CONTENTS. 



Vol. XII., No. 4, April, 1887. 



A Collecting Trip in Texas G. B. Benners 49 



Bryant's Additions to the Ornithology of Guadalupe Island J.P.N 52 



A List of Birds of Fulton County, Ky L. O. Pindar 54 



Nesting of Saw Whet Owl Egbert Bagg 56 



Shore Bird Migration at Cape Cod J. C. Cahoon 57 



The Pinnated Grouse in Colorado Chas. F. Morrison 58 



The Number of Eggs laid by the Great Horned Owl " " 59 



Some New Birds for Texas Wm. Lloyd 59 



Evening Grosbeak in Minn , Geo. G. Cantwell 60 



My Holiday W. Hoxie 61 



Sense of Smell in American Vultures • " " 61 



The Bluebird as a Mimic W. E. Saunders 61 



The Cai'olina Parrot in Northern Texas 62 



Entomology — Observations on the Cotton Caterpillar W. Hoxie 63 



Substitute Food Plants Paul Revere 63 



Collecting on the A mazon 64 



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