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InMemoriam: William Brewster. By Henry W. Henshaw. (Plates I and II.) 1 



William Brewster. — An Appreciation^ By John G. Gehring ... 24 



William Brewster. — Resolution of the Nuttall Ornithological Club 27 



The William Brewster Memorial . . . . . ■ . . . 29 



In Memoriam: Lyman Belding. By A. K. Fisher. (Plate III.) ... 33 



Midsummer Birds in the Catskill Mountains. By Stanley Cobb, M. D. 46 



Notes on the Winter Birds or San Antonio, Texas. By Ludlow Griscom 49 



The Occult Senses in Birds. By Herbert H. Beck ...... 55 



Birds of the Clear Creek District, Colorado. By F. C. Lincoln . . 60 



Sandpipers Wintering at Plymouth, Massachusetts. By J. A. Farley . 78 



Sequestration Notes. By Joseph Grinnell ....... 84 



On Procellaria alba Gmelin. By Leverett Mills Loomis ..... 88 



Notes on Seven Birds Taken near Charleston, South Carolina. By 



Arthur T. Wayne 92 



The Status of the Subspecific Races of Branta canadensis. By J. D. Figgins 94 



Bachman's Warbler Breeding in Alabama. By Ernest G. Holt. (Plate IV.) 103 

 Description of a Proposed New Race of the Killdeer from the Coast of 



Peru. By Frank M. Chapman ......... 105 



Descriptions of a New Species and Subspecies ofTyrannidae. By Charles B. 



Cory 108 



The Thirty-seventh Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists' 



Union. By T. S. Palmer 110 



General Notes. — The Black Skimmer on Long Island, N. Y., 126; Another Record of 

 the White Pelican in New York, 126; A Note on the Southern Teal, 126; Trumpeter 

 Swan (Olor buccinator) in Western Minnesota. A Correction, 127; Wild Swan on 

 Long Island, N. Y., 127; Notes on Some Shore Birds of the Alabama River, Mont- 

 gomery County, Ala., 127; The Black Rail at St. Marks, Florida, 128; Purple Galli- 

 nule in North Carolina, 130; Breeding of the Mourning Dove in Maine, 130; The 

 Status of Harlan's Hawk in Colorado, 130; White Gyrfalcon (Falco islandus) in 

 Montana, 132; The Hawk Owl in North Dakota, 132; Pileated Woodpecker in 

 Morris County, N. J., 132; Unusual Habits of Chimney Swift, 132; Empidonax 

 griseus in Nevada. 133; The Crow in Colorado, 134; Appearance of the Canada Jay 

 at Moorehead, Minn., 134; Note on the Food of the Starling (Stumus vulgaris), 

 135; Harris' Sparrow in Michigan, 135; American Golden-eye and White-crowned 

 Sparrow in Northern Michigan in Summer, 135; Lanius ludovicianus migrans in 

 North Dakota, 136; Bohemian Waxwings in Chicago, 111., 136; The Bohemian 

 Waxwing (Bombycilla garrula) at Chicago, 111., 137; Orange-crowned Warbler (Ver- 

 mivora celata c'elata) in Massachusetts, 137; Fall Records of Mourning Warbler in 

 Western Missouri, 137; Breeding of the Canadian Warbler and Northern Water- 

 Thrush in New Jersey, 137; T Hermit Thrush's Nest in Unusual Location, 138; 

 Peculiar Nesting of Hermit Thrushes, 138; The Bluebird in Cuba, 140; Rare or 

 Uncommon Birds at Rochester, N. Y., 140; Notes from St. Marks, Fla., 142; Bird 

 Notes on the Wisconsin River, 143; Abundance of Periodical Cicadas Diverting 

 Attacks of Birds from Cultivated Fruits, 144; Nomenclatural Casuistry, 145; 

 Supplementary Note on J. P. Giraud, 146. 



Recent Literature. — Van Oort's 'Birds of Holland,' 147; Taverner's 'Birds of East 

 Canada' 147; 'The Birds of North Carolina,' 149; Hine on Birds of the Katmai 

 Region, Alaska, 150; Witherby's 'Handbook of British Birds,' 151 ; A Geographical Bib- 

 liography, of British Ornithology, 152; Birds of the Expedition to Korinchi Peak, 

 Sumatra, 153; Swann's 'Synoptical List of the Accipitres,' 154; Burns' 'Ornithol- 

 ogy of Chester County, Pennsylvania,' 155; Mailliard's 'Notes on the Avifauna of 

 the Inner Coast Range of California,' 156; Bailey's 'Raptorial Birds of Iowa,' 156; Mrs. 

 Farwell's 'Bird Observations near Chicago,' 157; Hudson's 'Book of a Naturalist,' 

 158; Dixon on Wild Ducks in a City Park, 158; Recent Circulars by Forbush, 159; 

 The Birds of the Albatross Expedition of 1899-1900, 159; Coker on the Guano Birds 

 of Peru, 160; Scoville's 'The Out-of-Doors Club,' 162; Giflord's 'Field Notes on the 

 Land Birds of the Galapagos Islands,' 162; Hall and Grinnell on Life Zone Indicators 

 in California, 163; Dabbene on Argentine Forms of the Genera Geositta and Cin- 

 clodes, 164; Cory's ' Review of the Genera Siptornisand Cranioleuca,' 164; Chapman 

 on New South American Birds, 165; Oberholser on Larus hyperboreus barrovianus, 

 166; Contributions to the Zoogeography of the Palaearctic Region, 166; Annual 

 Report of the Chief of the Biological Survey, 167; Shufeldt on the Birds of Brazil, 

 167; The Food of Australian Birds, 168; The Ornithological Journals, 168; Orni- 

 thological Articles in Other Journals, 173; Additional Publications Received, 178. 



Correspondence. — International Ornithological Congress, 179; Name of the Red- 

 footed Booby, 180; Ornithological Pronunciation, 181. 



Notes and News. — Editorial Note, 182; Obituary: Dr. Charles Conrad Abbott, 183; 

 Obituary: Edward Everett Brewster, 184; Obituary: Barron Brainerd, 184; 

 Recording Migration, 185; Election of Officers of the Nuttall Club, 185; A. O. U. 

 Committee on Nomenclature and Classification of N. A. Birds, 186; Bird Collection 

 of the Ottawa Museum, 186; Oldest Members of the A. O. U., 186; Publications of 

 the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 187; The South African Biological Society, 187; 

 Dinner of the D. V. O. C, 187; Vogel der palaarktischen Fauna, 187; Educational 

 Work of the California Fish and Game Commission, 188; Endowment of the Museum 

 of Vertebrate Zoology of the University of California, 188. 



