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III 4 A Pa y * F The Auk | , 4 Quarterly Journal of Ornityology EDITOR, AS eAGE, LN ASSOCIATE EDITORS, 7 ELLIOTT COUES, ROBERT RIDGWAY, WILLIAM BREWSTER, AND MONTAGUE CHAMBERLAIN VOLUME Ili PUBLISHED FOR The American Ornithologists’ Union NEW YORK « 1886 na fie . : i A _ Printed by Hise wigs. So _W.H, Wheeler, io Harvard Sty = Cambridge, Mass. a CONTENTS OF VOLUME). III. NUMBER I. PAGE Tue Birps OF THE WEST INDIES, INCLUDING THE BAHAMA ISLANDS, THE GREATER AND THE LESSER ANTILLES, EXCEPTING THE IsLANDS. oF ToBAGO AND TRINIDAD. By Charles B. Cory SOME Birps oF ARIZONA. By Edgar A. Mearns : . 60 List oF BIRDS OBSERVED IN SUMMER AND FALL ON THE eee Pecos River, New Mexico. By H. W. Henshaw : ae On THE BREEDING HABiTs oF SOME ARIZONA Birps. By W. Z. D. Scott F F ; - : : 81 A List OF THE BIRDS Onan IN VENTURA ‘Coun CALIFOR- NIA. By Barton W. Evermann : : 3 . 86 AN ORNITHOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE IN Waetnen NortTH Gute LINA. By William Brewster . ‘ 3 5 é : 94 ADDITIONS TO THE CATALOGUE OF KANSAS Birps. By WV. S. Goss 112 THIRD MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION . ; £15 RECENT LITERATURE. Murdoch on the Birds of Point Barrow, Alaska, 122; The ‘Water Birds of North America’-— A Few Corrections, 124; Stejneger’s Ornithological Explorations in Kamtschatka, 126; Torrey’s ‘Birds in the Bush’, 129; Holder’s Catalogue of the Birds of Lynn, Mass., 129; Publications Received, 130. GENERAL NOTES. The Bridled Tern (Sterna anethetus) in South Carolina, 131; The Wild Swan in Prince Edward Island, 131; Sandpipers at Sea, 131; On the Proper Name for the Prairie Hen, 132; On the Free Post- pubis in certain of the Falconide, 133; Capture of the Scissor- tailed Flycatcher (Ad¢lvulus forficatus) on the Southeast Coast of Florida, 134; The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Miloulus Sorficatus) at Key West, 134; The Baltimore Oriole in Massachusetts in November, 135; lcterus galbula in Connecticut in November, 135; The Vernacular Name of Plectrophenax hyperboreus, 135; iv Contents of Volume III. Ipswich Sparrow in Texas, 135; Occurrence of the Ipswich Spar- row (Ammodramus princeps) in Nova Scotia, 135; The Lark Finch in New Jersey, 136; The Winter Distribution of the Swamp Sparrow and the Yellow-rump, 136; On the Former Breeding of Psaltrifparus minimus in South Carolina, 137; Hel- minthophila celata in South Carolina, 138; Dendroica dominica albilora obtained in Chester County, South Carolina, 139; Addi- tions to the Avi-fauna of Texas, 139; Birds New to the District of Columbia, 139. CORRESPONDENCE. Turner’s List of the Birds of Labrador, 140; Revival of the Sexual Passion in Birds in Autumn, 141. NOTES AND NEWS. Ornithologists as ‘Bird Enemies,’ 142; A. O.U. Committee for the Protection of Birds, 143; Nuttall Ornithological Club, 143; Obit- uary—Dr. Samuel Cabot, Mr. John Snowden Howland, 144; A. O. U. Code and Check-List, 144. NUMBER II. Tue Brrps OF WESTERN MANITOBA. By Hruest EB. T. Seton . - 145 Notes ON BIRDS OF THE SALT PoND MOUNTAIN, VIRGINIA. By William C. Rives, Fr., M. D. : 9 . ; ‘ P FIELD NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON. By A. W. Anthony . : - : . c ; : : - Iol AN ORNITHOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE IN WESTERN NorTH CARO- LINA. By Walltam Brewster . ; : . é ; q 5. 