INDEX TO VOLUME VIII. 
Acanthidops bairdi, 168. 
Accipiter cooperi, 30, 41, 177, 197, 
235. 
fuscus, 149, 173, 178, 197. 
Actodromas acuminata, 231. 
bairdi, 113, 233, 243. 
minutilla, 9. 
^Egialites melodus, 9. 
montanus, 197. 
semipalmatus, 9. 
vociferus, 36, 112, 148, 174, 
197. 
MCgiothus canescens, 3. 
exilipes, 2. 
fusee seen s, 3. 
linaria, 2, 97, 144, 149, 177. 
linaria holbcelli, 121, 239. 
rostratus, 3. - 
Agelseus phoeniceus, 39, 63, 192. 
thilius, 134. 
Agriornis maritima, 137. 
Alca impennis, 175, 238. 
Alcahuete, 137. 
Alectorurus guira-yetapa, 140. 
Alle nigricans, 234. 
Allen,}. A., note on exceptions to 
the law of increase in size north- 
ward among North American 
birds, 80; capture of the Great 
Gray Owl in Massachusetts, 123; 
list of birds observed in the vicin- 
ity of Colorado Springs, Colora- 
do, during March, April and May, 
1882, 151, 189; the Wood Ibis in 
Massachusetts, 185. 
Aluco flammeus pratincola, 41, 122, 
165, 172, 175, 234. 
Amblyrhamphus holosericeus, 135. 
American Ornithologists’ Union, 
The, 221. 
Amtnodromus maritimus, 39. 
Ampelis cedrorum, 235. 
garrulus, 235. 
Anas boscas, 62, 118, 186, 198. 
obscura, 235. 
Ancylochilus subarquatus, 113, 177. 
Anorthura troglodytes hiemalis, 52. 
53, 1 19, 120, 164, 174. 
Anser albifrons, 62. 
erythropus, 62. 
gambeli, 62. 
Anthus correndera, 87. 
ludovicianus, 9, 78, 155. 
Antrostomus carolinensis, 40. 
nuttalli, 21, 195. 
vociferus, 175. 
Anumbius acuticaudatus, 21 1. 
Aphelocoma woodhousii, 193. 
Aquila chrysaetus, 123, 178, 197, 
2 35 * 
Aramus pictus, 42. 
Archibuteo ferrugineus, 197. 
lagopus sancti-johannis, 149, 
246. 
Ardea cinerea, 236. 
herodias, 36, 42, 149, 235, 236. 
Ardetta exilis, 42, 234, 243, 
Asio accipitrinus, 112, 148, 168, 183. 
galapagoensis, 168. 
portoricensis, 168. 
wilsonianus, 177, 197, 235, 236. 
Astragalinus psaltria, 161. 
tristis, 58, 1 12, 1 19, 149, 161, 
165. 
Astrapia nigra, 55. 
Astur atricapillus, 52, 118. 
Asturina nitida plagata, 31, 178. 
Atticora cyanoleuca, 90. 
Auk, Great, 238. 
Auriparus flaviceps, 76. 
Bailey, H. B., memoranda of a 
collection of eggs from Georgia, 
37 - 
Baldpate, 61. 
Barrows, Walter B., Birds of the 
Lower Uruguay, 82, 129, 198. 
Bartramia longicauda, 198. 
Bean, Tarleton FI., notice of his 
“Notes on Birds collected in 
Alaska and Siberia,” 231. 
Beckham, Charles Wicklitfe, notice 
of his “List of the Birds of 
Bardstown, Ky.,” 227. 
Bendire, Charles E., description of 
the nest and young of the Pygmy 
Owl {Glaucidium gjioina) . 242. 
