Contents of Volume VII. 



Quadrate Bone in Birds, 198: Minor Ornithological Publications. 

 U)8; Publications received, 201. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



The Appearance of the Razor-billed Auk {Aha tarda) on the Coast 

 of" North Carolina. 203; The Great Auk in the U. S. National 

 Museum. 203 ; Eggs of the Florida Dusky Duck, 204; Another 

 Capture of the Widgeon {Anas penelope) on the Atlantic Coast. 

 204: Capture of a Specimen of Sow itcria dresseri in the vicinity 

 of Ottawa, Canada, 204; The Red Phalarope on Lake Erie, 204; 

 Recent Occurrence of the Turkey Vulture in Eastern Massachu- 

 setts. 204; Harlan's Hawk a Race of the Red-tail, and not a Dis- 

 tinct Species, 205; Capture of a Third Specimen of the Barn Owl 

 in Massachusetts, 205: The Great Gray Owl in Lewis County, 

 New York. 206: Picoides arcticus'xn Central New York. 206: The 

 Red-bellied Woodpecker in Northwestern New Jersey, 206; Food 

 of Young Hummingbirds, 206; Remarks on certain Species of 

 Dt ndror/iis. 207; The Purple Grackle at Charleston, South Caro- 

 lina. 208 ; Qitiscalns quiscula cvi/r/is Killing and Catching Goldfish. 

 208: The Evening Grosbeak at Montreal. 209; Coccotkraustes ves- 

 pertina in Erie County, N. Y-, 209; Evening Grosbeaks in Ver- 

 mont, 210; Coccothraustes vespertina at Amherst, Massachusetts, 

 210; Evening Grosbeaks in Hampden County. Massachusetts. 

 210: The Evening Grosbeak in Connecticut, 211; Evening and 

 Pine Grosbeaks in Ontario, 211 ; The Ipswich Sparrow in Geor- 

 gia, 211; The Acadian Sharp-tailed Sparrow and Scott's Seaside 

 Sparrow on the Coast of South Carolina, 212; Passer domes ti'cus 

 in Cape Breton, 212; Shrikes of Minnesota, 213; Notes on some 

 Minnesota Birds, 213; Note on Pacific Coast Birds, 214. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



Recording the Number of Birds Observed, 216. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Obituary, Dr. Ladislas Tackzanowski, 218; Amendments of the 

 A. 0. U. Bv-Laws, 218; A Study of the Genus Jiaico. 219; Minor 

 Ornithological Publications, 219; Record Sheets, 220; Fourth 

 Edition of Dr. Coues's 'Kev to North American Birds,' 220; 'Orni- 

 thologisches Jahrbuch.' 220 ; 'The Observer.' 220 Mr. W. E. D. 

 Scott's Explorations, 220; Pileated Woodpecker, 220. 



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An Account of Flamingoes {Phoenicopterus ruber) observed 

 in the Vicinity of Cape Sable, Florida. By IV. E. D 

 Scott 221 



Cape Cod Bird Notes. By G. S- Miller, Jr 226 



