Contents of Volume IV. 
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Blackbird of Texas and Arizona ( Molothrus obscurus), 123. — A Spotted 
Egg of Empidonax minimus , 124. — Additional Captures of the Curlew Sand- 
piper in New England, 124; A Second Specimen of the Yellow-crowned 
Night Heron ( Nyctiardea viola, cea) in Massachusetts, 124. — Additional 
Notes on the Whistling Swan ( Cygnus americanus) in New England, 125. — 
Occurrence of Ross’s Goose ( Anser rossii) on the Pacific Coast and Inland, 
126. — Note on Bucephoda islandica , 126. — Notes on the Sea-Birds of the 
Grand Banks, 127. 
NUMBER III. 
On the Use of Trinomials in Zoological Nomenclature. By Robert, 
Ridgway 129 
Remarks upon Turdus pallasi and its Varieties. By H. W. Henshaid . 184 
Notes on Birds observed during the Spring Migration in Western 
Missouri. By W. E. D. Scott . .139 
The Rocky Mountain Golden-eye ( Bucephala islandica). By T. M. 
Brewer 148 
Notes on some Minnesota Birds. By T. S. Roberts 152 
Melospiza meloda and its Allies. Bv H. W. Henshaw . . . .155 
A Partial List of the Birds of Port Klamath, Oregon, collected 
by Lieutenant Willis Wittich, U. S. A., with Annotations and 
Additions by the Collector. By Edgar A. Mearns .... 161 
RECENT LITERATURE. 
Belding and Ridgwav’s Birds of Central California, 167. — Cory on the Birds 
of the Magdalen Islands, 171. — Roosevelt’s Notes on some of the Birds of 
Oyster Bay, Long Island, 171. — Ingersoll’s Nests and Eggs of American 
Birds, 172. — A Revised List of Birds of Central New York, 172. — Hallock’s 
Sportsman’s Gazetteer, 175. — Coues’s Bibliography of Ornithology, 175. 
GENERAL NOTES. 
Odd Behavior of a Robin and a Yellow Warbler, 178. — The Blue-gray Gnat 
catcher and Sanderlingin Minnesota, 182. — Nest and Eggs of the Gray Tit- 
mouse ( Lophophanes inornatus), 182. — Nesting of Certliia familiar is, 183. 
The Carolina Wren ( Thryothorus ludovicianus) breeding in New York, 183. 
— The Great Carolina Wren breeding on Long Island, 184. — Record of 
Additional Specimens of the White-throated Warbler ( Helmintliophaga leuco- 
bronchialis ), 184. — Additional Capture of the Caerulean Warbler in New 
England, 185. — Another Kirtland’s Warbler ( Dendrceca hirtlandi ), 185. — 
Correction, 186. — Rare Birds in Michigan, 186. — The Loggerhead Shrike 
breeding in Maine, 186. — Notes on some of the Winter and Early Spring 
Birds of Fort Sisseton, Dakota, 187. — Capture of a third Specimen of the 
Flammulated Owl ( Scops fiammeola) in the United States, and first Dis- 
covery of its Nest, 188. — MacFarlane’s Gerfalcon ( Falco gyrfalco sacer) in 
Maine, 188. — Nesting of Buteo zonocercus in New Mexico, 189 ; Capture of 
the Golden Eagle at Gravesend, L. I., 189. — The Eggs of the Curlew 
Sandpiper ( Tringa subarquata), 190. — Capture of the European Widgeon 
in North Carolina, 190. — Bonaparte’s Gull in Kansas, 190. — The Booby 
Gannet ( Sula fiber) in Massachusetts, 191; A Word in Defence, 191. 
