Contents of Volume XV. 



Connecticut, 53; A Black Vulture near Qiiebec, Canada, 53; Black 

 Gvrfalcon {Falco rusiicolus obsoletus) in Rhode Island, 54 ; Golden 

 Eagle in New Jersey, 54; A New Name for Dryobates v. montanus, 

 54 ; Sennett's Night-hawk ( Chordeiles vtrginiamis setmetti) at Madi- 

 son, Minn., 54; The Northern Raven breeding in New England, 55 ; 

 The Starling (Siurnus vulgaris) on Long Island, N. Y., 55; The 

 Song of the Western Meadowlark, 56; The White-crowned Sparrow 

 {^Zonotrichia leiicophrys^ on Long Island, N. Y., 58; The Rank of the 

 Sage Sparrow, 58 ; The Blue-winged Warbler {Helmitithophila finus) 

 in Eastern Massachusetts, 59; The Chestnut-sided Warbler in Eastern 

 Kansas, 59; The Aerial Song of the Maryland Yellow-throat, 59; 

 Mockingbird [Mimjts polyglottos) at Taunton, Mass., 59; Late Nesting 

 of the Carolina Wren in Monongalia Co., W. Va., 60; Hemiura 

 leucogastra (Gould) — A Correction, 60; Bicknell's Thrush on Mt. 

 Ktaadn, Maine, 60 ; Two species new to the List of Birds found in 

 West Virginia, 61 ; Lake Michigan Notes, 61. 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Elliot's Shore Birds, 2d Ed., 63 ; Elliot's Gallinaceous Game Birds of 

 North America, 63 ; Gibson's 'Studio Neighbors,' 65 ; 'Bird Neigh- 

 bors,' 66 ; The New ' Birdcraft,' 66 ; Dixon's ' Migration of Birds,' 67 ; 

 Marsh on the Affinities of Hes^perot-nis, 70; Stone on the Genus 

 Sturnella, 70; The Proper Name of the Western Horned Owl, 71 ; 

 'Nature's Diary,' 71; Baskett's 'The Story of the Birds,' 71 ; Chap- 

 man's 'Bird-Life,' colored edition, 72; Montgomery's ' List of the 

 Birds of West Chester, Chester Co., Pa.,' 72; Grinnell on the Birds 

 of Santa Barbara, San Nicolas, and San Clemente Islands, California, 

 73; Publications Received, 73. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



Habits of the Maryland Yellow-throat, 75 ; the Fauna of Muskeget 

 Island — A Protest, 75. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Public Meeting of the New York Audubon Society, 78; Miss M. R. 

 Audubon's 'Audubon and His Journals,' 78; Personals, 79; New 

 York Zoological Society, 79; A. O. U. Committee on Bird Pro- 

 tection, 80. 



Report of the A. O. U. Committee on Protection of North 

 American Birds. . . . . . . . . . .81 



