CONTENTS OF VOLUME VI. 
NUMBER I. 
Page. 
Door-yard Birds of the Far North. By E. W. Nelson . . i 
On the Fingers of Birds. By J. A. Jeffries .... 6 
Notes on a Few Birds observed at Fort Hamilton, Long, 
Island, N. Y. By De L. Berier . . . . . n 
On Birds observed in Sumpter, Levy, and Hillsboro Coun- 
ties, Florida. By W. E. D. Scott 14 
Insectivorous Birds in their Relation to Man. By J. A. 
Allen ....... ..... 22 
Remarks on the present State of the Systema Avium. By 
P. L. Sclater ........... 28 
With the Birds on a Florida River. By William Brewster . 38 
RECENT LITERATURE. 
Coues’s Third Instalment of American Ornithological Bibliography, 
44 ; Coues’s Fourth Instalment of Ornithological Bibliography, 46 ; 
Harvie-Brown on the Capercaillie in Scotland, 46; Steere on the 
Birds of Ann Arbor, Michigan, 46; Minor Ornithological Papers, 
47 - 
GENERAL NOTES. 
Capture of the Hudsonian Titmouse in Rhode Island, 54; A Second 
Occurrence of the Hudsonian Titmouse (. Parus hudsonicus ) in 
Massachusetts, 54; The Great Carolina Wren (Tbryotborus ludo- 
vicianus) in New Hampshire, 54; Swainson’s Warbler ( Heloncea 
swainsoni ) in Texas, 54; Notes on the Habits of the Cliff Swallow 
(. Petrochelidon lunifrons ), 55; Another Capture of the Logger- 
head Shrike in Massachusetts, 55 ; A Third Capture of the Phil- 
adelphia Vireo ( Vireo pkiladelphicus ) in Massachusetts, 56 ; 
Occurrence of Vireo fihiladelfihicus in Mercer County, New Jersey, 
56; The Red Crossbill (Eoxia curvirostra americana ) in Ten- 
nessee, 56; Description of the Nest and Eggs of Coturniculus 
henslowi obtained near Falls Church, Va., 57 ; The Lark Finch 
on Long Island, N. Y., 58; The Golden Eagle in New Brunswick, 
58; The Bald Eagle (Haliaetus leucocefikalus) as a Hunter, 58; 
Breeding of the Wild Pigeon in Confinement, 60; Evidence of 
the Former Existence of the Wild Turkey at Mount Desert Island, 
Maine, 60; Recent Occurrence of Baird’s Sandpiper ( Tringa 
bairdi') in Maine, 60; Occurrence of Baird’s Sandpiper, ( Tringa 
bairdi ) on the New Hampshire Coast, 61 ; Note on Tryngites 
rufescensxn Texas, 61; A Second Massachusetts Specimen of the 
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris ), 62; Notes on the Breeding 
Habits of the Caspian Tern, 63 ; List of Occurrences of North 
American Birds in Europe, 63. 
Errata .... 
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