CONTENTS. 



Breeding HAiiiTS of the Fish Hawk on Plum I.sland, New Youk. By Charles 



Slover Al/en. (Plates IV" and V) 313 



A Preliminary List of the Birds 01- San Jose, Costa Rica. By George K. 



Cherrie. 322 



Habits OF the Oldsciuaw {Clangitla hyemalis) in Nf.w England. By George H. 



Mackay. 330 



List OF Bikds observed in the Vicinity of San Antonio, Bexar County-, Texas. 



By H. P. Atlzvater 337 



Habits of the Hudsonian Curlew in Massachusetts. By George H. Mackay. . 345 



Further Notes on Bikds of the Gray's Harbor Region, Washington. By 



R. H. Lawrence. 352 



Bikds of Southwestern New Mexico. By A. W. Anthony 357 



Observations on the Birds of Jamaica, West Indies. IL A List of the Birds re- 

 corded from the Island, with Annotations. By W. E. D. Scott 369 



Recent Literature. — Bendire's Life Histories of North American Birds, 375; Ridgfway's 

 'Tlie Hummingbirds,' 376; Merriam on the Life Areas of North America, 377; Suchetet on 

 Hybridity in Birds, 3S2 ; Minor Ornithological Publications, 3S3; Publications Received, 3S7. 



General Notes. — Habits of the Herring Gull, 3SS; Another Specimen of the Labrador Duck, 

 3S9; £reu}!ete.'s occidenta/i's in Connecticut, 3S9; Totaiiiis JlirTi/ies and Charadriiis dominicus, 

 3S9; Tryngites siibr/rficoltis, 7,Sg; A Specimen of A^'rtw^i/ws rtr^«i(/«.« Said to have been Taken 

 on Long Island, N. Y., 390; Notes on Syrniutn occidentale, 392; Coccyzns americaniis 

 occidental IS in Washington, 393; Original Description of Lewis's Woodpecker, 394; Myiarchus 

 nuttingi in Arizona, 394; Perisoreus canadensis in Massachusetts, 395: Up to Date, 395; 

 Abnormal Eggs of Spizella socialis, 395 ; Vireo olivaceus in British Columbia and Washington, 

 395; The Chestnut-sided Warbler Nesting in Missouri, 396; Two Cape Cod Records, 396; Notes 

 on a Few Birds from Northern Ohio, 397. 



Correspondence. — Robert W. Shufeldt 3d., 39S. 



Notes and News. — Obituary, Dr. Hermann Burmeister, 399; R. W. Shufeldt, 3d., 400; Poto- 

 mac Valley Ornithological Club, 400; British Museum Catalogue of Birds, 400; Tenth Con- 

 gress of the A. O. U., 400. 



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