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Chrysomitris pinus, 93, 164, 214. 
“ psaltria, 46. 
“ psaltria mexicanus, 46. 
“ tristis, 7, 46, 143, 164, 214. 
Chrysotis gouldingi, 229. 
Chuck-will’s-widow, 10, 215. 
Cinclocerthia gutturalis, 229. 
Cinclus mexicanus, 39, 91. 
Circus cyaneus hudsonius, 37, 83, 146, 
195, 224. 
Cistothorus palustris, 32. 
“ stellaris, 6. 
Coccoborus vespertinus, 65. 
Coccothraustes bonapartii, 66, 71. 
“ maculipennis, 67. 
“ vespertina, 65. 
Coccyzus americanus, 11, 146, 216. 
“ erythrophthalmus, 52, 146, 216. 
Cock of the Plains, 197. 
Cock, Chaparral, 109. 
“ Johnny, 216. 
“ Sage, 96, 197. 
Colaptes auratus, 11 , 31, 67, 146, 216. 
auratus mexicanus, 195. 
“ mexicanus, 95. 
Collurio borealis, 81, 119, 120. 
“ ludovicianus, 7,61, 82, 119, 120. 
“ ludovicianus excubitorides, 119, 
120 . 
Colymbus adamsi, 53. 
“ arcticus pacificus, 1 99. 
“ septentrionalis, 228. 
“ torquatus, 13, 199, 228. 
Cooper, W. A., notes on the breeding 
habits of the California Pygmy Owl 
(Glaucidium californicum), with a de- 
scription of its eggs, 86. 
Coot, 13, 30, 147, 197, 217. 
Contopus borealis, 94, 186, 195, 235. 
“ virens, 10, 145, 215. 
“ virens richardsoni, 94, 195. 
Conurus carolinus, 11, 146. 
Cormorant, 33. 
“ Double-crested, 62, 227. 
Corvus americanus, 32, 145, 166, 215, 
223. 
“ americanus floridanus, 10. 
“ corax, 82, 94, 166. 
“ ossifragus, 10, 82, 239. 
Corv, Charles B., capture of Kirtland’s 
Warbler ( Dendrceca kirtlandi) in the 
Bahama Islands, 118; notice of his 
“ Naturalist in the Magdalen Isl- 
ands,” 171. 
Coturniculus henslowi, 8, 46, 143, 238. 
“ lecontei, 8, 152. 
“ passerinus, 8, 143, 214. 
Cotyle riparia, 142. 
Coues, Elliott, notice of his “Field- 
Notes on Birds observed in Dakota 
and Montana along the Forty-ninth 
Parallel during the Seasons of 1873 j 
and 1 874,” 49 ; notice of his “ Birds of 
the Colorado Valley,” 54 ; note on 
Dendrceca chrysoparia, 60 ; history of 
the Evening Grosbeak, 65 ; note on 
Falco aquilinus, Barton, 84; note on 
Dendrceca townsendi, 117; on the 
breeding of the Great Northern 
Shrike, 120; note on Bucephala 
islandica, 126 ; “ Memorial ” relating 
to his “ Bibliography of Ornithol- 
ogy,” 175 ; note on the Black-capped 
Greenlet, Vireo atricapillus of Wood- 
house, 193 ; obituary of Miss Gene- 
vieve E. Jones, 228; southern range 
of Centroplianes iapponica, 238 ; a cor- 
rection, 242 ; note on Alle nigricans, 
244. 
Coues, George Hughes, list of birds 
observed in the Naval Hospital 
Grounds, in Brooklyn City, 31. 
Cowbird, 32, 111, 145, 215/ 
Crane, Big Blue, 217. 
“ Little Blue, 217. 
“ Little White, 217. 
“ Sandhill, 147, 197. 
Creeper, American Brown, 87, 199, 211. 
“ Black-and-white, 32. 
“ Brown, 22, 141, 183. 
Crossbill, 121. 
“ Red, 62, 93. 
Crow, Common, 32, 145, 166, 215,283. 
“ Carrion, 216. 
“ Clarke’s, 94, 194. 
“ Fish, 10, 82. 
“ Florida, 10. 
Cuckoo, Black -billed, 29, 146, 216. 
“ Yellow-billed, 11, 146, 216. 
Cupidonia cupido, 62, 147. 
Curlew, Hudsonian, 226. 
“ Long-billed, 147, 197, 225. 
Cyanecula suecica, 53. 
Cyanocitta cyanea, 145. 
Cyanospiza amoena, 165. 
“ ciris, 46. 
“ cyanea, 9, 144, 214. 
Cyanurus cristatus, 10, 32, 215. 
“ stelleri, 94. 
“ stelleri frontalis, 194. 
Cvgnus americanus, 125, 226. 
“ buccinator, 197. 
Cymochorea leucorrhoa, 128. 
Cypseloides niger, 229. 
Dab-chick, 147. 
Dafila acuta, 198. 
Darter, Blue, 216. 
Dartt, Mary, notice of her “ On the 
Plains and among the Peaks ; or, 
How Mrs. Maxwell made her Natural 
History Collection,” 113. 
Dead-limb Bird, 215. 
Deane, Ruthven, additional cases of 
albinism and melanism in North 
