iv Contents a/ Volume XXIV. 



Corrected Records, L06; Rare Northern Birds near Chicago, III., 

 107; Telescope Observations of Migrating Birds, 107; A Emigra- 

 tion Disaster in Western Ontario, L08; Early Appearance of 

 Certain Northern Species at Ottawa, Canada, 110; Audubon's 

 < toil bologicaJ Biography, 111. 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Beebe's 'The Bird,' 1 12; Hellmnyr on Spiv's Types of Brazilian Birds, 

 113: Thayer and Bangs on Sonoran Birds, 111; Lonnberg on the 

 Birds of Soulli Georgia, 11.",; Harvie-Brown's 'A Fauna of the 

 Tay Basin,' 115. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



The Concilium Bibliograpbicum as a Bureau of Ornithological Informa- 

 tion, 117. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Obituary: William Thomas Blanford, L18; Walter Lawiy Buller, 

 119; The Revision of the Code of Nomenclature, etc. Ill); Second 

 Annu.il Meeting of National Association of Audubon Societies, 

 120; Important Change of Address, 120. 



NUMBKK II. 



Ornithological Conditions in Northeastern Illinois, with 



Notes on Some Winter Birds. By John F^ Ferry . . \i\ 



The Present Status of the English Sparrow Problem in Ameh 



ica. By A. H. Estabrook 129 



Recent Ornh ecological Developments in Southeastern Michi 



GAN. Hy B. II. Swales and P. A. Taverner .... 135 



The Bewick Wren in the District op Columbia, with a De- 

 scription OP Its Song. By Arthur II. Howell and Henry 

 Oldys .149 



Concerning Certain Supposed Instances of the Occurrence 

 ofthe< !inn uio.n Teal in Florida and South Carolina. By 

 Will in m Brewster . . . . . . . . 154 



Addition \u Notes on the Birds of Leon County, Florida. By 



/.'. W. Williams, Jr. ....... 158 



The Mahhi.ki) (Iodwiton its Bkkk ding Grounds. ByA.C. Bent. 



(Plate III.) 160 



A Bybrid Grouse, Richardson's I- Sharptail. By Allan Brooks. 



(Plate IV.) 167 



Asrunso] I 'ikd Distribution in Louisiana and Mississippi. By 



Henry II . Kopman ......... 169 



Unusual Abundance op the American Goshawk (Accipiter atri 



capillus). By Ruthven Deane 182 



Notes concerning Certain Birds of Long Island, N. Y. Bj 



II illiamC. Bra i si in. .1/ . I) 186 



Some Ch inges i\ the < Iurrent Generic Names of North Ameri- 

 can Birds. By Witmer Stone . .... 189 



A Cakd Systkm ok Xoi'k-Kkki'im;. By A. H. Fejger . . . 200 



Notes, on the Black R ul of CALIFORNIA. By William Brewster. 205 



