CONTENTS. 



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The Hummingbirds of the Santa Marta Region of Colombia. By Outrasn Bangs. 



(Plate II.) 135 



The Nocturnal Flight of Migrating Birds. By O- G. Libby 140 



A Historical Notice of Ross's Rosy Gull (Rhodostethia rosea). By John Murdoch. . . 145 

 Nesting of the Hermit Warbler in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California. By 



Chester Barlow. 156 



Some Observations on the Anatid/e of North Dakota. By Rev. Herbert K. Job. . 161 



Some Philadelphia Ornithological Collections and Collectors, 1784-1S50. By Wit- 



mer Stone. 166 



General Notes. — Tluilassidroma castro of Harcourt, 177; Pelecanus occidentalis vs. P.fusats 17S; 

 Old Squaw (Clausula hyemalis) in Indiana, 178; White-winged Scoter (Oidemia deglandi), 179 ; Gal- 

 linago major vs. Gallinngo media, 179; Sexual Difference in Size of the Pectoral Sandpiper 

 (Tringa viaadata), 179; The 1898 Migration of the Golden Plover (Charadrius dominion) and 

 Eskimo Curlew (Niimenins borealis)m Massachusetts, 180; Hybrid Grouse, 1S0; The Number of 

 Rectrices in Grouse, 181; The Turkey Vulture (Catiuirtes aura) in Somerville, Mass., 181; The 

 Black Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus obsoletus) in Maine. 1S2 ; The specific name of Fako regidus, 182 ; 

 Habits of the Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata), 182 ; An Unusual Set of Song Sparrow's Eggs, 182 ; 

 The Names of the Song Sparrows, 182 ; On the Name A'enocichla, 183 ; Barn Swallows (Hirundo 

 erythrogaster), 184 ; Another Example of Curious Nesting of the American Redstart, 184; Certhia 

 familiaris americana, not Certhia f.fuscal 185; The Second Reference for Anorthura hiemalis 

 pacifica, 185; Piranga rubra and Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis Preoccupied? 185; Four Pre- 

 occupied Names, 186; New and Rare Birds in Kansas, 187; More New Birds for Colorado, 187; 

 Some additional New Mexican Birds, 188; Notes from Rhode Island, 189; Notes on Long Island 

 Birds, 190: Some Birds of Unusual Occurrence in Orleans County, N. Y., 193 ; Late Migrants and 

 Stragglers in Eastern Massachusetts, 196; Destruction of Birds by the Great Cold Wave of Feb- 

 ruary 13 and 14, 1899, 197- 



Recent Literature. — Volume XXVI of the British Museum Catalogue of Birds, 198; Evans's 

 'Birds,' 203; Von Ihering's Birds of San Paulo, Brazil, 203; Dearborn's Birds of Belknap and 

 Merrimac Counties, New Hampshire, 204 ; Nash's ' The Birds of Ontario iu Relation to Agricul- 

 ture, 204 ; Stejneger on the Birds of the Kurile Islands, 205 : Clark on the Feather Tracts of 

 North American Grouse and Quail, 205 ; Weed on the Winter Food of the Chickadee, 206; Weed 

 on the Feeding Habits of the Chipping Sparrow, 206; Whitman's 'The Birds of Old English Lit- 

 erature,' 207 ; Publications Received, 207. 



Correspondence. — The Spelling of Names, 209; A Protest, 210. 



Notes and News. — Obituary — Dr. Oliver Marcy, 211; Professor Othniel C. Marsh, 211; New 

 Ornithological Magazines, 212; Ornithological Societies, 214; The Hoopes Collection of Birds. 

 215 ; American Society of Bird Restorers, 215; Annual Meeting of The Audubon Society of the 

 State of New York, 216. 



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