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palama himantopus) , 148 ; interesting 
captures, 151 ; two more birds new 
to the Fauna of North America, 152 ; 
notice of his Supplement to his Cat- 
alogue of New England Birds, 185 ; 
the Skua Gull [Stercorarius catar- 
ractes) off the coast of Massachusetts, 
188 ; song of Hepburn’s Finch ( Leu - 
custicte iittoralis), 189 ; the Black- 
throated Bunting [Euspizaamericana ) , 
190; Wilson’s Thrush, with spotted 
eggs’ and nesting in trees, 193; the 
Carolina Wren in Massachusetts, 
193 ; the Titlark (Anthus ludovici- 
anus) in Massachusetts in June, 193 ; 
the White-crowned Sparrow breeding 
in Vermont, 195 ; eggs of the Soli- 
tary Sandpiper ( Ithyacophilus soli- 
tarius ), 197. 
Brewster, William, note on nest and 
eggs of Carpoclacus purpureus var. 
californicus , 10; descriptions of the 
first plumage in various species of 
North American birds, 15, 56, 115, 
175 ; 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 ; note on 
Dendrceca dominica, 43 ; the White- 
throated Warbler ( Helminthopliaga 
leucobronchialis) in Connecticut, 99; 
nesting of the Large-billed Water 
Thrush (Siurus mota cilia), 133; note 
on the breeding of the Woodcock in 
Georgia and Florida, 151 ; note on 
the occurrence of Phalaropus hyperbo- 
reus in Massachusetts, 152 ; the Pro- 
thonotary Warbler ( Protonotaria ci- 
trea), 153 ; the Short-tailed Tern ( Hy- 
drochelidon Jissipes ) in Massachusetts, 
190; capture of the Whistling Swan 
( Cygnus arnericanus ) in Massachusetts, 
198; capture of a fifth specimen of 
the White-throated Warbler ( Helmin - 
thophaga leucobronchialis), 199. 
Brown, J. A. IJarvie, notice of his pa- 
pers on the distribution of birds in 
North European Russia, p. 35. 
Brown, Nathan Clifford, the Sharp- 
tailed Finch in Maine, 98 ; the Stilt 
Sandpiper at Portland, Me., 102 ; a 
list of birds observed at Coosada, 
Central Alabama, 168. 
Bunting, Baird’s, 1. 
“ Black-throated, 45, 164, 190. 
“ Lark, 48. 
“ Painted Lark, 92. 
Bureau, Louis, abstract of his paper, 
“ De la Mue du Bee et des Orne- 
ments Palpebraux du Macareux arc- 
tique,” etc., 87. 
Buteo swainsoni, 39. 
Buzzard, Swainson’s, 39. 
Calamospiza bicolor, 48. 
Calidris arenaria, 86. 
Calypte anna, 192. 
Cardinalis virginianus, 131. 
Carpodacus cassini, 66. 
“ purpureus, 116. 
“ californicus, 8. 
Catbird, 18, 76, 169. 
Catharistes atratus, 166. 
Catherpes mexicanus (3 eonspersus, 65 
Cedar-bird, 70. 
Centronyx bairdi, 2, 3. 
“ ochvocephalus, 1, 2. 
Cen turns carolinus, 146, 180. 
Ceratorhina monocerata, 87. 
“ suckleyi, 89. 
Certhia familiaris, 171. 
Ceryle alcyon, 92. 
Chamaspeleia passerina, 147. 
Chat, Yellow-breasted, 174. 
Chaulelasmus couesi, 81. 
Chewink, see Towhee. 
Chickadee, see Titmouse. 
Chicken, California Prairie, 96. [164. 
Chondestes grammaca, 43, 44, 66, 121, 
Chordeiles virginianus, 178. 
Chrysomitris lawrencei, 66. 
“ pinus, 66, 117. 
“ tristis, 66, 117. 
Chuck-will’s-widow, 165. 
Ciconia dicrura, 184. 
“ maguari, 184. 
Cinclus mexicanus, 65. 
Cistothorus stellaris, 22, 172. 
Coccyzus arnericanus, 165. 
erythrophthalmus, 178. 
Colaptes auratus, 67, 181. 
“ 7 hybridus, 67. 
“ “ p mexicanus, 67. 
Collins, W. L., tragic fate of a Summer 
Warbler, 197. 
Collurio ludovicianus, 66, 174. 
ludovicianus var. excubitoroi- 
des, 53, 55. 
Colymbus septentrionalis, 86, 146. 
“ torquatus, 53. 
Contopus borealis, 53, 177. 
“ richardsoni, 67. 
“ virens, 177. 
Cooper, William A., notes on the breed- 
ing habits of Carpodacus purpureus 
var. californicus, with a description of 
its nest and eggs, 8 ; on the breeding 
habits of Hutton’s Vireo ( Vireo hut- 
toni) and the Gray Titmouse ( Lopko - 
phanes inornatus), with description of 
their nest and eggs, 68. 
Coriphilus kuhli, 81. 
Corvus arnericanus, 71, 94. 
“ corax, 53, 86. 
