CONTENTS OF VOLUME V. 
NUMBER I. 
Page 
Notes on the Habits and Distribution of the Philadelphia Vireo 
( Vireo philadelphi cus). By William Brewster ...... 1 
Remarks on the Nidification of Loxia curvirostra americana , with a 
Description of its Nest and Eggs. By Eugene P. Bicknell . . 7 
A Contribution to the Ornithology of Minnesota. By Thomas S. 
Roberts and Franklin Benner .11 
On the Nesting in Missouri of Empidonax acadicus and Empidonax trailli. 
By Dr. Elliott Coues , U. S. A 20 
Additional Cases of Albinism and Melanism in North American 
Birds. By Rutliven Deane 25 
On Six Species of Birds new to the Fauna of Illinois, with Notes 
on other Rare Illinois Birds. By Robert Ridgway . . .30 
An Afternoon in the Vicinity of St. Michael’s, Alaska. By E. 
W. Nelson . 33 
On Current Objectionable Names of North American Birds. By 
Robert Ridgway 36 
. RECENT LITERATURE 
Ingersoll’s Nests and Eggs of Amer'can Birds, 38 ; The Misses Jones and Shulze’s 
Nests and Eggs of Ohio Birds, 39; Coues’s Biography of American Orni- 
thology, 40; Ridgway on the Species of the Genera Scops and Tyrannus , 
41 ; McChesney’s Notes on the Birds of Fort Sisseton, Dakota Territory, 42 ; 
Minor Ornithological Papers, 43. 
GENERAL NOTES. 
A Black Robin ( Turdus migratorius), 46; Interesting Birds found on Long 
Island, N.Y., 46; The Blue-gray Gnatcatcher in Massachusetts, 47 ; Nest 
and Eggs of Parus montanus , 47; Nesting of the Blue Yellow-backed War- 
bler in Southern Georgia, 48; The Tennessee Warbler destructive to Grapes, 
48; Blue-winged Yellow Warbler in New England, 48 ; Description of the 
Female Dendroeca kirtlandi, 49; Note on Opororms agilis, 50; The Redstart 
in Washington Territory, 50; Additional Record of the Loggerhead Shrike 
in Maine, 50; The Nesting of the Common Crossbill, 50; Coturniculus 
lecontei , 51; Ammodromus caudacutus a Summer Resident in Southern 
Maine, 52; Note on Peuccea illinoensis , 52; Zonotrichia albicollis nesting 
in Eastern Massachusetts, 52 ; Chondestes grammica and Vireo philadel- 
pldcus in Massachusetts, 53; Late Breeding of the Blue Grosbeak, 53; The 
Western Meadow Lark in Northeastern Iowa, 53 ; Eastward Range of the 
Western Meadow Lark, 53 ; Chordtles popetue minor in Florida, 54; Habits 
of Vaux’s Swift, 55; Eggs of Pichs albolarvatus, 56; The Black-backed 
Jfjee-toad Woodpecker in Massachusetts, 56; Goldeii-winged Woodpeckers 
nesting in a Natural Cavity in a Decayed Tree, 56 ; Nesting of the 
