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Nesting Habjts of Leconte's Sparrow. 'By P. B. Peabody. (Plate III.) .... 129 



On the Occurrence, in Massachusetts, of Certain Rare or Interesting Birds. By 



IViUiam Brewster ............... 135 



The Cerulean Warbler (Dendroica cterulea) as a Summer Resident in Baltimore 



County, Maryland. V>y Frank Coates Kirhiuood 137 



Two Races of the Varied Thrush. "Qy Joseph Grinnell 142 



On a Collection of Birds made by Mr. T, R. Thompson at the Cay Lobos Light- 

 house. 'By J. Le7vis Bonkote, B. A., F. Z. S. L 145 



A Visit to Audubon's Birthplace. By O. IVidmann 150 



A Study of the Genus Macrorhamphus. By Reginald ffeber Howe, Jr 157 



Birds of Prey as Ocean Waifs. By H. M'. Hensluiw 162 



Description of a Supposed New Subspecies of Parusfrom New Mexico. By Francis 



J. Birtiuell. ................. 165 



The Pterylosis of Podargus: with Notes on the Pterylography of the Caprimulgi. 



By Hubert Lyman Clark 167 



Republication of Descriptions of New Species and Subspecies of North American 



Birds. No. II. By J. A. Allen 172 



New Subspecies of North American Birds. By Wilfred H. Osgood. 179 



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



The Long-tailed Jay. By Joseph Gritinell. 188 



General Notes. — Briiiiuich's Murre in Lewis and Jefferson Counties, N.Y., 188; Habitsof the Gooney, 

 i8q; Audubon's Shearwater {PiifUmts audidwni ) on the Coast of Virginia, 189 ; Mexican Cormorant 

 in Colorado, 189; A Virginia Record for the American Eider (Soiiiateria dresseri), 1S9: Early 

 Occurrence of the Black Scoter in Maryland and Virginia, igo; The Purple Gallinule in Massachu- 

 setts in the Breeding Season, 190 ; Occurrence of Baird's .Sandpiper in Sussex, England, 190; Ruffed 

 Grouse in Snow, 190; The Passenger Pigeon, 191 ; The Occurrence of the Ground Dove in Virginia, 

 192; Rachitis in Young Red-sliouldered Hawks ,192; New name for Nyctala, 193; The Pileated 

 Woodpecker in Connecticut, iq^ \ A/ilvnlus versus A/i/scinora, 193; Variation in .Size in the Wood 

 Pewee, 194 ; The Meadowlark {Stnrnella magna) at Kangeley. Maine, 194; The European Starling 

 in Connecticut, 194; Snow Bunting at Sea, 195 ; Montana Redpolls, 195; Acanthis linaria rostrata 

 and Xantliocephalus xaiithocephaliis in Connecticut, 195; Deformity of Maxilla in the House Sparrow, 

 195 ; The Loggerhead Shrike in New Brunswick, 196 ; The Scientific Name of the Southern Yellow- 

 throat, 197; The Correct Name for the Florida Yellow-throat, 19S; Probable Breeding of the Red- 

 bellied Nuthatch near Boston, ig8 ; The Newfoundland Veery {Hylocichla /iiscescens jidiginosa) in 

 Massachusetts, 19S; Notes from Northern New York, 199; Florida Bird Notes, 199; Notes from 

 the Magdalen Islands, igg ; New Brunswick Notes, 201 ; Birds observed during a Steamer voyage 

 from San Francisco to Victoria, B. C, 201 : Occurrence of Tringa maculata and other American 

 Birds in Hawaii, 202 ; Notes on the Moulting of Spinus piniis and of Hirundo erythrogaster, 203 ; 

 To Remove Fat from Bird Skins, 204. 



Recent Literature. — Barrington's ' The Migration of Birds at Irish Stations.' 205 ; Gatke's ' Helgo- 

 land,' Second German Edition, 206; Pollard's * Birds of My Parish,' 207; Collett on the Skull and 

 Auricular Openings in North European Owls, 207; Merriam and Preble on the .Summer Birds of 

 Western Maryland, 208; Loomis on California Water Birds, 208 ; tjrinnell on Alaskan Birds, 209: 

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

 Contributions to our Knowledge of the Osteology 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 Selys-Longschamps, 219; 

 George A. Boardman, 219; Captain John Clifford Brown, 220; James MacKinlay, 221; Audubon 

 Whelock Ridgway, 221. New Ornithological Journals, 222 : U .S. Biological Survey, 222; Delaware 

 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. 



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