CONTENTS OF VOLUME XIII. 



NUMBER I. 



page 

 In Memoriam : George Newbold Lawrenci . Bj D. G. Elliot, F. 



R. 5. E. (Frontispiece J. ........ 1 



The Standing of Ardetta neoxena. By Frank M. Chapman. 



(Plate I.) 11 



An Important Factor in the Study of Western Bird-Life. 



By Carl F. Baker. .......... 20 



The Pink Grosbeak in Captivity. By O. W. Knight. . . .21 



Descriptions of an Apparently New Species and Subspecies 



of Ptarmigan from the Aleutian Islands. By D. G. Elliot. 



F.R.S.E. (Plate III.) 24 



Songs of the Western Meadowlark. By L. Belding. . . 29 

 A New Subspecies of the Genus Dryooates. By A. W. Anthony. 31 

 Description of a New Jay from Mexico. I>v Gerrit S. Miller, 51 



J> ...."..... 34 



Nesting Habits of Phainopepla nitens in California. By Flor- 

 ence A. Merriani. . . ........ 38 



Descriptions of a New Warbler and a New Song Sparrow. . 



By William Brewster. . . ....... 44 



The Terns of Muskeget Island. Massachusetts. Part II. 



By George II. Mat kay. ......... 47 



Thirteenth Congress of the American Ornithologists' 



Union. By Joint H. Sage 55 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Elliot's Monograph of the Pittiche; 60; The Fossil Birds of Patagonia, 

 61 ; Elliot's Limicolae. 64; Some Canadian Birds, 67 ; Kirkwood 

 on Maryland Birds, 67; The Structure and Life of Birds, 68; 

 The A. O. U. Check-List of North American Birds, Second 

 Edition, 69; Hudson's British Birds, 70; Bendire on the Cow- 

 birds, 71 ; Lucas on the Weapons and Wings of Birds, 72 ; Fish- 

 er's Hawks and Owls from the Standpoint of the Farmer, 73; 

 Beddard's 'Text-hook of Zoogeography,' 73: Townsend on the 

 Birds of Cocos Island, 75 ; Publications Received, 76. 



