Part 28

As Dr. Coues says, the vast number of birds was doubtless due to the cold and rainy weather that prevailed, checking the progress of the migration beyond the latitude of Washington. When the weather changed, the gradually accumulated throng was let loose, and rushed in a great wave towards the northern breeding grounds. In the vicinity of New York, as I learn from my friend Mr. J. Dwight, Jr., after prolonged cold and wet weather a change came on the morning of May 20, and with the pleasant weather the rush of birds began. Almost all the Warblers and Thrushes were in great numbers, and continued very abundant at least throughout the following day. In the latitude of Boston birds had been unusually scarce for some days. The change to clear and warmer weather took place about noon of the 2lst, and before the rain ceased the rush of birds had begun. All day long the smaller birds came in unheard of numbers, stopping awhile to feed, and then hurrying on. The next morning the host was even greater, and the trees fairly swarmed with Warblers. Before noon of that day most of the birds had passed on, but for a day or two afterward the number of loiterers was sufficient to be noticeable, compared with ordinary migrations, though they seemed but a few stragglers after the army that had swept over the country during the previous days. Almost all the species of Warblers that occur in the spring migration through New England were observed. Among the rarer ones were _Helminthophila peregrina_, _Dendrœca tigrina_, _D. castanea_, and _Geothlypis philadelphia_. A White-crowned Sparrow was also shot in Cambridge.

Dr. Coues suggests that the cold wave spoken of by Mr. King[126] was the cause of this accumulation of birds. Such could hardly have been the case, as that occurred on the 21st and 22d, whereas by that time the accumulated hosts had reached Massachusetts.

It would be interesting to hear further of the course and magnitude of this “bird wave” as observed at other points.—CHARLES F. BATCHELDER, _Cambridge, Mass._

BIRDS NEW TO OR RARE IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

1. BEWICK’S WREN (_Thryomanes bewicki_). An adult ♂, taken at Arlington, Virginia (immediately opposite Washington), April 10, 1882, by W. Palmer, is in the collection of the U. S. National Museum (No. 86,218).

2. YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER (_Dendrœca dominica_). The National Museum also possesses a fine young ♂ of this species, taken at Arlington by Mr. Palmer, September 7th, 1881 (No. 84,858).

3. LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE (_Lanius ludovicianus_). Several specimens of this irregularly distributed, and everywhere more or less local, species, have within the last few years been taken in the vicinity of Washington, and are now in the collection of the National Museum. Most if not all of them were obtained in winter.

4. SHARP-TAILED FINCH (_Ammodromus caudacutus_). In the mounted collection of the National Museum there is a fine adult of this species labeled, “Washington City, September, 1862; C. Drexler.” (Nat. Mus. Catal. No. 25,905.)—ROBERT RIDGWAY, _Washington, D. C._

NOTES ON SOME BIRDS AND EGGS FROM THE MAGDALEN ISLANDS, GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE.—The following notes, made by Mr. M. A. Frazar during a collecting trip to the Magdalen Islands in June and July, 1882, seem of sufficient importance to merit publication, although many of them are not absolutely new. Some of the points which they cover, however, have been previously involved in more or less obscurity, while the others will be none the worse for fresh data. The specimens described, and most of those mentioned, are now in the writer’s collection, and the descriptions are on his authority.

1. =Dendrœca striata.= BLACK-POLL WARBLER.—A set of three fresh eggs, identified by the capture of the female parent, was taken June 23. The nest was built in a low, thick spruce which stood on the edge of a swamp, near a brook. It was placed on a horizontal branch at a height of about three feet, and was well concealed by the clusters of densely-imbricated needles above. Externally it measures 5 inches wide by 2.50 inches deep; internally 1.80 by 1.50 inches. The walls in places are 1.50 inches in thickness. The main body of the structure is composed of Usnea moss, weed-stalks, and dry grasses, closely matted and protected outwardly by coarser stalks and a few dead spruce twigs. The lining is of slender, black moss-stems (which curiously resemble horse-hair), cows’-hair, and a few feathers. The whole affair is remarkably solid and bulky for a Warbler’s nest.

