Contents of I'ohoite XII'. 



throgaster)^ 95; Characters oi Dendroia ccerulescejts cariisi, 96 ; 

 Dendroica carnlea vs. Dendroica vara, 97 : Note on the Genus 

 Liicar of Bartram, 97; Breeding of the Carolina Wren {T/iry- 

 othorus ludovtciattiis) on Long Island, N. Y., 97 ; A remarkable 

 Nest of the Tufted Titmouse {Pants bicolor), 98; The Whistled 

 Call of Paras atricapillus common to both Sexes, 99; Passer 

 domesticns at Archer, Fla., and other Florida Notes, 99; Records 

 of Two Birds rare on Long Island, N. Y., 99; Unusual Visits of 

 Birds in Western Massachusetts during 1896, 106; The Michigan 

 Ornithological Club, loi. 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Sharpe's Catalogue of the Limicols, 102; Bendire's 'Life Histories 

 of North American Birds," 104 ; Bird-Nestiiig with a Camera, 106; 

 Thompson's Art Anatomy, 106; Miss Merriam's 'A-Birdingon a 

 Bronco', 107; 'Papers Presented to the World's Congress of 

 Ornithology', 108; The Revised New Nuttall, 109; Millais on 

 Change to Spring Plumage without a Moult, 109; Wintle's 

 'Birds of Montreal,' ri2; Oberholser's Birds of Wayne County, 

 Ohio, 112; Publications Received, 113. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Obituary, Howard Gardiner Nichols, 115; Amendments to the A. O. 

 U. By-Laws, 115; New Publications, 115; Velocity of Flight of 

 Ducks, 116; A. O. U. Committee on Bird Protection, 116. 



NUMBER II. 



The Spring Plumage of the Bobolink, with Remarks on 

 ' Color-Change ' AND 'Moulting.' 'Qy Arthur P. Chadbourne, 

 M. D. (.Plate \a) 137 



Remarks on the Spring Plumage of the Bobolink. By 



Frank M. Chapman. ......... 149 



Descriptions of Ten New Species of Birds Discovered by 

 Dr. W. L. Abbott in the Kilimanjaro Region of East 

 Africa. By Charles W. Richmond. ...... 154 



New Birds from the Islands and Peninsula of Lower 



California. By A. IV. Anthony. ....... 164 



A Preliminary List of the Birds of Okanogan County, 



Washington. 'QyWiUiain Leon Da-wso7i. ..... 168 



Description of a new Pine Grosbeak from California. By 



William W. Price 182 



Critical Remarks on Cistothorus palustris (y^^ii^s.) and its West- 

 ern Allies. By Harry C. Oberholser. ..... 1S6 



The Unusual Occurence of Brunnich's Murre (^Uria lomvia) 

 FAR Inland, with Notes on Other Rare Birds. By 

 A. W. Butler. 197 



Description of a New Species of Guillemot from the Kuril 



Islands. By Leonhard Stejneger. ...... 200 



