BULLETIN 
OF THE 
NUTTALL ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB: 
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Vol. VII. — JULY, 1882. — No. 3. 
CONTENTS. 
PAGE. 
The Colors of Feathers. By J. Amory 
Jeffries 129 
On a Collection of Birds lately made 
by Mr. 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 Hylocichla ali- 
ciae bicknelli , Ridgway, with some Criti- 
cal Remarks on the Allies of this 
New Race. By Etigene P. Bicknell ... 152 
Short Notes on the Birds of Bayou Sara, 
Louisiana. By Charles Wickliffe Beckham , 159 
List of Birds observed at Houston, Har- 
ris Co., Texas, and in the Counties 
Montgomery, Galveston, and Pord 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; Remark- 
able Plumage of the Orchaid Oriole, 181 ; The 
Nest and Eggs of Perisoreus canadensis , 181 ; 
Notes on the Plumage of Nephcecetes niger 
borealis, 182; Plumage of the Young of Eclectus 
polychlorus, 183 ; An Owl’s Egg laid in Confine- 
ment, 183; Buteo brachyjirus — 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 ; A “Tidal 
Wave” of Birds in Washington, 185; More Def- 
inite Statistics needed in regard to the Abundance 
of Birds, 186; Remarks on Five Maine Birds, 
189; Maine Notes, 190; Stray Notes from Lookout 
Mountain, Tenn., 191. 
Errata, 192. 
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