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DESCRIPTIONS OF THIRTY NEw NorTH AMERICAN BIRDS, IN THE 
BIOLOGICAL SURVEY COLLECTION. By &. W. Nelson : : 
A NEw SuBSPECIES OF THE GENUS fZylocichla. By Reginald 
Heber Howe, Jr. : : : : : : : : 2 
An AccouNT OF THE NESTING HABITS OF FRANKLIN’S Rosy 
Gui (Larus franklintZ), AS OBSERVED AT HERON LAKE IN 
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. By Thomas S. Roberts, M.D. (Plates 
IX-XI.) : c : - 3 : : ; : : 
Nores ON A COLLECTION OF BAHAMA Birps. By Outram Bangs. 
GENERAL NOTES. 
The Red-necked Grebe in Michigan in Winter, 293; The Dovekie 
(Alle alle) on the Coast of Virginia, 293; The American Egret in 
Connecticut, 294; Notes on the Nesting of the Blue-throated 
Hummingbird, 294; Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vesper- 
zinus), 294; Feeding Habits of the Pine Siskin, 295; Large 
Flight of White-winged Crossbills on Long Island, N. Y., 295; 
The Lark Finch and Baird’s Bunting on Long Island, N. Y., 296; 
Bachman’s Sparrow in Virginia, 296; Louisiana and Mississippi 
Bird Notes, 297; Seven New Birds for Colorado, 298; Bird Notes 
trom Sao Paulo, Brazil, 298; Sanitary Habits of Birds, 299. 
RECENT LITERATURE. 
Rothschild and Hartert’s ‘Review of the Ornithology of the Gala- 
pagos Islands,’ 300; Salvadori and Festa on Birds of Ecuador, 303; 
Oberholser on Birds from Centra Asia, 304; Oberholser on a 
Collection of Birds from Madagascar, 304; Oberholser on Birds 
from Santa Barbara Islands, 304; Van Denburg’s Notes on Birds 
of Santa Clara County, California, 305; Bonhote’s List of the 
Birds of New Providence, Bahamas, 305; Richmond on New 
Species of Birds, 305; Bangs on a New Quail-Dove from Colom- 
bia, 306; Dugmore’s ‘Bird-Homes,’ 306; Pearson’s ‘Beyond 
Petsora Eastward, 307; Collett and Nansen’s Birds of the Nor- 
wegian North Polar Expedition, 308; Stone on the MclIlhenny 
Collection, 301; Jones on Warblers’ Songs, 311 ; Proceedings of 
the Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union, 311; Chapman’s ‘Bird 
Studies with a Camera,’ 312; Farr’s Check-List of New York 
Birds, 313; Palmer on Legislation for the Protection of Birds,’ 
314; Publications Received, 315. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
Formaldehyde as an Aid in Collecting Ornithological Specimens, 
318. 
NOTES AND NEWS. 
Obituary : — Professor Alphonse Milne-Edwards, 320; Edgar Leopold 
Layard, 321; Percy S. Selous, 321; College of Forestry Lectures, 
Cornell University, 322; Fiftieth Anniversary of the German 
Ornithological Society, 322 ; The Outlook for Bird Protection in 
North America, 323; Errata, 324. 
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