Contents of Volume X. 



the Louisiana Tanager at New Haven, Connecticut, 86; Den- 

 droica kirtlandi 'in Minnesota, 86 ; Occurrence and Breeding of 

 the Kentucky Warbler in Connecticut, 86; Heleodytes vs. Cam- 

 ■pylorkynchus, 86; Salpinctes obsolctus in Washington and 

 Oregon, 87; The Carolina Wren in the Lower Hudson Valley. 

 87; Sitta canadensis appearing in Numbers in the District of 

 Columbia, 88; Notes from Connecticut, 89; On the Occurrence 

 of Three Rare Birds on Long Island, New York, go; Rare 

 Birds near Washington, D. C, 91. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 

 A Neglected Branch of Ornithology, 93. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Obituary, Professor John Strong Newberry, 95; Dr. Philo R. Hoy, 

 95. A. O. U. By-Laws and Rules, 96; British Ornithologists' 

 Club, 96; A New Journal, 96. 



NUMBER II. 



The Geographical Origin and Distribution of North Ameri- 

 can Birds, considered in relation to Faunal Areas of 

 North America. By J. A. Allen 97 



Notes on the Plumage of Some Bjrds from. Upper South Caro- 

 lina. By Leveret t M. Loom is. . . . . . . . 151 



Further Notes on the Evening Grosbeak. By Amos W. 



Butler 155 



The Chionidid.f. By R. W. Shnfeldt 158 



Our Scoters. By G. Trumbull. ....... 165 



Observations on the Birds of Jamaica, West Indies. II. A 

 List of the Birds recorded from the Island, with Anno- 

 tations. By IV. E. D. Scott , . 177 



Supplementary Remarks on the Genus Pitta. By L. Stcj- 



neger. ............ 101 



Vieillot's 'Analyse' and Buffon's 'Breve.' By D. G. Elliot- ■ 1S4 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Keeler on the 'Evolution oi the Colors of North American Land Birds,' 

 1S9; Beddard's 'Animal Coloration,' 195; 'Our Hawks and Owls 

 in their Relation to Agriculture,' 199; Bolles's 'Chronicles,' 201; 

 Foster's 'Bibliography of the Ornithological Writings of George 

 N. Lawrence,' 202; Publications Received, 203. 



