Contents of Volume XIV. 



Central Minnesota. 317 ; Breeding of tlie Goshawk in Pennsvl- 

 vania,3i7; Peculiar Nest of the Great Horned Owl, 318; Dis- 

 gorgement among Song Birds, 31S; An Unusual Song of the 

 Red-winged Blackbird, 319; Spring Moult in Spijtus pmus, 320: 

 An earlier name for Ammodratnus lecotiteti, 320; The Seaside 

 Sparrow (^Ammodramiis marilimus) in Massachusetts, 320; 

 V^h^it is Fringilla inacfftlltvrayi, Audi 320; The Seaside Spar- 

 row (^Ammodratnus maritimus) at Middletown, R. I., 322; Breed- 

 ing of the Seaside Sparrow in Massachusetts, 322 ; Bachman's 

 Sparrow in Virginia, 322 ; Breeding of the Rose-breasted Gros- 

 beak at Beverly, N. J., 323 ; On the Status of Lanins robustus 

 Baird as a North American Bird. 323; Vtreo flavoviridis in 

 Nebraska — a correction, 323; Reappearance of the Mocking- 

 bird at Portland, Maine, 324; A Mockingbird at Worcester, 

 Mass., 324; Breeding of Sitta canadensis in Pennsjlvania 324; 

 A Novel Idea of a Tufted Titmouse. 325 ; Absence of Tiirdus 

 aonalaschkce pallasii at Tadousac, Qiiebec, in 1896, 325; A 

 Great Flight of Robins in Florida, 325 ; Rare Birds in the Vicinity- 

 of Philadelphia, 326; A Few Notes on the Avifauna Colum- 

 biana, 326; Northern New Jersey Notes, 326; Bird Notes from 

 Massachusetts, 326; Three Birds rare in Framingham, Mass., 

 327; Biblographical Note, 327. 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Ridgway's Birds of the Galapagos Archipelago, 329 ; Cooke's Birds 

 of Colorado, 331 ; Miller on Construction of Scientific Names, 

 332; Chapman's Notes on Birds observed in Yucatan, 333: 

 'Upon the Tree-Tops,' 333; The Sharp-tailed Sparrows of 

 Maine, 334; The Story of the Farallones, 334; Bird-Nesting 

 with a Camera, 335 ; Birds of Welleslev, 335; Nehrling's Birds, 

 Vol. II, 335 ; Chapman's ' Bird-Life, '336; Publications Received, 

 340. 



CORRESPONDENCE. ' 

 The A. O. U. Check-List, 340. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 

 Obituary: Robert Hoe Lawrence, 342; Bird Protection, 342. 



NUMBER IV. 



The Western Field Sparrow {Spizella pusilla arenacea Chad- 

 bourne). By Charles W. Richmond. (Plate III.) . . • 345 



Notes on the Birds of Fort Sherman, Idaho. Bj- ,/. C. Mer- 

 rill, Major attd Surgeon, U. S. Army ...... 347 



Birds Observed on a Collecting Trip to Berml'dez, \'ene- 

 ZUELA. By IVilliam Henry Phelps. With Critical Notes 

 and Descriptions of Two New Species, by Frank M. Chap- 

 man 357 



The Horned Larks of Maine. By O. W. Knight . ■ ■ 372 



