CONTE Nes: 
THE SpRING PLUMAGE OF THE BOBOLINK, WITH REMARKS ON ‘ CoLOR-CHANGE’ AND ‘ MouLt- 
ING. By Arthur P. Chadbourne, M.D. (Plate Ia.) 
REMARKS ON THE SPRING PLUMAGE OF THE BOBOLINK. By Frank M. Chapman. 
DESCRIPTIONS OF TEN New Spercres oF BIRDS DISCOVERED BY Dr. W. L. ABBOTT IN THE 
KritimanjAro ReGion oF East Arrica. By Charles W. Richmond. . , 6 154 
New Bars FROM THE ISLANDS AND PENINSULA OF LowWER CALIFORNIA. By A. W. Anthony. 164 
A PRELIMINARY LisT OF THE BIRDS OF OKANOGAN CouNTy, WASHINGTON. By William Leon 
Dawson. +» : : , x 5 n 5 : A 0 4 d : 
UOpscRIPTION OF A New PINE GrosBEAK FROM CALIFORNIA. - By William W. Price. : pay ents 
‘Critical REMARKS ON Custothorus palustris (WiLS.) AND 1TS WESTERN ALLiges. By Harry 
C. Oberholser. : tertoal ; : F : j ; : : ; 3 5 ae) 
fur UnusuaLt OccURRENCE OF BRUNNICH’S MuRRE (Uvia lomvia) FAR INLAND, WITH NOTES 
ON OTHER RARE Birps, By A. W. Butler. : pede : ah 5 A Pee. HOG, 
DESCRIPTION OF A NEw SpEcIES OF GUILLEMOT FROM THE Kurt Istanps. By Leonhard 
Stejneger. . : 5) : . 200 
GENERAL Notes. — Murres in Western New York, 202; Unusual Occurrence of Briinnich’s Murre at 
Beverly, New Jersey, 202; Briinnich’s Murre (Urza lonevia) at Newberne, N. C.. 202; Briinnich’s 
Murre and King Eider at Cape Charles, Virginia, 202; Urza Jomevia 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 Pudligula collaris, 206; Dafilula,a New Sub- 
genus, 207; 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 to the A. O. U. List, 
209; The Occurrence of Tryngites subrujficollis in the New England States, 209; Status of Helodro- 
murs 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 Numentus borealis in 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, 216; Swainson’s Hawkin Michigan, 216; Note on Alanus glaucus, 216; 
The Roadrunner as a Destroyer of Caterpillars, 217; How the Chimney Swift secures Twigs for its 
Nest, 217; Probable First Description of E7zpidonax flaviventris, 218; Two New Birds for Maine, 
219; The Redpoll in Maryland, 2:9; Bachman’s Sparrow in Maryland, 219; The Seaside Sparrow, 
(Ammodranus maritimus) at Middletown, R. L, 219; Henslow’s Bunting (A mmodramus henslowz) 
Found Breeding at Plymouth, Michigan, 220; Occurrence of Zonotrichza albicollis in California, 221; 
How about the Genus Pzf7/o now?~221; The Bahaman Swallow in Florida, 221; Geothlypis agilis 
a Possible Breeder in Northern Minnesota, 222; Untenability of the Genus Sylvanza Nutt., 223 ; 
The Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovictanus) at Inwood-on-Hudson, New York City, 224; The 
Mockingbird at Portland, Maine, in Winter, 224; Turdus lawrencid Coues, 225: Some New Records 
for Central New York, 226 ; Lake Michigan Bird Notes, 227; Sundry Notes, 228; The most General © 
Fault of the A. O. U. Check-List, 229. 
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; Elliots’ Catalogue of a Collection of Birds from Somali-Land, 
245; Anderson’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; Schalow’s the Published Writings of Anton Reichenow, 248; Publica- 
tions Received, 248. : ‘ 
CorRESPONDENCe.— Captive Wild Birds, 251; A Desirable Substitute for Carbon Disulphide as an Insec- 
ticide, 251 ; 
Notes anp News.— Obituary: Charles E. Bendire, 353; Heinrich Gatke, 254; Platte M. Thorne, 254; 
New Publications, 255; Protection of Birds, 257; Errata, 258. 
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