CONTENTS. 

 Vol. XII., No. 5, May, 1887. 



A Collecting Trip in Texas G. B. Benneks 65 



3fotes on the Eggs of the Thruslies and Thra&hei-s H. G. Parker 69 



Tame Night Heron Henry Hales 73 



Wiles of the Peregrine Falcon ,W, C. Aveky, M. D 7# 



Nesting of Barred Owl in Texas E. C. Davis ....75 



Nesting of the Black-thi-oated Blue Wai-l>)er W. L. Kells 76 



The Purple Martin in the South W. B. Hinton 77 



Entomology — A Curious House L. E. Hood W 



Field and House Work ^ PaulReveke 79 



Sphingida&of N. E 79 



Locality Borxes , 89 



Change of Publication , 80 



Brief Notes' ..., 80 



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