BULLETIN 
OF THE 
N U.TTALL Ornithological Club: 
% (Imirtfrlji Journal of #nntljolo0g. 
Vol. IV. - APRIL, 187©, 
No. 2. 
CONTENTS. 
Page 
History of the Evening Grosbeak. By Elliott 
Coues 65 
On the Habits and Nesting of Certain Rare Birds 
in Texas. By William Brewster 75 
Late Fall and Winter Notes on some Birds ob- 
served in the Vicinity of Princeton, N. J. By 
W.E.D. Scott 81 
Notes on the Breeding Habits of the California 
Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium californicum), with a 
Description of its Eggs. By William A. Cooper. 86 
The American Brown Creeper. By T. M. Brewer. 87 
Notes on Birds observed at Twin Lakes, Lake 
County, Colorado. By W. E I). Scott 90 
Nest and Eggs of the Golden-crowned Kinglet 
( Regulus satrapa). By T M. Brewer 96 
Notes upon the Distribution, Habits, and Nesting 
of the Black-capped Vireo ( Vireo atricupillus). 
By William Brewster 99 
The Ipswich Sparrow ( Passerculus princeps, May- 
nard). By IV. A. Jeffries 103 
Notes on a few Birds occurring in the Vicinity of 
Portland, Me. By Nathan Clifford Brown 106 
Strange Story of a California Bird. By Miss 
Fanny Miller 109 
Recent Literature. — Aughey’s Notes on the Food of 
the Birds of Nebraska, 110 ; Langdon’s Revised List of 
Cincinnati Birds, 112 ; A Woman s Work as a Natural- 
ist, 113; Maynard's Birds of Florida, 114. 
General Notes. — Olive-hacked Thrush ( Turdus swain- 
soni) in Texas, 116 ; Albinism in the Tufted Titmouse, 
116; Hooded Warbler in Western New York, 116; 
Note on Dendrceca townstndi ,117 ; The Yellow-rumped 
Warbler ( Dlndrceca coronata) wintering in Swamp- 
scott, Mass., 118 ; Capture of Kirtland's Warbler ( Dcn- 
drceca kirtlandi) in the Bahama Islands, 118 ; The Eggs 
of the Redstart ( Setophaga rulicilla), 118 ; Rough- 
winged Swallow in Connecticut, 119 ; The Loggerhead 
Shrike ( Collurio ludovicianas) breeding in Northern 
New England, 119 ; Capture of the Loggerhead Shrike 
in Winter in New Hampshire, 119 ; The White-rumped 
and Loggerhead Shrikes in Ohio, 120 ; The Great 
Northern Shrike in New England, 120 ; JEgiothus ex- 
ilipes in Massachusetts, 121 ; Record of the Breeding 
of Crossbills in Northern Vermont in 1796, 121 ; Notes 
on the Purple Finch, 122 ; Nesting of the Black- 
throated Bunting (Euspiza americana) in Massachu- 
setts, 122; Rare Birds in Michigan, 123; The Cow- 
Blackbird of Texas and Arizona ( Molothrus obscurus ), 
123 ; A Spotted Egg of Empidonax minimus , 124 ; 
Additional Captures of the Curlew Sandpiper in New 
England, 124 ; A Second Specimen of the Yellow- 
crowned Night Heron (Nyctiardea violarea) in Massa- 
chusetts, 124 ; Additional Notes on the Whistling 
Swan ( Cygnus americanus) in New England, 125 ; Oc- 
currence of Ross’s Goose (Anser rossii ) on the Pacific 
Coast and Inland, 126 ; Note on Bucephala island ica, 
126 ; Notes on the Sea-Birds of the Grand Banks, 127. 
Cawh ritrjjr, : 
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