CONTENTS. 



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The Geological and Geographical Relations of the Land-Bird Fauna of 



Northeastern- America. By Spencer Trotter ....... 221 



The Use of Wings and Feet by Diving Birds. By Charles W. Townsend, M. D. . 234 



A Reprint of the Ornithological Writings of C. S. Rafinesque. By Charles 



W. Richmond -. . 248 



A Carolina Wren Invasion of New England. By Charles W. Townsend, M. D. . 263 



Some Original Manuscript Relating to the History of Townsend's Bunting 



By Ruthven Deane . . .....'.... 269 



Annotated List of the Water Birds of Weld, Morgan and Adams Counties, 

 Colorado, South to the First Sectional Line below the Fortieth Paral- 

 lel. By 4. if. Felger 272 



An Instance of Hybridization in Hummingbirds, with Remarks on the Weight 



of Generic Characters in the Trochilid.e. By Walter P. Taylor . . . 291 



Fifteenth Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-List of 



North American Birds ........... 294 



General Notes. — Additional Record of the European Widgeon (Mareca penelope), 304; 

 Capture of the European Widgeon in New Hampshire, 304; The Lesser Snow Goose 

 (Chen hyperborea nivalis) in Gorham, Maine, 304; A Second Record for the Fulvous 

 Tree-Duck taken in Missouri, 304; Third Record of the Purple Gallinule (Ionornis 

 martinica) in Illinois, 305; Wilson's Snipe wintering in Pennsylvania, 305; The Lesser 

 Yellow-legs in Chester County, Pennsylvania, 305; Early Nesting of the Barn Owl in 

 Delaware, 305; Northern Breeding Limit of the Chuck-wills-widow, 306; The Starling 

 near Springfield, Mass., 306; The Capture of the Red-eyed Cowbird in Arizona, 307 

 The Present Status of the Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) near Portland, Maine, 307 

 Another Hoary Redpoll (Acanthis hornemanni exilepes) at Westbrook, Maine, 308, 

 Late Records for Siskins in Chester County, Pa., 308; The third Specimen of the Sum- 

 mer Tanager for Canada, 308; Prothonotary Warbler taken on the Coast of Maine, 

 309; The Races of the Parula Warbler, 309; Breeding of the Louisiana Water-Thrush 

 (Semrus motacilla) in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, 310; Concerning Thryomanes 

 bewicki cryptus in Colorado, 311; A Correction, 312; BicknelPs Thrusn (Hylocichla 

 alicice bicknelli) in Cumberland County, Maine, 312; The Rank of Certain Groups of 

 Birds, 313; Three Records for British Columbia, 313; Some New Birds for Colorado, 

 314; Notes concerning Certain Birds of Long Island, New York, 314. 



Recent Literature. — Jubilee Meeting of the British Ornithologists' Union, 317; Thayer 

 and Bangs on the Birds of Guadaloupe Islands, 319; Bangs on Birds from Western 

 Colombia, 320; Bangs on Costa Rican Birds, 320;' Ridgway on New Genera, Species, 

 and Subspecies of Tropical American Birds, 321 ; New North American Birds, 321 ; 

 Widmann on 'The Summer Birds of Shaw's Garden,' 322; Cole on 'The Crow as a 

 Menace to Poultry Raising, 322; Swarth on the Distribution and Moult of Mearns's 

 Quail, 323; Godman's 'Monograph of the Petrels,' 323; Howard's 'The British War- 

 blers,' Part III, 323; Grinnell's 'A Bibliography of California Ornithology,' 326; 

 Mearns on Philippine Birds, 326; Brooks on Birds found in West Virginia, 327; Dear- 

 born on Birds from British East Africa, 327; Dawson and Bowles's 'The Birds of 

 Washington.' 328; Shufeldt's 'Osteology of Birds,' 329; Publications Received, 330. 



Notes and News. — Obituary: Charles K. Worthen, 332. 'British Birds' plan for Marking 

 Birds, 332; Temperature Map of Mexico and Central America, 333; New Publications 

 on Birds, 333; 'The Condor' Index, 334; The Victoria Museum of Natural History, 334; 

 'Wild-Life Preservation' number of New York Zoological Society's 'Bulletin,' 335. 



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