IV 
CONTENTS OF VOLUME L 
GENERAL NOTES. 
Breeding of the Canada Goose in Trees, 50. — Tarsal Envelope in Campylorhyn- 
chus and allied Genera, 50. — Occurrence of the Curlew Sandpiper in Mas- 
sachusetts, 51. — The Ipswich Sparrow in New Brunswick, 52. — Passer- 
cuius princeps and Parus hudsonicus in Connecticut, 52. — Anser rossii in 
Oregon, 52. 
NUMBER III. 
Decrease op Birds in Massachusetts. By J. A. Allen .... 53 
On the Number op Primaries in Oscines. By Dr. Elliott Coues, U. S. A. 60 
The Yellow-bellied Woodpecker (Sphyrapicus varius). By William 
Brewster 63 
RECENT LITERATURE. 
Ornithology of the Wheeler Expedition, 70. — Field and Forest, 71. — The Port- 
land Tern, 71. — The Birds of Ritchie Co., West Virginia, 72. — Brewer’s 
Birds of New England, 72. 
GENERAL NOTES. 
The Philadelphia Vireo in New England, 74. — Geographical Variation in the 
Number and Size of the Eggs of Birds, 74. — The Nest and Eggs of Traill’s 
Flycatcher, as observed in Maine, 75. — Singular Food of the Least Bittern, 
76. — Intelligence of a Crow, 76. — The Great Carolina Wren in Massa- 
chusetts, 76. 
NUMBER IV. 
Our Present Knowledge op the Nidipication op the American King- 
lets. By Ernest Ingersoll 77 
Nesting Habits op the Californian House Wren {Troglodytes aedon 
var. parJcmanni). By Dr. J. G. Cooper 79 
On Geographical Variation in Dendrceca palmarum. By Robert Ridgway 81 
Notes on Texan Birds. By J. C. Merrill, M. D., Assistant Surgeon, U. S. A. 88 
Birds of New England. By Thomas M. Brewer ..... 89 
RECENT PUBLICATIONS. 
Lawrence’s Birds of Southwestern Mexico, 93. — Jordan’s Manual of Vertebrate 
Animals, 93. 
GENERAL NOTES. 
Capture of the Orange-crowned Warbler in Massachusetts, 94. — Variable 
Abundance of Birds at the same Localities in different Years, 95. — Occur- 
rence of the Wood Ibis in Pennsylvania and New York, 96. — Peculiar Nest- 
ing-site of the Bank-Swallow, 96. 
