CONTENTS OF VOL. XII, 1887. 



Acanthis linai'ia 84,140 



Accipiter atrlcapillus 55,139 



cooperi...(i, 55, 118, 139, 167 



fusciis 6,27,08,119 



velox 139, 167 



Actitis macularia 33, 139, 173 



Actodronias maculata 148, 194 



" fuscicoUis 194 



minutilla 6,148,194 



Agelains phoeniceus.5, 92, 84. 94, 



106, 140, 158, 174, 207 



Agelains tricolor, in Colorado. ..107 



^Egilates hiaticulata 82 



meloaa 139,147,194 



semipalmata..l39, 147. 194 



" vocitVra 139, 157 



-Esalon colnnibarius 1'8 



Agriculture, Birds, and their 



relation to 180 



Aix lepensa 189 



" sponsa 6, 55, 138, 157 



Ajaja rosea 81 



Alca alle 137 



" torda 137 



Aniherst, Birds of 116 



Ammodramus caudactus 140 



" sandwicheusis sa- 

 vanna 34, 140 



Araniodi'anius savannaruiu pas- 



serinus 140, 158 



Ainpelis cedoruni..4, 53, 85, 105, 



140, 158,188 



Ampelis garrulus 182 



Aniphispizabilineata 123 



Anas acuta 6 



" americana 138 



" bosclms 6,54,138 



" carolinensis 19,55, 138, 157 



" discors 55, 138 



" fulviiiula 157 



" obscura 6, 19, 5i,>-3, :3^ 



Anhinga 24, 83, 125 



" anhinga 54,157 



Anorthura troglodytes hyemal- 



is, Nest of 183 



Anthus ludoviciamus 4, 105 



" pennsylvanicus 33,53 



Antrostonius carolinensis 66, 



122.124 



Antrostomus vociferus 5, 139, 158 



Anser albifrous gambeli 6, 52 



Antenor unicinctus harrisi. . .68, 125 



Anthus ludovicianus 192 



" pennsylvanicus 188 



Aphelocoma floridana 143 



Aptosochromatism 101 



A. O. U. and the Amateui-s 32, 47 



Aquila chi-yastus canadensis, 



6,68, 116 



Aquila cbryssetus canadensis, 



A Trip after their Eggs 86 



Aramus gigantius 157 



" giganteus. Its Nest and 



Eggs 159 



Archibuteo lagopus sancti-jo- 



hannis 119,139 



Ardea candidissima 138 



" ccerulea 157 



" egretta 55, 157 



" herodias. 6, 55, 81, 138, 157, 188 



Ardea herodias. Nesting of 129 



" oceidentalis 81 



" virescens 138, 157 



Ai-detta exilis 81 



Arenariainterprs 33, 139 



Asio accipitrinus. . .6, 33, 117, 139,168 



Nesting of 161 



" americanus 117 



" wilsonianii'^ 139, 168 



Astragalinus tristis 5 



Astur atrlcapillus 119 



Audubon, Monument to. .136, 156,192 



Auk, Cassin's 42 



" Great 208 



" Razor-billed 137 



Auripiirus flaviceps 103 



Avocet, American 82 



Aythya americana 55, 138 



" marila neartica 138 



" vallisneria 55, 138 



Baird, Spencer Fullerton 156 



Bartrainia longicanda 82, 139, 148 



Bittern, American. .6, 55, 133, 138,157 



" American, Home of 11 



" American, in Oswego 



Co.,N.Y 189 



Bittern, Least... 81, 133, 138,155 



Blackbird, Brewer's 66 



" Crow 106 



" Red-winged 5,84, 



. . .92. 94, 106, 140, 155, 158, 174, 207 

 Blackbird, Rnsty....5, 34, 92, 140, 188 

 " Tricolored, in Col- 

 orado 107 



Blackbird, Yellow-hfaded 66,91 



Bluebird.... 3, 105, 121, 141, 1.59, 



162, 168 



Bluebird, The, as a Mimi- 61 



" Rocky Mountain 35 



Bobolink 5, 84, 91, 140 



Bobwhite 6, .55, 94, 139, 157 



Bonasa canadensis 33 



" umbel 1 us 6, 33, 139, 188 



Botaurus exilis 138 



U'ntiginosus..6,55, 138, 



157,189 



Botaurus lentiginosus. Home of. .11 



Branta bernicla 138 



" canadensis 20, 55,138 



Brevard County, Florida, Notes 



on Birds of 143 



Bristol County, Mass., Birds of, 



137,192 



Bristol County, Mass., Local 



Raptores of 117 



Bristol County, Mass., Omis- 

 sions from List of Birds of. ..199 

 Bristol County, Mass., Order 



Limicolie in 147 



Bubo virginianus 5, .55, 67, 94, 



107, 118, 124,139, 163, 168 



Bubo virginianus. Number of 



Eggs laid by 59, 125 



Buncombe County, N. C, List 



of Birds of 3 



Bunting, Black-throated 85, 



121,123 



Bunting, Indigo 85, 121, 140 



Lark 65 



Painted 65, 94, 123, 158 



Buteo albicaudatus 68 



borealis. ..6, 55, 68. 119, 



122,125,139, 167 



Buteo borealis. Nesting of 19(i 



latissimus 139, 167 



" lineatus 6, 55, 119, 125, 



139, 102. 167 



Boteo lineatus alleni 157 



" lineatus elegans. ..49, 110 



163, IW 



Buteo lineatus elegans, Nesting 



of 39. 110 



Buteo pennsj'lvanlcus 6. 122 



pennsylvanicus, Eggs of. 



9,119 



Buteo pennsylvanicus, Nesting 



of in Penna 118 



Buteo swainsoni 6 68 



Butorides virescens 6. 94. J22, 162 



Buzzard, Turkey. . . .6. 55, 122, 125 



144 162, 173 



Calamospiza bicolor 65 



Calcarius lapponicus 140 



Calidris arenaria 138, 148 191 



California Academy of Scien- 

 ces, Bulletin of 136 



Callipepla squamata 81 



Campephilus principalis 158 



Camphylorhynchus brunneicap- 



illus ,59, 104 



Caprimulgus vociferus 113,162 



" vociferus, Nesting 



of ....1,55 



Caracara, Guadakipe .52 



Cardinal, Texan 65 123 164 



Cardinalis cardinalis 85, 1.58 



" virginianus. .. .6, 65, 



94, 121,123 207 



Carpodacus ampins •52 



'• jiurpureus 5, 105 140 



Catbird. . . .3, 49. 71, 85, 93, 121, 141. 



166,174 



Cathari.«ta atrata 6. 55,68, 94. 



125. 144. 157. 163. 207 



Cathartes aura.... 6, 55,122,125. 



144. 157. 163,163 



Catlierpes mexicanus consper- 



sns 50 



Caution A Word of 170 



Cedarbird 4, 105 



Centronyx bairdi 106 



Centroplianes ornatus 65 



Centurus .aurifrous 66, 124 



" carolinus 122 



Ceophloeus i)ileatus 1.58, 188 



Cephloeus pileatus 84 



Cepphus grylle 4, 137,170 



" mandtii 4 



Certhia familiaris americana 141 



Ceryle alcyon 34, 84, 1.58, 18 ; 



" americana cabanisi 66 



Ci'rthia familiaris americana 85 



" tamiliaris rufa 4 



Ceiyle alcyon 5, 1,39 



Chastura pelasgica 5, 84, 122, 139 



Chama^pelia passerina 6, 69, 94 



" " Remark- 

 able Nesting of 7 



Chapparal Cock 67 



Charadrius dominicus . . 62, 82, 

 139, 194 



