vi Contents of Volume V. 



Duck Hawk ( Falco communis) in Vermont, 57 ; Prowess of the Raid Eagle 

 (Haliaetus leucncephalus), 57; Description of an unusual (?) Plumage of 

 Buteo harlani, 68 ; Note on Limosa hteniristicu, 59 ; The Black Rail {Pvr- 

 Zfina jamnicensis) in Kansas, 60; Breeding of Faliguln coUnris in South- 

 eastern Minnesota, and a Description of its Nest and Eggs, 61; Notes on 

 the Breeding Habits of some of the Water-Birds of St. Clair Flats, Michi- 

 gan, 61; The King Eider at Buffalo, N.Y., 6'2; Capture of Phnethun 

 Jlavirosiris in Western New Yo k, 63; The Mart^h and Sooty Terns in 

 Maine, and other Birds rare to the State, G-3; The Caspian Tern probably 

 breeding in Florida, 64. 



NUMBER II. 



List of Occurrencks of North American Birds in Europe. By J. 



J. Dniyleisli ............. 65 



Notes on the Winter Plumage of Leucosticle tephmrolis, Sw., and L. 



tephrocntis var. littoralls, Bd. By Dr. J. C, Merrill, U. S. A. . . .75 

 Notes on the American Vultures {Snrcurh'imphidw), with .si'Ecial 



REFERENCE TO THEIR GENERIC NOMENCLATURE. By Robert IVuUjwaiJ . 77 



On Recent Additions to the Oijmthological Fauna of North 



America. By J. A. Allen 85 



Description of the Adult Plumage ok Hierofalco (jyrfnlco obsoletu.i. By 



Robert Rvigicay 92 



Notes and Queries concerning thk Nomenclature of North Ameri- 

 can Birds. By Dr. Klliolt Coues, U. S. A 95 



Thomas Mayo Brewer. By (he Editors 102 



PvECENT LITER.\TURE. 



Henshaw's Report on (Collections made in California, Nevada, and Oregon, in 

 1877-78, 105; Cory's Birds of the Bahama Islands, 107; McChesney's Re- 

 port on the Mammals and Birds of the Big Horn Region, Montana, 107 ; 

 Brewer's Additonil Notes on New luigland Birds, 108; Kumlien's ('ontri- 

 butions to the Natural History- of Arctic America, 109; Gibbs's Li>t of the 

 Birds of Michigan, lit); Harvie-Brown on the Capercaillie in Scotland, 110; 

 Sennett's Notes on the Biids of the Lower Rio Grande of Texas, 111; 

 Mmot's Diary of a Bird, 112; Minor Ornithological Papers, 112. 



GENERAL NOTES. 

 Capture of the Stonechat near Eastport, Maine, 115; A Crossbilled Horned Lark, 

 115; Capture of the Prothonotar}' Warbler (Protonotnria citrea) near 

 Philadelphia, 115; The Worm-eating Warbler ( llebmntherus vermivorus) 

 breeding in Southern Connecticut, 116; The Large-billed Water Thrush 

 (Siurusmotacillit) in Eastern Rhode Island, 116; Notes on some of the Rarer 

 Birds of Long Island, N. Y., 116; Tiie Large-billed Water Thrush at L:ike 

 George, N.Y"., 117; Capture of the Connecticut Warbler ( Opm-ornis ayilis) 

 in Spring at New Haven, Conn., 117; A New Vf a.xh\ex {Myiodioclesmilratus) 

 for Massachusetts, 117; The Northern Waxwing [Ampelis garrulus) m 

 Southern Illinois, 118; The Bohemian Waxwing in Northern New York, 

 118 ; Breeding of the Loggerhead Shrike at Cnnton, New Y'ork, 118; The 

 Greenfinch {Lirjurinns chloris) in Northern New Y'ork, 119; Capture of 

 escaped Cage-birds having the Appearance of Wild Birds, 119; The Ipswich 

 Sparrow {Passerculus j^'inceps) at New Haven, Conn., 121; Breeding of 



