CONTENTS 



M ns. Olive Thorne Miller. By Florence Merriam Bailey. (Plate VII.) . . 163 



Vn Experience with Horned Grebes (Colymbus auritus). By Alexander D. 



DuBois. (Plates VIII-X.) . .170 



Historical Notes on Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula). By Harry 



Harris 180 



Notes on the Structure of the Palate in Ictebid.b. By Alexander Welmore . 190 



The Crow in Colorado. By W. H. Bergtold 198 



Winter Robins in Nova Scotia. By Harrison F. Lewis .... 205 



Remarks on Beebe's 'Tropical Wild Life.' By Thomas E. Penard . . 217 



Problems Suggested by Nests of Warblers of the Genus Dendroica. By 



John Treadwell Nichols 225 



On the Popular Names of Birds. By Ernest Thompson Seton . . . 229 



The Reality of Spkcies. By Leverett Mills Loomis ..... 235 



Geographical Variation in the Black-throated Loons. By A. C. Bent . 238 

 Reasons for Discarding a Proposed Race of the Glaucous Gull (Larus 



hyperboreus). By Jonathan D wight, M. D. ...... 242 



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



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



North American Birds. By Harry C. Oberholser ..... 266 



New Forms of South American Birds and Proposed New Subgenera. By 



Charles B. Cory 273 



General Notes. — Procellariidse versus Hydrobatidae, 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 Madi- 

 son, Wis., 277; A Late Record for Rallus elegans for Maine, 277; The Proper Name 

 of the Ruff, 27S; Heteractitis versus Heteroscelus, 278; The Status of Charadrius 

 riibricollis Gmelin, 279; A Self-tamed Ruffed Grouse. 279; Unusual Contents of a Mourn- 

 ing Dove's Nest, 2S1; Mourning Dove Wintering in Vermont, 282; Thrasaetoa 

 versus Harpia, 2S2; The Status of the Generic Name Archibuteo, 282; Harris's 

 Hawk (Parabuteo unirinctus 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 Dick- 

 cissel in New Hampshire, 288; Early Nesting of the Loggerhead Shrike, 288; A 

 Note on the Decrease of the Carolina Wren near Washington, D. C, 289; The Affini- 

 ties of Chamwthlyvis, 290; Blue-winged Warbler Feeding a Young Field Sparrow, 

 291; The Blue-winged Warbler near Boston, 292; Nashville Warbler (Vermivora 

 ruficapilla) 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 Lewis- 

 ton- Auburn and Vicinity,' 303; Recent Papers by Bangs, 304; Economic Ornithology 

 in Recent Entomological Publications, 304; The Ornithological Journals, 307; Orni- 

 thological Articles in Other Journals, 312; Publications Received, 314. 

 Correspondence. — Identifications (Characters vs. Geography), 316. 

 Notes and News. — Obituary: Frederick DuCane Godman, 319; Robert Day Hoyt, 319; 

 The Mailliard Collection. 320: Recent Expeditions, 321; The Flemming Collection, 

 321: Rare Birds in the Philadelphia Zoo, 321; Meeting of the R. A. O. U., 322; 

 U. S. National Museum Collection, 322; A. O. U. Check- List, 322; New National 

 Parks, 322; Geographic Distribution of A. O. U. Membership, 323; The Migratory 

 Bird Law, 323; The Delaware Valley Ornithological Club, 323: Common Names of 

 Birds, 324; Birds of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, 324. 



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