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A Study of the Philadelphia \\fcs.a {Virco phiLiiclfihicus). 'Bw Jomikiii Dwighl, Jr., 



M.D. (Plate II.) ' . . . . . 259 



The Turkey Question. By Dr. Elliott Cones. 272 



Some Abnormal Color Markings. By Gerrit S. Miller. 275 



The Terns of Penikese Island, Massachusetts. By George H. Mackay 278 



A List of the Species of Anseres, Paludicol.i;:, and Limicol^e occurring in the State 



OF Louisiana. 'By E. A. Jilcllhemty. 285 



Nesting of the Parula Warbler (Compsothlypis americaiia) in Cape May County, New 



Jersey. By Mark L. C. Wilde 2S9 



Description of a New Towhee from California. By Joseph Grintieil. .... 294 



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



Description of a New Empidotiax, with Notes on Ejnpidona.x difficilis. By Harry C. 



Oberholser. . 300 



A Noteworthy Plumage Observed in the American Eider Drake {Somateria dresseri). 



By Arthur H. Norton 303 



The Summer Home of Bachman's Warbler no 'longer unknown. By O. Widmatm. . 305 

 Preliminary Descriptions of New Birds from Mexico- and Arizona. By Frank M. 



Chaptnati. ................. 310 



General Notes. — The Proper Generic Name of the Loons, 312; Uria loinvia,ii\\ Addition to the 

 Avifauna Columbiana, 312; Note on Pagophila alba, 313 ; Arrival of Terns at Penikese Island in 

 ■^97! 313- Onychoprio7i, not Halifilana, 314; Remarks on certain Procellariida, 314; Rectrices of 

 Cormorants, 316; Concordance of Jlerganser americamis, 316 ; The .Scarlet Ibis in Colorado, 316; 

 Little Blue Heron m New Hampshire, 316: Bob-white in Northwestern New York, 316; Additional 

 Records of the Passenger V\%e.or\ (Ectopisies migratorins\,-t,\<:>; Aquila chrysaetos va Central Min- 

 nesota, 317; Breeding of the Goshawk in Pennsylvania, 317 ; Peculiar Nest of the Great Horned 

 Owl, 31S; Disgorgement among Song Birds, 31S; An Unusual .Song of the Red-winged Blackbird, 

 319; Spring Molt in Spiniis pinus, 320; An earlier name for Ammodramits leconteii, 320; The 

 Seaside Sparrow {Aiiniwdratmts utaritimns) in Massachusetts, 320: What is Fringilla tnacgilli- 

 vrayi, .Aud. ? 321 : The Seaside Sparrow (Ammodratnus maritivuts) at Middletown, R. I., 322; 

 Breeding of the Seaside Sparrow in Massachusetts, 322; Bachman's Sparrow in Virginia: 322; 

 Breeding of the Rose-breasted Grosbeak at Beverly, N-J., 323; On the Status of Laniiis roinstus 

 Baird as a North American Bird, 323: I'ireo Jiavoviridis in Nebraska — A Correction, 323 ; Reap- 

 pearance of the Mockingbird at Portland, Elaine. 324; A ^lockingbird at Worcester, Mass., 324: 

 Breeding of Sitia caiiadensis in Pennsylvania, 324; A Novel Idea of a Tufted Titmouse, 325; 

 Absence of Tnrdns aonilaschkcF pallasii at Tadousac, Quebec, in 1S96, 325 ; A Great Flight of 

 Robins in Florida, 321;; Rare Birds in the Vicinity of Philadelphia, 326; A Few Notes on the 

 Avifauna Columbiana, 326; Northern New Jersey Notes. 326; Bird Notes from Massachusetts, 326; 

 Three Birds rare hi Framingham, Mass , 327; Bibliographical 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; Eird-Nesting with a Camera, 334; Birds of Wellesley, 335 ; Nehrling's Birds : 

 Vol. II, 335; Chapman's ' Bird- Life,' 336 ; Publications Received, 338. 



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



Notes and News. — Obituary: Robert Hoe Lawrence, 342; Edward Drinker Cope, 342 ; Bird Pro- 

 tection, 343 ; New Y'ork Zoological Society, 344. 



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