Hibrary of the Museum OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY, AT HARVARD COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, MASS. Founded by private subscription, in 1861. San cen Ocenia No G OO Mer 2618Y- NAMSBEY } \ ad “ : ; \ ‘ 6 ; * a . ~ 7 - ” bs .—6/?sSaw—r 5 . , - j x “ : ‘ ah ; hea’. ee 0. ia ich, 5 a , a : = Ab : * 7 Lf ~ cin 1 z * 2 5 : , 4 , ‘ ce ‘ F: he Z oe a + * Mi % ; = oS > Rs . f — ~ ms * ‘ ‘ = ‘ we hci ee ea ait PAs Sie par st ae. Seehs LIGEA PALUSTRIS OLD SERIES, CONTINUATION OF THE J NEw SERIES. VoL. 1X BULLETIN OF THE NUTTALL ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB | Vor I The Auk A Quarterly Fournal of Ornithology — EDITOR, in Acs VACA EEN ASSOCIATE EDITORS, ELLIOTT COUES, ROBERT RIDGWAY, WILLIAM BREWSTER, AND MONTAGUE CHAMBERLAIN ae WA ~~~ ZLSS VOLUME I PUBLISHED FOR 5 The American Ornithologists’ Union >~eo ; BOSTON, Mass Hares 2 ATR AT “1884 a } See od al ye OA OE aes ey - | | vee Bie Drea. use} , | ; h Ft e OM: TUS Bt NA ls (FP CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. NUMBER I. PAGE DESCRIPTIONS OF SEVERAL NEw BIRDS FROM SANTO DOMINGO. By Charles B. Cory. (PLATE I.) - Notes ON THE SUMMER BIRDs OF BERKSHIRE County, M ASSACI IU- seTTs. By William Brewster 5 DESCRIPTION OF THE FirST PLUMAGE OF Cis ARKE’S Crow. By Charles F. Batchelder NOTES ON THE BREEDING HABITS OF THE Americ AN E ARED Genres (Dytes nigricollis californicus). By WN. S. Goss Birps or THE Lower Urucuay. By Walter B. Barrows Birp Notes FROM LONG ISLAND, N. Y. By William Dutcher DENDROCOPOS PURUS, A NEW SPECIES OF WOODPECKER FROM KamTscHaTtKA. By Leonhard Stejneger . . : , : THe Coves Lexicon oF NorTH AMERICAN Birps. By Augustus C. Merriam 5 ORNITHOPHILOLOGICALITIES. " By Te ofessor Elliott Coulee s Tuirp ADDENDUM TO THE PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE BIRDS ASCER- TAINED TO.OCCUR IN THE ADIRONDACK REGION, NORTHEASTERN New York. By C. Hart Merriam, M. D. A Srupy oF THE SINGING oF OUR BirDs. By Eugene a Broeiell Brrp MiGrRaTion. By C. Hart Merriam, M. D. RECENT LITERATURE. Nelson’s Birds of Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean, 76; Cory’s Beautiful and Curious Birds, 81; Stejneger and Ridgway on Birds of the Commander Islands, 81; Ridgway on New Species of American Birds, 83; Ridgway on the Genus Tantalus, 83; Beld- ing on Birds of Lower California, 83; Ridgway and Nutting on Costa Rican Birds, 84; Brewster on the ‘Birds and Fethered Fowles’ of Morton’s ‘New English Canaan,’ 84; Gill’s Record of Ornithological Progress in 1881, 84; Birds of Western Ontario, 85; Minor Ornithological Publications, 85; Publications Received, Sg. GENERAL NOTES. Abnormal Coloration in a Caged Robin, 90; Nest and Eggs of the Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus Seni, go; Thr ‘yothorus ludovicéanus in Massachusetts, 91; Another Example of Helmin- thophaga leucobronchialis from Connecticut, 91; Nest and Eggs of Myzadestes townsend?, 91; Prehensile Feet of the Crow ( Corvus frugivorus), 92; Do Crows carry Objects in their Claws? 