The eggs are white, with brown specks scattered over the general surface of the shell and numerous spots and blotches of reddish-brown and lavender about the larger end. They measure respectively .75 × .56, .76 × .56, and .75 × .57.

2. =Pinicola enucleator.= PINE GROSBEAK.—The Pine Grosbeak was apparently rare among the Magdalens for Mr. Frazar met with only five individuals, four of which were secured. The first pair, taken June 18, on Amherst Island, evidently had a nest among some low spruces, for both birds showed unmistakable signs of anxiety when the spot was approached, and the female proved, on examination, to be incubating. The female of the second pair, shot June 29, on Grindstone Island, had laid all her eggs but one, which, although in the oviduct and of full size, was unfortunately without a shell. Mr. Frazar searched long and carefully for both nests but without success.

Our knowledge respecting the breeding of this Grosbeak, as found in America, is so very imperfect that the above data are both interesting and valuable. The inference is that the eggs are laid late in the season, a fact which the analogy furnished by kindred species would scarcely have suggested.

3. =Loxia leucoptera.= WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL.—Mr. Frazar met with these Crossbills on all the islands of the Magdalen group, where they were among the most abundant of the land birds. At the time of his arrival (June 6) they had already collected in large flocks which were composed chiefly of young birds and females, a company of fifty or more often containing only one or two males in red plumage. The latter were also found singly, and from the fact that such individuals were often in full song Mr. Frazar inferred that they might still be in attendance on sitting mates, or unfledged young. The average development of the numerous young birds collected would indicate, however, that the regular breeding season was somewhat earlier, although none of them could have been hatched much before the middle of May. Assuming, then, that the past season was not an exceptionally late one, the proper time to look for fresh eggs in this locality would be not far from May 1.

As I can find no detailed description of the first plumage of this species I append the following:—

_Juv., first plumage_ (♀, Magdalen Islands, June 14, 1882. M. A. Frazar). Entire plumage of head and body thickly streaked with dull black on an ochraceous ground; greater and middle wing-coverts, with the tertials, broadly tipped with fulvous-white; primaries and rectrices black, edged with pale fulvous.

A male (June 26) somewhat older, but still in first plumage, differs from the specimen just described in having the dark streaks broader and blacker, the wing-bands nearly pure white, and the under parts less strongly ochraceous.

4. =Ægiothus linaria.= COMMON RED-POLL.—In his list of the birds of the Magdalen Islands,[127] Mr. Cory included this species “with great hesitation,” a single specimen, so badly mangled that it could not be positively identified, being the only one which came under his notice. Mr. Frazar, however, found it abundant on both Amherst and Grindstone Islands where many large flocks were seen feeding among the spruces. Owing to lack of time and the pressure of other duties he secured only two specimens, but as these are both in first plumage the breeding of the species there may be considered assured. The following description is taken from the younger of the two examples just mentioned.

_Juv., first plumage_ (♂, Magdalen Islands, June 29, 1882. M. A. Frazar). Entire plumage of the head and body, excepting the throat, cheeks, and abdomen, thickly and coarsely streaked with dull black on a pale ochraceous or brownish-white ground; tips of the greater and middle wing-coverts with the outer edges of the tertials, ochraceous-white; throat black; cheeks brownish-ochraceous; center of the abdomen brownish-white and immaculate; no red on the vertex.

5. =Falco columbarius.= PIGEON HAWK.—A set of four eggs from Amherst Island was taken under the following circumstances: Mr. Frazar was passing a spruce-clad knoll surrounded by a boggy swamp, when he noticed a pair of Pigeon Hawks circling above the trees. Approaching, he quickly discovered their nest, built in a dense spruce at the intersection of a horizontal branch with the main stem and at a height of about ten feet. As he climbed the tree the Hawks, now thoroughly alarmed for the safety of their charge, dashed wildly about his head, frequently passing within a few feet and uttering shrill screams of anger or dismay. After taking the eggs he made a close examination of the nest, which was found to be very bulky—in fact “as large as a Crow’s,” and composed chiefly of bark with some coarse sticks surrounding the exterior, and a neat, soft lining of finer bark and _horse-hair_. From its general appearance he felt convinced that it was constructed by the Hawks themselves. This was June 9; returning five days later he found both birds flying about the knoll and their actions indicated that they had built another nest somewhere near, but it could not be found. As he was then on the point of leaving the island he shot the male, a fine adult specimen which accompanies the eggs.

