J4 li'OUEST AND mii^AM 



ComiBon ; arriTS« April 1 to 10 ; breed about Miv 6 ; depart frotd 

 the l3tto the 15th Oct. — A. B. Covert, viii., 10, 146 — Nut a common 

 summer resident at Websfer, N. H.— Cbas. F. Goodhue, riii., 22, 

 361— Found in Michigan— "Archer" (G. A. Stockwell). x., 13, 215 

 — Breed near Astoria, Long Island — Franklin Benner. 



Ardetta exilis. Least Bittern, i.,7, 105 — Short account of this species by 

 the Editors, ii.,7, 103 — Has takes the breast into a darkroom and found 

 it of the same nature as, fox-flre or decomposed wood, and believoa 

 the bird can throw out a light at niftht — " Homo " (^Chas. 8. Westcott). 

 ii. , 11, 163 — Rarely seen in the Lake Okeechobee region, Florida — 

 Fred A. Obpr. 'vi., 19, 301 — Noticed one at Muachajn Lake, N. Y., 

 April 13, 1876— A. R. F'lller. vi., 34, 386— One observed at River- 

 dale, N. T., May 31, 1876— E. P. Bicknell. vii., 3, 30— Rare near 

 Trenton between June 5 and 30, 1876 ; a nest found in 1873— C. C. 

 Abbott, vii., 4, 53 — Rare in Central New York; breeds — H. G. 

 Fowler, vii., 10, 147 — Very rare summer visitor at Ann Arbor, 

 Mich.; arrives middle of AprU; breed about June 5 ; dcpirt the last 

 of September — A. B. Covert, viii., 33, 861 — Found in Michigan — 

 "Archer" (G. A. Stockwell). x., 13, 335- Mr. Bob't Lawrence has 

 a specimen taken on Flushing Meadows, Long Island — N. T. Law- 

 rence. 



Arizona Chipping' Sparrow. See Spizella socialis miaoncB. 



Arkansas Flycatcher. See Tyrcmnus verticalis. 



Ash- throated Flycatcher. See Myiarchus cinerasaena. 



Astnr atricapiUus. Goshawk, i., 26, 404 — Is abundant in winter in New 

 England — F. B. iiL, 4, 53 — Found in Newfoundland — ^M. Harvey, 

 iv., 34, 374 — Short account of this species — J. H. Batty, vi., 5, 67— 

 One shot at Kennet, Pa., Jan. 1, 1873, in the second year's plumage— 

 C. F. P. vi., 6, 84— Retire north from Missachusetta between March 

 10 and 30 — J. A. Allen, vii., 31, 335 — Not a very rare summer resi- 

 dent in Yates County, N. Y.; used to breed on Italy Hills, Yates 

 County; perhaps a few winter — J. B. Gilbert, viii., 8, llS^Bareat 

 Webster, N. H., but more common in winter — Chas. F. Goodhue, 

 viii., 15, 234— ^Found in Michigan "Archer " (G. A. Stockwell). xiL, 

 13, 345 — ^Common in Nova Scotia — J. Matthew Jones. 



Asyndesmus torqnatns, Lewis' Woodpecker, v., 17, 360— Found com- 

 mon in the Black Hills in 1874 by Geo. Bird Grinnell — Ernest Inger- 

 soU. \ii., 36, 404 — Noticed in Southeastern Wyoming Aug. 1, 1875 

 — A. G. Brackett. xii., 19, 365 — Abundant in the mountains ; adult 

 and newly fledged young were secured near Como, Wyoming — G. B.i 

 Grinnell. 



Audubon's Warbler. See Dendrceca auduboni}. 



Auk. Great, See Aha impennis. 



Auk. Little, See Mergulus alle. 



Auk. Eazor-billed, See Vtamania tarda. 



Avocet. Sae Becurvirostra americana. 



Baird's Sandpiper. See Tringa bairdu. 



Bald Eagle. See Haliwi/us leueoeephaius. 



Baldpate. See Mwreca americana. 



Baltimore Oriole. See Icterus baltimore. 



Banded Three-toed Woodpecker. See Pieoides americanus. 



Bank SwaUow. See Ootyle riparia. 



Barnacle Goose. See Branta leucopHs. 



Barn Owl. See Strix flammea americana. 



Bam Swallow. See Hirundo Twrreorum. 



Barred Owl. See Symiwn nebuhm/m. 



