INDEX, 



AcciPiTER coo]icn, 41. 



^chmoptilii alliifrons, 144. 



yEgialitis liiaticula, 51, 86. 



" meloda var. circumcincta, 94. 

 " wilsonia, 139. 



Agelaus phccniceus, 175. 

 " tricolor, 137. 



Alca hnieniiiihi, 86. 



Akirieh, Charles, Rod-headed Wood- 

 pecker eating grasshoppers, 189. 



Allen, C A., an albino Anna Hiim- 

 ming-I)ird, 192; the Pygmy Owl 

 (G'luitciclium ailifornicnin) , 19.3. 



Allen, J. A. , an inadequate " Theory 

 of Birds' Nests," 23; note on Pyj)7o 

 erijthrophthalwus with spotted scapu- 

 lars, 42 ; note on the Fish Crow, 47 ; 

 the Lark limiting ( Cakimospiza bi- 

 color) in Massachusetts, 48 ; late 

 capture of the Yellow-bellied Fly- 

 catcher in Massachusetts, 102 ; per- 

 sistency it> nest-building by a pair 

 of city Robins, 103 ; notice of his 

 " List of the Birds of Massachu- 

 setts," 138 ; occurrence of three spe- 

 cies of Sea-Ducks at St. Louis, Mo., 

 148; the Carolinian Fauna, 149 ; the 

 Glossy Ibis in Massachusetts, and 

 note on its proper generic and specific 

 names, 152; Rufous-headed Sparrow 

 (Peuccea ritjicepn) in Texas, 188 ; 

 early nesting of the Shore Lark 

 (Eremopliila alpestris) near Indian- 

 apolis, Ind., 189 ; the Snow-Bird in 

 summer on Mount Waciuisett, 192; 

 Sabine's Gull in Maine, 195. 



Amazilia cerviniventris, 144. 



Ammodromus bairdi, 2. 



" caudacntus, 48, 98, 119, 147. 

 " maritimus, 48, 119. 



Ampelis cedroruni, 64, 70. 

 " garrulus, 46. 



Anhinga, 101. 



Anorthura troglodytes var. hyemalis, 

 53, 172, 194. 



Anous fuscatns, 143. 

 " riierminieri, 143. 

 " niger, 143. 

 " plunihca, 141. 

 " rousscaui, 143. 

 " spadiceus, 143. 

 " stolidus, 143. 

 " " var. frater, 143. 



Anser hyperborcus, 146. 



Antluis ludovicianus, 35, 172, 194. 



Antrostomus carolinensis, 165. 



Afpiila chrysaiitus, 100. 



Ardea cterulea, 145. 

 " candidissima, 145. 

 " cinereus, 183. 

 " cocoi, 183. 

 " egretta, 145. 

 " herodias, 53, 183, 184. 

 " lessoni, 184. 

 " leucogastra var. leucophrymna, 



145. 

 " occiden talis, 183. 

 " rufa, 145, 184. 

 " wiirdemanni, 184. 



Audubon, Miss Maria R., combat be- 

 tween an albino Robin and a mole, 

 184. 



Auriparus flaviceps, 93. 



Bagg, Egbert, Jr., Lincoln's Finch 

 (MeJospiza lincolni) breeding in Ham- 

 ilton County, N. Y., 197. 



Bailey, H. B., some new traits in the 

 Red-headed Woodpecker {Melanerpes 

 erytltrocephulu^), 97. 



Barrows, S. J., notice of his Catalogue 

 of the Alckke, 86. 



Batchelder, Charles F., spurious prima- 

 ries in the Red-eyed Virco, 97. 



Belding, L., nesting-habits of Pants 

 montaiiHS, 102. 



Bendire, Charles, breeding habits of 

 Gcocci/x cali/ornianus, 39 ; notice of 

 his Notes on some of the Birds of 

 Southern Oregon, 81. 



Bernicla brenta, 86. 



Bicknell, Eugene P., evidences of the 

 Carolinian Fauna in the Lower Hud- 

 son Valley, 128. 



Bluebird, 19, 76, 169. 



Brachyrhamphus craveri, 81. 



Brewer, T. M., nest and eggs of Zona- 

 tricliid coroiiata, 42 ; the Seaside 

 Finch {Aiiimodromii.t man'timiis) in 

 Eastern Massachusetts, 48 ; changes 

 in our North American Fauna, 49 ; 

 notes on Junco canicpps and the close- 

 ly allied forms, 72 ; note on eggs of 

 Mijiarchus eri/throcercits, 100 ; the 

 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher {Polioptila 

 ccpruka in Massachusetts, 146 ; Apol- 

 ogetic, 147; the Stilt Sandpiper (J/icro- 



