CONTENTS. 



PAGB 



The Distribution and Relationships of Ammodramus maritimw and its Allies. By 



Frank M. C/uifiman. (Plate I.) i 



A Chapter in the Life of the Canada Jay. By Oscar Bird IVarren. (Illustrated.) . 12 



The Generic Names Pedioccetes and Pooccetes. By Tlieodore Gill. 20 



Description of a New Hylocichla. By Harry C. Obertiolser 23 



Descriptions of New Birds from Mexico. By E. II'. Nelson. 25 



A Synopsis of the Blue Honey-Creepers of Tropical America. By Harry C. Ober- 



holser 31 



New Species, etc., of American Birds. — III. Fringillid>e (Continued). By Robert 



Ridgway 35 



Truth versus Error. By D. G. Elliot, F.R.S.E. 38 



"Truth versus Error." By/. A. Allen .» 46 



Sixteenth Congress of the American Ornithologists' Union. By John H. Sage. . . 51 

 Report of the A. O. U. Committee on Protection of North American Birds. By 



VVitmer Stone 55 



General Notes. — The Black-capped Petrel (sEstrelata hasitata) on the Ohio River at Cincinnati, 75 ; 

 The Purple Gallinule (lonornis martinica) in Ohio, 75; The Corn Crake in Nova Scotia, 75 ; The 

 Stilt Sandpiper in Maryland, 76; The Turnstone (Arenaria inter/res) in Minnesota, 76; Note on 

 Meleagris gallopavo /era, 77 ; The Golden Eagle and Barn Owl at North ville, Wayne Co., Mich., 

 77; New Name for the Genus Tetragonops, 77; Notes on the Myology of Hemiprocne zonaris, 77 ; 

 The Authority for the Combination Cypse/oides niger borealis, 78 ; Octhosca frontalis (Lafr.) and 

 Cardinalis granadensis Lafr., 7S ; Pica pica hudsonica in California, 79; On the Mentis Astra- 

 galinns Cabanis, 79; Lapland Lougspur (Calcariits lapfonicus) in Massachusetts, 80; Henslow's 

 Sparrow in Ontario, 80; On the Generic Name Aimophila versus Peuc&a, 80; Further Notes on 

 Dendroica kirtlandi, 81 ; Proper Name for Macgillivray's Warbler, Si ; Sprague's Pipit near New 

 Orleans, La., 82; The Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) at Peace Dale, R. I., 83; The 

 Finishing Stroke to Bartram, 83 ; Rare Birds on Eastern Long Island, N. Y., 85 : Notes on Two 

 Rare Birds from Long Island, N. Y„ 85; Springfield, Mass., Bird Notes, 85; Xema sab iuii and 

 Ckordeiles virginianus sennetli — Two Additions to the Iowa Avifauna, 86. 



Recent Literature. — Torrey's ' A World of Green Hills,' S6 ; Mrs. Maynard's Birds of Washington, 

 87; Blanchan's ' Birds that Hunt and are Hunted,' 88; Huntington's ' In Brush, Sedge, and Stub- 

 ble,' 89; Oberholser on the Wrens of the Genus T/iryoinanes, 89 ; Bangs on Birds from Colombia, 

 90; Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science, 91; Recent Papers on the Great Auk, 91 

 Stickney and Hoffmann's ' Bird World,' 92 ; Publications Received, 92. 



Notes and News. — A New Ornithological Journal, 94; 'The Osprey,' 95; Editorial Notice, 95; 

 New York Zoological Park, 96. 



Ninth Supplement to the A. O. U. Check-List of North American Birds, 97. 



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