BULLETIN 
OF THE 
Nuttall Ornithological Club; 
% fotintal of 
Vol. II.- APRIL, 1877. -No. 2. 
CONTENTS. 
Page 
CoPTJECTioNs OP Nomenclature in the 
Genus Siurus. By Br. A'lliott Coues, 
U. S. A. 
29 
Notes on the Breeding of the Black 
TnuN {Hydrochelidon larifurmis). By T. S. 
Roberts 34 
Two Undescrtbed Nists of California 
Birds. By William Brewster ■ 37 
A Contribution to the Biography of 
Wilson's Phalarope. By E. W. Nelson . 38 
A Defence of his Catalogue of New 
England Birds. By Dr. T. M, Breioer . 44 
Page 
Recent Literature 48 
Bu''rou 2 h 8 ’s “ Wake- Robin.” — Minot’s 
“ Birds of New England.” 
General Notes . 50 
Weste’-n Range of Conurus carolinensis. — 
Fecundity of the Carolina Wren. — The Lou- 
isiana Heron in Indiana. — Note on the Cin- 
namon Teal ( Querquedula cyanoptera). — 
JEgiothus exilipes in Jiurope. — A Note on 
Cupidonia cvpido v?iY.pallidicinctus Ridgway. 
— Capture of the Egyptian Goose on Long 
Island. — MacCown’s Longspur in Ihinois. 
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