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Auriparus flavifrons, 46. 
Avocet, 109. 
Aythya americana, 61. 
Bagg, Egbert, Jr., nest of Dendrceca 
ccerulescens, 238. 
Bartramia, 100. 
longicauda, 100. 
Basileuterus brasheri, 239. 
brasieri, 239. 
Bathmidurus major, 88. 
Benner, Franklin. See Roberts, T. S. 
Bernicla, 101. 
Berrier, DeL., interesting birds found 
on Long Island, N. Y., 46 ; note on 
Giraud’s Muscicapa “ brasieri,” 238. 
Bicknell, Eugene P., remarks on the 
nidification of Loxia curvirostra ameri- 
cana, with a description of its nest 
and eggs, 7 ; Dendrceca palmarum 
palmar um in New York, 182. 
Bird, Apple, 132. 
Bank, 132. 
Cedar, 70. 
Chipping, 134. 
Tropic, 63. 
Myrtle, 134. 
Reed, 180. 
Bittern, 18, 178, 181, 210. 
Blackbird, Crow, 15. 
English, 120. 
Red-winged, 15, 72, 152, 230. 
White-winged, 12. 
Yellow-headed, 14, 230. 
Blackcap, Wilson’s, 35, 228. 
Bluebird, 132, 152. 
Rocky Mountain, 225. 
Boardman, G. A., the Caspian Tern 
probably breeding in Florida, 64 ; 
capture of the Stonechat near East- 
port, Me., 115; winter change of 
plumage of the Black Guillemot, 190 ; 
capture of the Avocet in New Bruns- 
wick, 241. 
Bobolink, 15, 72, 137. 
Botaurus lentiginosus, 178, 181, 210. 
minor, 18, 181. 
Brachyrhamphus, 127. 
wrangeli, 88. 
Brant, 133. 
White, 181. 
Branta, 101. 
Brayton, A. W., notice of his “ Cata- 
logue of the Birds of Indiana,” 174. 
Brewer, T. M., nest and eggs of Parus 
montanus, 47 ; Blue-winged Yellow 
Warbler in New England, 48; the 
Redstart in Washington Territory, 
50 ; the nesting of the Common Cross- 
bill, 51 ; eggs of Picus albo/arvatus, 
56 ; obituary of, 102 ; notice of his 
“ Additional Notes on New England 
Birds,” 108. 
Brewster, William, notes on the habits 
and distribution of the Philadelphia 
Yireo ( Vireo philadelphicus ), 1 ; nest- 
ing of the Blue Yellow-backed War- 
bler in Southern Georgia, 48 ; prow- 
ess of the Bald Eagle ( Haliaetus leu- 
cocephalus ), 57. 
Brown, Nathan Clifford, Ammodromus 
caudacutus a summer resident in 
Southern Maine, 52 ; a new bird 
(Polioptila ccerulea) for Maine, 236. 
Browne, F. C., Zonotrichia albicollis 
nesting; in Eastern Massachusetts, 52. 
Bryant, W. E., notes on the habits of 
Rallus obsoletus, with a description of 
its eggs, 124. 
Bubo Virginian us, 16, 191. 
Bucephala clangula, 189. 
islandica, 189. 
Budytes flava, 27, 34. 
Bunting, Black- throated, 15. 
Chestnut-collared, 12, 14. 
Lark, 15, 27. 
Leconte’s, 32, 51. 
Painted Lark, 43. 
Snow, 74. 
Towhee, 28, 152. 
Buteo albicaudatus, 46, 91. 
bairdi, 76. 
borealis, 17. 
borealis krideri, 17. 
harlani, 31, 58. 
lineatus, 143. 
montanus, 76. 
pennsylvanicus, 17, 169. 
swainsoni, 17. 
unicinctus harrisi, 46. 
vulgaris, 29. 
Butorides brunnescens, 88. 
virescens, 169. 
Buzzard, Common, 29. 
Harlan’s, 31. 
Krider’s, 17. 
Turkey, 17, 29. 
White-tailed, 91. 
Cairina moschata, 66. 
Calamospiza bicolor, 12, 15, 27. 
Calidris arenaria, 29. 
Calothorax lucifer, 90. 
Capercaillie, 110. 
Cardellina rubra, 88. 
rubrifrons, 89. 
Carduelis, 97. 
elegans, 96, 109, 120. 
Carpodacus cassini, 229. 
Catbird, 13, 69, 134, 137. 
Catharista, 78. 
atrata, 80. 
Catharistes, 81. 
atratus, 81. 
Cathartes, 77. 
aura, 17, 29, 80, 82. 
