Contributions to Philippine Ornithology, 336; Mene- 

 gaux on the Birds of the French Antarctic Expedition, 337; Reichenow on Sea-Birds, 

 337; Godman's 'Monograph of the Petrels,' 338; Howard's 'The British Warblers," 

 Parts I and II, 339. 



Notes and News. — Obituary: Leslie A. Lee, 340;^ Edward A. Samuels, 341. Report of the 

 A. O. TJ. Committee on Nomenclature, 341; The Revised A. O. U. Code of Nomen- 

 clature, 341; Mr. Robert Ridgway's return from Costa Rica, 342; Mr. Frank M. 

 Chapman's Expedition to Southern Florida, 342. 



Fourteenth Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union's Check- 

 List of North American Birds. ......... 343 



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