vi Contents of Volume _5T. 



Some Additions to the Avifauna of North Carolina, with 



Notes on some other Species. By C. S- Brim try. . .241 



Fly Lines. By George II. Mackay. ....... 245 



The Geographical Distribution of the Genus Megascops in 



North America. By Edwin M. Hasbrouck. . . ■ . 2so 

 Bird Notes from Long Island. By William Dutcher. ■ ■ 265 



Notes on some Rare Birds in the Collection of the Long 



Island Historical Society. By William Dutcher. . . 267 



Notes on two Costa Rican Birds. By George K. Cherric. . 278 

 Notes on the Trunk Skeleton of a Hybrid Grouse. By 



/?. W. Shufeldt. .' 2S1 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Ornithology of the Death Valley Expedition, 285; Hatch's 'Notes 

 on the Birds of Minnesota,' 288; Rhoads's Observations on British 

 Columbia and Washington Birds, 290; Minor Ornithological 

 Publications, 292; Publications Received, 297. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Notes on Cassin's Auklet, 298; Behavior of a Sandhill Crane, 300; 

 Ionomis tnartinica in Kansas, 300; Pseudogryphus calif or nianns, 

 300; Cat hartes aura in Chenango County, New York, 301 ; Strix 

 pratincola in New York, 301 ; Short-eared Owl Nesting on Plum 

 Islam), New York, 301 ; Kanthocephalus xantliocc phalus and 

 Spiza americana in Maine, 302; the Ipswich Sparrow {Ammo- 

 dramus princeps) on the Coast of Georgia, 302; A Hybrid Tana- 

 ger, 302; The Summer Tanager in Connecticut, 303; Cape May 

 Warbler at Shelter Island, New York, 303; Nesting Habits of 

 Galeoscoptes caroliuensis, 303; Connecticut Notes, 305; Correc- 

 tion, 305 ; The Faunal Position of Lower California, 305. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Obituary, Tenness Richardson, 307; Unveiling of the Audubon Mon- 

 ument, 30S ; Prof. Newton's 'Dictionary of Birds,' 30S ; Mr. 

 Chapman in Trinidad. 308. 



NUMBER IV. 



On the Changes of Plumage in the Bobolink (Dolicf/onyx 



oryzivorus). By Frank M. Chapman . ..... 309 



The Food of Hummingbirds. By Frederic A. Lucas . . .311 

 Ornithology at the World's Fair. By Frank M- Chapman . 315 



