Co7iie>its of Vohime XIV. 

 CORRESPONDEN'CE. 



Captive Wild Birds, 251; A Desirable Substitute for Carbon Bisul- 

 phide as an Insecticide, 251. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Obituary, Charles E. Bendire, 353; Heinrich Gatke, 254; Platte M. 

 Thorne, 2!;4; New Publications, 255; Protection of Birds, 257; 

 Errata, 258. 



NUMBER III. 



A Study of the Philadelphia Vireo ( V^ireo pkiladelp/iicus). By 



Jonathan Dzvigltt, Jr. ^ M. D. (Plate II.) ....'. 259 



The Turkey Qlestiox. By Dr. Elliott Cones . . . . .272 



Some Abnormal Color Markings. By Gerrit S. Mi'ller, Jr., . 275 



The Terns of Penikese Island, Massachusetts. By George H. 



Mackay . . . . . . . . . . . . 27S 



A List of the Species of Anseres, Paludicol.e, and Limicol.e 



occurring in the State of Louisiana. By £. A. Mcllhenny 2S5 



Nesting of the Parula ^Yarbi.k^ {Compsothlypis ainen'cana) in 



Cape May County, New Jersey. By Mark L. C. Wilde . 2S9 



Description of a New Towhee from California. By Joseph 



Grinnell ............ 294 



An Addition to North American Petrels. By William Palmer. 297 



Description of a New Empidonax, with Notes on Empidonax 



dijficilis. By Harry C. Oherholser ...... 300 



A Noteworthy Plumage Observed in the American Eider 



T>Khv.¥. {Somateria dresseri'). By Arthur H. Nortofi . . . 303 



The Summer Home of Bachman's Warbler no Longer un- 

 known. By O. Widmauti 305 



Preliminary Descriptions of New Birds from Mexico and 



Arizona. By Frank M. Chapman . . . . . .310 



GENERAL NOTES. 



The Proper Generic Name of the Loons, 312; Uria lomvia, an 

 Addition to the Avifauna Columbiana, 312: Note on Pagophila 

 alba., 313; Arrival of Terns at Penikese Island in 1S97, 313; 

 Onychoprion. not Haliplana, 314; Remarks on certain Procella- 

 riidae, 314; Rectrices of Cormorants, 316; Concordance of Mer- 

 ganser americanus, 316; The Scarlet Ibis in Colorado, 316; 

 Little Blue Heron in New Hampshire, 316; Bob-white in North- 

 western New York, 316; Additional Records of the Passenger 

 Pigeon {Ectopistes migratoriiis), 316; Aqiiila chrysaetos in 



