Contents of Volume XTV. 
GENERAL NOTES. 
Murres in Western New York, 202; Unusual Occurrence of Briinnich’s 
Murre at Beverly, New Jersey, 202; Briinnich’s Murre (Ura 
lomvia) at Newberne, N. C., 202; Briinnich’s Murre and King 
Eider at Cape Charles, Virginia, 202; Uréa lomvia in South 
Carolina, 203; The Terns of Dyer’s and Weepecket Islands, 203; 
The Nostrils of Young Cormorants, 205; The Canvas-back Duck 
in Massachusetts, 206; Type Locality of Fuligula collaris, 206; 
Dafilula, a new Subgenus, 206; The Lesser Snow Goose in New 
England, 207; Branta bernicla glaucogastra, 207; The Wood 
Ibis in Virginia and Maryland, 208; A North American Snipe 
New tothe A. O. U. List, 209; The Occurrence of Tryngites 
subruficollis in the New England States, 209; Status of Helodro- 
mas ochropus in the A. O. U. List, 210; Status of the Redshank 
as a North American Bird, 211; The Avocet (Recurvirostra 
americana) at Ipswich, Mass., 212; The 1896 Migration of 
Charadrius dominicus and Numenzus boreal’sin Massachusetts, 
212; Validity of the Genus Lophortyx, 214; Notes on the Mexican 
Ground Dove, 215; Another Golden Eagle in Connecticut, 215; 
Northern Hawks in Massachusetts, 217; Swainson’s Hawk in 
Michigan, 216; Note on 2lanus glaucus, 216; The Roadrunner 
as a Destroyer of Caterpillars, 217; How the Chimney Swift 
secures Twigs for its Nest, 217; Probable First Description of 
Empidonax flaviventris, 218; Two New Birds for Maine, 219; 
The Redpollin Maryland, 219; Bachman’s Sparrow in Maryland, 
219; The Seaside Sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus) at Middle- 
town, R.I., 219; Henslow’s Bunting (Ammodramus henslow?) 
found Breeding at Plymouth, Michigan, 220; Occurrence of 
Zonotrichia albicoll’s in California, 221; How about the Genus 
Pipilo now? 221; The Bahaman Swallow in Florida, 221; Geo- 
thlypis agitlz’s a possible Breeder in Northern Minnesota, 222; 
Utenability of the Genus Sylvanza Nutt., 223; The Carolina 
Wren (Tkryothorus ladovicianus) at Inwood-on-Hudson, New 
York City, 224; The Mockingbird at Portland, Maine. in Winter, 
‘224; Turdus lawrencit Coues, 225; Some New Records for 
Central New York, 226; Lake Michigan Bird Notes, 227; Sun- 
dry Notes, 228; The most General Fault of the A. O. U. Check- 
List, 220. 
RECENT LITERATURE. 
Ridgway’s ‘ Manual of North American Birds,’ Second Edition, 232; 
Goode’s ‘The Published Writings of Philip Lutley Sclater,’ 
233; Newton’s Dictionary of Birds: Part IV, 234; Bates’s ‘ The 
Game Birds of North America,’ 244; Butler on a Century of 
Changes in the Aspects of Nature in Indiana, 245; Elliot’s Cata- 
logue of a Collection of Birds from Somali-Land, 245: Ander- 
son’s Birds of Winnebago and Hancock Counties, Iowa, 246; 
Ricker’s Notes on the Birds of Hull, Mass., 246; Howe’s Birds of 
Brookline, Mass., 246; Tegetmeier’s ‘ Pheasants,’ 246; Bird- 
Nesting with a Camera, 247; A List of the Birds of Florida, 247; 
Cory’s List of the Birds of Eastern North America, 248; Scha- 
low’s the Published Writings of Anton Reichenow, 248; Publica- 
tions Received, 248. 
