vi Contents of Vol/nne I. 



Gua^nnas, Sonora, and Lower California, 284; Ridgwaj on New 

 Birds from California, 2S4 ; Cory"'s Birds of Haiti and San 

 Domingo, 285; Minor Ornithological Publications, 285; Publi- 

 cations Received, 2S9. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



The Generic Name Ligea, 290; The Occurrence of the Golden 

 Swamp Warbler {Profonotaria citrea) in Rhode Island, 290; 

 Capture of the ^^Summer Redbird on Long Island, 290; Vireo 

 j)hiladclpkiciis in Northern New York, 291 ; Vii-eo philadelphicus 

 in the Adirondack Region, 291 ; The Loggerhead Shrike again in 

 Massachusetts, 291 ; Notes on '■ Lanius crtstaius' and '^. boreali's' 

 of Nelson's 'Birds of Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean,' 291 ; 

 Probable Breeding of the Red Crossbill {Loxia cnvvirostra nmer- 

 .icaua) in Central Maryland, 293; The Probable Breeding-place 

 oi Passerculiis priuceps, 292; Calaniosfiza bicolor in Southern 

 California, 293; Eggs of the Cowbird in Nest of the Carolina 

 Dove, 293; Jtantkocephalus icterocephalus in Chester County, 

 S. C, 293; The Turkey Buzzard in Western New York, 293; 

 Occurrence of the Least Tern at San Diego, Cal., 294; Wilson's 

 Petrel in Western New York, 294; New Brunswick Winter Notes, 

 294; Second Addendum to List of Birds Ascertained to Occur 

 within ten miles from Point De Monts, Province of Qiiebec, 

 Canada; based chiefly upon the notes of Napoleon A. Comeau, 

 295- 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



An Ornithological Swindler, 295 ; Can we not have a Simple System 

 of Nomenclature } 297 ; A Lay View of 'Ornithophilologicalities,' 

 300. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Recent and Prospective Ornithological Publications, 304-306; Obit- 

 uary — Wilson Flagg, Edgar A. Small, Henry G. Vennor, 306; 

 Explorations, 307 ; Ridgway Ornithological Club, 307 ; First 

 International Ornithological Congress, 308. 



NUMBER IV. 



Page. 

 The Canada Goose {Beruicla canadensis). By James P. Hotvley ■ 309 

 Birds of the Lower Uruguay. By W. B. Bari'ozvs . ■ ■ 313 

 On some New Terms recommended for use in Zoological No- 

 menclature. By Professor Cones ...... 320 



A Study of the Singing of our Birds. By Eugene P. Bicknell . 322 

 The Distribution and Migration of Zonotrichia quernla. 'Qy 



W. W. Cooke . . . 32,^ 



Zoological Nomenclature. By y. A. Allen 33S 



Collecting in the Colorado Desert — Leconte's Thrasher. 



By F. Stephens 353 



Analecta Ornithologica. Third Series. By Leonhard Stejncgcr 358 

 A Note on the Genus Progne. By R. Bowdler Sharpe. For. Mevih. 



■ A. O. U . . 367 



A New Subspecies of Willow Grouse from Newfoundland. By 



Leonhard Stejneger ......... 3^9 



Second Meeting OF THE American Ornithologists' Union . . 369 



