INDEX, 
98 
Coturniculus lecontei, 40. 
“ passerinus, 73, 92. 
Cotyle riparia, 21, 96. 
“ serripennis, 9. 
Coues, Elliott, on the tarsal enve- 
lope in Gampylorhynchus and allied 
genera, 50 ; on the number of 
primaries in Oscines, 60 ; on a pe- 
culiar nesting-site of the Bank- 
Swallow, 96. 
Crane, Brown, 53, 58. 
“ Whooping, 53, 58. 
Crow, Clark’s, 44. 
Common, 22, 53, 54, 72, 76. 
“ Fish, 19, 25, 72. 
Cupidonia cupido, 22, 53, 56, 73. 
Cyanurus cristatus, 22. 
Cygnus americanus, 53, 58, 73. 
Deane, Kuthven, on albinism and 
melanism in N orth American birds, 
20 ; on the Philadelphia Vireo in 
New England, 74 ; on geographi- 
cal variation in Dendrceca palma- 
rum, 82. 
Dendrceca cserulescens, 11. 
“ castanea, 21. 
“ coronata, 21. 
‘‘ discolor, 25. 
palmarum, 81. 
“ “ var. hypochrysea, 85. 
“ “ var. palmarum, 84. 
Dolichonyx oryzivora, 23. 
Duck, Barrow’s Golden-eye, 41. 
“ Eider, 41. 
“ King Eider, 41. 
“ Pintail, 44. 
“ Surf, 41. 
Ducks, former abundance of, in Mas- 
sachusetts, 60. 
Ectopistes migratorius, 22, 54, 56, 
73. 
Egret, Little White, 27. 
“ Reddish, 40. 
Embernagra rufivirgata, 89. 
Empidonax acadicus, 14. 
“ traillii, 14. 75. 
Euspiza americana, 73. 
Extinct birds with teeth, 49. 
“ Field and Forest,” notice of, 
71. 
Finch, Bachman’s, 42. 
“ Seaside, 25. 
“ Western Sharp-tailed, 40. 
Fleet, W. Van, on the Rough- winged 
Swallow in Pennsylvania, 9. 
Florida cserulea, 73. 
Flycatcher, Acadian, 14. 
“ Great-crested, 95. 
Traill’s, 14, 75. 
Frazer, A. M., on intelligence of a 
Crow, 76. 
Fulica americana, 73. 
Fuligula affinis, 23. 
“ vallisneria, 23. 
Fulmarus glacialis, 23. 
Gallinago wilsoni, 23. 
Gallinula galeata, 73. 
Geese, former abundance of, in Mas- 
, sachusetts, 59. 
Gelochelidon aranea, 73. 
Gentry, T. G., his “ Life-Histories of 
Birds,” notice of, 49. 
Geographical variation in birds’ eggs, 
74. ^ 
Geographical variation in Dendrceca 
palmarum, 81. 
Geothlypis Philadelphia, 23, 92. 
Goose, Canada, breeding in trees, 50. 
' Ross’s, 52. 
“ Snow, 59. 
“ White-fronted, 41. 
Graculus dilophus var. floridanus, 44. 
Grakle, Purple, 22, 53. 
Grouse, Pinnated, 53, 56. 
Grus americanus, 53, 58. 
“ canadensis, 53, 58. 
Gull, Herring, 41. 
“ Laughing, 27. 
“ Sabine’s, 41. 
“ White- winged, 41. 
HiEMATOPUS palliatus, 26. 
Harelda glacialis, 44. 
Hawk, European Buzzard, 2, 32. 
“ Fish, 25. 
“ Swainson’s, 42. 
“ Western Red-tailed, 40. 
Helminthophaga celata, 94. 
“ -chrysoptera, 6, 73, 
92. 
“ leucobronchialis, 1. 
pinus, 73. 
Helmitherus vermivorus, 73. 
Henshaw, H. W., on Empidonax 
traillii and E. acadicus, 14 ; report 
of, on the ornithology of Wheeler’s 
Surveys, 70. 
Herodias egretta, 73. 
Heron, Great Blue, 27. 
“ Green, 27. 
“ Little White, 27. 
“ Yellow-crowned Night, 43. 
Hierofalco islandicus, 73. 
