C O N T E N T S. 



In Memoriam : Ei-liott Coues. By Z). G. Elliot, F. R. S. E.,etc. ..... i 



In Memoriam: George Burritt Sennett. By/. A. Allen. . ..... ii 



Birds of San Miguel Islanu. By Outram Bangs. ... ... . . 24 



A List of Birds of the Districts of Parry Sound and Muskoka, Ontario. 'By Ja7nes 



H. Fleniitig. .33 



Descriptions of Five New Birds from Mexico. By E. H'. Nelson. . . . . 46 

 The Sequence of Moults and Plumages of the Larid/e (Gulls and Terns). By 



Jo7tat!ian Divighi,Jr., M. D. 49 



Eighteenth Congeess of the American Ornithologists' Union. By John H. Sage. . 63 

 Report of the Committee or the Protection of North American Birds for the 



Year igoo. By IVittner Stone. .... 68 



Results of Special Protection to Gulls and Terns Obtained Through the Thayer 



Fund. By William Dutcher. . . ... . . . . . . 76 



General Notes. — The Paroquet Auklet in California, 104; On the Southern Limit of the Winter 

 Range of Bonaparte's Gull \Larus pJiiladelphia), 104; Mother Carey's Chicken, 105; The Yellow- 

 Billed Tropic Bird in the Hawaiian Islands. 105 ; The Old Squaw at San Francisco, 105 ; The Em- 

 peror Goose in the Interior of California, 105; Nesting of Corj 's Bittern at Toronto, Ontario, 106; 

 Nesting of Coiy's Bitiern (Ardea iieo.xena) and Other Notes, lof): Sexual Difference in Size of the 

 Pectoral Sandpiper ( /"r/w^^z /««c"«/(f^rj), 107; Great Gray Owl in Wyoming, 107; Breeding of the 

 Alder ¥\yQ?iXc\\er (Entpidona.r traillii alnoritm) near Plainfield, New Jersey, 108; The Raven in 

 Polk County, North Carolina, 108; Song of the Western Meadowlark, io8 ; Occurrence of the 

 Mexican Crossbill (Loxia curvirostya stricklandi) 2X Neligh, Nebraska, loq ; An Addition to the 

 A. O. U- Check-List, 109; Sequences of Plumages in the Black-throated Blue Warbler, no; 

 Granatellus veujistiis \n Svaa.\o3.. no; Maryland Yellow-throat at Sea, no; The Breeding of the 

 Hermit Thrush on Martha's Vineyard Island, in; The Hermit Thrush on Martha's Vineyard,' 

 Mass., in ; Notes from Ontario, 112 ; Two Interesting Records from New Mexico, 112. 



Recent Literature. — Dwight's ' Sequences of Plumages and Moults of the Passerine Birds of New 

 York,' 114; Grinnell's "Birds of the Kotzebue Sound Region,' 119; Sharpe's ' Hand List of the 

 Genera and Species of Birds,' Vol. II, 120; Dubois's '.Synopsis Avium,' 121 ; Shelley's ' Birds 

 of Africa,' 122 ; 'Audubon Bird Chart No. 2,' and 'Common Birds, Second .Series,' 123 ; 'Trans- 

 portation and Sale of Game', 123 ; Publications Received, 124. 



Notes and News. — Notices concerning 'The Auk,' 126; Conference of Audubon Societies, 127; 

 ' Bird-Lore's' Course of Bird Study, 12S; Proposed Amendments to the .A. O. V . By-Laws, 128. 



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