NOTKS ON 



Contents of Volume Vlll. 

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Desckii'TION of a Sui-i'OsEi) Nkw Mvk.meciza. B.v Ocorire A. 



Bird Waves anmj their Gkaimiic Rei-kesemation. T.v JVitJ/irr 



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The Labrador Duck :-A List ok the Lxtant bi-EXiMFNs in 



North A>h.:rica, with Some Historical Notes. By William 



DEsciurnoN OK A NewS.-eJies 01 M/nnn/cAhi. krom the Island 

 OK Dominica, West Indh-.s. 15y J?^. .1. A/le// ■ ■ ■ ■ 



Some ]}ird Skeletons from (4iiadeloit'E Lsland. l.y tredenc a. ^ 

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RECENT LITERATURE. 



The Oniithologv of 'The Centiny Dictionary,- 222; Chapman oh a 

 Colleclion of Birds from British Columbia, 224; Hatieri.p and 

 Chamberlain's Birds of Greenland : 226; Nicholson s Iranslation 

 ofSundevairs 'Tentamen,' 227; Goss's 'History of the .iirds ot 

 Kansas,' 228; A Forgotten Volume, 230; Publications Received, 

 230. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



L. in Labrador, 236; Protective Coloration m the Genus ^oia- 

 liti^ ^36; A Peculiar Character Referable to the Base ot the 

 Skull m PandioH, 236; Megascope asio '"'''^/'^'■J""'''—^^*-"'^''''- 

 tion 237 ; Scott's Oriole {/cter/e,^ farisorum) m Central New Mex- 

 ico 237; Scott's Oriole in California, 23S; Nestingol the Cerulean 

 Warbler (Dendro/ra c<7;r,dc„) in Beaver County. Pennsylvania, 

 2-jS- Marian's Marsh \Wx-eu{Cistot/iorHS ma riaiue) on the Coast 

 of South Carolina, 239; The Bluebird Wintering near Boston, 

 ^Vr Notes on the Occurrence of Uncommon Species at Heaver, 

 Pa., 240; CistotJiorns marfaiue, Buteo Ihieafus allein. and bymium 

 ncbulosnm alletiixn South Carolina, 240. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



Camera Notes for Ornithologists, 240; Work of the Delaware \alley 

 Ornithological Club during 1S90, 244. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Obituarv. Colonel N. S. Goss, 245; New Ornithological Journals 

 ^ .7 • Call for further Material for an Investigation ot the Sparrow 

 Hawks, 248; A Proposed Investigation of the Bronzed. 1 urple. 

 and Florida Grackles, 24S. 



