Contents of Voltnne JCXl. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Black-capped Petrel in New Hampshire, 3S3, PI. XXII; Holboell's 

 Grebe in Lancaster, Mass., 3S3 ; European Widgeon in Southern 

 California, 383 ; On the Evanescent Ground-tint of Woodcock's 

 Eggs. 384 ; How an Abnormal Growth of Bill was Caused, 384 ; 

 The Evening Grosbeak in Central New York in April, 3S5 ; The 

 Evening Grosbeak at Beverly, Mass., 3S5 ; Nelson's Sharp-tailed 

 Sparrow in North Dakota, 385 ; Henslow's Sparrow in Chester 

 County, Pa., 3S6 ; Henslow's Sparrow at Bethlehem, Pa. — x\ 

 Correction, 386 ; What has happened to the Martins.? 387 ; Breed- 

 ing of Lawrence Warbler in New YoKk City, 3S7 ; Myrtle War- 

 blers Wintering in Maine, 38S ; Phyllopsucstes versus Phyllosco- 

 pus^ 390; Peculiar Nesting-site of the Bluebird in the Bermudas, 

 390; Dates of Nesting of Bermuda Birds, 391; Unusual Records 

 near Boston, Mass., 391 ; Scott Oriole, Gray Vireo and Phoebe 

 in Northeastern New Mexico, 392. 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Hoffmann's 'Guide to the Birds of New England and Eastern New 

 York,' 393 ; Hornaday's ' The American Natural History,' 394 ; 

 The ' Baby Pathfinder to the Birds,' 395 ; Proceedings of the 

 Delaware Valley Ornithological Club, 396; Oddi's ' Manuale d' 

 Ornitologie Italiana,' 396 ; Boardman's ' The Naturalist of the 

 Saint Croix,' 397 ; Pearson's ' Three Summers among the Birds 

 of Russian Lapland,' 39S; Jacobs's 'The Haunts of the Golden- 

 winged Warbler,' 399; Scott on the Rearing of Wild Finches by 

 Foster-parents of other Species, 399 ; Scott on the Inheritance of 

 Song in Passerine Birds, 400 ; Rhoads on the Extinction of the 

 Dickcissel East of the Alleghanies, 401 ; Silloway's Additional 

 Notes on the Summer Birds of Flathead Lake, 401 ; Swarth on 

 the Birds of the Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, 401 ; Bartsch on 

 the Herons of the District of Columbia, 402; Nelson on New Birds 

 from Mexico, 403; Nelson's Revision of the North American 

 Mainland Species of Alyiarckiis, 403 ; Bangs on Birds from 

 Honduras. 404; McGregor on Philippine Birds, 404; Code of 

 Botanical Nomenclature, 404. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



A Method of Obtaining a Temporary .Stability of Names, 406. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Obituary : Edwin Sheppard, 407. Field Work of the Biological Sur- 

 vey, 407 ; The Thaver Expedition to Central America, 408 ; 

 American Museum of Natural History, 40S ; New Ornitholog- 

 ical Publications, 409; Michigan Ornithological Club, 410; 

 Marking Young Birds, 410. 



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