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Index. 



Avocet, 123. 



Bagu, Egbert, Jr., Mclospiza //>/- 

 co/«/ breeding in New York again, 

 2-46. 



Bangs, E. A. and O.. the White- 

 winged Gull (Larus leucopterus) 

 in Massachusetts, 124. 



Batchelder, Charles F., the Bald 

 Eagle (Haliaetus leucocephalus) 

 as a hunter, 58: strange nesting 

 habits of a pair of Chats. 114: 



Bendire. Charles, nesting of Ken- 

 nicolt's Owl, 1S5. 



Berier, De L., notes on a few birds 

 observed at Fort Hamilton. Long 

 Island. X. Y., 11: notes on birds 

 rare or accidental on Long Island. 

 N. Y-, 125: Colaptes auratu$-\- 

 C. mexicanus^ 247 ; further notes 

 on the Labrador Gyrfalcon taken 

 on Long Island. N. Y.. 2 yj. 



Bernicla canadensis, 52, 234. 

 sandvicensis, 52. 



Bird. Australian Lyre, 240. 

 Crying, 20. 



Indigo. 251. 



Mocking, 1 12. 125. 

 Mountain Mocking. 86. 

 of Paradise, King, 11 1. 

 Bittern, 234. 



Least, 2 1. [86. 

 Blackbird, Brewer's, 12s. 

 Crow, 47 . (So. 

 Red-shouldered, 230. 

 Rusty, 231. 



Western Red-winged. 128. 

 Yellow-headed, 1 43. 246. 

 Blackhead, Greater, 1 [2 



Lesser, 142. 

 Bluebird, 24, 26, 53. no. 196, 22(1. 



Arctic. 86. 

 Boardman, (i. A., the Golden Eagle 



in New Brunswick, 58. 

 Bobolink, 1 17. T,y>- 

 Bonasa umbellus, 233. 

 Botaurus lentiginosus. 234. 

 Brant. Black. 131. 

 Branta nigricans. 134. 

 Brewster, William, with the birds 

 on a Florida river, 38: a second 

 occurrence of the Hudsonian Tit- 

 mouse ( Parus hudsonicus) in Mas- 

 sachusetts. 54; another capture 

 of the Loggerhead Shrike in 

 Massachusetts, 55 ; a third capture 

 of the Philadelphia Vireo ( Vireo 

 Philadelphia!*) in Massachusetts, 

 ^6; recent occurrence of Baird's 

 Sandpiper {Tringa bairdi) in 

 Maine. 60; a second Massachu- 



setts specimen of the Clapper 

 Rail (Rallus longirostris), 62: 

 notes on some birds from Arizona 

 and Xew Mexico, with a descrip- 

 tion of a supposed new Whip- 

 poorwill. 65; critical notes on a 

 Petrel new to North America, 91 ; 

 on the affinities of certain Poliop- 

 fi/ir. with a description of a new 

 species, 101 ; the Short-tailed 

 Tern ( Hydrochelidon nigra) in 

 New England, 124; notes on 

 Leach's Petrel (Cymockorea leu- 

 corrkoa), 125: breeding of the 

 Acadian Owl {Nyctale acadica) 

 in Massachusetts, 143; a singular 

 cage plumage of the Rose-breasted 

 Grosbeak, 180; carnivorous pro- 

 pensities of the Crow Blackbird, 

 : the Three-toed Woodpecker 

 i Picoides arcticus) in Massachu- 

 setts. iSj: a second Massachusetts 

 specimen of the Red-bellied Wood- 

 pecker i Centuyus carolinus 1, 183 : 

 early arrival in Xew England of the 

 Least Bittern, 186; occurrence of 

 the Purple and Florida Gallinules 

 near St. John, New Brunswick, 

 t86; the Yellow Rail (Porzana 

 noveboracensts) in Massachusetts. 

 [86; the Ivory Gull (Pagophila 

 eburnea) at St. John, Xew Bruns- 

 wick, 187; on the relationship of 

 Helminthophaga leucobronckialis 

 Brewster, and Helmintkophaga 

 Icrwretfcei, 1 lerrick : with s< 

 conjectures respecting certain oth- 

 er North American Birds, 21S: 

 on Minot's " Land and Game 

 Birds of Xew England," 242; ad- 

 ditions to the A\ i-fauna of the 

 United States, 252. 

 Brown, Nathan Clifford, exception- 

 al abundance of the Shoveller at 

 Portland, Me.. 1S7. 

 Browne, F. C-, distribution of birds 

 as influenced by increase ol water 

 area. 126. 

 Bryant, W. E., nest and eggs of the 



Painted Flycatcher, 176. 

 Bubo virginianus, 27,2. 

 Bucephala islandica, \(>2. 

 Budytes flava, 4. 

 Bunting, Cow, 230. 

 Indigo. 230. 

 Painted Lark, 115. 

 Snow. 229. 

 Buteola brachyura, 208; 210. 212. 

 fuliginosus, 212. 

 minutus, 210. 



