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Notes on A CAptive Hermit Turusu. By Daniel E. Owen j : ¥ : 5 I 
Recent INVESTIGATIONS OF THE Foop or European Birps. By F#. £. ZL. Beal. . : SE 
Some Notes on THE NestinG Hapits 0F THE WHITE-TAILED Kite. By Chester Barlow. . ~ 14 
Rerort OF THE A. ©. U. CommitrTEE oN PRoTEcTION oF NorTH AMERICAN Brrps, By 
William Dutcher. . : : . A ; ; A : : > ‘ 5 e Se 21 
EyipeNcE SUGGESTIVE OF THE OCCURRENCE oF ‘ INDIVIDUAL DicHRoMA‘IsM’ IN Megascops 
Asio. By Arthur P. Chadbourne, M.D. ( Plate 1.) 0 b é 33 
ZAMELODIA AGAINST Hapia. By Dr. Zlliott Coues. ; : x : : 5 A 5 . 39. 
PRELIMINARY DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW Birps FROM Mexico AND GUATEMALA IN THE COLLEC- S 
TION OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. By &. W., Nelson. . 3 42 
DEscRIPTION OF A New Supspecies oF Dendroica. By Harry C. Oberholser. 3 9 76 
On THE NOMENCLATURE OF CERTAIN Forms OF THE DowNy WoopPECKER (Dryobates pube- : 
scens). By William Brewster. , : : s 5 : : : : : : 5 of OO 
FourTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE AMERICAN OrNiTHOLOGISTS’ Union. By John H. Sage. f 82 
GENERAL Notges— The Nostrils in Young Cormorants, 87: Labrador Duck, 87; Nesting of the Larger 
White-cheeked Goose (Branta canadensis occidentalis) in Okanogan County, Washington, 87; 
A New Bird for the Virginias, 88; Asarcia spinosa, 88; The Passenger- Pigeon ( ctofistes migra- 
torius) in Lewis County, N. Y., 88; Melopelia leucoptera in Osceola County, Florida, 88; The 
® California Vulture in Alberta, 89; Golden Eagle (Aguila chrysaétos) taken near New Haven, 
Conn., 89; Abundance of Owls on the Coast of British Coiumbia, 89; The Cuculide of the A. O. U. 
List, 90; Broad-tailed Hummingbird in California, 91; Authority for the Name AZyzarchus mexica 
nus, 92; Hepburn’s Leucosticte ( Lezcosticte tephrocotis littoralis ) in Summer in Okanogan County, 
Washington, y2; Ammodramus ( Passerculus) sanctorum, 923; Occurrence of Baird’s Sparrow 
(Ammodranus brrdiz) in Washington, 93; Acadian Sparrow in Yates County, N. Y., 93; Note on 
Junco annectens Baird and J. ridgwxyi Mearns, 94; Rectifications of Synonymy of the Genus Juzco, 
94; Spiza americana near Kingston, New York, 95; Correct Nomenclature of the Texas Cardinal, 
95; Natural Breeding Haunts of the Barn Swallow (Chelédon erythrogaster), 95; Characters of 
Dendroica cerulescens cairnst, 96°; Dendroica cerulea vs Dendroica rara, 97; Note on the Genus 
Lucar of Bartram, 97; Breeding of the Carolina Wren (Vzryothorus ludovicianis) on Long Island, 
N. Y..97; A Remarkable Nest of the Tufted Titmouse (Pars bicolor), 98; The Whistled Call of 
Parus vtricapillus common to both Sexe’, 9); Passer domesticus at Archer, Fla., and other Florida 
Notes, 99; Records of Two Birds rare on Long Island, N. Y., 99; Unusual Visits of Birds in 
Western Massachusetts during 1896, 100; The Michigan Ornithological Club, ror. 
ReceNT LirERATURE— Sharpe’s Catalogue of the Limicole, 102; Bendire’s ‘ Life Histories of North 
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American Birds,’ 104; Bird-Nesting with a Camera, 106; Thompson’s Art Anatomy, 106; Miss 
Merriam’s ‘ A-Birding on a Bronco’, 107; ‘ Papers Presentéd to the World’s Congress of Ornithol- 
ogy’, 108; The Revised New Nuttall, ro9; Millais on Change to Spring Plumage without a Moult, — 
109; Wintle’s ‘ Birds of Montreal’, r12 ; Oberholser’s Birds of Wayne County, Ohio, 112; Publications 
Received, 113. 4 : 
Nores anp News.— Obituary— Howard Gardiner Nichols, 115; Amendments to the A. O. U. By-Laws, 
115; New Publications, 115; Velocity of Flight of Ducks, 116; A. O U. Committee on Bird Protec- 
tion, 116. > 
E1icHtH SuPPLEMENT TO THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGIST’S UNION CHEcK-List oF NortH AMER-. ~ 
ICAN BiIRDs. : : 117 
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