Contents of Volume XXXI. 



Grouse in Colorado, 246; Sharp-shinned Hawk in Mrine in Win- 

 ter, 247; Extreme Emaciation in a Specimen of the Snowy Owl 

 (Nyclea nyctea), 247; Another Species Added to the Avifauna of 

 South Carolina, 248; The Arkansas Kingbird {Tyrannus verticalis) 

 in Rhode Island, 248; Capture of Myiarchus crinitus (Linn.) in 

 Eastern Cuba, 248; An Unusual Observation on the Crow {Corvus 

 brachyrhynchos) at Lubec, Maine, 248; Starlings {Sturnus vulgaris) 

 at Providence, R. I., 249; Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) in Cam- 

 bridge, Mass., 249; The Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus in 

 Connecticut in Winter, 250; The Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) 

 as a Conveyor of MoUusca, 250; Cowbird Notes, 250; Evening 

 Grosbeak (Hesperiphona vespertina vespertina) at Boston, Mass., 

 251 ; The White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera) in the District 

 of Columbia, 251; Unusual Nesting Site of the English Sparrow, 

 252; Swainson's Warbler (Helinaia swainsoni) at Guantanamo, 

 Cuba, 253; Magnolia Warbler in Colorado, 253; Canadian War- 

 bler in Colorado, 253; The Short-billed Marsh Wren (Cistothorus 

 stellaris) on Long Island in Winter, 253; The Red-bellied Nut- 

 hatch (Sitta canadensis) Feeding among Weeds, 253; The Acadian 

 Chickadee {Penthestes hudsonicus littoralis) at Watch Hill, R. I., 

 254; The Identity of Hypodes cinerea Cassin, 255; Some Mar- 

 shalltown, Iowa, Notes, 255; Two Species New to Colorado, 256; 

 Unusual Occurrences at Madison, Wis., 256; Effect of Cold on 

 Moult, 257. 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Millais' 'British Diving Ducks,' 259; Reichenow's 'Die Vogel,' 261; 

 Oologia Neerlandica,' 262; Phillips on African Birds, 263; Bunker 

 on the Birds of Kansas, 263; Swarth on Geese of the Branta cana- 

 densis Group, 264; Job on the Quest of the Canvasback, 264; 

 Mearns on Additional New Birds from .Africa, 265; Grinnell's 

 'Second List of Birds of the Berkeley Campus,' 265; Baker's 

 'Indian Pigeons and Doves,' 265; Menegaux's Reprint of the Orni- 

 thology of the Echo du Monde Savant, 266; Mathews' 'The Birds 

 of Australia,' 267; The South Australian Ornithologist, 267; Mul- 

 len's 'Guide to Selborne,' 268; Sarasinon the Birds of New Cale- 

 donia, 268; Hellmayr on the Avifauna of Timor, 268; Elms' 'A 

 Pocket-Book of British Birds' and other 'Handbooks,' 269; Miss 

 Keezel's 'Bird Study Note Book,' 269; Shufeldt on Extinct 

 Ostrich Birds of the LTnited States, 269; Valuable Economic 

 Reports, 270; Bird Enemies of the Philippine Locust, 270; Report 

 on Introduced Pheasants in Massachusetts, 271; The Ornitho- 

 logical Journals, 273; Ornithological Articles in Other Jomiials, 

 281; Publications Received, 284. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



The Gannets of Bonaventure, 287; Researches of Gerhard Heilmann 

 on the Origin of Birds, 287. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Stopping the Traffic in Bird Plumage, 289; Heredity and Sex, 290; 

 Meeting of the Wilson Ornithological Club, 290; Meeting of the 

 Delaware Valley Ornithological Club, 291; Dinner of the Lin- 

 nsean Society of New York, 291; The Spring Meeting of the 

 A. O. U., 291. 



