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CONTENTS OF VOLUME II. 
NUMBER III. 
Description of a New Species of Humming-Bird from California. 
By II. IV. Ilenshaw 63 
The Birds of Guadaloupe Island discussed with reference to the 
PRESENT Genesis of Species. By Robert Ridgway .... 58 
An Undescribed Hybrid between two North American Grouse. 
By William Brewster . 66 
RECENT LITERATURE. 
Nelson’s “ Birds of Northeastern Illinois,” 68. — Salvin on the Procellariidcs, 69. 
— Catalogue of the Birds of the Islands of Malta and Gozo, 70. — Ridgway’s 
“ Studies of the American FalconidceU 70. — Recent Ornithological Articles 
in American Journals, 73. — Californian Ornithology, 76. — McCauley’s 
“Notes on Texan Ornithology,” 76. 
GENERAL NOTES. 
Nest and Eggs of Townsend’s Flycatcher, 77. — Persistency at Nest-Building in a 
House- Wren, 78. — A New Bird to Massachusetts, 78. — A New Form of 
Surnia to New England, 78. — Capture of the Philadelphia Vireo in New 
Hampshire, 78. — Occurrence of Passerculus princeps in New Yoi'k, 78. — 
The Pigeon-Hawk {Falco columbarius) at Sea, 79. — Capture of a Second 
Specimen of Ilelminthophaga leucobronchialis, 79. — The Mottled Owl as a 
Fisherman, 80. — Breeding of Leach’s Petrel on the Coast of Maine, 80. — 
Nest and Egas of the Alaskan Wren, 82. — Junco oregonus in Illinois, 82. — 
Leptaptila albifrons, a Pigeon new to the United States Fauna, 82. — Melo- 
pelia leucopiera in Colorado, 83. — The Ruft’and the Purple Galhnule in Ohio, 
83. — Notes on Nyctale acadica, 83. — Probable Breeding of the Saw-Whet 
Owl in Massachusetts, 84. 
NUMBER IV. 
Notes on Molothrus ^neus. By J. C. Merrill, Assist. Surg., U. S. A. . 85 
On Seventy-five doubtful West-Coast Birds. By J. G. Cooper, M. D. 88 
Remarks on Selasphorus alleni, Henshaw. By D. G. Elliot . . . 97 
The Yellow-throated Warbler {Dendrosca dominica). By William 
Brewster 102 
RECENT LITERATURE. 
D’Hamonville’s Enumeration of the Birds of Europe, 106. — Merriam’s “ Review 
of the Birds of Connecticut,” 107. 
GENERAL NOTES. 
Note on Doricha enicura, 108. — Occurrence of the Black Vulture or Carrion 
Crow in Ohio, 109. — Occurrence of the Western Nonpareil and Berlandier’s 
Wren at Fort Brown, Texas, 109. — A Cuckoo’s Egg in a Cedar-Bird’s 
Nest, 110. — Occurrence for the first Time in England of the Robin 
( Turdus migratorius), 110. 
