BULLETIN 
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OF THE 
Nuttall Ornithological Club: 
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Vol. V. - JANUARY, 1880. - No. 1. 
CONTENTS. 
Page 
Notes on the Habits and Distribution of the 
Philadelphia Vireo ( Vireo philad elphicus). By 
William Brewster 1 
Remarks on the Nidification of Loxia curvimstra 
amencana . 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 acadi- 
cus and Empidonax truilli. By Dr. Elliott Cones, 
U. S. A 20 
Additional Cases of Albinism and Melanism in 
North American Birds. By Rut/iven Deane 25 
On Six Species of Birds new to the Fauna of 
Illinois, with Notes on other Rare Illinois 
Birds. By Robert Ridgivay 30 
An Afternoon in the Vicinity of St. Michael’s, 
Al\ska. By E. W. Nelson 33 
On Current Objectionable Names of North Ameri- 
can Birds. By Robert Ridgway 36 
Recent Literature. — Ingersoll’s Nests and Eggs of 
American Birds, 38 ; The Misses Jones and Shulze’s 
Nests and Eggs of Ohio Birds, 39 : Coues’s Bibliography 
of American Ornithology, 40 ; ltidgwav on the Species 
of tne 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 ( Turdvs migratorius), 
46 ; Interesting Birds found on Long Island, N Y.. 46 ; 
The Blue-gray Gnatcatcher in Massachusetts, 47 ; Nest 
and Eggs of Parus montamis, 47 ; Nesting of the Blue 
Yellow-backed Warbler in Southern Georgia, 48 ; The 
Tennessee Warbler destructive to Grapes. 48 ; Blue- 
winged Yellow Warbler in New England, 48 ; Descrip- 
tion of the Female Dendrceca kirttandi , 49 ; Note on 
Oporornis agilis, 50 ; The Redstart in Washington Ter- 
ritory, 50 ; Additional Record of the Loggerhead Shrike 
in Maine, 50; The Nesting of the Common Crossbill, 
50; Coturniculus lecontei,bl ; Ammoilmmus caudacu- 
lus a Summer Resident in Southern Maine, 52 ; Note 
on Peuceea illihoensis , 52 ; Zonotrichia albicollis nest- 
ing in Eastern Massachusetts, 52 ; Chondestes gram- 
mica and Vireo philad elphicus 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 ; Chordiles 
pope tue minor in Florida, 54; Habits of Vaux’s Swift, 
55; Eggs of Picus albolarvatus , 56; The Black-backed 
Three-toed Woodpecker in Massachusetts, 56; Golden- 
winged Woodpeckers nesting in a Natural Cavity 
in a Decayed Tree, 56 ; Nesting of the Duck Hawk 
( Falco communis) in Vermont, 57; Prowess of the 
Bald Eagle ( Haliactus leucocephalus), 57; Descrip- 
tion of an unusual (?) Plumage of BuUo harlani , 58 ; 
Note on Limostt hcemastica , 59; The Black Rail (Por- 
zanajamaicensis) in Kansas, 60 ; Breeding of Fuligula 
collaris in Southeastern Minnesota, and a Description 
of its Nest and Eggs, 61; Notes on the Breeding 
Habits of some of the Water-Birds of St. Clair Hats, 
Michigan, 61; The King Eider at Buffalo, N. Y., 62; 
Capture of Pha'cthon flavirostris in Western New York, 
63; The Marsh and Sooty Terns in Maine, and other 
Birds rare to the State, 63 ; The Caspian Tern proba- 
bly breeding in Florida, 64. 
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