VI 
Contents of Volume V. 
Duck Hawk (Falco communis) in Vermont, 57 ; Prowess of the Bald Eagle 
( Haliaetus leucocephalus), 57 ; Description of an unusual ( ? ) Plumage of 
Buieo harlani , 58; Note on Limosa hcemastica, 59; The Black Rail (Por- 
zana jamaieensis) in Kansas, 60; Breeding of Fuliyula collaris in South- 
eastern Minnesota, and a Description of its Nest and Eggs, 61; Notes on 
the Breeding Habits of some of the Water-Birds of St. Clair Flats, Michi- 
gan, 61; The King Eider at Buffalo, N.Y., 62; Capture of Phaethon 
Jlavirosiris in Western New York, 63; The Marsh and Sooty Terns in 
Maine, and other Birds rare to the State, 63 ; The Caspian Tern probably 
breeding in Florida, 64. 
NUMBER II. 
List of Occurrences of North American Birds in Europe. By J. 
J . Dalyleish 65 
Notes on the Winter Plumage of Leucosticte tephrocolis ; Sw., and L. 
tephrocotis var. littoralis , Bd. Bv Dr. J. C. Merrill , U. S. A. . . . 75 
Notes on the American Vultures ( Sarcorhnmphidaz ), with special 
reference to their Generic Nomenclature. By Robert Ridy way . 77 
On Recent Additions to the Ornithological Fauna of North 
America. By J. A. Allen 85 
Description of the Adult Plumage of Hierofalco yyrfalco obsoletus. By 
Robert Ridyway . . . . . . . . . . .92 
Notes and Queries concerning the Nomenclature of North Ameri- 
can Birds. By Dr. Elliott Cones , U. S. A 95 
Thomas Mayo Brewer. By the Editors 102 
RECENT LITERATURE. 
Henshaw’s Report on Collections made in California, Nevada, and Oregon, in 
1877-78, 105 ; Cory's Birds of the Bahama Islands, 107 ; McChesney’s Re- 
port on the Mammals and Birds of the Big Horn Region, Montana, 107 ; 
Brewer’s Addit'onrl Notes on New England Birds, 108; Kumlien’s Contri- 
butions to the Natural History of Arctic America, 109; Gibbs’s List of the 
Birds of Michigan, 110; Harvie-Brown on the Capercaillie in Scotland, 110; 
Sennett’s Notes on the Birds of the Lower Rio Grande of Texas, 111 ; 
Minot’s Diary of a Bird, 112; Minor Ornithological Papers, 112. 
GENERAL NOTES. 
Capture of the Stonechat near Eastport, Maine, 115 ; A Crossbilled Horned Lark, 
115; Capture of the Prothonotary Warbler ( Proionotaria citrea) near 
Philadelphia, 115; The Worm-eating Warbler ( Helmintherus vermivorus) 
breeding in Southern Connecticut, 116; The Large-billed Water Thrush 
( Slums motacilla) in Eastern Rhode Island, 116; Notes on some of the Rarer 
Birds of Long Island, N. Y., 116; The Large-billed Water Thrush at Lake 
George, N.Y., 117; Capture of the Connecticut Warbler ( Oporornis ayilis) 
in Spring at New Haven, Conn., 117 ; A New Warbler (Myiodioctes mitratus) 
for Massachusetts, 117; The Northern Waxwing ( Ampelis yarrulus) in 
Southern Illinois, 118; The Bohemian Waxwing in Northern New Y T ork, 
118; Breeding of the Loggerhead Shrike at Canton, New Y"ork, 118; The 
Greenfinch ( Liyurinus chloris) in Northern New York, 119; Capture of 
escaped Cage-birds having the Appearance of Wild Birds, 119; The Ipswich 
Sparrow ( Passerculus princeps ) at New Haven, Conn., 121; Breeding of 
