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CONTENTS . OF VOLUME III. 
NUMBER I. 
Page 
Note on Passerculus bairdi and P. princeps. By Dr. Elliott Cones, 
U. S. A 1 
On the Species of the Genus Passerella. By H. W. Henshaw . . 3 
Notes on the Breeding Habits of Carpodacus purpureus var. cali- 
fqrnicus. By William A. Cooper 8 
Description of a New Wren from the Tres Marias Islands. By 
Robert Rid g way . . .10 
Additional Remarks on Selasphorus alleni. By H. W. Henshaw . 11 
Descriptions of the First Plumage in Various Species of North 
American Birds. By William Brewster . 15 
An Inadequate “ Theory of Birds’ Nests.” By J. A. Allen . . 23 
Breeding of the Duck Hawk in Trees. By N . S . Goss .... 32 
RECENT LITERATURE. 
Birds of the Vicinity of Cincinnati, 34. — Birds of Central New York, 34. — 
Brown on the Distribution of Birds in North-European Russia, 35. — Sum- 
mer Birds of the Adirondacks, 36. — Birds of Southern Illinois, 36. — Gen- 
try’s “ Life-Histories of the Birds of Eastern Pennsylvania,” 36. 
GENERAL NOTES. 
Three Additions to the Avifauna of North America, 37. — The Rock Ptarmigan 
( Lagopus rupestris) in the Aleutian Islands, 38. — Coturniculus henslowi in 
New Hampshire, 39. — Breeding Habits of Geococcyx calif or nianus, 39. — 
Occurrence of a Second Specimen of Swainson’s Buzzard ( Buteo swain- 
soni) in Massachusetts, 39. — Breeding of the Hooded Merganser (Mergus 
cucullatus ) in Florida, 40. — Breeding of the Shore-Lark in Western New 
York, 40. — The Northern Phalarope in North Carolina, 40. — Relaying of 
Hawks in the same Nest when robbed, 41. — The Willow Grouse in New 
York, 41. — Pipilo erythrophthalmus with Spotted Scapulars, 41. — Vireo 
vicinior in California, 42. — Nest and Eggs of Zonotrichia coronata , 42. — 
Note on Dendrceca dominica , 43. — Eastern Range of Chondestes gramma, ca, 
43. — The Lark Finch ( Chondestes grammaca) again in Massachusetts, 44. 
A Third Specimen of Helminihophaga leucobronchialis , 44. — The Black- 
throated Bunting ( Euspiza americana) nesting in Massachusetts, 45. — The 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ( Polioptila ccerulea) in Massachusetts, 45. — The 
Capture of several Rare Birds near West Point, New York, 45. — The Fish 
