CONTENTS. 



Vol. 1, No. 5. 



May, 1888. 



My Set of Haliicetus Leucocephalus Le grand Theodore Meyer. .33 



Instructions for Collecting and Preserving Birds and Eggs J. A. Singley 35 



Notes on Some of the Winter Birds of Chester County, Pa. . . W. L. Maris 37 



The Audubon Monument, (with engraving) 39 



Editorial 40 



Publications Received 40 



Collecting in New York H. A. Carhart 41 



Notes on Some Birds of Texas J. A. Singley 42 



Nesting of the Nashville Warbler in Fulton County, 111. . . .Philo W. Smith, Jr 44 



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