BULLETIN 
OF THE 
NUTTALL ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB: 
% (Qitavterln Journal of iLmthoIogu. 
Vol. VI. — JiLITXJimV, 1881. — No. 1. 
CONTENTS. 
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. Berrier n 
On Birds observed in Sumpter, Levy, 
and Hillsboro’ Counties, 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 
System a 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 Caper- 
caillie in\Scotland, 46; Steere- on the Birds of 
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 46; Minor Ornithological • 
Papers, 47. 
General Notes. — Capture of the Hudsonian 
Titmouse in Rho^de Island, 54; A Second Occur- 
rence of the Hudsonian Titmouse ( Paj'us hudson- 
icus ) in Massachusetts, 54; The Great Carolina 
Wren ( Thryothorus ludovicianus ) 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 Loggerhead Shrike in 
Massachusetts, 55 ; A Third (Capture of the Phil- 
adelphia Vireo ( Vireo p h il adclph icu s ) in Massa- 
chusetts, 56; Occurrence of Vireo philadelphicus 
in Mercer County, New Jersey, 56 ; The Red Cross- 
bill ( Loxia curvirostra americana ) in Tennessee, 
^6; Description of the Nest and Eggs of Cotnrn- 
iculus 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 {Hal iaetas leucocephalus) as a Hunter, 
38; 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 Sand- 
piper ( Tringa bairdi) on the New Hampshire 
Coast, 61 ; Note on Tryngites rufescens in 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, 64. 
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