1097/3} A List oF THE BirpDs OBTAINED IN VENTURA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. By Barton W. Evermann : : c : : : . - 179 Tue Birps oF THE WEsT INDIES, INCLUDING THE BAHAMA ISLANDS, THE GREATER AND THE LESSER ANTILLES, EXCEPTING THE ISLANDS OF TOBAGO AND TRINIDAD. By Charles B. Cory . - 187 BREEDING HABITS OF THE BLACK VULTURE. By Walter Hoxie « 245 On A NEw RACE OF THE FIELD SPARROW FROM TEXAs. By Arthur P. Chadbourne : ; j : : : : : 5 - 248 ON THE AVI-FAUNA OF PINAL COUNTY, WITH REMARKS ON SOME BirDS OF PIMA AND GILA CounTIES, ARIZONA. By W. £. D. Scott. . : : : : é : : 5 : : - 249 THE RED CrossBILL (Lowia curvirostra strickland?) IN KANSAS. By Le. Dyche: \*. : : = : = 258 DESCRIPTION OF A NEw NorTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF ARDETTA. By Charles B. Cory. c : c : ; : : 6 - 262 Contents of Volume III. v RECENT LITERATURE. Grieve on the Great Auk, or Garefowl, 266; Meves on the size and Color of the Eyes of European Birds, 265; ‘Water Birds of North America’—‘A Few Corrections’ Rectified, 266; Beckham’s Birds of Nelson County, Kentucky, 268; Beckham on the Plumage of 2eg- ulus calendula, 268; Lawrence on New Species of Birds from Yu- catan, 268; Lawrence on Birds new to the Fauna of Guadeloupe, West Indies, 269; Stejneger on preoccupied Generic Names of North American Birds, 269; Ridgway on the Birds of Cozumel Island, Yucatan, 269; Minor Ornithological Publications, 270; Publications Received, 272. GENERAL NOTES. Discovery of the Nest of Larus rossi? in Greenland, 273; A Flock of Chen rostt Kast of the Rocky Mts., 274; Capture of a Pair of Wild Hybrid Ducks (Mallard + Muscovy) on Long Island, 274; Tr¢xga damacensts (Horsf.) in Alaska; a Sandpiper new to the North American Fauna, 275; The Masked Quail (Colénus ridgway?) in Arizona, 275; Discovery of the Breeding Place of McKay’s Snow- flake (Plectrophenax hyperboreus), 276; Immature Dress of MWelos- piza palustris, 277; Wintering of the White-throated and Ipswich Sparrows in Maine, 277; SFunco hyemalis Nesting in a Bush, 277; Peculiar Nest of Chelidon erythrogaster, 278; The Orange- crowned. Warbler in Eastern Massachusetts, 278; Sezurus ludovi- ctanus in Maine—A Correction, 278; Changes in the Plumage of » Geothlypts trichas, 279; A Partial Albino Hermit Thrush (Zurdus aonalaschke pallasiz), 281; Another Black Robin, 281; On two Abnormally Colored Specimens of the Bluebird, (Szal¢s s¢alzs), 281; Unseasonable Birds on Long Island, 283; Two Additions to the Texas Avi-fauna, 284; Some Additions to the Avi-fauna of Colorado, 284. CORRESPONDENCE. Revival of the Sexual Passion in Birds in Autumn, 286. NOTES AND NEWS. Ornithological Explorations, 286; Ornithological Societies, 287; Or- nithological Publications, 287; The A. O. U. Committee on Bird Protection, 287; The Audubon Society, 288; Publication of the A. O. U. Code and Check-List, 288. NUMBER III. PAGE Some Brrps oF Arizona. By Edgar A. Mearns (Asst. Surg. USGSve Ay) : - : : ‘ ; : ; H be ee 28q vi Contents of Volume IIT. PAGE NorTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS IN WINTER. By Charles F. Batchel- der . : , ; : bs 3 5 3 A ; é 5 List oF BIRDS FOUND IN ROANE CoUNTY, TENNESSEE, DURING APRIL, 1884, AND MARCH AND APRIL, 1885. By William H. Fox, M. D. : , . : : A te ‘ 7 Tue Birps OF WESTERN MANITOBA. By Ernest &. T. Seton. On THE GLAUCOUS GULL oF BERING’S SEA AND ConrTicuous Wa- TERS. By Robert Ridgway . . i : . 4 , DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF OyYSTER-CATCHER FROM THE GALAPAGOS IsLANDs. By Robert Ridgway . : ; : : PRELIMINARY DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME NEW SPECIES OF BIRDS FROM SoUTHERN MEXICO, IN THE COLLECTION OF THE MEXICAN GEO- GRAPHICAL AND EXPLORING COMMISSION. By Robert Ridgway. DESCRIPTIONS OF Two NEW SPECIES OF BIRDS SUPPOSED TO BE FROM THE INTERIOR OF VENEZUELA. By Robert Ridgway . : DESCRIPTION OF A NEW ELF OWL FROM SOCORRO ISLAND, WESTERN Mexico. By Robert Ridgway 5 : é 4 ; 5 DESCRIPTION OF A NEW GENUS OF OCEANITID. By Robert Ridgway. DESCRIPTION OF Four NEW SPECIES OF BIRDS FROM THE BAHAMA Istanps. By Robert Ridgway. : d : ¢ : ; Tue Birps oF THE WEST INDIES, INCLUDING THE BAHAMA ISLANDS, THE GREATER AND THE LESSER ANTILLES, EXCEPTING THE ISL- ANDS OF TOBAGO AND TRINIDAD. By Charles B. Cory : 5 DESCRIPTION OF NEW SPECIES OF BIRDS FROM THE WEST INDIES. By Charles B. Cory : : : : : é ‘ : : DESCRIPTION OF A