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NUMBER IV. 



Thk Prothonotauy Warblek (A-otowoto-irt ctireffl). By William Brewster . 153 

 Notes on Uihds obsekved at Mount Carmel, Southern Illinois, in 



THE Spring of 1878. By Robert Richjwnij 162 



The Nest and Eggs of the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher {Empidonax 



Jlnvirenfris). By //. A. Purdie 166 



A List of Birds observed at Coosada, Central Alababia. By Nathan 



Clifford Brown 1*58 



Descriptions of the First Plumage in Various Species of North 



American Birds. By William Brewster 175 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Elliot's "Review of the Jbidince, or Ibises," 182. — Ridgwny's "Studies of the 

 American Ilerodiunes,''' 182. — Reichenow's Review of tlie Herons and their 

 Allies, 183. — Brewer's Supplement to his Catalogue of New England Birds, 

 185. — Saunders on the Larime, 185. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Nesting of the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher [Empidonax flaviventris), 187. — The 

 Blue-winged Yellow Warbler {IlelminthopJiar/a piniis) in JIassacliusetts, 



188. — The Skua Gnll {Sfercorarius catarractes) on the Coast of Massachu- 

 setts, 188. — Rufous-headed Sparrow {Peucaia ruficcps) in Texas, 188. — 

 Early Nesting of the Shore Lark near Indianapolis, Ind., 189. — Breeding of 

 the Shore Lark in Western New York, 189. — Red-headed AVoodpecker 

 eating Grasshoppers, 189. — Song of Hepburn's Finch {Leucosticte littoralis) 



189. — The Short-tailed Tern { lli/droch elidonjissi/jes) in Massachusetts, 190. 

 — The Black-throated llmUlng (Etispiza americana), 190. — A Hint to Egg- 

 Collectors, 191. — The Kentucky Warbler {Oporornis formosus) at Sing 

 Sing, N. Y., 191. — Tlie Snow-Bird in Summer on Mount Wachusctt, 192. — 

 An Albino Anna Humming-Bird, 192.— Wilson's Thrush, with Spotted Eggs, 

 and nesting on a Tree, 193. — The Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium calif ornicum), 

 193. — The Carolina Wren in Massachusetts, 193. — The Titlark (^«Y/i«s 

 ludovicianus) in Massachusetts in June, 194. — Nests and Eggs of Ilelmin- 

 thopliaya j)inm, 194. — The Winter Wren breeding in Southern New York, 



194. — The Sooty Tern in New Hampshire, 195. — Sabine's Gull in Maine, 



195. — The White-crowned Sparrow breeding in Vermont, 195. — Nesting 

 Habits of the Red-bellied Nuthatch, 196. — Tragic Fate of a Summer War- 

 bler, 197. — Eggs of the Solitary Sandjjiper {Rliyacopkilus solitarius), 197. — 

 Lincoln's Fioch [Melospiza lincolni) breeding in Hamilton County, N. Y., 

 197. — Occurrence of the Whistling Swan [Cijf/nus anuricanus) in Massa- 

 chusetts, 198. — Capture of a Fifth Specimen of the Wiiite-throatcd War- 

 bler {l/elminthophar/a leuco-bronchinlis), 199. — Nesting of the Banded 

 Three-toed Woodpecker [Picoides ainericanus) in Northern Now York, 200. 



Index 201 



