Contents of Volume XXXVI. v 



The Birds of the Red Deer River, Alberta. By P. A . Tavemer. 248 

 Fourth Annual List of Proposed Changes in the A. O. U. 

 Check-List of North American Birds. By Harry C. Ober- 

 holser . . ■ ■ ■ ■ • ■ ■ ■ ■ 266 

 New Forms of South American Birds and Proposed New Sub- 

 genera. By Charles B. Cory 273 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Procellariidae versus Hydrobatidce, 276; Long-tailed Jaeger in Indiana, 

 276; Larus canus brachyrhynchus in Wyoming, 276; Polysticta Eyton 

 versus Stellaris Bonaparte, 277; Further Record of the European 

 Widgeon at Madison, Wis., 277; A Late Record for Rallus elegans for 

 Maine, 277; The Proper Name of the Ruff, 278; Heteractitis versus 

 Heteroscelus, 278; The Status of Charadrius rubricollis Gmelin, 

 279; A Self-tamed Ruffed Grouse, 279; Unusual Contents of a 

 Mourning Dove's Nest, 281; Mourning Dove Wintering in Ver- 

 mont, 282; Thrasoetos versus Harpia, 282; The Status of the Generic 

 Name Archibuteo, 282; Harris's Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus harrisi) 

 in Kansas, 283; The Proper Name for the Texas Barred Owl, 

 283; Concerning a Note of the Long-eared Owl, 283; The Short- 

 eared Owl Breeding on Nantucket, 284; Early Occurrence of the 

 Snowy Owl and the Pine Grosbeak in Monroe County, New York, 

 285; The Deep Plantar Tendons in the Puff -birds, Jacamars and their 

 Allies, 285; The Status of the Genus Hypocentor Cabanis, 286; A 

 Correction Involving Some Juncos, 287; An Additional Record of 

 Ammodramus savannarum bimaculutus in Eastern Washington, 287; 

 The Dickcissel in New Hampshire, 288; Early Nesting of the Logger- 

 head Shrike, 288; A Note on the Decrease of the Carolina Wren near 

 Washington, D. C, 289; The Affinities of Chamcethlypis, 290; Blue- 

 winged Warbler Feeding a Young Field Sparrow, 291; The Blue- 

 winged Warbler near Boston, 292; Nashville Warbler (Vermivora 

 ruHcapilla) in New York in Winter, 293; Four Rare Birds in Sussex 

 County, New Jersey, 293; Notes from a Connecticut Pine Swamp, 

 293; The Name eyrthrogaster, 294; Constant Difference in Relative 

 Proportions of Parts as a Specific Character, 295; "Off" Flavors of 

 Wildfowl, 296. 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



'The Game Birds of California,' 297; Mathews' 'The Birds of Australia,' 

 299; De Fenis on Bird Song in its Relation to Music, 300; Dwight 

 on a New Gull, 301; McAtee on the Food Habits of the Mallard 

 Ducks, 301; Stone on Birds of the Canal Zone, 302; Shufeldt on the 

 Young Hoatzin, 302; Riley on Celebes Birds, 302; Oberholser's 

 'Mutanda Ornithologica V,' 303; Miller's 'Birds of Lewiston- Auburn 

 and Vicinity,' 303; Recent Papers by Bangs, 304; Economic Orni- 

 thology in Recent Entomological Publications, 304; The Ornithologi- 

 cal Journals, 307; Ornithological Articles in Other Journals, 312; 

 Publications Received, 314. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



Identifications (Characters vs. Geography), 316. 