The latter, now before me, are almost perfectly elliptical in shape, and measure respectively 1.57 × 1.27, 1.55 × 1.23, 1.59 × 1.24, and 1.56 × 1.25. The ground-color, in three of them, is apparently pinkish-buff, but this is almost wholly overlaid by numerous, nearly confluent blotches of dilute chocolate and purplish-brown which, with a few black spots and dashes, are uniformly spread over the entire surface of the shell. The fourth specimen has some immaculate spaces of creamy-buff about the smaller end, although the markings elsewhere are even denser than in the other three. The general coloring of these eggs is extremely rich and handsome and, excepting in size, they bear a close resemblance to the notoriously beautiful egg of the Duck Hawk.—WILLIAM BREWSTER, _Cambridge, Mass._

SECOND ADDENDUM TO THE PRELIMINARY LIST OF BIRDS ASCERTAINED TO OCCUR IN THE ADIRONDACK REGION, NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK.[128]

186. =Telmatodytes palustris.= LONG-BILLED MARSH WREN.—Dr. A. K. Fisher writes me that he took a nest and three eggs of this species at Lake George, in Warren Co., August 2, 1882.

187. =Passer domesticus.= HOUSE SPARROW.—Common in the villages along the outskirts of the wilderness, on both sides of the Adirondacks.

188. =Squatarola helvetica.= BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER.—Occurs along Lake Champlain during the migration.

189. =Charadrius dominicus.= GOLDEN PLOVER.—Very common about Lake Champlain during October in some seasons.

190. =Ægialites semipalmatus.= SEMIPALMATED PLOVER; RING-NECK.—Abundant along Lake Champlain during the fall migration, arriving about the middle of September.

191. =Tringa canutus.= KNOT; ROBIN SNIPE.—Occurs during the migrations.

192. =Actodromas minutilla.= LEAST SANDPIPER.—Very abundant about Lakes George and Champlain during the fall migration.

193. =Pelidna alpina americana.= RED-BACKED SANDPIPER; AMERICAN DUNLIN.—Occurs during the migrations.

194. =Limosa fœda.= MARBLED GODWIT.—Sometimes tolerably common about Lake Champlain in October.

195. =Bartramia longicauda.= FIELD PLOVER.—Breeds in dry fields bordering the Adirondacks, on both sides of the mountains.

196. =Numenius longirostris.= LONG-BILLED CURLEW.—A specimen was shot near Plattsburg, on Lake Champlain, several years ago.

197. =Rallus virginianus.= VIRGINIAN RAIL.—Tolerably common about the borders of the wilderness.

198. =Chaulelasmus streperus.= GADWALL.—Rare. Mr. Henry Prentiss shot one on Lake Champlain in April, 1882.

199. =Dafila acuta.= PINTAIL.—Rather rare. Occurs both in spring and fall.

200. =Mareca americana.= BALDPATE.—Rare along Lake Champlain.

201. =Fuligula marila.= SCAUP DUCK.—Occurs during the migrations, but is not common.

202. =Fuligula affinis.= LITTLE BLACK-HEAD.—Tolerably regular fall migrant. Taken on Lake Champlain.

203. =Fuligula vallisneria.= CANVAS-BACK.—Rare fall migrant.

204. =Fuligula americana.= REDHEAD.—Rare. Has been killed on Lake Champlain in November.

205. =Larus glaucus.= GLAUCOUS GULL; ICE GULL.—I have seen a specimen of this boreal species that was killed while feeding on carrion, in the town of Bangor in Franklin Co., about two years ago.—C. HART MERRIAM, M.D., _Locust Grove, N. Y._

LIST OF ADDITIONS TO THE CATALOGUE OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS.—In this Bulletin for January, 1882 (page 61), there was published a list of species of birds which had been added to the fauna of North America since the publication of the last “Smithsonian” catalogue, or _Nomenclature of North American Birds_. I now give a list of subsequent additions for the benefit of those who, for various reasons, are not able to “keep the run” of all the new discoveries; and a supplement with each number of the Bulletin is contemplated, in order that all interested may keep posted in the matter.

