INDEX. 
Accipiter cooperi, 41. 
JEchmoptila albifrons, 144. 
^Egialitis hiaticula, 51, 86. 
“ meloda var. circamcincta, 94. 
“ wilsonia, 139. 
Agelseus phceniceus, 175. 
“ tricolor, 137. 
Alca bruennichi, 86. 
Aldrich, Charles, Red-headed Wood- 
pecker eating grasshoppers, 189. 
Allen, 0. A., an albino Anna Hum- 
ming-bird, 192; the Pygmy Owl 
( Glaucidium calfornicum) , 193. 
Allen, J. A. , an inadequate “ Theory 
of Birds’ Nests,” 23; note on Pipilo 
erythrophthalmus with spotted scapu- 
lars, 42 ; note on the Fish Crow, 47 ; 
the Lark Bunting ( Calamospiza bi- 
color) in Massachusetts, 48 ; late 
capture of the Yellow-bellied Fly- 
catcher in Massachusetts, 102 ; per- 
sistency in nest-building by a pair 
of city Robins, 103 ; notice of his 
“ List of the Birds of Massachu- 
setts,” 138 ; occurrence of three spe- 
cies of Sea-Ducks at St. Louis, Mo., 
148; the Carolinian Fauna, 149 ; the 
Glossy Ibis in Massachusetts, and 
note on its proper generic and specific 
names, 152; Rufous-headed Sparrow 
( Peucosa nrficeps ) in Texas, 188 ; 
early nesting of the Shore Lark 
(Erernophila alpestris) near Indian- 
apolis, Ind., 189; the Snow-Bird in 
summer on Mount Wachusett, 192; 
Sabine’s Gull in Maine, 195. 
Amazilia cerviniventris, 144. 
Ammodromus bairdi, 2. 
“ caudacutus, 48, 98, 119, 147. 
“ maritimus, 48, 119. 
Ampelis cedrorum, 64, 70. 
“ garrulus, 46. 
Anhinga, 101. 
Anorthura troglodytes var. hyemalis, 
53,172,194. 
Anous fuscatus, 143. 
“ l’herminieri, 143. 
“ niger, 143. 
“ plumhea, 141. 
“ rousseaui, 143. 
“ spadiceus, 143. 
“ stolidus, 143. 
“ var. frater, 143. 
Anser hyperboreus, 146. 
Anthus ludovicianus, 35, 172, 194. 
Antrostomus carolinensis, 1 65. 
Aquila chrysaetus, 100. 
Ardea cserulea, 145. 
“ candidissima, 145. 
“ cinereus, 183. 
“ cocoi, 183. 
“ egretta, 145. 
“ herodias, 53, 183, 184. 
“ lessoni, 184. 
“ leucogastra var. leucophrymna, 
145. 
“ occidentalis, 183. 
“ rufa, 145, 184. 
“ wiirdemanni, 184. 
Audubon, Miss Maria R., combat be- 
tween an albino Robin and a mole, 
184. 
Auriparus flaviceps, 93. 
Bagg, Egbert, Jr., Lincoln’s Finch 
( Melospiza lincolni) breeding in Ham- 
ilton County, N. Y., 197. 
Bailey, H. B., some new traits in the 
Red-headed Woodpecker ( Melanerpes 
erythrocephalus) , 97. 
Barrows, S. J., notice of his Catalogue 
of the Alcidce, 86. 
Batchelder, Charles F., spurious prima- 
ries in the Red-eyed Vireo, 97. 
Belding, L., nesting-habits of Parus 
montanus, 102. 
Bendire, Charles, breeding habits of 
Geoccyx californianus, 39 ; notice of 
his Notes on some of the Birds of 
Southern Oregon, 81. 
Bernicla brenta, 86. 
Bicknell, Eugene P., evidences of the 
Carolinian Fauna in the Lower Hud- 
son Valley, 128. 
Bluebird, 19, 76, 169. 
Brachyrhamphus craveri, 81. 
Brewer, T. M., nest and eggs of Zono- 
trichia coronata, 42 ; the Seaside 
Finch ( Ammodromus maritimus) in 
Eastern Massachusetts, 48 ; changes 
in our North American Fauna, 49 ; 
notes on Junco caniceps and the close- 
ly allied forms, 72 ; note on eggs of 
Myiarchus erythrocercus, 100 ; the 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ( Polioptila 
ccerulea in Massachusetts, 146 ; Apol- 
ogetic, 147; the Stilt Sandpiper [Micro- 
