Contents of Volume XXXI. 



cent Entomological Publications, 421; Hewitt on 'The Protection 

 of Birds in and around Ottawa,' 422; Menegaux on Birds as Ene- 

 mies of Mice, 423; A Note on 'The Effect of Extent of Distribu- 

 tion on Speciation,' 423 ; Henshaw's ' Birds of Town and Country,' 

 423; The Ornithological Journals, 424; Ornithological Pubhca- 

 tions in Other Journals, 430; PubUcations Received, 432. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Obituary: A. C. L. G. Giinther, 435; G. E. H. Barrett-HamUton, 435; 

 PubUcation of Reports of Expeditions, 436; Progress of Bird 

 Protection, 437; Roosevelt Brazilian Expedition, 438; Book 

 Notices, 438. 



NUMBER IV. 



Page 

 Observations on Birds of the South Atlantic. By Robert Cush- 



man Murphy. (Plates XXXV-XXXIX.) .... 439 



The Development of the Stomach in the Euphonias. By 



Alex. Wetmore ......... 458 



Anatomical Notes on Trochalopteron and Sicalis. By Hubert 



Lyman Clark .......... 461 



Early Records of the Wild Turkey. II. By Albert Hazen Wright 463 

 Some Winter Birds of Oklahoma. By Wells W. Cooke . . 473 

 Notes on the Birds op Leon County, Florida — Third Supple- 

 ment. By R. W. Williams 494 



The California Forms of the Genus Psaltriparus. By Harry S. 



Swarth. (Plate XL.) 499 



A Review of the Genus Phcebetria. By John Treadwell Nichols 



and Robert Cushman Murphy. (Plate XLI.) .... 526 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Harlequin Duck in Glacier National Park, Montana, 535; American 

 Egret (Herodias cgretia) at Naushon Island, Mass., 535; Yellow- 

 crowned Night Heron in Colorado, 535; Red Phalarope (Phala- 

 ropus fulicarius) off Boston Harbor in Summer, 536; Another 

 Massachusetts Record for the Tm-key Vulture {Cathartes aura 

 septentrionalis) 536; Richardson's Owl {Cryptoglaux funerea rich- 

 ardsoni) in N. E. Illinois, 536; Unusual Behavior of a Ruby- 

 throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris), 536; Breeding of 

 the Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phceniceus phoeniceus) in 

 Nova Scotia, 537; Brewer's Blackbii-d {Euphagus cyanocephalus) 

 breeding in Southern Minnesota, 538; Florida Meadowlark (Stur- 

 nella magna argutula) in Northern Illinois, 540; Evening Grosbeak 

 at Jamaica Plain, Mass., 540; Chestnut-collared Longspur in Col- 

 orado, 541; The Snow Bunting Again in the Chicago Area, 541; 

 Nevada Savannah Sparrow in New Mexico, 542; A Second North 

 Carolina Record for Lincohi's Sparrow {Melospiza lincolni lin- 

 colni), 542; BeU's Vireo in Wisconsin, 543; San Lucas Verdin 

 (Auriparus flaviceps lamprocephalus) in California, 543; Notes 

 from Springfield, Mass., 543; West Vii'ginia Notes, 544; Some 

 Winter Bird Notes from the Yellowstone National Park, 546; 

 Some Breeding Birds of Garrett Co., Maryland, 548; Serious 

 Loss of Bird-Life During Spring Migration, 548. 



