CONTENTS. 



Vol. IX., No. 5, May, 1884. 



Migration in the Mississippi Valley, \ Prot w w „ 4g 



Map, and list of Stations and Observers j " ' ' 



The Ruby-throated Hummingbird, ( Trochilus colubris) E. M. Hasbrouk 52 



Notes from Smithville, Georgia, "....-. .W. B. H 53 



Notes on Birds of the Northwest Region, Part H Chas. F. Morrison 54 



Migration Observations in Austro-Hungary Editor 56 



Gastro-oological J. M. W 57 



Notes from Warwick Neck, R. I H. A. Talbot 58 



Golden Eagle, (Aquila chrysaetus,) Will. Steinbeck 58 



The Lark Pinch, (Ohondestes grammica, Bonap.) H. Nehrling 59 



Birds of the " Panhandle," W. Va., Part HI Rev. W. E. Hill 59 



Brief Notes — 



A Rare Bird J. P. Whiting 61 



The Screech Owl H" ^ C , LAKK - • I 61 



(P. T. Jencks. j 



Notes from Taftsville, Vt C. O. T 62 



The Evening Grosbeak, {H. vespertina,) Vernon Bailey. . , 6i 



Notes from Grand Rapids, Mich Robt. H. Wolcott 62 



Tameness of the Golden-crested Kinglet A. H. Wood 62 



Migration Note , G. H. Ragsdale 62 



Coues' Key to North American Birds Editor 62 



Publications received 62 



Correspondence : Notes from Hartland, Vt. ; The Black-backed Woodpecker ; New 

 York Laws as to Bird Collecting ; Bleaching Bones, receipts, &c 62 



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