Index. 



201 



Larus plancescens, 186. 

 " gliuuoptenis, 186. 

 " f;laii(us, 86, 186. 

 " Imtcliiiisi, 186. 

 " iohtlivaetns, 187. 

 " kittlii/i, 187. 

 " leiuopluieiis, 187. 

 " k'ucoi.torus, 187. 

 " imn'uliiiius, 141. 

 " miclialu'llesi, 187. 

 " nivous, 186. 

 " occideii talis, 186. 

 " polo-candor, 142. 

 " ridibmulns, 187. 

 " schimperi, 187. 

 " septciitrionalis, 186. 

 " sterna, 142. 

 " sncklcyi, 186. 



Lawrence, N. T., tlie European Wid- 

 geon (Mcireca ppyielope) in the United 

 States, 98 ; tlie Ipswich Sparrow on 

 Long Island, N. Y., 102. 



Lobipes hyperborens, 40, 54, 1.51, 



Lophophanes bicolor, 19, .54, 129, 170. 

 " inornatus, 68. 



Loxia curvirostra americana, 53, 117. 

 " leucoptcra, 53, 117. 



Mareca penelope, 98. 



IMavnard, C. J , notice of his "Birds of 

 Florida," 145. 



Mearns, Edgar A., capture of several 

 rare birds near West Point, N. Y., 

 45; description of unusually devel- 

 oped individuals of three species, 

 and remarks on uncommon plu- 

 mages in several others, taken near 

 West Point, N. Y., 69 ; the Golden 

 Eagle in Hudson Highlands, 100; 

 capture of two rare birds in the Hud- 

 son River Valley, 146. 



Jlegaloptcrns stolidus, 143. 



Melanerpes ervthrocephalus, 97, 123, 

 189. 

 " formicivorus, 97. 



Melospiza fasciata, y fallax, 66. 

 " " ,8 guttata, 66. 



" " 5 heermanni, 66. 



" insignis, 3. 

 " lincolni, 66, 197. 

 " melodia, 120. 



" palustris, 120. 



Mergulus alle, 86. 



Merganser, Hooded, 40. 



Mcrriam, C. Hart, correction, 47 ; re- 

 marks on some of tlie birds of Lewis 

 Countv, Northern New York, 52, 

 123 ; nesting of the Banded Three- 

 toed Woodpecker {Picoides ameri- 

 ccnius) in Northern New York, 200. 



Merrill, J. C, occurrence of Myiarchus 

 crinilus var. erj/t/irocercus at Fort 

 Brown, Texas, 99. 



Micropalama himantopus, 148. 

 Minuis caroliuensis, 18, 76, 170. 



" polyglottus, 65, 93, 129, 169. 

 Mniotilta varia, 22, 172. 

 Mocking-bird, 129, 169. 

 Molothrus a»neus, 144. 



" ater, 123. 



Mormon gruba;, 88. 

 Murdoch, John, effects of the warm 

 winter on the migration of birds, 75 ; 

 spcond ca])turcof the Orange-crowned 

 Warbler (Ilchnintlwpluitia celata) in 

 New Hampshire, 96 ; Plialarope, an 

 etymological blunder, 150. 

 Muscicapa striata, 105. 

 Myiadcstcs townsendi, 65. 

 Myiarchus cinerascens, 66, 100. 

 " crinitus, 94, 165. 

 " crinitus var. erythrocercus, 

 99, 100, 144. 

 Myiodioctes canadensis, 53, 60, 139. 



" mitratus, 56, 71, 130, 164, 174. 

 Nelson, E. W., notice of his observa- 

 tions on birds of Southern Illinois, 

 36 ; three additions to the Avifauna 

 of North America, 37 ; the Rock 

 Ptarmigan {Lof/opus rupestris) in the 

 Aleutian Islands, 38. 

 Nuthatch, Brown-headed, 171. 

 Rcdbellicd, 20, 196. 

 AVhite-bellicd, 171. 

 Nyctherodius violaceus, 145. 

 Q^DEMiA americana, 54, 148. 

 " fusca, 148. 

 " perspicillata, 149. 

 Onychoprion fuliginosa, 143. 

 " panaya, 143. 



" pan ay en sis, 143. 



Oporornis formosa, 60, 130, 164, 174, 



191. 

 Osborne, S. D., nesting of the Yellow- 

 bellied Flycatcher [Empidonax Jiaui- 

 veutris), 187. 

 Owl, Barn, 78, 132. 

 " Hawk, 54. 

 " Pygmy, 193. 

 Pagophila eburnea, 86. 

 Parula americana, 22, 172. 



" nigrilora, 144. 

 Parus atricapillus, 19. 

 " carolinensis, 170. 

 " cinctus, 37. 

 " hudsonicus, 20, 105. 

 " montanus, 102. 

 " rufescens, 20. 

 Passcrculus bairdi, 1, 2. 

 " guttatus, 80. 

 " princeps, 1, 2, 3, 102, 145. 

 " sandvichensis y alaudinus, 66. 

 " savanna, 118. 

 Passerella iliaca, 3, 6, 7. 



" " megarhyncha, 7, 66. 



