Contents of Volume XIV. 
Central Minnesota, 317; Breeding of the Goshawk in Pennsy|- 
vania, 317; Peculiar Nest of the Great Horned Owl, 318; Dis- 
gorgement among Song Birds, 318; An Unusual Song of the 
Red-winged Blackbird, 319; Spring Moult in Spcnus Pinus, 320; 
An earlier name for Ammodramus lecontezz, 320; The Seaside 
Sparrow (Ammodramus maritiémus) in Massachusetts, 320; 
What is fréngilla macgillivrayz, Aud? 320; The Seaside Spar- 
row (Ammodramus maritinus) at Middletown, R. I., 322; Breed- 
ing of the Seaside Sparrow in Massachusetts, 322; Bachman’s 
Sparrow in Virginia, 322; Breeding of the Rose-breasted Gros- 
beak at Beverly, INT Mon Bag. Odsal the Status of Lanius robustus 
Baird as a North American Bird, 323; Véreo flavoviridis in 
Nebraska —a correction, 323; Reappearance of the Mocking- 
bird at Portland, Maine, 324; A Mockingbird at Worcester, 
Mass., 324; Breeding of Sztta canadensis in Pennsylvania 324; 
A Novel Idea of a Tufted Titmouse, 325; Absence of Turdus 
aonalaschke pallasii at Tadousac, Quebec, in 1896, 325; A 
Great Flight of Robins in Florida, 325; Rare Birds in the Vicinity 
of Philadelphia, 326; A Few Notes on the Avifauna Colum- 
biana, 326; Northern New Jersey Notes, 326; Bird Notes from 
Massachusetts, 326; Three Birds rare in Framingham, Mass., 
327; Biblographical Note, 327. 
RECENT LITERATURE. 
Ridgway’s Birds of the Galapagos Archipelago, 329; Cooke’s Birds 
of Colorado, 331; Miller on Construction of Scientific Names, 
332; Chapman’s Notes on Birds observed in Yucatan, 333; 
‘Upon the Tree-Tops,’ 333; The Sharp-tailed Sparrows of 
Maine, 334; The Story of the Haralloncss 334; Bird-Nesting 
with a Camera, 335; Birds of Wellesley, 335; Nehrling’s Birds, 
Wolks lie 35i5 Chapman’ s ‘ Bird-Life,’ 336; Publications Received, 
340: 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
The A. O. U. Check-List, 340. 
NOTES AND NEWS. 
Obituary: Robert Hoe Lawrence, 342; Bird Protection, 342. 
NUMBER IV. 
THE WESTERN FIELD SPARROW (Sfézella pusilla arenacea CHAD- 
BOURNE). By Charles W. Richmond. (Plate III.) : : 
NovrEs ON THE Birps OF Fort SHERMAN, IpaHo. By j. C. Aler- 
_ rill, Major and Surgeon, U. S. Army 
Birps OBSERVED ON A COLLECTING TRIP TO " BERMUDEZ, VENE- 
ZUELA. By William Henry Phelps. WitH CRITICAL NOTES 
AND DESCRIPTIONS OF Two New Species, by Frank M. Chap- 
Man . . 
Tue HorNep Larks OF Marne. “By O. W. Knight 
