Obseuvations on the Birds of Jamaica. I. Notes on the Habits of the Yel- 

 low-hilled Tropic Bird {Phai'lon flavirosiris). By W. E. D. Scolt . . . 246 



Yellow-bellied WooorECKERS and their Uninvited Guests. By Frank Bolles . 256 



A Preliminary List of the Birds of San Jos6, Costa Rica. By George K. 



Cherrie 271 



The Scoters {Oidemia americana, O. deghmdi, and O. pcrspicillala) in New Eng- 

 land. By George H. Alackay 279 



ymico carolinensis shown to be a Subsiecies. By Jotiathan Divight, Jr. . . . 290 



LtsT OF Birds taken and observed in Cuba and the Bahama Islands, during 



March and April, 1S91. By Charles B. Cory 292 



List of Birds collected by C. L. Winch in the Caicos Islands and Inagua, 

 Bahamas, during January and February, and in Abaco, in March, 1S91. By 

 Charles B. Cory 295 



Recent Literature. — Gatke's 'Die Vogelwnrte Helgoland,' 299; Cory's 'Birds of the Baliama 

 Islands,' 300; Grant's 'Our Common Birds,' 301; Thomi)son's 'Birds of Manitoba,' 301; 

 Canadian Bird Notes, 302; Stone's List of 'Birds collected in Yucatan and Southern Mexico,' 

 303; The Owls in the Collection of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, 303; Stone 

 on the Genus Psilorhinus, 304; Professor Thompson on the Systematic Position of Hesper- 

 ornis, 304; Townsend on the Birds of the Coast and Islands of Upper and Lower California; 

 305; Palmer on Birds observed during the Cruise of the 'Graniptis,' 305; Lucas on the Anat- 

 omy and History of the Great Auk, 306; Publications Received, 306. 



General Notes. — Brunnich's Murre in Connecticut, 307 ; The Sandhill Crane ( Gr?<.t mexi'cana) 

 in South Carolina, 30S; Capture of a Fourth Specimen of ^r</W/n iieoxena, ^cg; Notes on the 

 Nest and Habits of Cory's Bittern Boiatirus ueoxeuns), ^cg; Phalaropus lohatns off Scituale, 

 Mass., 310; The Wild Pigeon {Eciopi'stes migratoriiis), 310; The Breeding Range of the 

 Sparrow Hawk ( Falco sparverius), in 'i exas, 312; Great Gray Owl in Worcester County, 

 Mass., 313; Acadian Owl {Nyctala acadica) at Washington, D. C, 313; Occurrence of the 

 Groove-billed Ani at Jupiter Inlet, Florida, 313; Groove-billed Ani ( Crotophoga siilciroslris), 

 in Arizona, 313; The First Plumage of Otocoris aJpestris strigata Ilensh., 314; European 

 Gn\A(\nch. {Cardiielis carduelis) Breeding in Worcester County, Mass., 314; Description of 

 the Nests and Eggs oi Dendroica gracite wwA. Coiilopus perthiax, 2,\-\', A Female Piratiga 

 rubra Assuming the Plumage of the Male, 315; Capture of Geoihlypis poliocephala palpe 

 brails in Cameron County, Texas, 316; Bachman's Warbler {Hclminthophda baclnnani) at 

 Raleigh, N. C, 316; Note on Mlmocichla verrilloriim, 317; The Robin Wintering at Godbout, 

 Canada, 317 ; On Two Birds New to Lousiana, 318. 



Correspondence. — Florida Heron Rookeries, 31S; Birds of Greenland', 319. 



Notes and News.— Colored Plates in The Auk', 320; Obituary^ohn C. Cahoon, 320; Texan 

 Ornilhology, 321 ; Ornithological Exploration, 331 ; Investigation of Colaptes, 322; The Audu- 

 bon Monument Fund, 322. 



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