CONTENTS. 



VOL. XII, NO. 8, AUGUST, 1887. 



Local Raptores, Bristol County, Mass Hilton B . Read 117 



Plight of the Osprey F. H. Carpenter 120 



Notes on Some Birds of Warwick County, Va Charles L. Phillips 121 



Occurrence of Ivory-billed Woodpecker on Pritchard's Island Walter Hoxie 122 



Amount of Food Consumed by a Barred Owl C. S. Brimley 122 



Nesting Habits of Texas Birds Harry Atwater 123 



Number of Eggs laid by Great Horned Owl ....W. S. Strode 125 



Nesting of Brown-headed Nuthatch C. S. Brimley 126 



Two Species of Kinglet as observed at Raleigh, N. C " " 127 



Wood Ibis in South Carolina Walter Hoxie 128 



An Egg Lifter " " 129 



Nesting of Great Blue Heron Harry R. Taylor 129 



Anent Hawking .- Walter Hoxie 130 



Nesting of the Virginia Rail in New Hampshire S. Albert Shaw 131 



Sense of Smell in the Black Vulture Walter Hoxie 132 



Spring and Fall Plumage of our Shore Birds F. H. Carpenter 132 



Migratory Movements of Herons Walter Hoxie 133 



Nesting of the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher F. B. Spaijlding 133 



Number of Eggs in a Set Walter Hoxie 134 



A Favorite Nest John N. Clark 135 



Nesting of the White-tailed Kite H. R. Taylor 135 



The Great Northern Shrike and its Prey C. C. Maxfield 135 



A Hummingbird's Shower-bath H. R Taylor 136 



A Monument to Audobon 136 



A Correction 136 



Recent Publications 136 



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