Contents of Volume XIV. 

 GENERAL NOTES. 



Murres in Western New York, 202 ; Unusual Occurrence of Briinnich's 

 Murre at Beverly, New Jersev, 202; Briinnich's Murre {Uria 

 lomviii) at Newberne, N. C, 202; Briinnich's Murre and King 

 Eider at Cape Charles, Virginia, 202 ; Uria lomvin in South 

 Carolina, 203; The Terns of Dyer's and Weepecket Islands, 203; 

 The Nostrils of Young Cormorants, 205; The Canvas-back Duck 

 in Massachusetts, 206; Type Locality of Fuligida collaris, 206; 

 Dafilnla, a new Subgenus, 206; The Lesser Snow Goose in New 

 England, 207; Bratita berntcla i^daucogast>-a, 207; The Wood 

 Ibis in Virginia and Maryland, 208; A North American Snipe 

 New to the A. O. U. List, 209; The Occurrence of Tryngiies 

 subrtijicollis in the New England States, 209; Status o{ Helodro- 

 mas ochropus in the A. O. U. List, 210; Status of the Redshank 

 as a North American Bird, 211; The Avocet {Recurvirostra 

 americana') at Ipswich, Mass., 212; The 1S96 Migration of 

 Charadrius dominictis and Nuvietiius borealis\n Massachusetts, 

 212 ; Validity of the Genus Lofhortyx, 214; Notes on the Mexican 

 Ground Dove, 215; Another Golden Eagle in Connecticut, 215; 

 Northern Hawks in Massachusetts, 217; Swainson's Hawk in 

 Michigan, 216; Note on Elanus glaucus-, 216; The Roadrunner 

 as a Destroyer of Caterpillars, 217 ; How the Chimney Swift 

 secures Twigs for its Nest, 217; Probable First Description of 

 Empidonax fiaviventris, 21S ; Two New Birds for Maine, 219; 

 The Redpoll in Maryland, 219: Bachman's Sparrow in Maryland, 

 219; The Seaside Sparrow (^Ammodramus maritimus) at Aliddle- 

 town, R. I., 219; Henslow's Bunting {Ammodrainus //e>/s/o2vi) 

 found Breeding at Plymouth, Michigan, 220; Occurrence of 

 Zotioirichta albicollis\x\ California, 221; How about the Genus 

 Pipilo now.^ 221; The Bahaman Swallow in Florida, 221; Geo- 

 thlypts agilis a possible Breeder in Northern Minnesota, 222 ; 

 Utenability of the Genus Sylvatiia Nutt., 223; The Carolina 

 Wren {Thryothorus ladovicianiis) at Inwood-on-Hudson, New 

 York City, 224; The Mockingbird at Portland, ISIaine. in Winter, 

 224: Turdiis la-vreiicii Coues, 225; Some New Records for 

 'Central New York, 226; Lake Michigan Bird Notes, 227; Sun- 

 drj' Notes, 22S; The most General Fault of the A. O- U. Check- 

 List, 220. 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Ridgway's ' Manual of North American Birds,' Second Edition, 232 ; 

 Goode's ' The Published Writings of Philip Lutley Sclater,' 

 233; Newton's Dictionary of Birds: Part IV, 234; Bates's 'The 

 Game Birds of North America,' 244; Butler on a Century of 

 Changes in the Aspects of Nature in Indiana, 245 ; Elliot's Cata- 

 logue of a Collection of Birds from Somali-Land, 245 : Ander- 

 son's Birds of Winnebago and Hancock Counties, Iowa, 246; 

 Picker's Notes on the Birds of Hull, Mass., 246; Howe's Birds of 

 Brookline, Mass., 246; Tegetmeier's 'Pheasants,' 246; Bird- 

 Nesting with a Camera, 247 : A List of the Birds of Florida, 247 j 

 Cory's List of the Birds of Eastern North America, 248; Scha- 

 low'sthe Published Writings of Anton Reichenow, 248; Publica- 

 tions Received, 248. 



