CONTENTS. 



VOL. XII, NO. 11, NOVEMBER, 1887. 



A Series of Eggs of Dendrceca Maculosa J. P. N 177 



Notes on Some Birds of Grand Manan C. H. Andros 179 



Birds and tlieir Relation to Agriculture Theo. C. Lemmon 180 



Observations on Nest Building Walter Hoxie 181 



Number of Eggs in a Set of the Kingbird F. H. Carpenter 182 



Black and Yellow Warbler at Grand Manan Chas. H. Andros 182 



Nest of the Winter Wren William L. Kells 183 



Plight of Land Birds on Monomoy Island John C. Cahoon 184 



Eggs of the Western Yellow Warbler J. P. N 185 



Brief Notes 186 



Ridgway's Manual of North American Birds F. H. Carpenter 187 



Birds of Northern Maine in Fall F. H. Carpenter 188 



The American Bittern in Oswego Co., N. Y C. C. Maxfield 189 



My Experience with the Breeding of the White-Breasted Nuthatch . . . Harrv K. Jamison 189 



Nesting of the Yellow Throated Vireo Frank L. Farley 190 



Lincoln's Sparrow and its Nesting... G. F. Brenninger 191 



Early Appearance of Snowy Owl 191 



Some Additions to the List of Birds of Bristol Co., Mass C. L. Phillips 192 



Recent Publications 192 



Audubon 192 



A Correction 192 



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