: CON AEN Es 
Tue BoemMinG or 1He BITTERN. By Bradford Torrey . : : 5 . : ‘ d 
THE MsiN Divistons OF THE SwiFTts. By Frederic A. Lucas _. : : 5 . 8 
A SUMMARY 0% OBSERVATIONS ON THE BIRDS OF THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA. By 
W. E. D. Scoté 1 : c 
AN ACCOUNT OF THE BREEDING Hasits oF Pufinus audubont IN THE ISLAND OF é 
GRENADA, WEST INDIES, WITH A NOTE ON Zenaida rubripes. By George N. 
Lawrence i é . c C 2 : 0 c 6 2 : : : c a 19 
BirDs OF CARROLL County, InDIANA. By Barton W. Evermann _. 5 Se este : 22 
A List OF THE BIRDS COLLECTED BY Mr. C, J. MAYNARD IN THE ISLANDS OF LITTLE 
*CayYMAN AND CAYMAN Brack, WEST INDIES. By Charles B. Cory . 1 30 
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Nores ON THE Hasits, NESTS, AND EGGs oF Dendragapus obscurus fitliginosus RiDGW., 
THE Sooty Grouse. By Caft. Charles E. Bendire A 3 : 0 5 ; 
ON THE SUMMER BIRDS OF BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS. By Walter Faxon . 39 
REMARKS UPON ABNORMAL COLORING OF PLUMAGE OBSERVED IN SEVERAL SPECIES OF - 
Birps. By Geo. N. Lawrence . : : 3 o : : é 0 3. 440 
NorTes ON THE BIrDS OF WHITE Tor Mountain, VirGinia. By William C. Rives, 
GiPoy Ae IDs 3 : : 2 Q c 6 4 5 0 3 : go ea c d oe fe) 
A New NaME FOR THE SPECIES OF Sforophila FROM TEXAS, GENERALLY KNOWN AS S. 
morellet!. By George N. Lawrence . 0 : : - : 5 : : : a ae) 
SrxtH CONGRESS OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION > . 5 ‘ 5 : 55 
RECENT LITERATURE.—Cooke’s ‘Report on Bird Migration in the Mississippi Valley’, 58; Nelson’s 
Report upon Natural History Collections made in Alaska, 61; Jordan’s New Manual of Verte- 
brates, 63; Sharpe’s ‘Birds in Nature’, 63; Birds of Nova Scotia, 64; Publications Received, 65. 
GENERAL Nores.—The Present Status of Forster’s Tern as a Bird of New England, 66; Notes on 
Brewster’s and the Blue-footed, Gannet, 67; Aistrionicus histriontcus on Long Island, New 
York, 67; Chen cerulescens in Massachusetts, 08; Baird’s Sandpiper in Central New York, 68; 
The Northern Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) in the Franconia Mountains, New Hampshire, 
63; Occurrence of the Western Sandpiper (Zreunetes occidentalis) in Numbers on the Coast of 
Massachusetts, 69; Sandpipers at Sea—A Correction, 69; Remarkable Flight of Killdeer 
(4igialitis vocifera) near Portland, Maine, 69; Note on Mgvalitis meloda circumcincta,70; 
The Turkey Buzzard in Massachusetts, 70; Krider’s Hawk (Buteo borealis kriderit) on the 
Coast of Georgia, 70; First Description of the Egg of Glaucidtum Ceres Ferruginous 
Pygmy Owl, 70; A New Generic Name for the Elt Owl, 71; Sphyrapicus ruber Breed- 
ing 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 Larkin Eastern Massachusetts, 71; JJolothrus 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; Loggerhead 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 Cinclus mextcanus, 75; Troglodytes aedon, House Wren, 
Breeding in a Sand Bank, 76; Saxfcola enanthe in Louisiana, 76; Summer Birds at 
Bridgewater and Moultonboro’, New Hampshire, 76. 
CoRRESPONDENCE—The proper Name for the Genus Me/anrpitta of Schlegel, 79. 
Nores AND. News.—Obituary, Henry Stevenson, 79; Count August Friedrich Marschall, 80; 
Nicolas Michailovitch Prjevalsky, 80; Thure Kumlien, 81; William T. Breese, 81; Supple- 
ment 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, 33; Metric System in Ornithology, 84; Recent 
Ornithological Explorations, 84. 
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