The number prefixed indicates the position of each species in the catalogue in question.

2_a_. =Hylocichla fuscescens salicicola= _Ridgw._ WILLOW THRUSH.—Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. IV, 1882, p. 374. (Rocky Mountain district of U. S.)

3_a_. =Hylocichla aliciæ bicknelli= _Ridgw._ BICKNELL’S THRUSH.—Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. IV, 1882, p. 377. (Breeding on the Catskill Mts., New York.)

35_a_. =Chamæa fasciata henshawi= _Ridgw._ PALLID GROUND TIT.—Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. V, 1882, p. 13. (Interior of California.)

38_a_. =Lophophanes inornatus griseus= _Ridgw._ GRAY TITMOUSE.—Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. V, 1882, p. 344. (Middle Province of U. S.)

55_b_. =Certhia familiaris montana= _Ridgw._ ROCKY MOUNTAIN CREEPER.—Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. V, 1882, p. 114. (Middle Province of North America.)

55_c_. =Certhia familiaris occidentalis= _Ridgw._ CALIFORNIA CREEPER.—Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. Vol. V, 1882, p. 115. (Pacific coast of U. S.)

59_b_. =Catherpes mexicanus punctulatus= _Ridgw._ PUNCTULATED WREN.—Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. V. 1882, p. 343. (California.)

69.* =Motacilla ocularis= _Swinh._ SWINHOE’S WAGTAIL.—_Cf._ Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. IV, 1882, p. 414. (La Paz, Lower California; straggler from eastern Asia.)

93.* =Dendrœca vieilloti bryanti= _Ridgw._ CHESTNUT-HEADED YELLOW WARBLER.—_Dendrœca vieilloti_ var. _bryanti Ridgw._, in Hist. N. Am. B., I, 1874, p. 218. Cf. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. IV, 1882, p. 414. (Common at La Paz, Lower California.)

122.* =Geothlypis beldingi= _Ridgw._ BELDING’S YELLOW-THROAT.—Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. V, 1882, p. 344. (San José del Cabo, Lower California.)

144_a_. =Vireo huttoni stephensi= _Brewst._ STEPHENS’S VIREO.—Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. VII, July, 1882, p. 142. (Arizona and New Mexico.)

230_b_. =Peucæa ruficeps eremœca= _Brown_. ROCK SPARROW.—_Brown_, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. VII, Jan. 1882, pp. 26, 38. (Kendall Co., Texas.)

297_c_. =Perisoreus canadensis nigricapillus= _Ridgw._ LABRADOR JAY.—Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. V, 1882, p. 15. (Labrador.)

311_a_. =Myiarchus mexicanus cooperi= (_Baird_). COOPER’S FLYCATCHER.—_Myiarchus cooperi_ Brewst. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. VI, Oct. 1881, p. 252. (Camp Lowell, Arizona.)

354_a_. =Caprimulgus vociferus arizonæ= (_Brewst._). STEPHENS’S WHIP-POOR-WILL.—_Antrostomus vociferus arizonæ_ Brewst. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. VI, April, 1881, p. 69. (Arizona.)

402_e_. =Scops asio bendirei= _Brewst._ CALIFORNIA MOTTLED OWL.—Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. VII, Jan. 1882, p. 31. (California.)

452.* =Gyparchus papa= (_Linn._). KING VULTURE.—_Sarcorhamphus papa_ Coues, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. VI, Oct. 1881, p. 248. (Rio Verde, Arizona.)

475_a_. =Lagopus mutus reinhardti= (_Brehm._). GREENLAND PTARMIGAN.—_Cf._ _Turner_, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. V, 1882, p. 229. (Greenland and west side of Cumberland Gulf.)

475_b_. =Lagopus mutus atkhensis= _Turner_. ATKHAN PTARMIGAN.—Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. V, 1882. p. 230. (Atkha Island, Aleutian chain.)

