Contents of Volume VTI. 
Eagle (. Aquila chrysaetus canadensis ) near Columbus, Ohio, 123; 
The Little Blue Heron in Maine, 123 ; Baird’s Sandpiper on Long 
Island, N. Y. — a Correction, 123; Pelidna subarquata on the 
Maine Coast, 124; The King Rail in New England, 124; Purple 
Gallinule (jonornis martinica ) in Rhode Island, 124; Note on 
the Habits of the Young of Gall inula galeata and Podilymbus 
podiceps , 124; Rynchops nigra — an Early Record for the Massa- 
chusetts Coast, 125; Notes on the Habits of the Kittiwake Gull, 
125; Sterna forsteri breeding off the Eastern Shore of Virginia, 
126; Note on the Foot of Accipiter fiiscus, 126 ; Supplementary 
Notes on two Texas Birds, 127; Addenda to the Preliminary list 
of Birds ascertained to occur in the Adirondack Region, North- 
eastern New York, 128. 
Errata . . . . . . 128 
NUMBER III. 
The Colors of Feathers. ( Plate I .) By J . Amory Jeffries . 129 
On a Collection of Birds lately made by IVIr. F. Stephens in 
Arizona. By William Brewster . . . . . . . 135 
Notes on the Summer Birds of the Upper St. John. By Charles 
F . Batchelder . . . . . . . . . . . 147 
A Sketch of the Home of Hylocickla alicice bichnelli , Ridgway, 
with some Critical Remarks on the Allies of this New 
Race. By Euge?ie P . Bicknell . ....... 152 
Short Notes on the Birds of Bayou Sara, Louisiana. By 
Charles Wickliffe Beckham ........ 159 
List of Birds observed at Houston, Harris Co., Texas, and 
in the Counties Montgomery, Galveston, and Ford Bend. 
By H . Nehrling .......... 166 
RECENT LITERATURE. 
Bailey’s Index to Forest and Stream, 175 ; Chamberlain’s Catalogue 
of the Birds of New Brunswick, 176; Krukenberg on the Coloring 
Matter of Feathers, Second Part, 177 : Stejneger’s Nomenclatural 
Innovations, 178; Ingersoll’s Birds’-Nesting, 179. 
GENERAL NOTES. 
Note on Mimus polyglottus , 180; The Nest of the House Wren. 180 ; 
Remarkable plumage of the Orchard Oriole, 181 ; The Nest and 
Eggs of Perisoreus canadensis , 181 ; Notes on the Plumage of 
Nephcecetes niger borealis, 182 ; Plumage of the Young of Eclec- 
tus poly chlorus, 183; An Owl’s Egg laid in Confinement, 183; 
Buteo brachyurus — a Correction, 184; The Turkey Buzzard in 
New Hampshire, 184; Rapacious Birds in Confinement. 184; 
Note on Mareca americana , 185 ; Destruction of Birds by the 
Cold Wave of May 21st and 22d, 185; More Definite Statistics 
needed in regard to the Abundance of Birds, 186; Remarks on 
Five Maine Birds, 189; Maine Notes. 190; Stray Notes from Look- 
out Mountain, Tenn., 191. 
Errata 192 
