260 
Index. 
Batchelder, Charles F., notes on the 
summer birds of the upper St. 
John, 106, 147; the Summer'Tan- 
ager ( Pyranga cestiva ) in New 
Brunswick, 249; the unusual 
“wave” of birds during the spring 
migration of 1882, 252. 
Beal, F. E. L., Amftelis cedrorum 
as a sap-sucker, 54, 
Beckham, Charles Wickliffe, short 
notes on the birds of Bayou Sara, 
Louisiana, 159 ; the Black-throat- 
ed Bunting in Florida, 250. 
Bendire, Charles, the Snowy Owl 
at Fort Walla Walla, W. T., 58. 
Bernicla brenta, 239. 
canadensis, 224, 239. 
Bicknell, Eugene P., a sketch of 
the home of Hylocichla alicice 
bicknelli , Ridgway, with some 
critical remarks on the allies of 
this new race, 152. 
Bird, Chipping, 13. 
Cow, 10. 
Indigo, 13, 17, 18. 
of Paradise, Texan, 168. 
Paradise, 178. 
Bittern, 151. 
American, 223, 239. 
Least, 105, 176, 223. 
Blackbird, Brewer’s, 40, 167. 
Crow, 149, 236. 
Red-winged, 18, 40, 92, 148, 
163, 166, 188, 200, 224, 227, 
236. 
Rusty, 167. 
Yellow-headed, 166, 236. 
Black-cap. Wilson’s, no. 
Black-head, Little, 225, 257. 
Bluebird, 7, 34, 90, 97, 104, 109, 115, 
i3<b 133, 148, 161, 234. 
Arctic, 76. 
Rocky Mountain, 35. 
Western, 76. 
Bobolink, 99, 148, 189. 
Bob White, 93, 165, 175. 
Bonasa umbella, 48, 59, 151, 177, 188, 
192, 238. 
umbella sabinei, 227, 232. 
umbella umbelloides, 63, 177. 
Botaurus lentiginosus, 151, 223. 
mugitans, 239. 
Brachyotus palustris, 172. 
Brant, White, 224. 
Brewster, William, notes on the 
habits and changes of plumage 
of the Acadian Owl ( Nyctale 
acadica ), with some additional 
records of its breeding in Massa- 
chusetts, 23; on Kennicott’s Owl j 
and some of its allies, with a i 
description of a proposed new | 
race, 27 ; an erroneous record of 
the Orange-crowned Warbler ! 
( Helm in tk o-p h aga celata) in New 
Hampshire, 53 ; Cuckoos laying 
in the nests of other birds, 57 ; 
a remarkable specimen of the 
Pinnated Grouse ( Cupidonia cu- 
flido), 59; on a collection of birds 
lately made by Mr. F. Stephens 
in Arizona, 65, 135, 193; impres- 
sions of some Southern Birds, 
94 ; Cotiorniculus lecontei , C. kens- 
lovji , and Cistothorus stellaris in 
Florida, 121 ; notes on the habits 
of the Kittiwake Gull, 125; Ster- 
na forsterz breeding off the eastern 
shore of Virginia, 126; an Owl’s | 
egg laid in confinement, 183; 
notes on some birds collected by 
Capt. Charles Bendire, at Fort 
Walla Walla, Washington Terri- 
tory, 225 ; nest and eggs of Seto- 
fthaga pi eta — a correction, 249; 
Lomvia arra briinnicki and L. 
troile in New England. 251 ; 
notes on some birds and eggs 
from the Magdalen Islands, Gulf 
of St. LaAvrence, 253. 
Brown, Nathan Clifford, description 
of a new race of Peuccea ruficeps 
from Texas, 26; a reconnoissance 
in southwestern Texas. 33; the 
Barn Owl in Maine — a retraction, 
58; an addition to the Maine 
fauna, 60 ; early arrival of the 
Yellow-rumped Warbler in south- 
ern Maine, 119; the Canada Jay 
at Portland. Maine, 122; the 
Little Blue Heron in Maine. 123; 
the King Rail in New England, 
124; supplementary notes on two 
Texas birds, 127; rapacious birds 
in confinement, 184; remarks on 
five Maine birds, 189. 
Browne, F. C., late stay (probable 
wintering) of Dendrceca j)inus in 
Massachusetts, 119. 
Bubo bengalensis, 86. 
ignavus, 86. 
virginianus, 87, 150, 164, 172, 
184, 237. 
virginianus pacificus, 229. 
virginianus saturatus, 227, 
229, 243. 
virginianus subarcticus, 227, 
229, 243. 
