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RECENT LITERATURE. 



Brewster on Birds observed in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 379; Collins's 

 Notes on the Sea Birds of the Fishing Banks, 380; Stejneger on 

 Trinomials in American Ornithology, 3S1 ; Baird, Brewer, and 

 Ridgwaj's Water Birds of North America, 3S2 ; Cones and Pren- 

 tiss's 'Avifauna Columbiana.' 386: Ridgway on Rare Neotropical 

 Birds, 386; Ridgway on the Pied Wagtails of Eastern Asia, 387; 

 Lawrence on New Species of American Birds, 387; Jouy on Birds 

 collected in Japan, 3S7 ; Publications Received, 387. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Another Kirtland's Warbler from Michigan, 389; Geothlypis tric/ias 

 wintering in Massachusetts, 389; The Yellow-breasted Chat and 

 Summer Redbird in Canada, 3S9; Breeding of Passcrciiltis pri?i- 

 rc^s on Sable Island, 390; The Cardinal Grosbeak breeding in 

 Brooklyn, N. Y., 390; The Orchard Oriole {Icierus spurius) in 

 Western Vermont, 390: The Crow {Corviis frugivorus) as a 

 Fisherman, 391 ; Odd Nesting-site of a Great-crested Flycatcher, 

 391 ; Duck Hawks breeding in the Helderberg Mountains, New 

 York, 391 ; Hybrid between Pcdicecetes phasia7ielhis and Ciipi- 

 donia ciipido, 391; Notes on Lagopus leuc?inis, 392; Eskimo 

 Curlew at San Diego, Cal., 392 ; Nesting of the Little Black Rail 

 in Connecticut, 392; The Widgeon in Maine in February, 394; 

 Pelicans on the Move, 395 ; Capture of Megalesiris skua oflf the 

 Coast of Cape Cod, Mass., 395; Brachyrhaniphus hypoleucus off 

 the Coast of Southern California, 396; 'Avifauna Columbiana' — 

 a Protest. 396; Notes on Certain Birds observed on a Voyage 

 from Livei-pooi to Q^jebec in September, 1883, 398. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



The Generic Name Troglodytes^ 400; Strickland as an Advocate of 

 •LiimcEus at '58,' 400; Indian Bird Names, 400; A New Element 

 in Diagnosis, 402. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



National Museum Exhibit of Birds at the New Orleans Exhibi- 

 tion, 403 ; The Bird Collection of the National Museum, 403 ; The 

 Ridgway Ornithological Club, 404; 'Texas und seine Ornis,' 404; 

 English Bird Names — Vireo 7'.s-. Greenlet, and Junco t'5. Snowbird, 

 404. 



Index ............. 405 



