CONTENTS OF VOLUME Y. 



NUMBER I. 



Page 

 Notes on the Habits and Distkibution of the Philadelphia Vireo 



( Vii'eo philadelphicus). By William Brewster ...... 1 



Remarks on the Nidification of Loxia currlrostra americana, with a 



Description of its Nest and Kggs. By Eugene. P. Bicknell . . 7 

 A Contribution to the Ornithology of Minnesota. By Thomas S. 



Roberts and Franklin Benner ......... 11 



On the Nesting in Missouri of Empidonax acadicus and Emjndonax traiUi. 



By Dr. Elliott Coues, U. S. A 20 



Additional Casks of Albinism and Melanism in North American 



Birds. By Rutltven Deane 25 



On Six Species of Birds new to the Fauna of Illinois, with Notes 



on other Rare Illinois Birds. By Robert Ridgway . . . .30 

 An Afternoon in the Vicinity of St. Michael's, Alaska. By E. 



W. Nelson 33 



On Current Objectionable Names of North American Birds. By 



Robert Ridgway 36 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Ingersoll's Nests and Eggs of Amer'can Birds, 38 ; The Misses Jones and Shulze's 

 Nests and Eggs of Ohio Birds, 39; Coues's Biogi-aph}' of American Orni- 

 thology, 40; Ridgway on the Species of the Genera Scops and Tyrannus, 

 41; McChesney's Notes on the Birds of Fort Sissetoa, Dakota Territory, 42; 

 Minor Ornithological Papers, 43. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



A Black Robin {Turdus migratorius), 46; Interesting Birds found on Long 

 Island, N.Y., 46; The Blue-gray Gnatcatcher in Massachusetts, 47 ; Nest 

 and Eggs of Parus montanus, 47; Nesting of the Blue Yellow-backed War- 

 bler in Southern Georgia, 48; Tlie Tennessee Warbler destructive to Grapes, 

 48 ; Blue-winged Yellow Warbler in New England, 48 ; Description of the 

 Female Dendneca kirtlandi, 49; Note on Opororms agilis, 50; The Redstart 

 in Washington lerritory, 50 ; Additional Record of the Loggerhead Shrike 

 in Maine, 50; The Nesting of the Common Crossbill, 60; Coturniculus 

 lecnntei, 51; Ammodromus caiulacidrts a Summer Resident in Southern 

 Maine, 52; Note on Peuccea illinoensis, 52; Zonotrichia albicollis nesting 

 in Eastern Massachusetts, 52 ; Chnndestes grammica and Vireo philadtl- 

 jyiticus m Massachusetts, 53; Late Breedmg of the Blue Grosbeak, 53; The 

 Western Meadow Lark in Northeastern Iowa, 53 ; Eastward Riinge of the 

 Western Meadow Lark, 53 ; CJiwddes popetue minor in Florida, 54; Habits 

 of Vaux's Swift, 55; Eggs of Pichs nlbolnrratus, 56; The Black-backed 

 Tree-toad Woodpecker in Massachusetts, 56; Golderi-winged Woodpeckers 

 nesting in a Natural Cavity in a Decayed Tree, 56 ; Nesting of the 



