Index. 
205 
Larus glaucescens, 186. 
“ glaucopterus, 186. 
“ glaucus, 86 , 186. 
“ hutehinsi, 186. 
“ ichthyaetus, 187. 
“ kittlitzi, 187. 
“ leucophaeus, 1 87. 
“ leucopterus, 187. 
“ merulinius, 141. 
“ michahellesi, 187. 
“ niveus, 186. 
“ occidentals, 186. 
“ polo-candor, 142. 
“ ridibundus, 187. 
“ schimperi, 187. 
“ septentrionalis, 186. 
u sterna, 142. 
“ suckleyi, 186. 
Lawrence, N. T., the European Wid- 
geon (Mareca penelope) in the United 
States, 98 ; the Ipswich Sparrow on 
Long Island, N. Y., 102 . 
Lobipes hyperboreus, 40, 54, 151. 
Lophophanes bicolor, 19, 54, 129, 170. 
“ inornatus, 68 . 
Loxia curvirostra americana, 53, 117. 
“ leucoptera, 53, 117. 
Maeeca penelope, 98. 
Maynard, C. J., notice of his “ Birds of 
Florida/’ 145. 
Mearns, Edgar A., capture of several 
rare birds near West Point, N. Y., 
45; description of unusually devel- 
oped individuals of three species, 
and remarks on uncommon plu- 
mages in several others, taken near 
West Point, N. Y., 69 ; the Golden 
Eagle in Hudson Highlands, 100 ; 
capture of two rare birds in the Hud- 
son River Valley, 146. 
Megalopterus stolid us, 143. 
Melanerpes erythrocephalus, 97, 123, 
189. 
' formicivorus, 97. 
Melospiza fasciata, 7 fallax, 66 . 
“ “ /3 guttata, 66 . 
“ 8 heermanni, 66 . 
“ insignis, 3. 
“ lincolni, 66 , 197. 
“ melodia, 120. 
“ palustris, 120 . 
Mergulus alle, 86. 
Merganser, Hooded, 40. 
Merriam, C. Hart, correction, 47 ; re- 
marks on some of the birds of Lewis 
County, Northern New York, 52, 
123 ; nesting of the Banded Three- 
toed Woodpecker ( Picoides ameri- 
canus) in Northern New York, 200 . 
Merrill, J. C., occurrence of Myiarchus 
crinitus var. erythrocercus at Fort 
Brown, Texas, 99. 
Micropalama himantopus, 148. 
Mimus carolinensis, 18 , 76, 170. 
“ polyglottus, 65, 93, 129, 169. 
Mniotilta varia, 22 , 172. 
Mocking-hird, 129, 169. 
Molothrus aeneus, 144. 
“ ater, 123. 
Mormon grubas, 88 . 
Murdoch, John, effects of the warm 
winter on the migration of birds, 75 ; 
second capture of the Orange-crowned 
Warbler (HeJminthophaga celata) in 
New Hampshire, 96 ; Phalarope, an 
etymological blunder, 150. 
Muscicapa striata, 105. 
Myiadestes townsendi, 65. 
Myiarchus cinerascens, 66 , 100 . 
“ crinitus, 94, 165. 
' crinitus var. erythrocercus, 
99, 100, 144. 
Myiodioctes canadensis, 53, 60, 139. 
“ mitratus, 56, 71, 130, 164, 174. 
Nelson, E. W., notice of his observa- 
tions on birds of Southern Illinois, 
36 ; three additions to the Avifauna 
of North America, 37 ; the Rock 
Ptarmigan (Lagopus rupestris) in the 
Aleutian Islands, 38. 
Nuthatch, Brown-headed, 171. 
“ Red-bellied, 20 , 196. 
“ White-bellied, 171. 
Nyctherodius violaceus, 145. 
CEdemia americana, 54, 148. 
“ fusca, 148. 
“ perspicillata, 149. 
Onychoprion fuliginosa, 143. 
“ panaya, 143. 
u panayensis, 143. 
Oporornis formosa, 60, 130, 164, 174, 
191. 
Osborne, S. D., nesting of the Yellow- 
bellied Flycatcher ( Empidonax jlavi- 
ventris), 187. 
Owl, Barn, 78, 132. 
“ Hawk, 54. 
“ Pygmy, 193. 
Pagophila eburnea, 86 . 
Parula americana, 22 , 172. 
“ nigrilora, 144. 
Parus atricapillus, 19. 
“ carolinensis, 170. 
“ cinctus, 37. 
“ hudsonicus, 20, 105. 
“ montanus, 102 . 
“ rufescens, 20 . 
Passerculus bairdi, 1, 2 . 
“ guttatus, 80. 
“ princeps, 1, 2, 3, 102, 145. 
“ sandvichensis 7 alaudinus, 66 . 
“ savanna, 118. 
Passerella iliaca, 3, 6 , 7. 
“ “ megarhyncha, 7, 66 . 
