INDEX 
^GiALiTis wilsonius, . 26, 72. I 
^giothus linaria, 21. 
Agelseus phoeniceus, 22, 25, 53. 
Albinism in North, American birds, 
20 . 
Alca impennis, 63, 68. 
Allen, J. A., on nidification of 
Clarke’s Crow, 44 ; on the nesting 
of the Canada Goose in trees, 60 ; 
on Boss’s Goose in Oregon, 52 ; on 
decrease of birds in Massachusetts, 
54 ; on geographical variation in 
the number and size of birds’ eggs, 
74 ; on the occurrence of the Wood 
Ibis in Pennsylvania and New 
York, 96. 
Allen, J. D., letter from, respecting 
a specimen of Buteo, 3. 
Ammodromus caudacutus var. nel- 
son!, 40. 
maritimus, 25. 
Ampelis garrulus, 73. 
Anas boschas, 23. 
Anser gambelli, 73. 
hyperboreus, 54, 69, 73. 
“ rossii, 52. 
Anthus ludovicianus, 73, 92. 
Ardea candidissima, 27, 73. 
“ herodias, 27. 
rufa, 40. 
virescens, 27. 
Astiir atricapillus, 73. 
Auk, Great, 53, 68. 
Bailey, H. B., on the birds of Cobb’s 
Island, Ya., 24. 
Bendire, Charles, on the nidification 
of Clarke’s Crow, 44 ; on the 
Canada Goose nesting in trees, 50 ; 
on Anser rossii in Oregon, 52 ; on 
geographical variation in birds’ 
eggs, 74. 
Bernicla branta, 23. 
Blackbird, Bed- winged", 25, 53. 
Brachyotus cassini, 72.' 
Branta canadensis, 50. 
“ “ var. lencopsis, 41. 
Brewer, T. M., on birds of New Eng- 
land, 89 ; notice of paper by, 72. 
Brewster, Wm., description of a new 
species of Helminthophagay 1 ; on 
the occurrence of certain birds in 
New England, 17 ; on the Curlew 
Sandpiper in Mass., 51 ; on singu- 
lar food of a Least Bittern, 76 ; 
on geographical variation in Den- 
dr(Bca palmarum^ 82 ; capture of 
the Orange-crowned Warbler in 
Mass., 94 ; notices of papers by, 
71, 72. 
Brown, N. C., on variable abundance 
of birds at the same localities in 
different years, 95. 
Bucephala islandica, 41. 
Bunting, Painted Lark, 42. 
Buteo borealis, 22. 
“ borealis var. calurus, 40. 
“ montana, 33. 
swainsoni, 42. 
vulgaris, 2, 32, 36. 
CAMPTOLiEMUS labradorius, 73. 
Campylorhynchus, tarsal envelope 
in, 50. 
Catherpes, tarsal envelope in, 50. 
Centurus carolinus, 73. 
Charadius fulvus var. virginicus, 22. 
Chaulelasmus couesii, n. sp. 46. 
Chionis minor, 48. 
Chordeiles popetue var. henryi, 40. 
Cistothorus stellaris, 73. 
Colaptes auratus, 22. 
Colymbus septentrionalis, 23. 
Contopus borealis, 73, 92. 
Cormorant, Florida, 44. 
Corvus americanus, 22, 63, 54, 72, 76. 
corax, 53, 54, 
ossifragus, 19, 25, 72. 
