Contents oj Volume XVI. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



The Spelling of names, 300. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Obituary, Joseph Wolf, 301 ; The Harriman Expedition to Alaska, 

 301; George K. Cherrie's Venezuelan Expedition, 302; Nebraska 

 Ornithological Club, 303; Ornithological Pnblications, 303; 

 ' Hints to Young Bird Students,' 303 ; A Sophism, 304 ; Erratum, 

 304- 



NUMBER IV. 



Winter Plumages: — Illustrated by the Rose-breasted 

 Grosbeak (Zamelodia ludoviciana). By Witmer Stone. 

 (Plate IV.) 305 



Notes on some of the Rarer Birds of Western Pennsyl- 

 vania. By 5. N. Rhoads 30S 



An Example of Aptosochromatism, as influenced by Diet, 



IN Megascops asio. By Francis J. Birtivell . . . . 313 



The Color of Certain Birds, in Relation to Inheritance. 



By /. Bickerton Williams . . . . . . . .318 



Overlooked Descriptions of Five Hummingbirds. By Charles 



W. Richmond 323 



On the date of Lacepede's ' Tableaux.' By Charles W. Rich- 

 mond 325 



A Synopsis of the Genus Contopus and its allies. By 



Harry C. Oberholser 330 



Republication of Descriptions of New Species and Subspe- 

 cies of North American Birds. By J. A.Allen . . . 338 



GENERAL NOTES. 



The Black Tern (Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis) in New York 

 Harbor, 351; Capture of the Brown Pelican in Wyoming, 351 ; 

 The Little Blue Heron (Ardea ccerulea) in Connecticut, 351; 

 The Green Heron Breeding in Ontario, 351 ; White-tailed Hawk 

 in Arizona, 352 ; A Phenomenal Flight of Hawks, 352 ; A Musi- 

 cal Woodpecker, 353; Note on the name Drytnophila, 353; New 

 Song of the Baltimore Oriole, 354; Song of the White-crowned 

 Sparrow (Zonolrichia leucophrys), 355; Ammodramus henslozuii 

 — a Correction, 356; Leconte's Sparrow (Ammodramtcs leconteit) 

 in Kentucky, 356; Nesting of Nelson's Sparrow (Ammodramus 

 nelsoni) in North Dakota, 356; Hirondelles de Guanajuato. Mex- 

 ico, 357; Very Early Record of the Cliff Swallow, 359; Philadel- 

 phia Vireo in West Virginia, 359; A Note on Kirtland's Warbler 

 (Dendroica kirtlandi), 359; The Hooded Warbler at Montville, 

 Conn., 360; Odd Nesting of Maryland Yellow-throat, 360; 



