JO Seven/// Congress, of the American Ornithologists? Union. [January 



On the Eastern Forms of GeotJdypls trichas. Frank M. Chap- 

 man. 



Observations on some of the Summer Birds of the Mountain 

 Portions of Pickens County, South Carolina. Leverett M. 

 Loomis. 



*Notes upon Coccothraustes vespertlnus as a Cage-bird. Dr. R. 

 W. Shufeldt. 



Remarks on Waterhouse's 'Index Generum Avium.' J. A. 

 Allen. 



Remarks on Dr. Blanchard's Report to the Congres International 

 de Zoologie, on a Code of Nomenclature, presented at the 

 Paris Session, 1SS9. J. A. Allen. 



*On Peculiarities of Coloration in the Woodpeckers of the Genus 

 Dryobates from the Northwest Coast. Frank M. Chap- 

 man. 



Note on Cyanocitta stellerl li to rails Maynard. Frank M. 

 Chapman. 



On the Western Form of the Warbling Vireo. Dr. Edgar A. 

 Mearns. 



*On Seasonal and Individual Variation in certain Flycatchers of 

 the Genus Elcenea. J. A. Allen. 



Abundance of the Wild Pigeon in Central and Eastern New 

 York in 1S35. Prof. R. P. Whitfield. (By invitation.) 



Phalcenoptllus nuttalli nitidus. — Is it a valid Race? Col. N. 

 S. Goss. 



The Mottled Duck in Kansas. Col. N. S. Goss. 



Some Michigan Birds observed near the Straits of Mackinac 

 during 1S8S. Jonathan Dwight, Jr. 



*Notes on the Habits of some of the Birds of Orange County, 

 Florida. B. Mortimer. 



The Little Brown Crane ( Grits canadensis) in Rhode Island. 

 William Brewster. 



Capture of the Canada Jay (Perlsorei/s canadensis) near Cam- 

 bridge, Mass. William Brewster. 



*The Maximilian Types of South American Birds in the Ameri- 

 can Museum of Natural History. J. A. Allen. 

 Mr. Brewster exhibited and made remarks upon the Western 



form of the Purple Martin (Progne snbls Aesperla), and Mr. 



Sennett showed various interesting birds from Mexico, including 



Motmots {Alon/otiis cceriilelceps) and Trogons ( Trogon am- 



