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Brewer, T. M., notes on New England 

 birds, 63 ; Fulmarus ijlacialis on the 

 Massachusetts coast, 64 ; the Ameri- 

 can Brown Creeper, 87 ; nest and 

 eggs of the Golden-crowned Kinglet 

 (Hegidus satrapn), 96 ; the eggs of 

 the Redstart [Selophaga rutkilla), 

 118 ; the Loggerhead Shrike (Collurio 

 ludovicianus) breeding in Northern 

 New England, 119 ; the Great North- 

 ern Shrike in New England, 120 ; 

 the Cow-Blackbird of Texas and 

 Arizona, 123; the Rocky Mountain 

 Golden-eye (Bucephala islandka), 

 148; the 'eggs of the Curlew Sand- 

 piper (Tringa subarquata), 190; the 

 Booby Ganiiet (Sula fiber) in Massa- 

 chusetts, 191 ; a word in defence, 191 ; 

 introductory note to Loomis's List 

 of the Birds of Chester County, 

 South Carolina, 209 ; notice of his 

 paper on the nests and eggs of the 

 North American species of Empido- 

 nax, 232; on a nest of the Summer 

 Redbird, 213; Vireo gilvus and Vireo 

 fl.avifrons in Northern New England, 

 237 ; the Rocky Mountain Whiskey- 

 Jack (Perisoreus canadensis capilalis), 

 239 ; the Black Skimmer in Massa- 

 chusetts, 243. 

 Brewster, William, note on Ortyx vir- 

 ginianus from Alabama, 12; the 

 Terns of the New England Coast, 

 13; descriptions of the first plumage 

 in various species of North American 

 birds, 39 ; notes on the habits and 

 distribution of the Rufous crowned 

 Sparrow (Peuccea ruficeps), 47; on 

 the habits and nesting of certain rare 

 birds in Texas, 75 ; notes upon the 

 distribution, habits, and nesting of 

 the Black-capped Vireo ( Vireo atrica- 

 pillus), 99; a spotted egg of Empi- 

 donax minimus, 124; a second speci- 

 men of the Yellow-crowned Night 

 Heron (Ngctiardea viokicea) in Massa- 

 chusetts, 124; additional notes on 

 the Whistling Swan (Cygnus ameri- 

 carius) in New England, 125 ; breed- 

 ing habits of the American Brown 

 Creeper ( Certhia familiaris ameri- 

 cana), 199. 

 Brown, Nathan Clifford, a list of birds 

 observed at Coosada, Central Ala- 

 bama, 7 ; notes on a few birds oc- 

 curring in the vicinity of Portland, 

 Me., 106. 

 Bubo virginianus, 11, 95, 146, 216. 

 " virginianus subarcticus, 195. 

 Bucephala albeola, 33, 198. 

 " clangula, 96. 



" clangula americana, 198. 



Bucephala islandica, 50, 126, 148, 198. 



Bull-bat, 215. 



Bunting, Bay-winged, 143, 214. 



Black-throated, 122, 144. 

 " Chestnut-collared, 143. 



" Clay-colored, 154. 



Henslow's, 8, 143. 

 " Lazuli, 165. 



LeConte's, 8, 152. 

 Towhee, 214. 

 Buteo albocaudatus, 51. 

 " aquilinus, 84, 146, 242. 

 " borealis, 84, 216, 242. 

 " hneatus, 11,31, 84, 146, 216. 

 " swainsoni, 188, 196. 

 " zonocercus, 80, 189. 

 Butter-ball, 198. 

 Buzzard, Turkey, 11, 147, 196, 216, 



224. 

 Calidris arenaria, 182, 225. 

 Canace obscura, 197. 

 Cardinal, 82, 144. 

 Cardinalis virginianus, 9, 46, 82, 144, 



214. 

 Carpodacus cassini, 93, 164. 



purpureus, 32, 34, 122, 143, 

 214. 

 Catbird, 28, 32, 140, 210. 

 Cathartes atratus, 12, 216. 



aura, 11, 24, 147, 216, 224. 

 Cedar-Bird, 7, 32, 81, 93, 143. 

 Centrocercus urophasianus, 96, 197. 

 Ceutrophanes lapponica, 238. 

 Cen turns carolinus, 6, 11, 216. 

 Certhia americana, 90. 



" brachydactyla, 89, 90. 



" costas, 90. 



" familiaris, 32, 87, 141, 183, 



211. 

 " familiaris americana, 199. 

 " mexicana, 90. 

 Certhiola martinica, 229. 

 Ceryle alcyon, 31, 36, 95, 146, 188, 195, 

 215. 

 " americana cabanisi, 79. 

 Chajtura pelagica, 11, 31, 146, 215. 

 Chamffipelia passerina, 12. 

 Charadrius virginicus, 217. 

 Chat, Yellow-breasted, 142, 212. 

 Chen hypcrboreus, 198. 

 Chewink, 32, 145. 

 Chickadee, 32, 140. 



Carolina, 211, 223. 

 " Mountain, 92, 163. 



Chicken, Prairie, 111, 112, 147. 

 Chip-the-red-oak-white-oak, 215. 

 Chlcephaga canagica, 53. 

 Chondestes grammica, 144. 

 Chordiles acutipennis texensis, 51. 

 " popetue, 31. 

 " virginianus, 11, 146, 215. 

 " virginianus henryi, 95. 