486.* =Ardea wardi= _Ridgw._ WARD’S HERON.—Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. VII, Jan. 1882, p. 5. (Oyster Bay, West Florida.)

569.* =Rallus beldingi= _Ridgw._ BELDING’S RAIL.—Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. V, 1882, p. 345. (Espiritu Santo Island, Gulf of California.)

701.* =Diomedea melanophrys= _Temm._ SPECTACLED ALBATROSS.—_Cf._ _Bean_, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. V, 1882, p. 170. (Off coast of California, in lat. 40° 30′ N., long. 142° 23′ W.)—ROBERT RIDGWAY, _Washington, D. C._

INDEX TO VOLUME VII.

Accipiter cooperi, 21, 150, 174. fuscus, 15, 41, 126, 151, 174, 227.

Actiturus bartramius, 188, 222.

Actodromas, 245. bairdi, 42. bonapartii, 239. fuscicollis, 191. maculata, 42, 239. minutilla, 239, 256.

Ægialites alexandrinus, 179. cantianus, 179. semipalmatus, 222, 238, 256. vociferus, 188, 222, 238. wilsonius, 59, 222.

Ægiothus fuscescens, 242. linaria, 235, 255.

Æsalon columbarius, 173.

Æthyia vallisneria, 106, 225.

Agelæus phœniceus, 18, 40, 92, 148, 163, 166, 188, 200, 224, 227, 236.

Agyrtria linnæi, 242.

Aix sponsa, 22, 151, 165, 225.

Albatross, Spectacled, 258.

Alcedo ispida, 178.

Aldrich, Charles, the nest of the House Wren, 180.

Alle nigricans, 61, 241.

Allen, J. A., capture of _Plectrophanes lapponicus_ in Chester, South Carolina, 54; the Sharp-tailed Finch in Kansas, 55.

Aluco flammeus americanus, 58.

Ammodramus caudacutus, 12, 104, 122, 253. caudacutus nelsoni, 55, 122.

Ampelis cedrorum, 11, 18, 20, 37, 39, 54, 95, 110, 146, 162, 187, 227, 235. garrulus, 227.

Amphispiza bilineata, 195.

Anas boschas, 19, 22, 105, 165, 224. obscura, 42, 151, 224, 239.

Ancylochilus, 245.

Anhinga, 224, 225.

Anorthura troglodytes hyemalis, 109, 154.

Anser albifrons gambeli, 224. cærulescens, 117. hyperboreus, 117, 224.

Anthus ludovicianus, 8, 35, 64, 82, 189, 215, 218, 227, 234.

Antrostomus carolinensis, 96, 163, 169. vociferus arizonæ, 211, 258.

Aphelocoma sordida arizonæ, 201. woodhousii, 201.

Aquila chrysaëtus, 58, 123, 238. chrysaëtus canadensis, 58, 123. fusca, 14.

Archibuteo ferrugineus, 113, 227. lagopus, 113, 179. lagopus sancti-johannis, 184, 227, 237. norvegicus, 179.

Ardea, 245. egretta, 223, 239. herodias, 3, 4, 5, 41, 93, 151, 165, 188, 223, 239. occidentalis, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. pealei, 3. virescens, 188. wardi, 2, 5, 258. würdemanni, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 242.

Ardetta exilis, 105, 176, 223.

Arquatella, 245.

Asio accipitrinus, 128, 227, 229, 237. americanus, 227. otus, 87. wilsonianus, 237.

Astragalinus tristis, 12, 37, 147, 235.

Astur atricapillus, 227, 231, 237. atricapillus striatulus, 232.

Asturina pucherani, 87.

Atagen, 88.

Auk, Razor-billed, 242.

Auriparus flaviceps, 81, 85.

Avocet, 105, 222.

Bailey, H. B., notice of his “‘Forest and Stream’ Bird Notes,” 175.

Baldpate, 256.

Bartramia longicauda, 42, 256.

Batchelder, Charles F., notes on the summer birds of the upper St. John, 106, 147; the Summer Tanager (_Pyranga æstiva_) in New Brunswick, 249; the unusual “wave” of birds during the spring migration of 1882, 252.

