CONTENTS OF VOLUME II. 



NUMBER I. 



Page 

 The Black-and-Yellow Warbler. By William Brewster ... 1 



GEOGEArHiCAL Vakiation IN TuKDUS MiGEATOBius Bv Robert Ridfjivay 8 



Unusual Abundance of the Snowy Owl in New England. By Ruthven 



Deant 9 



Distribution of New England Birds. — A Reply to Dr. T. M. Brewer. 



By //. A. Purdie 11 



Occurrence of the Barnacle Goose (Bernicla leucopsis) on Long Island, 



N. Y. By G. N. Lawrence 18 



Capture of a Second Specimen of Helminthopiiaga lawrencei. By 



Hu7-old Herrick 19 



Notice of a few Birds of rare or accidental Occurrence in New 



England. By U. A. Purdie 20 



EECENT LITEBATURE. 



Notices of five recent Ornithological Papers, 23. — Vennor's Rapacious Birds 

 of Canada, 24. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



A Humming-Bird new to the Fauna of the United States, 26. — Note on Podiceps 

 dnminicns,2Q. — Eastward Range of the Ferruginous Buzzard {ArcMbuteo 

 ferrugineus), 26. — Occui-rence of Leconte's Bunting { Coturniculus lecontei) 

 in Iowa, 26. — Audubon's Warbler in Massacliusetts, 27. — Occurrence of 

 the Sooty Tern in Massachusetts, 27. — The Black Gyr-Falcon (Falcu sacer 

 var. labradora) in Massnchufetts, 27. — Notes on Birds new to the Fauna of 

 Maine, etc., 27. — Northern Range of the Sharp-tailed Finch {Ammodi-onws 

 caudacutus), 28. 



NUMBER II. 



Corrections of Nomenclature in the Genus Siurus. By J)r. Elliott 



Coues, U. S. A 25 



Notes on the Breeding of the Black Tern {Hydroclielidon lariformis). 



By T. S. Roberts 34 



Two Undescribed Nests of Californian Birds. By William Brewster 37 

 A Contribution to ^the Biography of Wilson's Phalarope. By E. 



W. Nelson 38 



A Defence of his Catalogue of New England Birds. By Dr. T. M. 



Brewer 44 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Burroughs's "Wake-Robin," 48.— Minot's "Land and Game Birds of New 

 England," 49. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Western Range of Connrus carolinensis, 50. — Fecundity of the Carolina Wren, 50. 

 — The Louisiana Heron in Indiana, 51. — Note on the Cinnamon Teal 

 ( Querquedula cyanoptera), 51. — jEgiothns exilipes in Europe, 51. — Note on 

 Cvpidonia cupiilo var. pallidicinctus, Ridgway, 52. — Capture of the Egyptian 

 Goose on Long Island, N. Y., 52. — MacCowu's Longspur in Illinois, 52. 



