iv CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Breeding of the Canada Goose in Trees, 50. — Tarsal Envelope in Campylorhyn- 

 chus and allied Genera, 50. — Occurrence of the Curlew Sandpiper in Mas- 

 sachusetts, 51. — The Ipswich Sparrow in New Brunswick, 52. — Passer- 

 culus princeps and Parus hudsonicus in Connecticut, 52. — Anser rossii in 

 Oregon, 52. 



NUMBER III. 



Decrease of Birds in Massachusetts. By J. A. Allen .... 53 



On the Number of Primaries in Oscines. By -Dr. Elliott Coues, U. S. A. 60 

 The Yellow-bellied Woodpecker (Sphyrapicus varius). By William 



Brewster 63 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Ornithology of the Wheeler Expedition, 70. — Field and Forest, 71. — The Port- 

 land Tern, 71. — The Birds of Ritchie Co., West Virginia, 72. — Brewer's 

 Birds of New England, 72. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



The Philadelphia Vireo in New England, 74. — Geographical Variation in the 

 Number and Size of the Eggs of Birds, 74. — The Nest and Eggs of Traill's 

 Flycatcher, as observed in Maine, 75. — Singular Food of the Least Bittern, 

 76. — Intelligence of a Crow, 76. — The Great Carolina Wren in Massa- 

 chusetts, 76. 



NUMBER IV. 



Our Present Knowledge of the Nidification of the American King- 

 lets. By Ernest Ingersoll 77 



Nesting Habits of the Californian House Wren (Troglodytes aedon 



var. parkmanni). By Dr. J. G. Cooper 79 



On Geographical Variation in Dendrceca palmarum. By Robert Ridgway 81 



Notes on Texan Birds. By J. C. Merrill, M. D., Assistant Surgeon, U. S. A. 88 



Birds of New England. By Thomas M. Brewer 89 



RECENT PUBLICATIONS. 



Lawrence's Birds of Southwestern Mexico, 93. — Jordan's Manual of Vertebrate 

 Animals, 93. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Capture of the Orange-crowned Warbler in Massachusetts, 94. — Variable 

 Abundance of Birds at the same Localities in different Years, 95. — Occur- 

 rence of the Wood Ibis in Pennsylvania and New York, 96. — Peculiar Nest- 

 ing-site of the Bank-Swallow, 96. 



