iv Co}itcnts of J ^ohituc \ II. 



Cuckoos laying in the Nests of other Birds. 56: Melanerpes 

 crv/krocephalits about Boston, ^^7; The Barn Owl in Maine: a 

 Retraction, 58; The Snowy Owl at Fort Walla Walla. W. T.. 

 58; Capture of the Golden Eagle in Crawford County. Penn- 

 sylvania, 58; The Swallow-tailed Kite in Dakota, 59: A Re- 

 markable Specimen of the Pinnated Grouse {Cupidonia cupido). 

 59; Wilson's Plover (y^-Egialitcs zviho/iius) in New England, 59; 

 Capture of Baird's Sandpiper on Long Island, N. Y., 60; An 

 Addition to the Maine Fauna, 60; Capture of Lams li'ticoptertis 

 near Boston, 6o; The Great Black-backed Gull {Lants murinus) 

 from a new Locality, 60; The Snake-bird in Kansas, 61 ; Capture 

 of thi Sea Dove 150 Miles from the Sea, 61 ; Additions to the 

 Catalogue of North American Birds, 61 ; Notes on Some Birds of 

 the Beit Mountains, Montana Territory. 6i : Remarks on Some 

 Western Vermont Birds, 63. 



Erratum ............ 64 



NUMBER W. 



On a Collection of Birds lately made by Mr. F. Stephens in 



Arizona. By William Brexuster ....... 65 



NoTE.s ox THE Os PrOxMINENS. ^j Frederic A Lucas . . .86 



A List of Birds from the Lowe^i Mississippi Valley, observed 



DURING THE SUMMER OF 1881. WITH BRIEF NOTES. Bv O. P. 



H.iy ...".. 89 



Impressions OF so.ME Southern Birds. \^\ William Brexvster . 94 

 Notes ON" SOME OF THE Rarer Birds of Southern New Bruns- 

 wick. Bv Montague Chamber la i)i . . . . . . 104 



Notes on the Summer Birds of the Upper St. John. By Charles 



F. Bafchelder 106 



RECENT LITERATIRE. 



Dr. Coues" New Check List and Dictionary, iii ; Nests and Eggs of 

 Ohio Birds. 112; Professor Macoun's Report of Exploration, 113; 

 Knowlton's Revised List of the Birds of Brandon. Vermont. 113; 

 Krukenberg on the Coloring Matter of Feathers, 114; Minor Or- 

 nithological Papers. 11 v 



(GENERAL NOTES. 



Description of a Nest of the Water Ouzel. iiS: The Short-billed 

 Marsh Wren in New Hampshire, 118; Early Arrival of the Yel- 

 low Rump in Southern Maine, 119; Late Stay (^probable Winter- 

 ing) of Doidrceca piniis in Massachusetts. 119; The Hooded 

 Warbler in Western New York, 119: Breeding of the Pine Gros- 

 beak (/'/'w/co/rt e««r/ertift>/') in Lower Canada. 120; Cotitrniculiis 

 leco7itei, C. hensloxvi. and Cistothorus stellaris in Florida. 121 ; 

 Ammodramus caitdaciitus — a somewhat Inland Record on the 

 Atlantic Coast. 122; The White-throated Sparrow in Winter near 

 Worcester, Mass.. 122; Peiiccea rnficcps ercmwca. 122: The Can- 

 ada Ja\ at Portland, Maine. 122 ; The White-throated Swift 

 breeding on Belt River, Montana. 122: Capture of the Golden 



