CONTENTS. 



PACE 



A Hvbuid Sparrow ( Zonotrichia albicoi 'lis -\- Junco hy email's). By Witmer Stone. . 213 

 Description of a New Hummingbird from Northern Mexico. By William 



Brewster 214 



Description of a New Marsh Wren, with Critical Notes on Cistolhorus mariance 



Scott. By William Brewster 215 



A List of the Birds collected on the Island of Tobago, West Indies, by W. 



W. Brown, Jr., during April and May, 1892. By Charles B. Cory. . . . 220 

 Birds observed on Mackinac Island, Michigan, Turing the Summers of 18S9, 



1S90, and 1891. By Stewart Edward White. 221 



A Brood of Young Flickers {Colaples auralus) and how they' were Fed. By 



William Bretvster. .............. 231 



On the Occurrence of certain Birds in British Columbia. By William Brezvster. 236 

 The Vireo Ituttoni Group, with Description of a New Race from Vancouver 



Island. By Samuel N. Rhoads 23S 



Some Additions to the Avifauna of North Carolina, with Notes on some other 



Species. F?v C. S. Brimley. 241 



Fly Lines. By George H. Mackay 245 



The Geographical Distribution of the Genus jV/>/usw/s in North America. By 



Edwin M. Hasbrouck. .............. 250 



Bird Notes from Long Island. By William Butcher 265 



Notes on some Rare Birds in the Collection of the Long Island Historical 



Society. By William Butcher 267 



Notes on Two Costa Rican Birds. By George K. Cherrie 27S 



Notes on the Trunk Skeleton of a Hybrid Grouse. By R. W. Shufeldt. . . 281 



Recent Literature. — Ornithology of the Death Valley Expedition, 285; Hatch's 'Notes on the 

 Birds of Minnesota,' 288; Rhoad's Observations on British Columbia and Washington Birds, 

 290; Minor Ornithological Publications, 292; Publications Received, 297. 



General Notes. — Notes on Cassin's Auklet, 29S ; Behavior of a Sandhill Crane, 300; Ionornis 

 martinica in Kansas, 300; Pscudogryphus calif or nianus, 300; Cathartes aura in Chenango 

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

 Plum Island, New York, 301 ; Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus and Spiza americana in Maine, 

 302; the Ipswich Sparrow {Ammodramus princeps) on the Coast of Georgia, 302; A Hybrid 

 Tanger, 302; The Summer Tanager in Connecticut, 303; Cape May Warbler at Shelter Island, 

 New York, 303; Nesting Habits of Galeoscoptes carolinensis, 303; Connecticut Notes, 305; 

 Correction, 305 ; 1 he Faunal Position of Lower California, 305. 



Notes and News. — Obituarv, Jenness Richardson, 307; Unveiling of the Audubon Monument, 

 30S ; Prof. Newton's 'Dictionary of Birds,' 30S; Mr. Chapman in Trinidad, 30S. 



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