iv Contents of Volume VI. 
GENERAL NOTES. 
The present Status of Forster’s Tern as a Bird of New England, 66; 
Notes on Brewster’s and the Blue-footed Gannet, 67; H7¢strzonzcus 
histrionicus on Long Island, New York, 67; Chen cerulescens in 
Massachusetts, 68; Baird’s Sandpiper in Central New York, 68; 
The Northern Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) in the Franconia 
Mountains, New Hampshire, 68; Occurrence of the Western 
Sandpiper (Ereunetes occidentalis) in Numbers on the Coast of 
Massachusetts, 69; Sandpipers at Sea—A Correction, 69; Re- 
markable flight of Killdeer (Zgtal¢tés vocifera) near Portland, 
Maine, 69; Note on @gialitis meloda circumcincta, 70; The 
Turkey Buzzard in Massachusetts, 70; Krider’s Hawk (uteo 
borealis kriderit) on the Coast of Georgia, 70; First Description 
of the Egg of Glaucidium phalenoides, Ferruginous Pygmy Owl, 
70; [A New Generic Name for the Elf Owl], 71; Sphyrapicus 
yuber Breeding in Coniferous Trees, 71; Occurrence of Traill’s 
Flycatcher near Washington, D. C., 71; Early Appearance of 
Empidonax minimus at Portland, Maine, 71; Second Occurrence of 
the Prairie Horned Lark in Eastern Massachusetts, 71; Molothrus 
ater in Massachusetts in December, 72; The Cowbird as a Fly- 
destroyer, 72; Notes upon the Sudden Appearance in Numbers of 
the Evening Grosbeak at Fort Wingate, New Mexico, 72; Log- 
gerhead Shrike at Bridgeport, Connecticut, 74; First Occurrence 
of the Philadelphia Vireo near Washington, D. C., 74; Unusual 
Nesting Site of Dendroica virens,74; A Rare Bird in Chester 
Co., South Carolina, 74; A Peculiar Nest of Czzclus mexicanus, 
75; Troglodytes aédon, House Wren, Breeding ina Sand Bank, 
76; Sanxicola enanthe in Louisiana, 76; Summer Birds at Bridge- 
water and Moultonboro’, New Hampshire, 76. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
The proper Name for the Genus Melanzfztta of Schlegel, 79. 
NOTES AND NEWS. 
Obituary.—Henry Stevenson, 79; Count August Friedrich Marschall, 
80; Nicolas Michailovitch Prejevalsky, 80; Thure Kumlien, 81; 
William T. Breese, 81; Supplement to the A. O. U. Check-List, 
81; Abridged Edition of the Check List, 81; Birds that are to be 
Discussed at the Next Meeting of the A. O. U., 82; A Uniform 
Method for Measuring Birds, 82; Incorporation of the A. O. U., 
82; Nuttall Ornithological Club, 83; Second Congress of the 
International Ornithological Committee, 83; Metric System in 
Ornithology, 84; Recent Ornithological Explorations, 84. 
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DESCRIPTIONS OF SUPPOSED NEW BiRDS FROM WESTERN NorTH 
AMERICA AND Mexico. By Welliam Brewster  . c 0 - 85 
ON THE SUMMER BirpDs OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS. 
By Walter Faxon . 3 2 : A j 5 ‘ - 99 
