CONTENTS. 



VOL. XII, NO. 7, JULY, 1887. 



A Week's Trip after Hawk's Kggs Vukd M. Dillk !)7 



Shore Bird Migration at Monomoy Island, Cape Cod, Mass John C. Cahoon 100 



Aptosochromatism Walter Hoxie 101 



Was it a Sparrow Hawk's Nest? " " 102 



Nesting of Ground Dove T.D.Perry 102 



Nesting of Black Skimmer Chas. H. Shick 102 



Nesting Habits of Texas Birds Hhruy P. Atwatbr 103 



Winter Food of Birds in the South C. S. Brimlev 10.=> 



Baird's Sparrow in the Fall L. Jokes 106 



Field Notes on Some Birds in Colorado Charles F. Morrison 106 



Tricolored Blackbird in Colorado " " 107 



Nesting of Broad-winged Hawk in Chester Co., Penn Thomas H. Jackson 108 



Home of the Carolina Wren R- B. McLaughlin 109 



Nesting of Worm-eating Warbler Samuel B. Ladd 110 



Nesting of Red bellied Hawk in Cooke Co., Texas Edwin C. Davis 110 



Nesting Habits of Clay-Colored Sparrow J. W. Preston Ill 



Night Heron's Nest J. M. W 112 



Nesting of the Whip-poor- Will William L. Kells 113 



Bird Notes from the Pacific Coast H. R. Taylor 114 



A New Needle for Ornithological Use W. E. Saunders 114 



Unusual Occurrence of the Red-winged Crossbill in Mass US 



Entomological Department Errata HJ* 



The Great Northern Shrike and its Prey Benj. F. Hess 115 



Fortunate Collectors H" 



Recent Publications • 1"» 



Correspondence H^ 



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