BULLETIN 
OF THE 
Nuttall Ornithological Club: 
% Journal flf Dmitliologn- 
Vol. III. - APRIL, 1878. - No. 2. 
CONTENTS. 
Page 
Changes in our North American Fauna. By T. M. 
Brewer . 49 
Remarks on Some op the Birds op Lewis County, 
Northern New York. By C. Hart Merriam, 
with Notes by A. J. Dayan 52 
Descriptions of the First Plumage in Various 
Species op North American Birds. By William 
Brewster 56 
Notes on some op the Birds of Calaveras County, 
California, and adjoining Localities. By Rob- 
ert Ridgway 64 
Notes on the Breeding Habits of Hutton’s Vireo 
( Vireo huttoni) and the Gray Titmouse ( Lopho- 
phanes inornatus), with a Description op their 
Nests and Eggs. By William A. Cooper . 68 
A Description of unusually developed Individuals 
of three Species, and Remarks on Uncommon 
Plumages in several others, taken near West 
Point, N. Y. By Edgar A. Mearns 69 
Notes on Junco caniceps and the closely allied 
Forms. By T. M. Brewer 72 
Effects of the Warm Winter on the Migration 
of Birds. By John Murdoch 75 
Recent Literature. — Sharpe’s “ Catalogue of the Birds 
in the British Museum,” p. 77 ; Rowley’s “ The Pied 
Duck,” p. 79; Street’s Notes on the Birds of Lower 
California and the Hawaiian and Fanning Islands, p. 
80 ; Bendire’s Notes on the Birds of Southeastern Ore- 
gon, p. 81; Ridgway’s Report on the Ornithology of 
the Fortieth Parallel, p. 81 ; Recent Lists of the Birds 
of Central New York. p. 83 ; Barrows’s “ Catalogue of 
the Alcidac,” p. 86 ; Feilden’s “ List of Birds observed 
in Smith Sound,” p. 86 ; On the Moult of the Bill and 
Palpebral Ornaments in Fratercula arctica, p. 87. 
General Notes. — Habits of the Kingfisher (Ceryle 
alcyon ), p. 92; The Painted Lark Bunting ( Plectro - 
phanes pictus ) in Texas, p. 92 ; Notes on a few Birds 
observed in New Mexico and Arizona, p. 92 ; Capture 
of JEgialilis meloda var. circumcincta, Ridgway, on 
Long Island, p. 94 ; Nest and Eggs of Selasphorus pla- 
tycercus, p. 95 ; Nesting of Vireo olivaceics, p. 95 ; Cali- 
fornian Prairie Chickens, p. 96 ; Report of the Second 
Capture of the Orange-crowned Warbler ( Helmintho - 
phaga celata) in New Hampshire, p. 96 ; Robins’ Eggs, 
spotted, p. 97 ; Some New Traits for the Red-headed 
Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythruceplialus), p. 97 ; Spu- 
rious Primaries in the Red-eyed Vireo, p. 97 ; The 
European Widgeon (Mareca penelope) in the United 
States, p. 98 ; The Sharp-tailed Finch ( Ammodramus 
caudacutus) in Maine, p. 98 ; The White-throated War- 
bler ( Helminthophaga leucobronchialis) in Connecti- 
cut, p. 99 ; The Occurrence of Myiarchus crinitus var. 
erythrocercus, Sclat., at Fort Brown, Texas, p. 99 ; The 
Golden Eagle in the Hudson Highlands, p. 100 ; Mean- 
ing of the Word “ Anhinga,” p. 101 ; Late Capture of 
the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher in Massachusetts, p. 
101 ; The Ipswich Sparrow ( Passercidus princeps ) on 
Long Island, N. Y., p. 102 ; The Stilt Sandpiper (Mi- 
cropalama himantopus) at Portland, Me., p. 102 ; 
Nesting-Habits of Parus montanus , p. 102 ; Persist- 
ency in Nest-building of a Pair of City Robins, p. 103 ; 
Deadly Combat between a Robin and a Mole, p. 104. 
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