CONTENTS OF VOLUME VI. 



NUMBER I. 



Page. 



Door-yard Birds of the Far North. By E. W. Nelson . . i 



On the Fingers of Birds. By J. A. Jeffries .... 6 



Notes on a Few Birds observed at Fort Hamilton. Long. 



Island, N. Y. By De L. Berier . . . . . .11 



On Birds observed in Sumpter, Levy, and Hillsboro Coun- 

 ties. Florida. By W. E. D. Scott 14 



Insectivorous Birds in their Relation to Man. By J. A. 



Allen ....... . .... 22 



Remarks on the present State of the System a Avium. Bv 



P. L. Sclater .28 



With the Birds on a Florida River. By William Brewster . 3S 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Coues's Third Instalment of American Ornithological Bibliography, 

 44 ; Coues's Fourth Instalment of Ornithological Bibliography. 46 ; 

 Harvie-Brown on the Capercaillie in Scotland, 46; Steere on the 

 Birds of Ann Arbor, Michigan, 46; Minor Ornithological Papers. 

 47- 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Capture of the Hudsonian Titmouse in Rhode Island, 54; A Second 

 Occurrence of the Hudsonian Titmouse (Pants kudsonicus) in 

 Massachusetts, 54; The Great Carolina Wren ( Thryothorus ludo- 

 vicianus) in New Hampshire. 54; Swainson's Warbler (Heloncea 

 sivainsoni) in Texas. 54; Notes on the Habits of the Cliff Swallow 

 (Petrochelidon lunifrons), 55; Another Capture of the Logger- 

 head Shrike in Massachusetts, 55 ; A Third Capture of the Phil- 

 adelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) in Massachusetts, 56; 

 Occurrence of Vireo philadelfhicus in Mercer County, New Jersey, 

 56; The Red Crossbill {Loxia curvirostra americana) in Ten- 

 nessee, 56; Description of the Nest and Eggs of Coturniculus 

 henslo-wi obtained near Falls Church, Va., 57 ; The Lark Finch 

 on Long Island, N. Y., 58; The Golden Eagle in New Brunswick, 

 58; The Bald Eagle {Haliaetus leucocefihalus) as a Hunter, 58; 

 Breeding of the Wild Pigeon in Confinement. 60: Evidence of 

 the Former Existence of the Wild Turkey at Mount Desert Island, 

 Maine, 60; Recent Occurrence of Baird's Sandpiper (Tringa 

 bairrfi) in Maine. 60; Occurrence of Baird's Sandpiper, (Tringa 

 bairdi) on the New Hampshire Coast, 61 ; Note on Tryngites 

 rtifescens in Texas, 61 ; A Second Massachusetts Specimen of the 

 Clapper Rail (Ra/li/s longirostris) , 62; Notes on the Breeding 

 Habits of the Caspian Tern, 63; List of Occurrences of North 

 American Birds in Europe, 63. 



Errata ............ 64 



