iv Contents of Volume III. 



Crow {Cormis ossifragus) on Long Island, 47. — Correction, 47. — Mela- 

 nism of Turdus viigratorius, 47. — Tlie Seaside Finch (Ammodromus mari- 

 timus) in Eastern Massachusetts, 48. — The Lark Bunting ( Calamospiza 

 bicolor) in Massachusetts, 48. 



NUMBER II. 



Changes in our North American Fauna. By T. M. Brewer ... 49 

 Remarks on some of the Birds of Lewis County, Northern New 



York. By C. Hart Merriavt, with Notes by A. J. Dayan . ... 52 

 Descriptions of the First Plumage in Various Species of North 



American Birds. By William Brewster 56 



Notes on some of the Birds of Calaveras County, California, and 



adjoining Localities. By Robert Ridr/way 64 



Notes on the Breeding Habits of Hutton's Vireo ( Vireo huitoni) and 



the Gray Titmouse (Lophqphnnes inornatus), with a Description of 



their Nests and Eggs. By William A. Cooper 68 



A Description of unusually developed Individuals of three Species, 



AND Remarks on Uncommon Plumages in several others, taken 



NEAR West Point, N. Y. By Edgar A. Mearns 69 



Notes on Junco caniceps and the closely allied Forms. By T. M. 



Brewer 72 



Effects of the Warm Winter on the Migration of Birds. By John 



Murdoch 76 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Sharpe's "Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum," 77. — Rowley's 

 " The Pied Duck," 79. — Street's Notes on the Birds of Lower California 

 and tlie Hawaiian and Fanning Islands, 80. — Bendire's Notes on the Birds 

 of Southeastern Oregon, 81. — Ridgway's Report on the Ornithologj^ of the 

 Fortieth Parallel, 81. — Recent Lists of the Birds of Central New York, 83. 

 — Barrows's "Catalogue of the Alcid£e," 86. — Feilden's "List of Birds 

 observed in Smith Sound," 86. — On the Moult of the Bill and Palpebral 

 Ornaments in Fratercula arciica, 87. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Habits of the Kingfisher ( Ceryle alcyon), 92. — The Painted Lark Bunting {Plec- 

 trojjhanes pictus) inTeyms, 92. — Notes on a few Birds observed in New 

 Mexico and Arizona, 92.-— Capture of yEyialitis meloda var. circumcincta, 

 Ridgway, on Long Island, 94. — Nest and Eggs of Selasphorus platycercus, 

 95. — Nesting of Vireo oUvaceus, 95. — Californian Prairie Cliickens, 96. — 

 Report of the Second Capture of the Orange-crowned Warbler {Ilelmintho- 

 phaga celata) in New Hampshire, 96. — Robin's Egg=, spotted, 97. — Some 

 New Traits for the Red-headed Woodpecker {Melanerpes erythrocephalus), 

 97. — Spurious Primaries in tlie Red-eyed Vireo, 97. — The European Wid- 

 geon (Mareca penelope) in the United States, 98. — The Siiarp-tailed Finch 

 'Ammodromus caudacutus) in Maine, 98, — The White-throated Warbler 



