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palama himantopus), 148 ; interesting 

 captures, 151 ; two more birds new 

 to the Fauna of North America, 152 ; 

 notice of his Supplement to his Cat- 

 alogue of New England Birds, 185 ; 

 the Skua Gull {Stercorarius catar- 

 ractes) off the coast of Massachusetts, 

 188 ; song of Hepburn's Finch (Leu- 

 costicte littoraUs), 189 ; the Black- 

 throated Bunting (£'i<.sp/^aa?He>-('ca?ia), 

 190; Wilson's Thrush, with spotted 

 eggs and nesting in trees, 193; the 

 Carolina Wren in Massacliusetts, 

 19.3 ; the Titlark [Anthus ludovici- 

 anus) in Massachusetts in June, 193 ; 

 the White-crowned Sparrow breeding 

 in Vermont, 195 ; eggs of the Soli- 

 tary Sandpiper (lihyacophilus soli- 

 tar ius), 197. 



Brewster, William, note on nest and 

 eggs of Carpodacus purpureus var. 

 culifornicus, 10; descriptions of the 

 first plumage in various species of 

 North American birds, 15, 56, 115, 

 175 ; occurrence of a second specimen 

 of Swainson's Buzzard (Buleo swain- 

 soni) in Massachusetts, 39 ; breeding 

 of the Hooded Merganser {Mergus 

 cucullatus) in Floiida, 40; note on 

 Dendroeca dominica, 43 ; the White- 

 throated Warbler (Helminthophaga 

 leucohronchialis) in Connecticut, 99 ; 

 nesting of the Large-billed Water 

 Thrush (Sitirus motacllla), 133; note 

 on the breeding of the Woodcock in 

 Georgia and Florida, 151 ; note on 

 the occurrence of Phalaropus hi/perbo- 

 reus in Massachusetts, 152 ; the Pro- 

 thonotary Warbler (Protonotaria ci- 

 trea), 153; the Short-tailed Tern (/:?'_(/- 

 droc/ielidon Jissipes) in ISIassachusetts, 

 190; capture of the Whistling Swan 

 ( Ciiqmis americanus) in Massachusetts, 

 198; capture of a fifth specimen of 

 the White-throated Warbler (Helmin- 

 thophaga lencohronchialis), 199. 



Brown, J. A. Harvie, notice of his pa- 

 pers on the distrihvition of birds in 

 North European llussia, p. 35. 



Brown, Nathan Clitlbrd, the Sharp- 

 tailed Finch in Maine, 98 ; the Stilt 

 Sandpiper at Portland, Me,, 102 ; a 

 list of birds observed at Coosada, 

 Central Alabama, 168. 



Bunting, Baird's, I. 



Black-throated, 45, 164, 190. 

 Lark, 48. 

 " Painted Lark, 92. 



Bureau, Louis, abstract of his paper, 

 " De la Mue du Bee et des Orne- 

 ments Palj)e'braux du Macarcux arc- 

 tique," etc., 87. 



Buteo swainsoni, 39. 

 Buzzard, Swainson's, 39. 

 Calamospiza bicolor, 48. 

 Calidris arenaria, 86. 

 Calypte anna, 192. 

 Cardinalis virginianus, 131. 

 Carpodacus cassini, 66. 



" purpureus, 116. 



" caiifornicus, 8. 



Catbird, 18, 76, 169. 

 Catharistes atratus, 166. 

 Catherpes mexicanus j3 conspersus, 65 

 Cedar-bird, 70. 

 Centronyx bairdi, 2, 3. 



" ochrocephalus, 1, 2. 



Centurus carolinus, 146, 180. 

 Ceratorhina monocerata, 87. 



" suckleyi, 89. 



Certhia familiaris, 171. 

 Ceryle alcyon, 92. 

 Chamajpeleia passerina, 147. 

 Chat, Yellow-breasted, 174. 

 Chaulelasmus couesi, 81. 

 Chewink, see Towhee. 

 Chickadee, see Titmouse. 

 Chicken, California Prairie, 96. [164. 

 Chondestes grammaca, 43, 44, 66, 121, 

 Chordeiles virginianus, 178. 

 Chrysomitris lawrencei, 66. 

 " pinus, 66, 117, 



" tristis, 66, 117. 



Chuck-will's-widow, 165. 

 Ciconia dicrura, 184. 



" maguai-i, 184. 

 Cinclus mexicanus, 65. 

 Cistothorus stellaris, 22, 172. 

 j Coccyzus americanus, 165. 



" erythrophthalmus, 178. 

 Colaptes auratus, 67, 181. 



" " 7 hybridus, 67. 



" " ji mexicanus, 67. 



Collins, W. L., tragic fate of a Summer 



Warbler, 197. 

 Collurio ludovicianus, 66, 174. 



" ludovicianus var. excubitoroi- 

 des, 53, 55. 

 Colyrabus septentrionalis, 86, 146. 



" torquatus, 53. 



Contopus borealis, 53, 177. 

 " richardsoni, 67. 

 " virens, 177. 

 Cooper, William A., notes on the breed- 

 ing habits of Curpoducus purpureus 

 var. caiifornicus, w itli a description of 

 its nest and eggs, 8 ; on the breeding 

 habits of Hutton's Vireo (Vireo hut- 

 toni) and the Gray Titnjouse [Lopho- 

 phanes inornatus), with description of 

 their nest and eggs, 68. 

 Coriphihis kuhli, 81. 

 Corvus americanus, 71, 94. 

 " corax, 53, 86. 



