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past two or three years" by baymen in Tuckerton and Big Bays, near 

 Little Egg Harbor Inlet. 



200. Screech Oivl {^Scops asio^ in Confinement. Ibid., XVIII, No. 6, 

 pp. 106, 107, March 9, 1882. 



201. Shore Birds in Grenada. By "Certhiola." /^/cf., XVIII, No. 7, 

 p. 127, March 16, 1882. — Dates of arrival of 11 species. 



202. Ornithological Nomenclature. By Everett Smith, /^/(f., XVIII, 

 No. 8, p. 145, March 23, 1882. — An earnest protest against various recent 

 changes and innovations in the nomenclature of North American birds. 



203. The New Chreck List. By Elliott Coues. Ibid. , XVIII, No. 9, 

 pp. 166, 167, March 30, 1882. — Announcing the new edition of the author's 

 Check List as nearly ready for publication and giving an extract of several 

 paragraphs from the "Introduction," anent the article last above-cited. 



204. Winter Notes. The Winter of 18S1-2 in Le%vis County, Northern 

 New York. By C. Hart Merriam, M. D. Ibid., XVIII, No. 11, p. 207, 

 April 13, 1S82. — An article, nearly a page in length, chiefly ornithological. 



205. Early Birds in Maine. By Everett Smith. Ibid., XVIII, No. 

 II, p. 208, April 13, 1882. 



206. Red-headed Woodpeckers in Maine. By Everett Smith. Ibid., 

 XVIII, No. II, p. 208, April 13, 1882. — Their recent appearance in Maine. 



207. Spring Notes. Ibid., XVIII, No. 14, p. 266, May 4, 1882.— Three 

 short articles relating respectively to (i) Kings County, Nova Scotia (by 

 J. M. J[ones].), (2) Taunton, Mass. (by J. C. Cahoon), and (3) Deering, 

 Me. (by J. E. M.), noting the arrival of birds at these localities. 



208. Cardinal Redbird winters in New York. By Louis A. Zerega. 

 Ibid., XVIII, No. 15, p. 286, May 11, 1882. — The Cardinalis virginiana 

 stated to be a permanent resident in Central Park, New Yoi^k City. 



209. Spring Notes. Ibid., XVIII, No. 16, p. 305, May 18, 1882.— Four 

 short papers relating to (i) Philadelphia, signed "Homo"; (2) Portland, 

 Conn., by Jno. H. Sage; (3) Bay Ridge, L. I., by A. L. Townsend ; (4) 

 Cleveland, O., by Seym. R. Ingersoll. 



210. Odd Nesting Places. By Col. Culver. Ibid., XVIII, No. 16, p. 

 305, May 18, 1882. — Of Cotile riparia, Coccygus crythrophthalmus, 

 Turdus migratorius, and Melospiza melcda. 



211. The Music of Nature. Our Wood Thrushes. By B. Horsford. 

 Ibid., XVIII, No. 17, p. 326, May 25, 1882. —Description of the birds and 

 their songs, with an attempt to indicate their notes by use of the musical 

 scale. 



212. Birds and Electric Lights. By W. N. B[yers.?] /*«£/., XVIII, 

 No. 19, p. 366, June 8. — Destruction of large numbers of birds by flying 

 against the framework of electric light tovyers in Denver, Col. 



213. Remarkable Flight of Warblers. By F. C. Browne. Ibid., 

 XVIII, No. 20, p. 386, June 15, 1882. —In Eastern Massachusetts, May 21 

 and succeeding days. 



214. Some Oological Notions. By Lew Vanderpoel. Ibid., XVIII, No. 

 21, p. 407, June 22, 1882.— Notes, among other things, that the eggs of the 

 same species are almost invariably larger in the North than in the South, 



