CONTENTS OF VOLUME 1. 



NUMBER I. 



Page 



Description of a New Species of Helminthophaga. By William Brew- 

 ster. With a Plate 1 



The Common Buzzard Hawk (Buteo vulgaris) of Europe in North Amer- 

 ica. By C. J. Maynard 2 



Nesting of the Golden- winged Warbler (Helminthophaga chrysoptera) 



in Massachusetts. By J. Warren 6 



Notes on the Rough-winged Swallow (Birundo serripennis) in Penn- 

 sylvania. By Walter Van Fleet 9 



On the Breeding of the Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dendraca 



ccerulescens) in Connecticut. By C. M. Jones 11 



On Two Empidonaces, Traillii and acadicus. By H. W. Henshaw . 14 



Occurrence of certain Birds in the New England States. By Wil- 

 liam Brewster 17 



Albinism and Melanism among North American Birds. By Ruthven 



Deane 20 



Notes on Birds found breeding on Cobb's Island, Va. By H. B. Bailey 24 



NUMBER II. 



The Nuttall Ornithological Club 29 



Regarding Buteo vulgaris in North America. By Robert Ridgway 32 

 Additions to the Avi-fauna of Illinois, with Notes on other Spe- 

 cies of Illinois Birds. By E. W. Nelson 39 



Notes on the Breeding Habits of Clarke's Crow (Picicorvus colum- 

 bianus), with an Account of its Nest and Eggs. By Captain Charles 



Bendire, U. S. A 44 



Description of a new Duck from Washington Island. By Thomas H. 



Streets, M. D. t Passed Assistant Surgeon, U. S. N 46 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Lawrence's Description of New Species of American Birds, 47. — Snow's Birds 

 of Kansas, 47. — Kidder's Ornithology of Kerguelen Island, 48. — Kidder and 

 Coues's "A Study of Chionis minor" etc., 48.' — Marsh's Extinct Birds 

 with Teeth, 49. — Gentry's " Life-Histories of the Birds of Eastern Penn- 

 sylvania," 49. 