Beal, F. E. L., _Ampelis cedrorum_ as a sap-sucker, 54.

Beckham, Charles Wickliffe, short notes on the birds of Bayou Sara, Louisiana, 159; the Black-throated Bunting in Florida, 250.

Bendire, Charles, the Snowy Owl at Fort Walla Walla, W. T., 58.

Bernicla brenta, 239. canadensis, 224, 239.

Bicknell, Eugene P., a sketch of the home of _Hylocichla aliciæ bicknelli_, Ridgway, with some critical remarks on the allies of this new race, 152.

Bird, Chipping, 13. Cow, 10. Indigo, 13, 17, 18. of Paradise, Texan, 168. Paradise, 178.

Bittern, 151. American, 223, 239. Least, 105, 176, 223.

Blackbird, Brewer’s, 40, 167. Crow, 149, 236. Red-winged, 18, 40, 92, 148, 163, 166, 188, 200, 224, 227, 236. Rusty, 167. Yellow-headed, 166, 236.

Black-cap, Wilson’s, 110.

Black-head, Little, 225, 257.

Bluebird, 7, 34, 90, 97, 104, 109, 115, 130, 133, 148, 161, 234. Arctic, 76. Rocky Mountain, 35. Western, 76.

Bobolink, 99, 148, 189.

Bob White, 93, 165, 175.

Bonasa umbella, 48, 59, 151, 177, 188, 192, 238. umbella sabinii, 227, 232. umbella umbelloides, 63, 177.

Botaurus lentiginosus, 151, 223. mugitans, 239.

Brachyotus palustris, 172.

Brant, White, 224.

Brewster, William, notes on the habits and changes of plumage of the Acadian Owl (_Nyctale acadica_), with some additional records of its breeding in Massachusetts, 23; on Kennicott’s Owl and some of its allies, with a description of a proposed new race, 27; an erroneous record of the Orange-crowned Warbler (_Helminthophaga celata_) in New Hampshire, 53; Cuckoos laying in the nests of other birds, 57; a remarkable specimen of the Pinnated Grouse (_Cupidonia cupido_), 59; on a collection of birds lately made by Mr. F. Stephens in Arizona, 65, 135, 193; impressions of some Southern Birds, 94; _Coturniculus lecontei_, _C. henslowi_, and _Cistothorus stellaris_ in Florida, 121; notes on the habits of the Kittiwake Gull, 125; _Sterna forsteri_ breeding off the eastern shore of Virginia, 126; an Owl’s egg laid in confinement, 183; notes on some birds collected by Capt. Charles Bendire, at Fort Walla Walla, Washington Territory, 225; nest and eggs of _Setophaga picta_—a correction, 249; _Lomvia arra brünnichi_ and _L. troile_ in New England, 251; notes on some birds and eggs from the Magdalen Islands, Gulf of St. Lawrence, 253.

Brown, Nathan Clifford, description of a new race of _Peucæa ruficeps_ from Texas, 26; a reconnoissance in southwestern Texas, 33; the Barn Owl in Maine—a retraction, 58; an addition to the Maine fauna, 60; early arrival of the Yellow-rumped Warbler in southern Maine, 119; the Canada Jay at Portland, Maine, 122; the Little Blue Heron in Maine, 123; the King Rail in New England, 124; supplementary notes on two Texas birds, 127; rapacious birds in confinement, 184; remarks on five Maine birds, 189.

Browne, F. C., late stay (probable wintering) of _Dendrœca pinus_ in Massachusetts, 119.

Bubo bengalensis, 86. ignavus, 86 virginianus, 87, 150, 164, 172, 184, 237. virginianus pacificus, 229. virginianus saturatus, 227, 229, 243. virginianus subarcticus, 227, 229, 243.

Bucephala albeola, 225.

Buffle-head, 225.

Bullfinch, Pine, 121.

Bunting, Black-throated, 13, 17, 92, 250. Clay-colored, 13. Henslow’s, 121. Indigo, 91, 105, 163. Lark, 13, 39, 200. Lazuli, 199. Le Conte’s, 55, 121. Painted, 92, 99, 100, 163. Snow, 235. Towhee, 100, 176. Yellow-winged, 12.

