Coiifeiifs of Volione. A'//. 



and Indiana, 29S ; Ospieys at Bristol, Rliode Island, 300; The 

 Great Gray Owl in Oneida County, New York, 301 ; January 

 Occurrence of the ' Sapsucker' in Brookline, Mass., 301 ; Breed- 

 ing of Traill's Flycatcher in Eastern Massachusetts, 302; The 

 Western Meadowlark at Racine, Wise, etc., 302; Strange 

 Habits of the Rusty and Crow Blackbirds, 303; Notes on the 

 Bleeding of the American Crossbill in Hamilton Coimtv, New 

 York, 304; Peculiar Nest of a Chipping SpaiMow, 305; Harris's 

 Sparrow in British Columbia, 305; The Lark Bunting in South 

 Carolina, 305; Summer Redbird at Saybrook, Conn., 306; 

 Prothonotary Warbler near New York City, 306; Occurrence 

 of Heliiiaia s-.vnii/soni in the Dismal Swamp, Vii-ginia, 307; 

 Ilcliuiutliofhthi leucobronchialifi in Maryland, 307; Nesting 

 of Helmintltophila leucohroiichialis in Connecticut, 307; Nesting 

 of Mhnits polyglottos in Eastern Massachusetts, 308; More 

 Wyoming Mockingbirds, 309; Absence of the Bluebird at 

 Meadville, Pa., 309; Nantucket Notes, 310 ; Notes on Some Con- 

 necticut Birds, 310; Bird Notes from St. Albans, Vermont, 311 ; 

 Some Rare Birds of Recent Occurrence near Buffalo, 312; Two 

 Unique Nesting-sites in and about Camp Buildings in Hamilton 

 Count\-. New York. 314. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Obituary, Edward Hargitt, 315; John S. Cairns. 3 15; Franklin Fair 

 banks, 315; George H. Ragsdale, 316 ; Rev. A. H. Gesner, 316 ; 

 Prof. Thomas H. Huxley, 316; New Publications, 317 ; Ornitho- 

 logical Explorations in San Domingo, 318; The Scott Collection 

 of Mounted Birds at Harvard College, 318. 



NUMBER IV. 



PAGE 



Ox Fisher's Petrel {.Sstrelata fisheri). Bv Robert Ridirwav 

 (Plate IV.) . . . . ■ . . '. . . \ " 



Gatke's Heligol.xnd. V>\ Elliott Couc.-i. ..... 



New R.\ces of Coluptes and Passerella from the Pacific Coast 

 By A. W. Anthony. 



The Brown Creeper Nesting in the Cypress Swamp ot 

 Southeastern Missouri. By O. Widmann. 



A Collection of Birds from Mount Orizaba, Mexico. B 

 Ulysses O. Cox. ......... 



An Historic Letter. By j(o///i H. Sage. .... 



Notes on the Birds of the Wacissa and Aucilla River 



Regions of Florida. \l\ Arthur T. Wayne. . . . 362 



Descriptions of Three New Birds from the Island of Mar- 

 garita, Venezuela. By Charles IV. Richmond. . . . 367 



Descriptions of Two New Subspecies of California Birds. 



By JF'. Stephens. . . . . . . . . . .371 



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