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Index. 
Brewer, T. M., notes on New England 
birds, 63 ; Fulmarus glacialis on the 
Massachusetts coast, 64 ; the Ameri- 
can Brown Creeper, 87 ; nest and 
eggs of the Golden-crowned Kinglet 
{Reg ulus satrapn), 96 ; the eggs of 
the Redstart ( Setophaga ruticilla), 
118 ; the Loggerhead Shrike ( Collurio 
ludovicianus ) breeding in Northern' 
New England, 119 ; the Great North- 
ern Shrike in New England, 120 ; 
the Cow-Blackbird of Texas and 
Arizona, 123; the Rocky Mountain 
Golden-eve ( Encephala islandica), 
148 ; the eggs of the Curlew Sand- 
piper ( Tringa subarquata), 190; the 
Booby Gannet (Sula fiber ) in Massa- 
chusetts, 1 91 ; a word in defence, 191 ; 
introductory note to Loomis’s List 
of the Birds of Chester County, 
South Carolina, 209 ; notice of his 
paper on the nests and eggs of the 
North American species of Empido- 
nax, 232; on a nest of the Summer 
Reclbird, 213 ; Vireo gilvus and Vireo 
fiavifrons in Northern New England, 
237 ; the Rocky Mountain Whiskey- 
Jack ( Perisoreus canadensis capitahs), 
239 ; the Black Skimmer in Massa- 
chusetts, 243. 
Brewster, William, note on Ortxjx vir- 
ginianus from Alabama, 12; the 
Terns of the New England Coast, 
13; descriptions of the first plumage 
in various species of North American 
birds, 39 ; notes on the habits and 
distribution of- the Rufous crowned 
Sparrow ( Peuccea ruficeps), 47 ; on 
the habits and nesting of certain rare 
birds in Texas, 75; notes upon the 
distribution, habits, and nesting of 
the Black-capped Vireo ( Vireo atrica- 
pillus), 99 ; a spotted egg of Empi- 
donax minimus, 124; a second speci- 
men of the Yellow-crowned Night 
Heron ( Nyctiardea violacea) in Massa- 
chusetts, 124; additional notes on 
the Whistling Swan ( Cygnus ameri- 
canus) in New England, i 25 ; breed- 
ing habits of the American Brown 
Creeper ( Certhia familiaris ameri- 
cana ), 199. 
Brown, Nathan Clifford, a list of birds 
observed at Coosada, Central Ala- 
bama, 7 ; notes on a few birds oc- 
curring in the vicinity of Portland, 
Me., 106. 
Bubo virginianus, 11, 95, 146, 216. 
“ virginianus subarcticus, 195. 
Bucephala albeola, 33, 198. 
“ clangula, 96. 
“ clangula americana, 198. 
Bucephala islandica, 50, 126, 148, 198. 
Bull-bat, 215. 
Bunting, Bay-winged, 143, 214. 
“ Black-throated, 122, 144. 
“ Chestnut-collared, 143. 
“ Clay-colored, 154. 
“ Henslow’s, 8, 143. 
“ Lazuli, 165. 
“ LeConte’s, 8, 152. 
“ Towhee, 214. 
Buteo albocaudatus, 51. 
“ aquilinus, 84, 146, 242. 
“ borealis, 84, 216, 242. 
“ lineatus, 11, 31, 84, 146, 216. 
“ swainsoni, 188, 196. 
“ zonocercus, 80, 189. 
Butter-ball, 198. 
Buzzard, Turkey, 11, 147, 196, 216, 
224. 
Calidris arenaria, 182, 225. 
Can ace obscura, 197. 
Cardinal, 82, 144. 
Cardinalis virginianus, 9, 46, 82, 144, 
214. 
Carpodacus cassini, 93, 164. 
“ purpureus, 32, 34, 122, 143, 
214. 
Catbird, 28, 32, 140, 210. 
Cathartes atratus, 12, 216. 
“ aura, 11, 24, 147, 216, 224. 
Cedar-Bird, 7, 32, 81, 93, 143. 
Centrocercus urophasianus, 96, 197. 
Centrophanes lapponica, 238. 
Centurus carolinus, 6, 11, 216. 
Certhia americana, 90. 
“ brachydactyla, 89, 90. 
“ costae, 90. 
“ familiaris,' 32, 87, 141, 183, 
211 . 
“ familiaris americana, 199. 
“ mexicana, 90. 
Certhiola martinica, 229. 
Ceryle alcyon, 31, 36, 95, 146, 188, 195, 
215. 
“ americana cabanisi, 79. 
Chaetura pelagica, 11, 31, 146, 215. 
Chamaepelia passerina, 12. 
Charadrius virginicus, 217. 
Chat, Yellow-breasted, 142, 212. 
Chen hyperboreus, 198. 
Chewink, 32, 145. 
Chickadee, 32, 140. 
“ Carolina, 211, 223. 
“ Mountain, 92, 163. 
Chicken, Prairie, 111, 112, 147. 
Chip-the-red-oak- white-oak, 215. 
Chloephaga canagica, 53. 
Chondestes grammica, 144. 
Chordiles acutipennis texensis, 51. 
“ popetue, 31. 
“ virginianus, 11, 146, 215. 
“ virginianus henryi, 95. 
