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248 Index . 
American birds, 27 ; breeding of the 
Winter Wren at Houlton, Me., 37 ; 
Vireo atricapillus in Texas, 58 ; oc- 
currence of the western variety of 
the Yellow Redpoll Warbler in Mas- 
sachusetts, 60 ; the Great White 
Egret in New Brunswick, 63 ; the 
Frigate Pelican in Nova Scotia, 64; 
capture of the Loggerhead Shrike in 
winter in New Hampshire, 119; 
record of the breeding of Crossbills in 
Northern Vermont in 1796, 121 ; 
nesting of the Black-throated Bunt- 
ing (Euspiza americana) in Massachu- 
setts, 122; additional captures of the 
Curlew Sandpiper in New England, 
124; the Great Carolina Wren 
breeding on Long Island, N. Y., 184 ; 
additional capture of the Cserulean 
Warbler in New England, 185; 
correction, 186; capture of a third 
specimen of the Elammulated Owl 
( Scops fiammeola) in the United 
States, 188 ; the Black Skimmer 
(. Rhynchops nigra ) in New England, 
242. 
Dendrocygna autumnalis, 51. 
Dendrceca estiva, 32, 128, 141, 164, 
180, 212. 
“ auduboni, 92, 164. 
“ black burnise, 106, 212. 
“ discolor, 186, 212. 
“ dominica, 212. 
“ ceerulea, 25, 142, 185. 
“ eserulescens, 212. 
“ chrysoparia, 60, 77. 
“ coronata, 32, 34, 81, 118, 
142, 212. 
“ kirtlandi, 58, 118, 185. 
“ maculosa, 106, 142, 212. 
“ palmarum, 186, 212. 
“ palmarum hypochrysea, 60, 
186. 
“ pennsylvanica, 32, 142, 212. 
“ pinus, 107, 212. 
“ rufigula, 229. 
“ striata, 142, 174, 212. 
“ tigrina, 212. 
“ townsendi, 118. 
“ virens, 141, 212, 230. 
Diedapper, 218. 
Diver, Great Northern, 1 99, 228. 
“ Pacific Black-throated, 199. 
“ Red-throated, 228. 
Dolichonyx oryzivora, 32, 42, 145, 215. 
Dowse, W. B., the White-bellied Nut- 
hatch concealing food, 61. 
Dove, Carolina, 12,37, 85,96, 147,217. 
“ Ground, 12. 
“ Mourning, 196. 
Duck, Black, 13, 226. 
“ Blue-eyed, 53. 
Duck, Buffle-head, 33, 198. 
“ Canvas-back, 50. 
“ Dusky, 33. 
“ Greater Scaup, 226. 
“ Harlaquin, 50. 
“ Lesser Blackhead, 198. 
“ Lesser Scaup, 30. 
“ Long-tailed, 226. 
“ Pin-tail, 198. 
“ Ruddy, 198. 
“ Spoonbill, 147, 198. 
“ Sprig-tail, 198. 
“ Summer, 198. 
u Surf, 30, 226. 
“ Wild, 198. 
“ Wood, 13, 198. 
Dutcher, Wm., Wilson’s Plover on 
Long Island, N. Y., 242. 
Dwight, J., Jr., the Stilt Sandpiper 
( Micropalama himantopus) on the 
New Jersey Coast, 63. 
Eagle, Bald, 224. 
“ Golden, 189. 
“ White-headed, 196. 
Ectopistes migratoria, 12, 37, 147, 216. 
Egret, American, 197. 
" “ Great White, 62, 63, 226. 
Eider, Black-throated, 53. 
“ Pacific, 53. 
Elanoides forficatus, 62, 146. 
Elliot, D. G., notice of his Synopsis of 
the Trochilidce, 230. 
Empidonax acadicus, 10, 145, 215. 
“ flaviventris, 146, 232, 239, 
240. 
“ minimus, 31, 124, 145. 
“ obscurus, 95. 
Eremophila alpestris, 81, 92, 141, 163, 
211, 223. 
Ereunetes pusillus, 224. 
Erismatura rubida, 198. 
Euphonia flavifrons, 229. 
Euspiza americana, 41, 122, 144, 235. 
Falco borealis, 84. 
“ columbarius, 31, 216. 
“ communis, 224. 
“ fusco-cmrulescens, 51. 
“ gyrfalco sacer 9, 188. 
“ mexicanus, 96. 
“ mexicanus polyagrus, 196. 
“ obsoletus, 188. 
“ sparverius, 31, 96, 196, 216. 
Falcon, Lanier, 96. 
“ Prairie, 111, 196. 
Finch, Bachman’s, 8, 218. 
“ Blanding’s, 94. 
“ Cassin’s Purple, 93, 164. 
" Grass, 8, 82, 93. 
“ Lark, 144. 
“ Lincoln’s, 6, 143, 154. 
“ Pine, 93, 164, 214. 
“ Purple, 7,28,32,35,122,143,214. 
