Contents of Volume XV. vli 



Hooded Warliler {Sylvautd mitrata), 2']2; Notes on the Nesting of 

 Piilincr's Thrasher at El Plomo, Sonora, Mexico, 272 ; Carolina Wren 

 at Lyme, Conn., 274; Nesting Habits of tlie Robin, 274; Notes from 

 Ontario, 274; An Addition and a Correction to the List of North 

 Carolina Birds, 275. 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Two New Popular Bird Books, 275 ; Cory's Ducks, Geese and Swans, 278; 

 Chapman on Mexican Birds, 279 ; Hornadaj on the destruction of 

 our Birds and Mammals, 280 ; Sketches of Some Common Birds, 

 281; Oological Abnormalities, 2S1 ; Rowley's 'Art of Taxidermy,' 

 282; Birds of Los Angeles Co., Calif., 283 ; Sage's List of Portland, 

 Conn., Birds, 2S4 ;' Worcester and Bourns's Contributions to Philip- 

 pine Ornithology, 284 ; Publications Received, 285. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 



Obituary, — Osbert Salvin, Dr. George Baur, 286; Ornithological Explo- 

 rations, 287 ; Connecticut Audubon Society, 288 ; Wisconsin Bird Day 

 Law, 288. 



NUMBER IV. 



Kirtland's Warbler {Dcndroicn kirflandi). By Frank M. Chaf- 



man. Plate IV. .......... 289 



Canon XL, A. O. U. Code. By D. G. Elliot, F. R. S. E. . . 294 



A Defense of Canon XL of the A. O. U. Code. '&y J. A. Allen. 29S 



Description of a New North American Thrush. By Harry C. 



Obcrhohcr. ........... 303 



The Summer Birds of San Miguel County New Mexico. B}' 



Walton I. Mitchell. \ 306 



Avifauna of the Revillagigedo Islands. By A. W. Anthony. . 311 

 ^ New Species, etc., of American Birds. — II. Fringillid^ (con- 

 tinued). Bj' Robert Ridgxvay. ....... 319 



Description of a New Species of Hummingbird from Arizona. 



By Robert Rido-xvay. ......... 325 



Description of a New Species of Gymnostinops. By Charles W. 



Riclimond. ........... 326 



Breeding Habits of the Solitary Sandpiper ( Totamis soli- 

 tar ius). By C. K. Clarke, M. D 32S 



