Coiifcnfs of Volume XVIIl. 



sex, England, 190; Ruffed Grouse in Snow, 190; The Passenger 

 Pigeon, 191 ; The Occurrence of the Ground Dove in Virginia, 

 192 ; Rachitis in Young Red-shouldered Hawks, 192 ; New Name 

 iov Nyctala, 193; The Pileated Woodpecker in Connecticut, 193; 

 Milvulus versus Mnsct'vora^ 193 ; Variation in Size in the Wood 

 Pewee ; 194; The Meadowlark [Sturnella magna) at Rangelv, 

 Maine, 194; The European Starling in Connecticut, 194; Snow- 

 Bunting at Sea, 195; Montana Redpolls, 195; Acanthis linaria 

 rest rata and Xanthocephalus xanthoiephalus in Connecticut, 195 ; 

 Deformity of ]\Iaxilla in the House Sparrow, 195 ; The Logger- 

 head Shrike in New Brunswick, 196; The Scientitic Name of the 

 Southern Yellow-throat, 197 ; The Correct Name for the Florida 

 Yellow-throat, 198; Probable Breeding of the Red-bellied Nut- 

 hatch near Boston, 198; The Newfoundland Veerj- {Hylocichla 

 fuscesceiis fuliginosa) in Massachusetts, 198 ; Notes from North- 

 ern New York, 199; Florida Bird Notes, 199; Notes from the 

 Magdalen Islands, 199; New Brunswick Notes, 201; Birds ob- 

 served during a Steamer voyage from San Francisco to Victoria, 

 B. C, 201 ; Occurrence of Triiiga maculata and Other American 

 Birds in Hawaii, 202 ; Notes on the Moulting of Spinus piniis 

 and of Hirundo erytlirogaster, 203 ; To Remove Fat from Bird 

 Skins, 204. 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Barrington's 'The Migration of Birds at Irish Stations,' 205; Gatke's 

 'Helgoland,' Second German Edition, 206; Pollard's 'Birds of 

 Mj' Parish,' 207 ; Collett on the Skull and Auricular Openings in 

 North European Owls, 207 ; Merriam and Preble on the Summer 

 Birds of Western Maryland, 20S ; Loomis on California Water 

 Birds, 208 ; Grinnell on Alaskan Birds, 209 ; Mrs. Eckstorm's 

 ' The Bird Book,' 209; Mrs. Eckstorm's 'The Woodpeckers,' 210; 

 Shufeldt's Contributions to our Knowledge of the Osteologv of 

 Birds, 211; Chapman on the Genus Sturnella^ 212; Eaton's 

 'Birds of Western New York,' 212; Publications Received, 213. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



Early Editions of Wilson's Ornithology, 219. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Obituary — Gustav Hartlaub, 219 ; Baron Edmund de S^lys-Longs- 

 champs, 219; George A. Boardman, 319; Captain John Clifford 

 Brown, 220; James MacKinlay, 221 ; Audubon WhelockRidgway ; 

 221; New Ornithological Journals ; 222; U. S. Biological Survey, 

 222; DelaAvare Valley Ornithological Club, 223; Prof. Alfred 

 Newton's Royal Society Medal, 224; New York State Audubon 

 Society, 224 ; A. O. U. Committee on Bird Protection, 224. 