Buteo abbreviatus, 42. borealis, 18, 63, 151. borealis calurus, 227. brachyurus, 61, 184. harlani, 159. fuliginosus, 61, 116. lineatus, 18, 21, 87, 93. melanoleucus, 87. pennsylvanicus, 87, 151, 174. swainsoni, 174, 227.

Butorides, 245. virescens, 18, 22, 46, 165, 223.

Butter-ball, 225, 240.

Buzzard, Mexican, 173. Rough-legged, 237. Turkey, 41, 93, 102, 164, 173, 174, 184.

Calamospiza bicolor, 13, 39, 200.

Calcarius, 179.

Calidris arenaria, 128, 239.

Calypte costæ, 210.

Campephilus principalis, 92, 170.

Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus, 82.

Canace canadensis, 151, 238.

Canary, 114, 115.

Canvas-back, 106, 225, 257.

Caprimulgus vociferus, 40, 149. vociferus arizonæ, 258.

Cardinal, 39, 99, 131. Saint Lucas, 199. Texan, 199.

Cardinalis virginianus, 13, 18, 21, 39, 46, 91, 96, 99, 115, 131, 163. virginianus igneus, 39, 199.

Carpodacus frontalis, 193. purpureus, 62, 147, 157, 235. purpureus californicus, 243.

Catbird, 7, 17, 49, 56, 90, 95, 99, 109, 160, 161, 176, 248.

Catharista atrata, 41, 46, 93, 103, 164, 174, 192.

Cathartes aura, 41, 93, 102, 164, 173, 174, 184, 192.

Catherpes mexicanus conspersus, 35. mexicanus punctulatus, 257.

Cedar bird, 11, 18, 20, 37, 54, 95, 110, 235.

Centrocercus, 220.

Centronyx ochrocephalus, 242.

Centrophanes, 179. ornatus, 37. lapponicus, 235.

Centurus aurifrons, 40. carolinus, 40, 95, 97, 164, 171.

Certhia familiaris, 35, 109. familiaris mexicana, 81. familiaris montana, 257. familiaris occidentalis, 257. familiaris rufa, 35.

Ceryle alcyon, 41, 93, 150, 164, 171, 188, 227, 236.

Chætura pelasgica, 92, 150, 163, 169, 188, 236.

Chamæa fasciata henshawi, 257.

Chamæpelia passerina, 175.

Chamberlain, Montague, notes on some of the rarer birds of southern New Brunswick, 104; notice of his “Catalogue of the birds of New Brunswick,” 176.

Chaparral Cock, 41.

Charadrius dominicus, 41, 227, 238, 256.

Chat, Long-tailed, 139. Yellow-breasted, 10, 17, 18, 162.

Chaulelasmus streperus, 42, 224, 256.

Chelidon, 179.

Chen hyperboreus, 105, 117, 128, 224, 239, 251.

Cherry-bird, 54.

Chewink, 18, 163, 248.

Chickadee, 119, 155. Black-capped, 109, 234. Carolina, 35, 90, 161. Hudsonian, 109, 234. Mexican, 79. Oregon, 228. Southern, 8.

Chlorophanes atrocristatus, 134, 135.

Chondestes grammica, 12, 16, 20, 38, 117. grammica striata, 243.

Chordeiles acutipennis texensis, 170. popetue, 17, 92, 150, 164, 170, 236. virginianus henryi, 62.

Chroïcocephalus, 245. philadelphia, 241.

Chrysomitris pinus, 12, 62, 148, 194, 235. psaltria, 194. psaltria arizonæ, 194. tristis, 188, 227.

Chuck-will’s-widow, 96, 163, 169.

Cicinnurus regius, 178.

Cinclus aquaticus, 179. merula, 179. mexicanus, 61, 76, 118, 213, 218.

Circus cyaneus hudsonius, 237. gouldi, 87. hudsonius, 14, 150, 174, 188.

Cistothorus palustris, 8. stellaris, 8, 118, 121, 187.