CONTENTS. 



The Imperial Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Campephilus imperialis (Gould). By E. IV. Nel- 

 son. Plate III 217 



Descriptions of Supposed New Genera, Species, and Subspecies of American Birds. 



I. Fringillid.'E. By Robert Ridgway 223 



Notes on the Nesting of the Fork-tailed Petrel {Oceanodroma fiircaia). 'By Joseph 



MaUliard. ^3° 



Land Birds Observed in Midwinter on Santa Catalina Island, California. By 



Joseph Grimiell. ^33 



Geographical Races oy Harporhynchus redivivus. By Joseph Grinnell. 236 



The San Nicolas Rock Wren. By Joseph Grimiell ■ 237 



A Month with the Goldfinches. By Mary Emily Bruce. ....... 239 



Our Small Eastern Shrikes. By IVilliani Palmer 244 



Descriptions of Two New Birds from the Santa Barbara Islands, Southern Cali- 

 fornia. By E dgar A . Mearns 258 



Young Plumages of Mexican Birds. By RicJiard C. McGregor 264 



Description of a New Ammodramus from Lower California. By Richard C. McGregor. 265 



General Notes. — The Pacific YJA'a.-visks: {Rissa tridactyla pollicaris') yn. Lower California, 267 ; Cap- 

 ture of the Short-tailed Albatross on the coast of Southern California, 267: Wilson's Phalarope 

 (Stegajwpus tricolor) at Ocean City, N. J., 268 ; Unusual Nesting Site of Kingbird, 268 ; Karly 

 Arrival of the Kingbird at Cambridge, Mass., 268 ; Habits of the Blue Jay, 269 ; Probable Poly- 

 gamy of the Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscabis macrouriis), 269 ; McKay's Snowflake (Plectrop/ieHax 

 hyperboreus) at Bethel, Alaska, 269 ; Notes on the Black Seaside Finch {Amiiiodrainus iiigrescens), 

 270: Nesting Instincts of Swallows, 271; Notes on Generic Names of Certain Swallows, 271; 

 Accidental death of a Hooded Warbler iSylvania jititraia), 272 ; Notes on the Nesting of Palmer's 

 Thrasher at El Plomo, Sonora, Mexico, 272; Carolina Wren at Lyme, Conn., 274; Nesting Habits 

 of the 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 ; Hornaday on the Destruction of our Birds and Mammals, 2S0 ; 

 Sketches of Some Common Birds, 281 ; Oological Abnormalities, 281 ; Rowley's ' Art of Taxidermy,' 

 282 ; Birds of Los Angeles Co., Calif., 283 ; Sage's List of Portland, Conn., Birds, 284 ; Worcester 

 and Bourns's Contributions to Philippine Ornithology, 284; Publications Received, 285. 



Notes and News. — Obituary, — Osbert Salvin, Dr. George Baur, 286; Ornithological Exploration, 

 2S7 ; Connecticut Audubon Society, 28S ; Wisconsin Bird Day Law, 288. 



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