CONTENTS. 



VOL. XV., NO. S, AUGUST, 1890. 



R. INI. Barnes 11.3 



J. P. Noiris, Jr. 

 S. R. Ingersoll 

 S. R. Injier.soll 



117 



117 

 111 



List ot Birds nreeding iu Marsliall County, 111. 



Nesting- of the Blue-wiuged Yellow Warbler in Delaware 



Co., Pa., in 1890 . ' 



The White-bellied Nuthatch a Friend of the Fanner . 

 Two BroodsRaised in the Same Nest by I'ewce 



A Series of Egjis of the Worm-eating' Warbler. . . .J.P.N lis 



European GoUiflneh Breeding iii Massachusett.s . . . Chas. K. Reed Ill) 



Off For Newfoundland 120 



Wanderings, No. 8 F.A.Bates 121 



Coloring on Birds George Smith 123 



Are the Changes in the Common Names Popular? 124 



Nestinti' of the Worm-eating Warbler near Leigliton, Ala. . F. W. M 125 



A Motherly Pelican Will de la Barre 12.'5 



Rare Birds in the Vicinity of Ottawa, Ont., Can. . . . Geo. R. White 12.5 



Nestingof the Golden-crowned Thrush in Chester Co., Penn.. J. P. Norris, Jr 12C 



Editorial 



Brief Notes 

 Correspondence 



127 

 127 



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