CONTENTS. 



O^ the Changes of Plumage in t the Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus). Bv Frank M. 



Chapman. ..........._..,... jtig 



The Food of Humming-birds. Wy Frederic A. Lucas. jfj 



Ornithology at the World's Fair. By Frank M. Chapman 3,- 



Tnii Hudsonian Chickadee and its Allies, with Hem auks on the Geographical 



Distribution of Bird Races in Boreal-America. By Samuel N. Rhoads. 

 Observations on the Breeding Habits of Larus atricilla in Massachusetts. By 



George II. Mackay. , 



Additional Notes on the Birds of the Suwanee River. By Arthur T. Wayne. 

 Ohsekvatidns'on the Birds of Jamaica, West Indies. II. A List of the Birds 



recorded from the Island, with Annotations. By W. E. D. Scott. 

 Preliminary Descriptions of One New Species and Two New Subspecies of Birds 



i rom the Island of Trinidad. By Frank M. Chapman. ....... 342 



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Recent Literature. — Shufeldt on Fossil Birds from Oregon, 343; Shufeldt on Ictkyortlis, and 

 on the Classification of the Longiperines, 345; The Affinities ot Hummingbirds and Swilts, 

 545; Ridgway on New Birds from Mexico and the West Indies, 346; SU-jneger on Japanese 

 Birds, 346; P'ood Habits of Birds, 347: Hasbroack on 'Evolution and Dichromatism in the 

 Genus Megascops,' 347; Cook's 'Birds of Michigan,' 351; AverilPs List of the Birds of 

 Bridgeport, Conn., 352.; Summer Birds of Gret ne County, Pa., 353; Nutting's Zoological 

 Explorations on the Lower Saskatchewan River. 353; A new List of Chilian Bird;,, 554 

 Berlepsch and Peters on Birds from Curasao, 355; Hartert on Birds from Aruba, Bonaire, and 

 Cuiai; id, 355; Newton's 'Dictionary of Birds," 357; Publications Received, ,560. 



GENERAL Notes. — Capture of the Black-capped Petrel Inland in Virginia, 361 ; Fregala aquila in 

 California, 362 : The Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanopterd) in Florida, 362 ; An additional specimen 

 of the Labrador Duck. 303; Capture of another Ardetta neoxena at Toronto, Ontario, 363; 

 Another Megascops flammeolus for Colorado, 364; The Road-runner in Kansas, 364; Two 

 rections, 365 ; The number of ribs in Cypseloides, 365 ; An attractive addition to the avifauna of 

 tht United States — [clerus gnlaris yucatanensis von Berlepsch, 300; Behavior of a Summer 

 Tanager, 367; Breeding ot the Rough-winaed Swallow at Shelter Island. New York, 360. 

 Ca-rebu versus Certkiola, 369; Stray notes from the vicinity of Muskeget Island, Massachu- 

 setts, 370; Notes on some Connecticut birds, 371; Connecticut notes, 371 ; Rare birds near 

 Baltimore, Maryland, 371. 



CORRESPONDENCE. — The Evolution of the Colors of North American Land Birds — a Reply to 

 Criticism, 373 ; Birds of British Columbia and Washington, 380. 



NOTES and News. — Obituary, Austin F. Park, 3S4 ; Benjamin F. Goss, 385; Charles F. Adams, 

 385; Eleventh Congress of the A. O. U., 3S6; A 'Congress on Birds,' 3S6; Nehrling's 'Birds 

 of Song and Beauty,' 1 3S7; Postage on natural history specimens, 3SS ; '.Nbvilates Zoological,' 

 38S; ' Avifauna of Laysan,' 3SS. 



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