CONTENTS. 



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Tue Sharp-tailed Sparrow (A tnfftodramiis caudacttties) and its < '.fjm.kai hi< a;. Racks. By 



Jonathan Dwight, Jr. (Plate IV.) ............ 271 



Si iihek Birds of the Anthracite Coal Regions of Pennsylvania. By R. /'. Young. . 27S 



Feeding Habits of the English Sparrow and Crow. By Sylvester D. J udd. . . . 285 



Summer Birds of Northern Ei.k County, Pa. By William L.Bailey. .... 289 



Summer Birds (July 15-AuG. 13, 1894) of the Rhine. By Ralph Hoffmann 20.7 



The Cormorant Rookeries of the Lofoten Islands. By R. H~ Shufeldt, .)/. I). (Plate V.) J12 



Critical Remarks on the Mexican Forms of the (Iencs Certhia By Hurry C. Oberhoher. 314 

 Further Remarks on the Law which Underlies Protective Coloration. By Abbott 



H. Thayer. 3 1 S 



Evidence suggestive of the Occurrence of ' Individual Dichromatism ' in Megascope 



asio. By Arthur, P. Chadbourne, M.D. . . . . . 321 



Recent Literature. — Sclater on Rules for Naming Animals, 325; Swann's Handbook of British 

 Birds, 328; Loomis on California Water Birds, 329; Ridgway on New Species and Subspecies of 

 Birds, 330; Oberholser on Two New Subspecies of Dryobates, 330: Richmond on Mexican Birds, 

 330; Richmond on New Species of Birds, 331; Dr. Abbott's Collections from Asia, 331: Dr. 

 Abbott's Collections from the Seychelles and other Islands, 331 : Robinson's Birds of Margarita, 

 332: Clvtriie on San Domingo Birds. 333; Warren's 'Taxidermy' and Bird-Laws, 334; Ridgway 

 and Lucas on a New Family of Birds, 334: Montgomery on Migration as a Check upon Geographi- 

 cal Variation, 335 : Contributions to Economic Ornithology, 335 : Publications Received, 33S. 



General Notes — Occurrence of the Wood Ibis (Tanfalus loculator) in Bristol County, Mass., 341; 

 Wilson's Snipe in Nova Scotia in Winter, 341 ; The Wild Pigeon at Englewood, N. J., 341; Recent 

 Record of the Passenger Pigeon in Southern Wisconsin, 341 ; The Turkey Vulture in the Catskills, 

 341 ; Buteo borealh harlam in Minnesota, 342 ; A Note on Buteo borealis htcasanus Ridgway, 342 ; 

 Feeding Habits of Purple Finches, 342 : First Occurrence of the Blue Grosbeak in New Hampshire, 

 342; Solitary Vireo (vireo solitariits) nesting in Connecticut, 343; Dendroica palmarum in New 

 York City, 343 ; Breeding of the Yellow-throated Warbler (Dendroica dominicd) in Virginia, near 

 Washington, \\\: The Louisiana Water-Thrush breeding in Berkshire County, Mass., 344: The 

 Mockingbird (Mimtts palyglottos) in Canada. 544; Thriothorus or Thryoihorus? 344: The Hud- 

 sonian Chickadee breeding in Southern Vermont, 345 ; The Hudsonian Chickadee (Parns kud- 

 sonicus), Red-breasted Nuthatch (JSitta canadensis), and Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regains satrapa) 

 in Plymouth County, Mass, in Summer, x,\b\ The Western Martin and the California Cuckoo at 

 Escondido. Cal.. 347 : Bird Notes from Toronto. Canada, 347 : Iridescence of Feathers, as explained 

 by an OKI Author, 1,3,1: Birds killed by a Storm, 34s. 



Notes and News. — Obituary. — Lord Lilford, 348-; Eugene Carleton Thurber, 349.; Dr. ( ;. Brown 

 Goode, 349; Bird Day in Schools, 349; Museum of Natural History at Providence. f$o; 'The 

 ( Isprey,' 350 ; ' Das Tierreich'. 350: New Ornithological Publications. 351. 



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