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Contents of Volume VII. 
Cuckoos laying in the Nests of other Birds, 56; Melanerpes 
crythrocephalus about Boston, 57 ; The Barn Owl in Maine ; a 
Retraction, 58; The Snowv Owl at Fort Walla Walla, W. T., 
58; Capture of the Golden Eagle in Crawford County, Penn- 
sylvania, 58; The Swallow-tailed Kite in Dakota, 59; A Re- 
markable Specimen of the Pinnated Grouse {Cupidonia cupido ), 
59; Wilson’s Plover CFgialites ivilsonius ) in New England, 59; 
Capture of Baird’s Sandpiper on Long Island, N. Y., 60; An 
Addition to the Maine Fauna, 60; Capture of Larus leucopterus 
near Boston, 60; The Great Black-backed Gull ( Larus martinis') 
from a new Locality, 60; The Snake-bird in Kansas, 61 ; Capture 
of the Sea Dove 150 Miles from the Sea, 61 ; Additions to the 
Catalogue of North American Bird^, 61 ; Notes on Some Birds of 
the Belt Mountains, Montana Territory, 61 ; Remarks on Some - 
Western Vermont Birds, 63. 
Erratum . . . . . ' .64 
NUMBER II. 
On a Collection of Birds lately made by Mr. F. Stephens in 
Arizona. By William Brezvster ....... 65 
Notes on the Os Prominens. By Frederic A Lucas . . .86 
A List of Birds from the Lower Mississippi Valley, observed 
during the Summer of 1881, with brief Notes. By O. P. 
Hay 89 
Impressions of some Southern Birds. By William Brexvster . 94 
Notes on some of the Rarer Birds of Southern New Bruns- 
wick. By Montague Chamberlain ...... 104 
Notes on the Summer Birds of the Upper St. John. By Charles 
F. Batchelder .......... 106 
RECENT LITERATURE. 
Dr. Coues’ New Check List and Dictionary, 111 ; Nests and Eggs of 
Ohio Birds, 112; Professor Macoun’s Report of Exploration, 113; 
Knowlton’s Revised List of the Birds of Brandon, Yerihdnt, 1 13 ; 
Krukenberg on the Coloring Matter of Feathers, 1 14 ; Minor Or- 
nithological Papers, 115. 
. GENERAL NOTES. 
Description of a Nest of the Water Ouzel. 118; The Short-billed 
Marsh Wren in New Hampshire, 118; Early Arrival of the Yel- 
low Rump in Southern Maine, 1 19 ; Late Stay (probable Winter- 
ing) of Dendraica pinus in Massachusetts, 119; The Hooded 
Warbler in Western New York, 1 1 9 ; Breeding of the Pine Gros- 
’ beak \Pinicola enucleator) in Lower Canada, 120; Coturniculus 
lecontei , C. hensloxvi, and Cistothorus stellaris in Florida, 121 ; 
Ammodramus c.audacutus — a somewhat Inland Record on the 
Atlantic Coast, 122 ; The White-throated Sparrow in Winter near 
Worcester, Mass., 122; Peuccea ruficeps eremoeca , 122; The Can- 
ada Jay at Portland, Maine, 122 ; The White-throated Swift 
breeding on Belt River, Montana, 122; Capture of the Golden 
