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189; The Yellow Rail at Salem, New Jersey, 190; The Black Rail 

 (Creciscus jamaicensis) in the District of Columbia, 190; Occur- 

 rence of the Whimbrel (Xumenius phaeopus) off the Coast of Nova 

 Scotia, 190; Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopaw), 191; Capture of 

 a Bald Eagle near Chicago, 111., 191; The Prairie Falcon (Falco 

 mexicanus) in Western Minnesota, 191; Agclaius phceniceus fortis 

 in Louisiana, 192; Pine Siskin and Winter Bobolinks, 192; Even- 

 ing Grosbeaks again in Massachusetts, 194; The Cardinal at 

 Ipswich, Mass., 194; Dendroica discolor and Dendroica rigorsi in 

 Eastern Massachusetts in Winter. 195 ; The Carolina Wren at New 

 Haven, Conn., 195; Breeding of the Louisiana Water-Thrush in 

 Philadelphia, 195; A Spring Record for Bicknell's Thrush on 

 Long Island, 196; Albino Robins, 196; Unusual Dates for some 

 Birds at New Haven, Conn.. 198; Unusual Records for Massachu- 

 setts, 198; Massachusetts Bird Notes, 199; Three New Records 

 for the State of Washington and One for Oregon, 200; Labrador 

 Notes, 201. 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Grinnell's 'The Biota of the San Bernardino Mountains,' 202; Grinnell 

 on Birds of Southeastern Alaska, 203; Grinnell on Birds observed 

 at Salton Sea, 204; Chapman on the Life-Histories of the Booby 

 and Man-o'-War Bird, 205; Warren on Birds of Montrose County, 

 Colorado, 206; Sclater on the Winter Birds of Colorado, 206; 

 Wetmore's Notes on Some Northern Arizona Birds, 206; Ober- 

 holser's List of Alabama Birds, 206; Oberholser's Revision of the 

 Kingfishers of the Genus Ramphalcyon, 206; Van Oort's Avi- 

 fauna of the Netherlands, 207; Hartert's 'Die Vogel der Palii- 

 arctischen Fauna,' Heft V, 207; Count von Berlepsch on the 

 Birds of Cayenne, 207; 'Cassinia,' 208; Stone's 'A Revision of 

 the Genus Piaya Lesson,' 209; Watson's 'The Behavior of Noddy 

 and Sooty Terns,' 209; Publications Received, 214. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



Where the Skeletons of American Birds may be Studied, 217. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Obituary: Charles Aldrich, 218; Edward Seymour Woodruff, 218. 

 Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Audubon Society of the State 

 of New York, 219; Darwin Memorial Celebration, 219; Roosevelt 

 Expedition to Africa, 220; Temperature Map of Mexico and 

 Central America, 220; New Publications, 220. 



