CONTENTS OF VOLUME VII. 



NUMBER I. 



Page. 

 Ox AX APPARENTLY NeW PIeRON FROM FLORIDA. B\' Robcit 



Ridgzvax. ........... \ 



List of Birds observed at Houston, Harris Co., Texas, and 

 Vicinity, and in the Counties Montgomery, Galv'eston, 

 AND Ford Bexd. By H. Nehrling. ...... 6 



On the Sesamoid at the front of the Carpus in Birds. Bv 



J. Amorv Jeifries. . . . . . . . . ■ 13 



Notes on Some of the Birds observed near Wheatland, 

 Knox Co., Indiana, in the Spring of 18S1. By Robert 

 Ridgtvay. . . . . . . . . . . ,15 



Notes on the Habits and Changes of Plumage of the Aca- 

 dian Owl {Nyctcile acadica), with some additional Records 

 OF ITS Breeding in Massachusetts. Bj- Willi im Brewster . 23 



Description of a New Race of Peuceea ruficcps from Texas. 



Bj Nathan Clifford Broivn. ........ 26 



On Kennicott's Owl and some of its Allies, with a Descrip- 

 tion OF A proposed New Race. Ey William Brezvster. * . • -7 



A Reconnoissance in Southwestern Texas. Bv Natlian Clif- 

 ford Broiv/i. ..<........ 33 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Memorial Volume of Garrod's Scientific Papers, 43 : Shuteldt's Os- 

 teology of the North American Tetraonfd;e. 44: Illustrations of 

 Ohio Nests and Eggs, 45 : Shufeldt's -"The Cla^v on the Index 

 Digit of tiie Cathartid;e."" 46; Papers on Minnesota Birds, 47 ; 

 Freke on the Birds of Amelia County, Virginia, 48; Langdon's 

 Field Notes on Louisiana Birds, 48; ^Crider's Field Notes, 49; 

 Langdon's Zoological Miscellany. 50; Hoffman on the Birds of 

 Nevada, 51. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



The Tufted Titmouse on Staten Island, N. Y., 52 ; Nesting of the 

 White-bellied Wren {T/iryot/iorits bervicki leiicogaster)^ ^2\ An 

 Erroneous Record of the Orange-crowned Warbler {Helmin- 

 tiiopkaga crlafa) \n New Hampshire, 53 ; On the Generic Name 

 HelmintiiopJiaga. 53; Dendneca palmar/on a.gain in Massachu- 

 setts, 54; Ampelis cedrorum as a Sap-sucker. 54; Capture of 

 PlectropJiaucs lappoi/icii-i in Chester, S. C 54: Occurrence of 

 Cotiiriiiculus Iccoiitci in Chester County, South Carolina. 54; 

 The Sharp-tailed Finch in Kansas, 55; Note on J////-e///(/«e.?, a 

 New Generic Name, 55 : Nesting of Empidonax minimus and 

 Helminthcriis zn^rmivorus in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. 55 : 



