iv Conieufs of Volume XVIII. 



Birds,' Vol. II, 120; Dubois's 'Synopsis Avium,' 121; Shelley's 

 'Birds of Africa,' 122; 'Audubon Bird Chart No. 2,' and 'Com- 

 mon Birds. Second Series,' 123; Transportation and Sale of 

 Game,' 123; Publications Received, 124. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Notices concerning 'The Auk,' 126; Death of Dr. Gustav Hartlaub, 

 127; Conference of Audubon Societies, 127; 'Bird-Lore's Course 

 of Bird Study, 128; Proposed Amendments to the A. O. U. By- 

 Laws, 128. 



NUMBER II. 



Page. 



Nesting Habits of Leconte's Sparrow. By P. B. Peabody. 



(Plate III.) 129 



On the Occurrence, in Massachusetts, of Certain Rare or 



Interesting Birds. By Willinfn Brezvster. . . . . 135 



The Cerulean Warbler [Dendroica caritlea) as a Summer Resi- 

 dent IN Baltimore County, Maryland. By Frank Coates 

 Kirkzvood. . ■ . . ■ ■ . ■ ■ ■ -137 



Two Races OF THE Varied Thrush. "Qy Joseph Griiinell. . . 142 



On a Collection of Birds made by Mr. T. R. Thompson at the 

 Cay' Lobos Lighthouse. By y. Le-Mis BonIiote,B. A., F. Z. 

 S.L 145 



A Visit to Audubon's Birthplace. By O. Widmann. . -150 



A Study of the Genus Macrorhamphus. By Reginald Heber 



Hoxve.Jr. 157 



Birds of Prey as Ocean Waifs. By H. W. Hetis/iaxv. . . 162 



Description of a Supposed New Subspecies of Parus from New 



Mexico. By Francis J. Birtzvell. . . . . . -165 



The Pterylosis of Podargus : with Notes on the Pterylog- 



RAPHY of the Caprimulgi. B}' Hubert Lyman Clark. . . 167 



Republication of Descriptions of New Species and Subspe- 

 cies of North American Birds. No. II. Byy. A. Allen. . 172 



New Subspecies of North American Birds. By Wilfred H. 



Osgood. . . . . . . . . . . . -179 



The Two Races of Saxicola cenantke. By Leonhard Stejneger. . 186 



The Long-tailed Jay-, ^j Joseph Grinnell 188 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Briinnich's Murre in Lewis and Jefferson Counties, 188 ; Habits of the 

 Gooney, 189; Audubon's Shearwater {Puffinus auduboni) on the 

 Coast of Virginia, 189; The Mexican Cormorant in Colorado, 

 189; A Virginia Record for the American Eider {Somateria dres- 

 seri), 189; Early Occurrence of the Black Scoter in Maryland and 

 Virginia, 190 ; The Purple Gallinule in Massachusetts in the 

 Breeding Season, 190; Occurrence of Baird's Sandpiper in Sus- 



