BULLETIN 
OF THE 
Nuttall Ornithological Club: 
% (Quarterly) Journal of (Drmfjjflloiji). 
Vol. III. - OCTOBER; 1878, 
No. 4. 
CONTENTS. 
Page 
The Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea). 
By William Brewster 153 
Notes on Birds observed at Mount Carmel, South- 
ern Illinois. By Robert Ridgway 162 
The Nest and Eggs of the Yellow-Bellied Fly- 
catcher [Empidonax flavin ntr is). By li. A. 
Pur die 166 
A List of Birds observed at Coosada, Central 
Alabama. By Nathan Clifford Brown. 168 
Descriptions of the First Plumage in Various 
Species of North American Birds. By William 
Brewster 175 
Recent Literature. — Elliot’s Revie.v of the lbidince. or 
Ibises, 182 ; Kidgway’s Studies of the American Hero- 
diones, 182 ; Reichenow’.s Review of the Herons and 
their Allies, 183; Brewer’s Supplement to his Cata- 
logue of New England Birds, 185 ; Saunders on the 
Larince, 185. 
General Notes. — Nesting of the Yellow-bellied Fly- 
catcher ( Empidonax Jlavwentris), 187 ; The Blue 
winged Yellow Warbler ( Helminthopkaga pinus) in 
Massachusetts, 188 ; The Skua Gull ( Stercorarius catar- 
ractes) on the Coast of Massachusetts, 188; Rufous- 
headed Sparrow ( Peucoea rvjiceps) in Texas, 188 ; Early 
Nesting of the Shore Lark near Indianapolis, Ind., 
189 ; Breeding of the Shore Lark in Western New 
York, 189 ; Red-headed Woodpecker eating Grass- 
hoppers, 189 ; Song of Hepburn's Finch ( Leucosticte 
littoralis), 189; The Short-tailed Tern ( Hydrochelidon 
fissipes) in Massachusetts, 190 ; The Black-throated 
Bunting ( Euspiza americana), 190; A Hint to Egg- 
Collectors, 191 ; The Kentucky Warbler ( Oporotnis 
formosus) at Sing Sing, N. Y , 191 ; The Snow-Bird in 
Summer on Mount Wachusett, 192 ; An Albino Anna 
Humming-Bird, 192 ; Wilson’s Thrush, with Spotted 
Eggs, and nesting on a Tree, 193 ; The Pygmy Owl 
GLaucidium calif ornicum) , 193 ; The Carolina Wren in 
Massachusetts, 1.93 ; The Titlark ( Anthus ludovicianus ) 
in Massachusetts in June, 194; Nests and Eggs of 
Helminthopkaga pinus, 194 ; The Winter Wren breed- 
ing in Southern New York, 194 ; The Sooty Tern iu 
New Hampshire, 195; Sabine’s Gull in Maine, 195; 
The White-crowned Sparrow breeding in Vermont, 
195 ; Nesting Habits of the Red-bellied Nuthatch, 196 ; 
Tragic Fate of a Summer Warbler, 197 ; Eggs of the 
Solitary Sandpiper ( Rhyacophilus solitarius), 197 ; 
Lincoln’s Finch (Melospiza linedni) breeding in Ham- 
ilton County, N. Y., 197 ; Occurrence of the Whistling 
Swan (Cygnus americanus ) in Massachusetts, 198; 
Capture of a Fifth Specimen of the White-throated 
Warbler ( Helminthopkaga leucobronc/iialis), 199 ; Nest- 
ing of the Banded Three-toed Woodpecker [Picoides 
americanus) in Northern New York, 200. 
Index 201 
Cttiubrthgf, IH.ioo. : 
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