BULLETIN 
OF THE 
Nuttall Ornithological Club: 
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Vol. II - JANUARY, 1877. - No. 1. 
CONTENTS. 
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The Black-and-Yellow Warbler. 
William Brewster 1 
On Geographical Variation in Turd us 
MIGRATORIUS. By Robert Ridgway ... 8 
Unusual Abundance op the Snowy Owl 
IN New England. By Ruthven Deane . 9 
Distribution of New England Birds. — 
A Eeply to Dr. T. M. Brewer. By 
H. A. Pur die 11 
Occurrence op the Barnacle Goose 
{Bernicla leucopsis) on Long Island, N. Y. 
By G. N. Lawrence 18 
Capture of a Second Specimen of Hel- 
minthophaga lawrencei. By Harold 
Herrich 19 
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Notice of a few Birds op rare or ac- 
cidental Occurrence in New England. 
H. A. Pur die 20 
Recent Literature 23 
Notices of five recent Ornithological Papers. 
— Vennor’s Rapacious Birds of Canada. 
General Notes .26 
A Humming-Bird new to Fauna of the United 
States. — Note on Podiceps dominicus. — East- 
ward Range of the Ferruginous Buzzard 
{Archibuteo ferrugineus). — Occurrence of 
Leconte’s Bunting ( Coturniculus lecontei) 
in Iowa. — Audubon’s Warbler in Massa- 
chusetts. — Occurrence of the Sooty Tern in 
Massachusetts. — The Black Gyr-Falcon 
(Falco sacer var. labradora) in Massachu- 
setts. — Notes on Birds new to the Fauna of 
Maine, etc. — Northern Range of the Sharp- 
tailed Finch {Ammodromus caudacutus). 
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