vi Contents of Volume V. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Obitiiarv. — Dr. Joseph B. Holder, Prof. Charles Linden. 220; The 

 Audubon Monument, 221 ; A. O. U. 'Bj-Laws and Rules' and 'List 

 of Members,' 221 ; A. O. U. and 'Auk' Matters, 222 ; Ornithological 

 Societies, 222 ; American Museum Collection of Birds, 222 ; 'Inter- 

 locking' of the Primaries in Birds, 223; Bibliography of Cana- 

 dian Ornithology, 224; New Ornithological Periodicals, 224; Or- 

 nithological Explorations in Mexico, 224. 



NUMBER III. 



Pag 



Notes ON the Habits, Nests and Eggs of the Genus Sphyrapicus 



Baird. By Capt. Chas. E. Bendire 225 



New and Rare Birds found Breeding on the San Pedro Martir 



Isle. By N. S. Goss 240 



Feeding Habits of some Young Raptores. By H. Justin Roddy . 244 



Notes relative to the Sense of Smell in the Turkey Buzzard 



{Cut/iartes aura). By C. L. Hopkius 248 



Notes on the Birds of Fort Klamath. Oregon. By Dr. jf. C. 

 Merrill, U. S. A. With -Remarks on Certain Si>ecies hy^ Wil- 

 liam B re-water 251 



Description of a New Tityra from Western Mexico. By Robert 



Rid<rivay . . . ' 265 



Description of a New Species of Hummingbird of the Genus 



A,s-vrtria. By £>. G. Elliot, F. R. S. E 1:63 



On A New Subspecies of Ammodramus sandwic/iensis from Mexi- 

 co. By Amos W. Butler 264 



Description of a New Myiarchus from the West Indies. By 



Charle< B. Cory 266 



A List of Birds observed at Gainesville, Florida. By Fiank 



M. Chapman 267 



Great Auk Notes. By Frederic A. Lucas 27S 



Descriptions of Two New Subspecies of the Seaside Sparrow 



{Ammodramus maritimus). By J. A. Allen 284 



Description of a New Species of the Genus Tityra from Ecua- 

 dor. By J. A- Allen " . . . .287 



The Jacanid.e. By D. G Elliot, F. R. S. E 28S 



A New P'orm of Clapper Rail. By George B. Sennett . . . 305 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Palmen's Contributions to the Knowledge of the Bird Fauna of the 

 Siberian Coasts of the Arctic Sea, 306; A Catalogue of the Birds 

 of North Carolina, 311 ; Minor Ornithological Publications, 312 ; 

 Publications Received, 317. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Occurrence o( Larus marinus on the Southern Coast of New Jersey. 

 318; The Yellow-nosed Albatross {Thalassogeron culminatus), 

 318; Oidemia perspicillata in Florida, 319; An Addition to the 

 List of North American Birds, 319; The Yellow Rail in Connec- 

 ticut, 319; Notes on Melanerfes torquatus, 319; Early Nesting of 

 Otocoris alpestris praticola, T,2o; Pine Grosbeak in Fulton Co., 

 Kentucky, 321; Occurrence of the Chestnut-collared Longspur 

 {Calcarius ornatus) and also of McCown's Longspur {Rhynco- 

 pkanesmccownii) in Apache Co., Arizona, 321 ; Emtheia canorcf 