92; Nest and Eggs of Couch’s Flycatcher (Zyrannus melancholicus lv Contents of Volume T. coucht), 93; Recent Occurrence of the Black-backed Three-toed Woodpecker in Massachusetts, 93; A Woodpecker destroying Cocoons, 93; The Nest of the Saw-whet Owl, 94; Another Gyr- falcon in Rhode Island, 94; Breeding Habits of the Everglade Kite, 95; Nesting of the Broad-winged Hawk (Luteo pennsylvan- zcus),95; Note on Zenadura yucatanensis Lawr., 96; Bernicla brenta nigricans in Massachusetts, 96; Night Herons and Rails in Dakota, 96; Occurrence of the Royal Tern (Sterna regia Gamb.) at Tangiers in Morocco, 99; Buffon’s Skua in Vermont, 97; A newly-discovered Breeding Place of Leach’s Petrel (Cymo- chorea leucorrhoa) in Scotland, 98; Black-throated Auk (Syxzthlz- borhamphus antiqguus) in Wisconsin, 99; Birds new to the Fauna of Kansas, and others Rare in the State, captured at Wallace, Oct. 12 to 16, 1883, 100. CORRESPONDENCE. Are Trinomials Necessary? ror. NOTES AND NEWS. An Awkward Matter, 105; Ornithological Works in Prospect, 105; Ornithological Societies, 106; Work of the A. O. U. Committees, 107; Personal Notes, 108. NUMBER II. PAGE BirDs OF THE Lower Urucuay. By Walter B. Barrows 10g On CHANGES IN ORNITHOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE—A REPLY TO Critics. By Leonhard Stejneger : 114 A SECOND SEASON IN TExas. By Wathan Clifford Brown 120 Notss oN THE NESTING HABITS OF THE YELLOW-THROATED VIREO (Lantvireo flavifrons). By N. S. Goss 5 LAA A STUDY OF THE SINGING OF ouR BirpDs. By Eugene P. Biepnell 5 126 ORNITHOPHILOLOGICALITIES. By Professor Elliott Coues 140 (- ON THE Genus Acanthis. By Leonhard Stejneger : . 145 THE WINTER PASSERES AND PICARLE OF OTTAWA. By W. TE SIGOLE MUSE NoTes ON Ardea wardi RipGw. By Chas. W. Ward 5 WOE Nores ON Phalacrocorax violaceus AND ON P. violaceus resplendens. By WV. S. Goss : 163 @ Brier DIAGNOSES OF TWO New Racks. OF Nort AMERICAN Birps. By EZ. W. Nelson 165 ANALECTA ORNITHOLOGICA. “By Leonhard Stejneger 166 Birp Nores From Lone IsLanp. By Wialltam Dutcher 174 CHARACTERS OF A NEw SPECIES OF PIGEON OF THE GENUS Bip oyp- tila, FROM THE ISLAND OF GRENADA, WeEsT INDIES. By George NV. Lawrence : RECENT LITERATURE. Stejneger on the American Turdidz, 181; Coues on the Structure of Birds’ Ears, 182; Jeffries on the Epidermal System of Birds, 182; Shufeldt on the Osteology of the Mountain Plover, 183; Town- send on the Birds of Westmoreland County, Penn., 184; Bulletin of the Buffalo Naturalists’ Field Club, 184; Minor Ornithological Publications, 185. Contents of Volume /. Vv GENERAL NOTES A singular specimen of the Black-and-white Creeper, igo; Breeding of the Mockingbird near Boston, Mass., 192; Dendraca coronata in Southern New Hampshire, 192; Nest and Habits of the Connec- ticut Warbler, .t92; The Loggerhead Shrike (Lantus ludovict- anus), 193; Cowbirds ina B lack-and- white Creeper’s Nest, 193; The Great Horned Owl (8ubo virgintanus) in Confinement, 194; Ducks transporting Fresh-water Clams, 195;.The Lesser Glau- cous-winged Gull in New York, 196; The Occipital Style of the Cormorant, 196. CORRESPONDENCE. ~Trinomials are Necessary, 197; Are Trinomials Necessary? 198; &— The Ornithological Report in the ‘Cruise of the Corwin,’ 202; A Plea for the Metric System in Ornithology, 203. NOTES AND NEWS. Obituary—Professor Hermann Schlegel, 205; Annual Meeting of the A. O. U., 206; Ornithological Journals, 206; Work of the A. O. U. Committees, 207 ; International Ornithological Congress, 208; ‘The Auk’ Vignette, 208. NUMBER III. PAGE A STUDY OF THE SINGING OF OUR Birps. By Eugene P. Bicknell 210 0 THe BREEDING HABITS OF THE PECTORAL SANDPIPER (Actrodromas maculatus). By E. W. Nelson 2 : é é : : - 218 THE MIGRATION OF OUR WINTER Birps. By S. W. Willard . “ Qe DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SONG SPARROW FROM THE SOUTHERN Bor- DER OF THE UNITED STATES. By H. W. Henshaw . 