CONTENTS. 



VOL. XV., NO. 10, OCTOBER, 1890. 



Nesting of the Kentucky Warbler in Chester and Delaware 



Counties, Penn. J. P. Norris, Jr 145 



The Number of Eggs in a Set C. S. Brimley 14G 



A Series of Eggs of the Tufted Titmouse J. P. N. . 



Do Minks Climb Trees out West? E. P. Jenks 



Belding's Savannah Sparrow 



Nesting of Bobolink, 1888, 1889 and 1890 .... 



Amenities of Exchange 



A New Way of Finding the Capacity of Eggs . 



A Series of Eggs of Merrill's Parauque .... 



Nesting of the Pied-billed Grebe 



In the Haunts of the AVater Thrush 



. Coues' Key 



. E. G. Tabor 



. P. B. Peabody 



. Walter Hoxie 150 



. Thomas H. Jackson] 151 



. F. G. Pearson 152 



. W. C. Brownell, M.D 153 



A Series of Eggs of Palmer's Thrasher J. P. N 154 



Nesting of the Short-billed Marsh Wren E. W. Durfee 156 



A List of the Birds of Minnesota 156 



American Raven in Connecticut O. J. Hagenaw 1,56 



Nesting of the Blackburnian Warbler C. W. B 157 



Swainson's Warbler in Hale County, Ala Wm. C. Avery I.57 



Orchard Oriole at Nova Scotia Harry Austen 157 



Ornithology of a City Garden Charles C. Trembly 158 



Editorial 1.59 



Brief Notes ' 159 



Correspondence IGO 



New Publications " 100 



Fable of Madame Mourning Dove and Mrs. Golden-crown . P. B. Peabody i 160 



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