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Additions to the Known Ornithological Publications of C. F. 



Rafinesque. By Samuel N. Rhoads 191 



Notes on the Spring Migration at Timber Line, North of 



Great Slave Lake. By Dauid E. Wheeler, M. D. . . 198 



Vroeg's Catalogue. By Witmer Stone 205 



Great Auk Eggs in the Thayer Museum. By John E. Thayer. 



(Plate Xn.) 208 



The Least Sandpiper during the Nesting Season in the Mag- 

 dalen Islands. By Robert Thomas Moore. (Plates XIII and 

 XIV.) 210 



Further Notes on the Fruit-eating Habits of the Sage 

 Thrasher in the Yakima Valley, Washington. By Clar- 

 ence H. Kennedy ......... 224 



Certain Phases of the Theory of Recognition Marks. By 



W. L. McAtee 226 



An Apparently Unrecognized Race of the Red-shouldered 



Hawk. By Louis B. Bishop, M.D 232 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Holboell's Grebe in Connecticut, 233; Tlie Forked-tailed Gull {Xema 

 furcatum), 233; Cory's Shearwater in abundance off Long Island, 

 234; Black Ducks which became very tame, 234; The European 

 Widgeon at Gardner's Island, New York, 235; The Pintail Duck 

 (Dajila acuta) in Winter near Portland, Maine, 235; White- 

 winged Scoter (Oidemia dcglaruli) in Minnesota, 236; The Bittern 

 (Botaurus lentiginosus) Wintering in New Jersey, 236; Recent 

 Occurrence of the Egret (Herodias egretta) near Portland, Maine, 

 236; The Snowy Egret in New Mexico, 237; King Rail {Rallus 

 elegans) at Springfield, Mass., 237; Yellow Rail {Coturnicops 

 noveboracensis) in Massachusetts, 237; Yellow Rail in Michigan. 

 A Correction, 237; An Albino Semipalmated Sandpiper, 238; Last 

 Record of the Piping Plover {^gialitis meloda) in New Jersey, 238; 

 Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse in Wisconsin, 238; Nesting of the 

 Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) in New York, 238; 

 Mississippi and Swallow-tailed Kites in Knox Co., Ind., 239; 

 Gray Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus rusticolus) in Minnesota, 239; 

 Early Occurrence of the Saw-whet Owl, 239; Diurnal Activities of 

 the Great Horned Owl (Bubo inrginianus virginianus), 240; Status 

 of the PicidfE in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, 241; Difference 

 due to sex in the Black Swift, 241; A Crested Flycatcher in 

 December at Cambridge, Mass., 242; The Starling {Sturnus vul- 

 garis) at Springfield, Mass., 24)3; Starling {Sturnus vulgaris) in 

 Chester Co., Pa., 243; Strange Actions of a Red-eyed Cowbird, 

 244; The Baltimore Oriole (Icterus gnlbula) Wintering in New 

 Jersey, 244; Many Purple Finches at Portland, Maine, in Febru- 

 ary, 245; Crossbills (Loxia curmrostra minor) in Chester Co., 

 Pa., in Summer, 245; Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus 

 lapponicus) in Delaware, 246; White-throated Sparrow in Idaho, 

 247; Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) in Minnesota, 247; Law- 

 rence's Warbler (Vermivora lawrencei) in Chester County, Pa., 

 247; A Palm Warbler in winter at Boston, Mass., 247; Hooded 

 Warbler {Wilsonia cilrina) at the Delaware Water Gap, Pa., 249; 

 Mockingbird Notes from Massachusetts, 249; A Catbird spend- 

 ing the Winter in Connecticut, 249; Notes on Hapalopteron fami- 

 liare (Kittl.), 250; Hermit Thru.sh wintering at Easton, Pa., 250; 



