Index. 
251 
McChesney, Charles E., notes on 
some of the winter and early spring 
birds of Fort Sisseton, Dakota, 187. 
Macrorhamphus griseus, 197, 225. 
“ scolopaceus, 64. 
Magpie, 94, 194. 
Mallard, 13, 198, 218. 
Mareca americana, 198, 218. 
“ penelope, 190. 
Martin, Bee, 215. 
“ Black, 213. 
“ Purple, 7, 143, 213. 
Maynard, C. J., notice of his “ Birds of 
Florida,” 114. 
Maxwell, Mrs. M. A., see Dartt, Mary. 
Mearns, Edgar A., notes on some of the 
less hardy winter residents in the Hud- 
son River Valley, 33 ; a partial list 
of the birds of Fort Klamath, Oregon, 
161, 194. 
Melanerpes erythrocephalus, 11, 31, 36, 
" 146 , 216. 
l’herminieri, 229. 
Meleagris americanus, 217. 
“ gallopavo, 147. 
gallopavo americanus, 12. 
Melospiza fasciata fallax, 165. 
“ insignis, 159, 160. 
“ lincolni, 6, 143, 154. 
“ meloda, 8, 32, 34, 143, 155, 
160, 214. 
“ meloda gouldi, 157. 
meloda fallax, 156, 160. 
meloda guttata, 158, 160. 
meloda heermanni, 157, 160. 
“ meloda mexicana, 158, 166. 
“ meloda rufina, 159, 160. 
“ ‘ meloda samuelis, 157, 160. 
“ palustris, 8, 32, 34, 143, 214. 
Merganser, Red-breasted, 226. 
Mergulus alle, 228, 236, 244. 
Mergus castor americanus, 198. 
“ cucullatus, 198. 
“ serrator, 198, 226. 
Merriam, C. Hart, remarks on some of 
the birds of Lewis County, Northern 
New York, 1. 
Merrill, J. C., notice of his “Notes on 
the Ornithology of Southern Texas,” 
50. 
Micropalama himantopus, 63. 
Miller, Miss Fanny, strange story of a 
California bird, 109. 
Mimus carolinensis, 32, 140, 171, 210. 
“ polyglottus, 32, 64, 140, 210. 
Mniotilta varia, 32, 141, 211, 234. 
Mocking-Bird, 27, 32, 64, 140, 210. 
“ French, 214. 
“ Mountain, 91. 
Molothrus asneus, 51. 
“ ater, 32, 145, 215. 
“ obscurus, 123. 
Motacilla flava, 53. 
“ stapazina, 130. 
Myiadestes townsendi, 93. 
Myiarchus cinerascens, 42. 
“ crinitus, 10, 145, 215. 
“ erythrocercus cooperi, 51. 
“ sclateri, 229. 
Myiodioctes canadensis, 
“ mitratus, 7, 117. 
“ pusillus, 142. 
“ pusillus pileolatus, 40, 164. 
Naijclerus furcatus, 210. 
Neocorvs spraguei, 50, 238. 
Nettion carolinensis, 198. 
Night-Hawk, 11, 31, 146. 
“ Western, 95, 195. 
Nutcracker, Clarke’s, 194. 
Nuthatch, Brown-headed, 211. 
“ Pigmy, 92, 163. 
“ Red-bellied, 141, 163, 211. 
“ Slender-billed, 163. 
“ White-bellied ,32,61,92,141, 
211 . 
Numenius hudsonicus, 226. 
“ longirostris, 147, 197, 225. 
Nyctale acadica, 85, 235. 
“ albifrons, 85. 
Nyctea nivea, 223. 
Nyctherodias violaceus, 114, 124. 
Nyctiardea grisea nsevia, 147, 226. 
Nyctidromus albicollis, 51. 
Oceanites oceanica, 228. 
CEdemia americana, 114. 
“ perspicillata, 226. 
“ velvetina, 128. 
Oporornis agilis, 61, 186. 
“ formosa, 142, 212, 234, 236. 
Oreoscoptes montanus, 91. 
Oriole, Baltimore, 32, 145, 215. 
“ Orchard, 10, 145, 215. 
Ortalida vetula, 51. 
Orthorhynchus cristatus, 229. 
Ortyx virginianus, 12, 147, 217, 229. 
Osborne, S. D., on the coloration of 
eggs, 23 ; another nest of the Yellow- 
bellied Flycatcher ( Empidonax Jlavi- 
ventris ), 240. 
Osprey, American, 196. 
Otus vulgaris wilsonianus, 195. 
Ouzel, Water, 91. 
Owl, Barn, 49, 61, 62. 
“ Barred, 31, 85, 146, 216. 
“ California Pygmy, 86. 
“ Great Horned, 85, 95, 146, 216. 
“ Long-eared, 85, 195. 
“ Mottled, 85. 
“ Saw-whet, 85. 
“ Screech, 146, 216. 
“ Short-eared, 19, 53, 83, 216, 223. 
“ Snowy, 111, 223. 
“ Western Great Horned, 195. 
Panbion haliaetus, 96, 224. 