223 ANALECTA ORNITHOLUOGICA. Second Series. By Leonhard “ Ste/- neger : 225 Nores ON Conan Lari. 72 AND TINGE ARTS OF THE NEw ‘ENG- LAND Coast. By Capt. F. W. Collins ; . 236 REMARKS UPON THE CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE W HITE AND SCARLET IBISES Snes albus AND E. ruber). By Robert Ridgway ‘ : 239 ON THE OCCURRENCE OF THE Wuire-wincep GULL (Larus leucop- terus FABER) IN THE STATE OF NEw York. By George WN. Lawrence ¢ : : : . 240 Birp NoMENCLATURE OF THE CurppeWA INDIANS. By W. W. Cooke 242 On a NEW GULL FROM ALASKA. By H. W. Henshaw : - 7250 Note On Asfur atricapillus striatulus. By Robert Ridgway 252 ON THE POSSIBLE SPECIFIC IXDENTITY OF Buteo cooperi CASS. WITH B. harlant (Auv.). By Robert Ridgway . 253 THE SHORE LARKS OF THE UNITED STATES AND Any ACENT TERRI- TORY. By H. W. Henshaw . - - : . - 254 BICKNELL’S THRUSH. By fev. F. H. Langille : . : : - 268 Birps oF THE Lower UruGuay. By 4 ‘alter B. Barrows. . - 270 RECENT LITERATURE. The British Museum Catalogue of Birds, 278; Coues’s Key to North American Birds, Second Edition, 282; Stearns’s Notes on the Natural History of Labrador, 284; Belding on Birds found at vi Contents of Volume J. ° Guaymas, Sonora, and Lower California, 284; Ridgway on New Birds from California, 284; Corys Birds of Haiti and San Domingo, 285; Minor Ornithological Publications, 285; Publi- cations Received, 289. GENERAL NOTES. The Generic Name ZLzgea, 290; The Occurrence of the Golden An Swamp Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) in Rhode Island, 290; Capture of the ‘Summer Redbird on Long Island, 290; Vereo philadelphicus in Northern New York, 291; Vzreo philadelphicus in the Adirondack Region, 291; The Loggerhead Shrike again in Massachusetts, 291; Notes on ‘Lanzaus créstatus’ and ‘L. borealis’ of Nelson’s ‘Birds of Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean,’ 291; Probable Breeding of the Red Crossbill (Lowza curvirostra amer- .tcana) in Central Maryland, 292; The Probable Breeding-place of Passerculus princeps, 292; Calamospiza bicolor in Southern California, 293; Eggs of the Cowbird in Nest of the Carolina Dove, 293; NXanthocephalus tcterocephalus in Chester County, S. C., 293; The Turkey Buzzard in Western New York, 293; Occurrence of the Least Tern at San Diego, Cal., 294; Wilson’s Petrel in Western New York, 294; New Brunswick Winter Notes, 294; Second Addendum to List of Birds Ascertained to Occur within ten miles from Point De Monts, Province of Quebec, Canada; based chiefly upon the notes of Napoleon A. Comeau, 295. CORRESPONDENCE. Ornithological Swindler, 295; Can we not have a Simple System of Nomenclature? 297; A Lay View of ‘Ornithophilologicalities,’ 300. NOTES AND NEWS. Recent and Prospective Ornithological Publications, 304-306; Obit- uary—Wilson Flagg, Edgar A. Small, Henry G. Vennor, 306; Explorations, 307; Ridgway Ornithological Club, 307; First International Ornithological Congress, 308. NUMBER IV. SECOND MEETING OF THE Aware AN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ Winton: i PAGE. THE CANADA Goose (Berwicla canadensis). By Fames P. Howley . 