W. H. Wheeler, Printer,

15 & 17 Brighton Street, Cambridge, Mass.

1881.

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NUTTALL ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB.

HONORARY MEMBERS.

PROF. SPENCER F. BAIRD, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.

DR. ELLIOTT COUES, U. S. A., Washington, D. C.
DANIEL GIRAUD ELLIOT, New Brighton, L. I., N.Y.
GEORGE N. LAWRENCE, New York, N. Y.

ROBERT RIDGWAY, Washington, D. C.

FOREIGN HONORARY MEMBERS.

PROF. J. V. BARBOZA DU BOCAGE, Royal Museum, Lisbon. HENRY E. DRESSER, F. Z. S., London.

DR. OTTO FINSCH, BREMEN.

DR. HENRY HILLYER GIGLIOLI, Royal Superior Institute Flor

ence.

DR. GUSTAV HARTLAUB, Bremen.

ALLAN O. HUME, C. B., Calcutta.

PROF. ALFRED NEWTON, M. A., F. R. S., V. P. Z. S., University of Cambridge, England.

DR. AUGUST VON PELZELN, Custos am k. k. zoologischen Cabinete in Wien.

PROF. J. REINHARDT, Kongelige Naturhistoriske Museum i Kjöbenhavn.

PROF. TOMMASO SALVADORI, Royal Museum, Turin.

OSBERT SALVIN, M. A., F. R. S., London.

DR. PHILIP LUTLEY SCLATER, M. A., F. R. S., etc., London.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME VI.

NUMBER I.

PAGE.

DOOR-YARD BIRDS OF THE FAR NORTH.

By E. W. Nelson

ON THE FINGERS OF BIRDS. By J. A. Jeffries

NOTES ON A FEW BIRDS OBSERVED AT FORT HAMILTON, LONG,

ISLAND, N. Y. By De L. Berier

ON BIRDS OBSERVED IN SUMPTER, LEVY, AND HILLSBORO COUN-

TIES, FLORIDA. By W. E. D. Scott

INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS IN THEIR RELATION TO MAN. By J. A.

Allen

REMARKS ON THE PRESENT STATE OF THE SYSTEMA AVIUM.

P. L. Sclater

WITH THE BIRDS ON A FLORIDA RIVER. By William Brewster

RECENT LITERATURE.

I

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II

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By

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Coues's Third Instalment of American Ornithological Bibliography,

44; Coues's Fourth Instalment of Ornithological Bibliography, 46;

Harvie-Brown on the Capercaillie in Scotland, 46; Steere on the

Birds of Ann Arbor, Michigan, 46; Minor Ornithological Papers.

47.

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GENERAL NOTES.

Capture of the Hudsonian Titmouse in Rhode Island, 54; A Second

Occurrence of the Hudsonian Titmouse (Parus hudsonicus) in

Massachusetts, 54; The Great Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludo-

vicianus) in New Hampshire, 54; Swainson's Warbler (Helonaa

swainsoni) in Texas, 54; Notes on the Habits of the Cliff Swallow

(Petrochelidon lunifrons), 55; Another Capture of the Logger-

head Shrike in Massachusetts, 55; A Third Capture of the Phil-

adelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) in Massachusetts, 56;

Occurrence of Vireo philadelphicus in Mercer County, New Jersey,

56; The Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra americana) in Ten-

nessee, 56; Description of the Nest and Eggs of Coturniculus

henslowi obtained near Falls Church, Va., 57; The Lark Finch

on Long Island, N. Y., 58; The Golden Eagle in New Brunswick,

58; The Bald Eagle (Haliaëtus leucocephalus) as a Hunter, 58;

Breeding of the Wild Pigeon in Confinement, 60; Evidence of

the Former Existence of the Wild Turkey at Mount Desert Island,

Maine, 60; Recent Occurrence of Baird's Sandpiper (Tringa

bairdi) in Maine, 60; Occurrence of Baird's Sandpiper, (Tringa

bairdi) on the New Hampshire Coast, 61; Note on Tryngites

rufescens in Texas, 61; A Second Massachusetts Specimen of the

Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris), 62; Notes on the Breeding

Habits of the Caspian Tern, 63; List of Occurrences of North

American Birds in Europe, 63.

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