CONTENTS 

Vol xX No; 477 April, 1865; 

Aptoso-Chromatism.........0.eeseeecereceeccrree cece esas cose cetecsescecees WALTER HOXIE......-.0sccescscccescseceses 49 
Florida Birds in January, 1886.... 22.2... eens cee cee ener cee e eee cee eee eeeeeee As IL. (BROWNE) wens sc0ncnselccs cee ieee emeee 50 
List of Birds Observed in the Vicinity of Santa Barbara..........-..+-..++. CLARE P. STREATOR: <.c0 cock cess dececieectane 51 
ObdLtogy—Advance of the Science Of OblOgY...... 202. ceccecccecccc cer ccnsceccccsceeser ences ctenseercssssensscscsssscssees 53 
The Number of Eggs Laid by Hawks and OwIS....+..-.0e-see sees eee ccteeeee ces ceneceeee ee esetreeseeee cesses eaeees 53 
White Eggs of the Bluebird... .......-0.-ee cere tee eee eee eee enee eer ees Wis As EAT Sin ie wre nraalalate a: stain eto ea Se 53 
Nest and Eggs of the Plumbeons Gnatcatcher.....-..----.+-++.-+-+ HARRY GIPARKER, © cs)\msicidvicne = Coes one 54 
Breeding of Franklin’s Gull in Minnesota...-.---.--++eeeeeeeeeeeee ey Wie He TONG nm wicte o/n clelminiaitre e/etnintp apie stele 54 
IGItOTIAI a iccin occ ccetld sak Riclae ina cle c's ale wielots sisi diele Nis olete a[eieye's\e/sivon'e'e nolan ale wiv'sis aie asieivimlsfe missininieiele s/s e(ein's,» sininja’a'alnie’si» est ae ame 56 
Practical, Taxidermy............ccceccece cece secncececscceecessreccceseanses ERANKE BB. WEBSTERs «sn sscinces sc. des eeoen 5T 
Mexttan Crosabille in MAUBAG io: oss. $2.02 v acelin Adceenema ss teu epessen e's PROF. iD; Hi. LANTZ... 0stene nee ea eee 59 
Food of Crows in Winter... 2.2... -..eee seer eee e eee cee e eee eeeeeeeeeneeeee THEO, Gi. LEMMON. < 06 fen cieidele oviscinticleieatentoeOo 
ENTOMOLOGY—Hditorial Note. .......c0cccceccccces cccctn cnt crcscceccnercacrncs sans ccccssecerccunscsscracsseccesseusssece 60 
Practical Entomology.....secseseeevcenccecccwccincecccccecsssececs WRIGHT AND BATES, « <ij'cde<'s ccscclaenle nein mae 60 
Sphingide of New England.......... Aiate slot etejerareicteialo’ sm cye's fir/=/ale =iklesnisiele CYANIDE. oe vaee Soc bn slam adele ase ain ee ele ernie 60 
A Deformed Prionus...........222-cccccecerccccsscecscsccrecscecces IUANI ONS IE poaaninmnaa 5 adason goede ao cin ay Sse 61 
Start @ Collectione.....-.0 22s eciecs von ccocseceseresesgesescenscscccs OLAS pipvars cela ainlalostetelslat itech elalel ste ieteran rota Aeon) | 
The Tarantula or Trap-door Spider .........-ceeeceereereeceeeeceecs GAN UD Eom a cis oo15 oo nin! sinta n'a ulate statis ater 61 
Notes on Spring Collecting............cee cece cece cece eee cree eeeeee Nie HEEL Na so scta ls | s:oreio att stay aiefetecasataintin afore one 62 
CoRRESPONDENCE—War Against Taxidermists, €tC..... 200.22. cece eee eee rece ne ec eeeee cere rte seer cece tereecesnceenees 63 
RECENT PUBLICATIONS—Odlogy of New England.......6.52-.ccccer sce c cece cece enna cece n ere e nc ee sb ec cne ee seseseecneens 64 

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