309 BIRDS OF THE Lower UruGuay. By W. B. Barrows 0 313 ON soOME NEW TERMS RECOMMENDED FOR USE IN ZOSLOGICAL No- MENCLATURE. By Professor Coues 7 320 A STuDY OF THE SINGING OF OUR BIRDS. By Eu gene > P. Brena Ss B22 THE DISTRIBUTION AND MIGRATION OF Zonotrichia querula. By W. W. Cooke 5 ts : : » 332 ZO6LOGICAL NOMENCLATURE. By F. A. Allen : : 5 Bats) COLLECTING IN THE CoLORADO DESERT—LECONTE’S THRASHER. By F. Stephens : : : i ; : . : - 353 ANALECTA ORNITHOLOGICA. Third Sertes. By Leonhard Stejneger 358 A NOTE ON THE GENUS Progue. By R. Bowdler Sharpe. For. Memb. eA ONG - 367 A New SUBSPECIES OF WILLow GRousn FROM NEwFOUNDL, AND. By Leonhard Stejneger - 369 Contents of Volume T. vii RECENT LITERATURE. Brewster on Birds observed in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 379; Collins’s Notes on the Sea Birds of the Fishing Banks, 380; Stejneger on Trinomials in American Ornithology, 381; Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway’s Water Birds of North America, 382; Coues and Pren- tiss’s ‘Avifauna Columbiana,’ 386; Ridgway on Rare Neotropical Birds, 386; Ridgway on the Pied Wagtails of Eastern Asia, 387 ; Lawrence on New Species of American Birds, 387; Jouy on Birds collected in Japan, 387; Publications Received, 387. GENERAL NOTES. Another Kirtland’s Warbler from Michigan, 389; Geothlypis trichas wintering in Massachusetts, 389; The Yellow-breasted Chat and Summer Redbird in Canada, 389; Breeding of Passerculus prin- ceps on Sable Island, 390; The Cardinal Grosbeak breeding in Brooklyn, N. Y., 390; The Orchard Oriole (leferus spurtus) in Western Vermont, 390: The Crow (Corvus frugivorus) as a Fisherman, 391; Odd Nesting-site of a Great-crested Flycatcher, 391; Duck Hawks breeding in the Helderberg Mountains, New York, 391; Hybrid between Pediecetes phastanellus and Cupt- donta cupido, 391; Notes on Lagopfus leucurus, 392; Eskimo Curlew at San Diego, Cal., 392; Nesting of the Little Black Rail in Connecticut, 392; The Widgeon in Maine in February, 394; Pelicans on the Move, 395; Capture of Megalestris skua off the Coast of Cape Cod, Mass., 395; Brachyrhamphus hypoleucus off the Coast of Southern California, 396; ‘Avifauna Columbiana’ a Protest. 396; Notes on Certain Birds observed on a Voyage from Liverpool to Quebec in September, 1883, 398. CORRESPONDENCE. The Generic Name Troglodytes, 400; Strickland as an Advocate of ‘Linneus at 58,’ 400; Indian Bird Names, 400; A New Element in Diagnosis, 402. NOTES AND NEWS. National Museum Exhibit of Birds at the New Orleans Exhibi- tion, 403; The Bird Collection of the National Museum, 403; The Ridgway Ornithological Club, 404; ‘Texas und seine Ornis,’ 404; English Bird Names—Vireo vs. Greenlet, and Junco vs. Snowbird, 404. INDEX . : : . : : : . : : ; : . 405 Ne ce Be CONTINUATION OF THE VVol ix) BULLETIN OF THE NUTTALL ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB | The Auk A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology | Vol. I —JSANUARY, 1884 — EDITOR, J. a. ALLEN ASSOCIATE EDITORS, ELLIOTT COUES, ROBERT ‘RIDGWAY, WILLIAM BREWSTER, ann MONTAGUE CHAMBERLAIN PUBLISHED FOR The American Ornithologists’ Union ©. ‘~BOSTON, Mass SSTEHS & LAURIAT W. Hl. Wheeler, Printer, g16 Harvard St., Cambridge, Mass CONTENTS PAGE. DESCR*PTIONS OF SEVERAL Netw BIRDS FROM SANTO DOMINGO. By Charles B, (OL MIA ORIEN MIA So é I NoTES ON THE SUMMER BIRDS OF Peete Coury, Macs ACHUSETTS. By, Walaa Brewster : : 6 ; 9 5 . DRSEEAMION: OF THE