CONTENTS. 



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An Account of Flamingoes {Phcenicopterus ruber) observed in the vicinity of 



Cape Sable, Flouida. By W. E. D. Scott 221 



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



Additional Notes on the Birds of Oneida County, New Youk. By William L. 



Ralph and Egbert Bagg. 229 



Notes on the Nesting Habits of Several Birds at San Jose, Costa Kica. By 



George K. Cherie. 233 



Notes on the Fringillid.-e of Western Illinois. By Otlio C. Poling ' 33S 



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 ok Swallow New to North America. By W. E.D.Scott 264 



A List of Birds observed at Santarem, Brazil. By Clarence B. Riker. With An- 

 notations by Frank M. Chapman 265 



Recent Literature. — Ridgway on the Genus Xiphocolaptes, 271; Ridgway on the Genus 

 Sclerurus, 272; Kidgway on Birds from the Galapagos Islands, the Abrolhos, the Island of 

 Santa Lucia, and from the Straits of Magellan, 273; Chapman on the Genus Xiphorhynchus , 

 274; Berlepsch on some Neotropical Birds in the U. S. National Museum, 275; Stejncger 

 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; Shufeldton the Osteology 

 of the Ardeina?, 277; Shufeldt on the Relationships of the Genus Chamcea, 27S; Shuleldt's 

 Studies of the Macrochires, 27S; Shufeldt on the Osteology of the North American Passeres, 

 279; Maynard's 'Eggs of North American Birds,' 2S0; Bryant's 'Catalogue of the Birds of 

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

 Legislation, 2S2; Publications Received, 2S2. 



General Notes. — Black Guillemot in Connecticut, 2S3; The Widgeon {Anas penelope) near 

 Baltimore, Md., 2S3; The King Eider (Somateria speclabilis) at Brunswick, Ga., 2S4; The 

 Snow Goose {Chen hyperborea nivalis) on the coast ot Maine, 2S4; Former abundance of the 

 Wild Pigeon in Central and Eastern New York, 2S4; Harlan's Hawk, 2S5 ; Habits of the 

 Barred Owl, 2S6; Phaltenoplilus nuttalh nitidus Breeding in Kansas. Is it a Valid Race or a 

 Color Phase of P. nuttallif, 286; Food and Habits of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 2S6; 

 Snake Skins in the Nests of Myiarchus crinilus, 2SS; Wintering of theRed-wingud Blackbird 

 near Cambridge, Mass., 2SS; Coccothrausles vespertina in Taunton, Massachusetts, 2S9; The 

 Evening Grosbeak (Coccotkraustesvespertina) near Springfield, Mass., 2S9; jfunco hyemalis 

 shufeldti in Maryland, 2S9; Seaside Sparrows at Monomoy Island, Cape Cod, 2S9; Young 

 Cedarbirds and Great Crested Flycatchers in Captivity, 290; Song of the Female Butcher Bird 

 290; Helminthophila celata at Montreal, 290; The Song of Helminthophila leucobronchialis . 

 291 ; Dendroica cterulea again in the District of Columbia, 291 ; Cislolhorus stellaris at Wash- 

 ington, D. C, 291 ; Capture of the Hudsonian Chickadee in Worcester County, Mass., 291 ; 

 A Yeliow-crowned Regulus calendula, 292; The Breeding Ranges and Songs of Three 

 Thrushes in Montana, 292; Additional Notes on the I'robable Breeding of Saxicola oenanthe 

 near Godbout, Province of Quebec, Canada, 294; Notes on Several Species of Water Birds 

 at Muskeget Island, Massachusetts, 294; Notes on Several Birds in the Catskill Mountains, 

 295; Notes on Birds Observed in the Colorado Desert in Winter, 296. 



Correspondence. — The Delaware Valley Ornithological Club, 29S. 



Notes and News. — Obituary, John Henry Gurney, 299; Zoe, a Biological Journal, 300; A New 

 Book by Capt. Bendire, 300. 



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