Contenis of Volume XV. V 



NUMBER II. 



With Boii-wiiiTE in Mexico. By E. W. Nelson. (Plate II.) • 115 



C^SuMMEK Birds OK Sitka, Alaska. Hy Joseph Grinnell. . . . 122 



The Summer J3iri)s of the West Virginia Si'Ruce Belt. By Williavi 



C. Jiives, M. D 131 



Nesting Habits of Anthony's Vireo. By C. TV. and J. H. Boxvlcs. 138 

 Petrels of Southern California. Bj A. W. Anthony. . . 140 



The Economic Value of the White-bellied Nuthatch and 



Black-capped Chickadee. By E. Dxvight Sanderson. . . 144 

 Notes on Certain Species of Mexican Birds. By E. JV. Nelson. 155 

 Breeding Habits of the American Robin {Merulu migratoyia) 



IN Eastern Massachusetts. "Qy Reginald Ileber Iloxve, Jr. . 162 

 The Terns of Muskeget Island, Massachusetts. By George H. 



Mackay. . 16S 



- Some New Races of Birds from Eastern North America. By 



Outram Bangs. . . . . . . • • . -173 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Brunnich's Murre (Uria lomvia) at Ottawa, Canada, 183; Ross's Gull 

 {Rhodnstethia rosea^ on Bering Island, 183; The Scarlet Ibis — A 

 Correction, 1S3; Colinus virginianus in Peculiar Plumage, 184; The 

 Passenger Pigeon {Eciopisles migratorius) in Wisconsin and Ne- 

 braska, 184; Geotrygon chrysia again at Key West, 185; The Cali- 

 fornia Vulture in Santa Barbara Co., Cal., 185 ; Occurrence of the 

 Spotted Screech Owl {Megascops aspersus) in Arizona, 1S6; Great 

 Gray Owl {Scotiaftex cinerea) in Minnesota, 186; Note on Speotyto 

 cunicularia obscura Stephens, 187 ; Amazilia cerviniventris chalconota 

 — A Correction, 18S ; Lewis's Woodpecker Storing Acorns, 18S ; 

 Occurrence of Leconte's Sparrow {Ainmodrainiis leconteii) at Ithaca, 

 N. Y., 188; The Sea-side Sparrow on Cape Cod in Winter, and other 

 Notes, 189; Lincoln's Sparrow in New Brunswick, 1S9 , Rank of the 

 Sage Sparrow, 190 ; Wintering of the Towhee [Pipilo erythrophthal- 

 mus) at Rockaway Beach, L. I., 190; The Rose-breasted Grosbeak in 

 California, 190; The Philadelphia V^ireo [Vireo philadelphicus), 191 ; 

 Cairns's Warbler {Dendroica ccericlescens cairnsi) in Georgia on 

 Migration, 192; Carolina Wren at Lyme, Conn., in Winter, 192; 

 Long-billed Marsh Wren in New Brunswick, 192; Birds Nesting 

 under Electric Arc-light Hoods, 193 ; The Use of Hornets' Nests by 

 Birds, 193; Some Corrections, 193; Revival of the Sexual Passion 

 in Birds in Autumn, 194; Remarkable Ornithological Occurrences 

 in Nova Scotia, 195; Occasional Visitants at San Geronimo (Nicasio 

 Township), Marin Co., California 196; California Bird Notes, 197. 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Audubon and His journals, 198; Miss Merriam's 'Birds of Village and 

 Field,' 206; Hair and Feathers, 207; Baur on Birds of the Galapagos 

 Archipelago, 207 ; Bulletin of the B. O- C, 208; Publications Re- 

 ceived, 20S. 



