170 AUTHORS' INDEX 



— Has an egg of Lagnpus leucurus which resembles that of Tef/rao 

 angeUtm of Europe, ii., 13, 179— In conjunction with S. F. Bairdand 

 Robt. Rldgway — " A History of North American Birds ;" review of 

 same by the Editors, viii., 17, 26! — Letter to John Galvin, City For- 

 ester, Boston, asking certain questions about the English Sparrows be- 

 ing a benefit, etc. (extracted from the "Boston Transcript.") vili., 19, 

 307 — Statement that English Sparrows are thought a great deal of in 

 France, ix., 8, 144— "The Willet;" states that they breed as far 

 North as Halifax, N. S., and also iu the interior, ix., 31, 397 — "The 

 Nesting of the Snipe ; mentions several instances of their having bred 

 in Southern, New England and the Middle States, x., 6, 95 — "Rare 

 visitors ;" noting capture of Pyrangi Ivdoviciann at Lynn, Mass., Jan. 

 20, 1878. X., 12, 216— "The European Starling;" concerning their 

 song, xi., 4, 65 — "Bower and Gardener Birds." xi., 13, 259^Stat- 

 ing that the eggs of Pkoides areticus had been authenticated previous 

 to Mr. Merriani's taking them, xii., 8, 146 — A reply to Dr. Cqubs 

 concerning the English Sparrow, xii., 33, 444 -Notice of his paper 

 on the " Nests and Eggs of the Bight North American species of Mm- 

 pidonaces, " in the proceedings of the United States National Museum, 

 Vol, II. 



Brewster, Wm. vi. 1, 3 — "Winter Habits of Buzzard Hawks" at Cam- 

 bridge, Mass. vi., 7, 100 — Notice of his paper on Sterna portlandiea, 

 by Ernest Ingersoll ; this was published in the annals of the N. Y. 

 Lyceum of Natural History and the author gives reasons for consider- 

 ing it a peculiar plumage of the Arctic Tern. 



Briggs, W. A. vi., 7, lOO^Lists of winter and resident birds at Montpelier, 

 Vt. vi., 15. 333 — A few spring notes from Montpelier, Vt. 



Brovm, J. S. " xii., 9, 172 — "Quail in Pennsylvania;" believes they mi- 

 grate. 

 Brown, Nathan Clifford, xii., 14,265 — Notice of his article in "Lippincott's 



Magazine " for May, 1879, entitled •' Beach Birds." 

 Brown, Robert R. xii., 3, 46 — Bonaparte's Gull shot in Ontario, Canada, 



Aug. 36; 1878. 

 Browne, F. C. vii., 14, 212 — "Local Nomenclature ;" gunners' names at 

 Plymouth, Mass. vii., 16, 245 — Correcting errors made by printers 

 and explaining how some species get their local names, vii., 35, 388 

 — " An Avian Poet of the Seventeenth Century ;" gives extract from 

 ' a poem, in which mention is made of many of our birds, viii., 3, 33 

 — "Occurrence of the Black Rail in Mass.;" one taken on (.lark's 

 Island, Mass., in Aug. 1869 (previously recorded in "Nuttall Bulle- 

 tin." — H. B. B.) viii., 7, 96— A list of birds observed on and around 

 Clark's Island, Plymouth, Mass., between May 1 and Dec. 25, 1852. 

 X., 5, 76— "Spring Migration of Birds;" dates of arrival of twenty 

 common species at Framingham, Mass., for twenty-five years, xi., 1, 

 2— Nesting of the jNIessina Quail at Framingham, Mass. (he refers to 

 Gotum'X communin — H. B. B.). xii., 10, 185 — " Migration of Birds ;" 

 ' dates of arrival, etc., at Clark's Island, near Plymouth, Mass., from' 

 Miiy 1 to Dec. 26, 1852. 'xii., 10, 185— xii., 30, 385— "Migration of 

 Birds." 



Bnckland, Frank, v., 1, 4— "Pinnated Grouse in England;" respecting 

 future shipments of eggs. 



Buckley, S. B. vi., 6, 84— Note on Gambel's and Messina Quails in 



Texas. 

 B(yers), W. If. xi., 32, 440— Flesh of the Sage Grouse is good if the birds 



are drawn as soon as killed, xii., 16, 1507-" The Flesh of the Sage 



Grouse " 

 Bnrnham, S. E. ix., 35, 470 — About Ruffed Grouse. 



