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Additional Notes on the Birds of Oneida County, New 



York. By William L. Ralph and Egbert Bagg .... 229 

 Notes OiV the Nesting Habits of Several Birds of San Jose, 



Costa Rica. By George K. Cheirie ...... 



Mo ies ox the Fringillid.e of Western Illinois. By Otlio C. 



Poling ............ 



Descriptions of a New Species and Three New Subspecies 



of Birds from Arizona. By Dr. Edgar A. Mearns, U. S. A . 243 

 Observations on the Avifauna of Portions of Arizona By 



Dr. Edgar A. Mearns. U. S. A .251 



Two Species of Swallow New to North America. By W E. D. 



Seott ............ 2G4 



A List of Birds observed at Santarem. Brazil. By Clarence 



/>'. Riker. With annotations by Frank M. Chapman . . . 26^ 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Ridgway on the Genus Xip/iocolaptes, 271 ; Ridgway on the Genus 

 Sclerurus. 2JZ; Ridgway on Birds from the Galapagos Islands, 

 the Abrolhos, the Island of Santa Lucia, and from the Straits of 

 Magellan, 273: Chapman on the Genus Xiphorhynckus, 274: 

 Beflepsch on some Neotropical Birds in the U. S. National Mu- 

 seum. 27s; Stejneger on European Titmice, 275; Stejneger on 

 Hawaiian Birds, 275; Stejneger's 'Review of Japanese Birds,' 276; 

 Lucas on the Osteology of the Thrushes and Wrens. 277: Shti- 

 feldt on the Osteology of the Ardeinae, 277; Shufeldton the Rela- 

 tionships of the Genus Chauura. 27S; Shufeldt's Studies of the 

 Macrochires. 278; Shufeldt on the Osteology of the North Amer- 

 ican Passeres, 279; Maynard's "Eggs of North American Birds,' 

 2S0 : Bryant's 'Catalogue of the Birds of Lower California,' 281 ; 

 Anthony on New Birds from Lower California, 2S1 ; Sennett on 

 Bird Legislation, 2S2 ; Publications Received, 2S2. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Black Guillemot in Connecticut, 283 : the Widgeon (Anas pene/ofc) 

 near Baltimore, Md.. 2S3 ; The King Eider (Sonnt/eria specta- 

 bi/is) at Brunswick, Ga., 284; The Snow Goose (Chen hvper- 

 borea nivalis) on the Coast of Maine, 2S4; Former Abundance of 

 the Wild Pigeon in Central and Eastern New York, 284; llar- 

 lan'sHawk. 2S5; Habits of the Barred Owl, 2S6; Phahmopt ilns 

 nnttalli nitidns Breeding in Kansas. Is it a Valid Race, or a Color 

 Phase of P. nnttalli?, 2S6 ; Food and Habits of the Ruby-throated 

 Hummingbird, 2S6 ; Snake Skins in the Nests of Myiarckus crinitus 

 2SS; Wintering of the Red-winged Blackbird near Cambridge, 

 Mass., 2S8; ( Coceothraiisfes vespertina in Taunton, Massachu- 



oafto iQn. Tl-xa TT , , a ,i ,' ., „ <~L ... . c U ., „ 1 . //" J >. J... I. ..J- -\ 



aim, 291 ; uenaroica cicrniea again in tne uistnct ot Columbia. 

 291 ; Cistothorus ste/laris at Washington, D. C 291 ; Capture of 

 the Hudsonian Chickadee in Worcester County. Mass.. 291; A 

 Yellow-crowned Regulus calendula, 292; The Breeding Ranges 

 and Songs of Three Thrushes in Montana, 292; Additional Notes 