NEW GENUS OF TYRANNID FROM SANTO Dc - MINGO. By Robert Ridgway . : : . : : : : On THE AvI-FAUNA OF PINAL CoUNTY, WITH REMARKS ON SOME Birps oF Pra AND GILA CounTiEes, ARIZONA. By W. £. D. Scott. With annotations by ¥. A. Allen : : . : ADDITIONAL NoTES ON PEALE’sS PETREL (4strelata gularts). By William Brewster. é : : : : : c , RECENT LITERATURE. The A. O. U. Codey and Check-List of North American Birds, 393; Madardsz’s ‘Zeitschrift fiir Ornithologie,’ 398; Goss’s Revised Catalogue of the Birds of Kansas, 3g9; Capen’s ‘Odlogy of New England,’ 400; Nests and Eggs of the Birds of Ohio, 400; Mrs. Miller’s ‘Bird-Ways,’ 400; The ‘Water-Birds of North America’— Explanations, gor; Dr. Shufeldt on the Osteology of the Trochi- lide, Caprimulgide, and Cypselidae, 404; Publications Received, 406. GENERAL NOTES. Phenicopterus ruber as a South Carolina Bird, 408; More News of Ardetta neoxena, 408; Another Specimen of Ardea wuerdemannt? 408; Early Arrival of a Rare Bird, 408; @gztalitis meloda cir- 307 Contents of Volume ITI. vii cumcincta on the Coast of South Carolina, 408; The Snowy Plover on the Salt Piains of the Indian Territory and Kansas, 409; Naturalization o: the European Goldfinch in New York City and Vicinity, 409; Ammodramus lecontet near Charleston, South Carolina, 410; The Cardinal Grosbeak and Tufted Titmouse, breeding in Essex County, NewJersey, 410; V2reo solttarius alti- cola at Charleston, South Carolina, 410; Occurrence of the Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotarta citrea) in Massachu- setts, 410; Helminthophila leucobronchialis in New Jersey, 411; An Interesting Specimen of Helminthophila, 411; Kirtland’s Warbler on St. Helena Island, South Carolina, 412; Connecticut Warbler—A Correction, 413; ‘Aptoso- Chromatism,’ 413. CORRESPONDENCE. The Classification of the Macrochires, 414. NOTES AND NEWS. The Second Edition of Dr. Coues’s ‘Key,’415; Nehrling’s ‘Die nord- amerikanische Vogelwelt, 415; New Odlogical Works, 416; ‘Ornis,’ 416; Ridgway Ornithological Club, 416; Check-List Numbers; Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy, 416. NUMBER IV. PAGE. Oo ON AN OLp PorTRAIT OF AUDUBON, PAINTED BY HIMSELF, AND A WoRD ABOUT SOME OF HIS EARLY DRAwINGS. By R&. W. Shu- feldt é : ; : : : 3 : : : - 416 ON THE AviI-FAUNA OF PINAL COUNTY, WITH REMARKS ON Sox BIRDS oF PIMA AND GILA COUNTIES, ARIZONA. By W. E. D. Scott. With Annotations by ¥. A. Allen : : . é - 421 Birp Notes FROM Lonc IsLAnp, N. Y. By William Dutcher. - 432 THE AFFINITIES OF CHZTURA. By Frederic A. Lucas - . - 444 DESCRIPTION OF A NEW JAY FROM CALIFORNIA. By ZH. W. er hids 452 THE Birps OF WESTERN MANITOBA—ADDENDA. By EZyruest E. Thompson : : ; : : : : - 453 THE BIRDS OF THE WEST INDIES, INCLUDING THE BAHAMA ISLANDS, THE GREATER AND LESSER ANTILLES, EXCEPTING THE ISLANDS oF TOBAGO AND TRINIDAD. By Charles B. Cory : : - 454 RECENT LITERATURE. ‘The Standard Natural History’—‘Birds,’ 473; Brewster on ‘Bird Migration, 474; Minor Ornithological Publications, 475; Edson on the Birds of Chatauqua County, N. Y., 479; Shufeldt on the Osteology of Conurus carolinensis and Geococcyx californianus, 4793 Publications Received, 479. vili Contents of Volume III. GENERAL NOTES. Occurrence of the Yellow-billed Tropic Bird in Florida, 481; The Breeding of Branta canadensis at Reelfoot Lake, Tenn., 481; Breeding of the White-faced Glossy Ibis in Florida, 481; The Red Phalarope in the District of Columbia—A Correction, 482; Egialitis meloda circumcincta on the Atlantic Coast, 482; Bo- nasa umbellus in the Alpine Region of South Carolina, 482; The Type Specimen of Colinus ridgwayt, 483; A Red-headed Black Vulture, 483; The Swallow-tailed Kite in Rensselaer County, N. Y., 484; The Barn Owl at Englewood, N. J., 485; Carnivorous Propensities of the Crow (Corvus americanus), 485; On the Absence of Ammodramus leconted from Chester County, South Carolina, during the Winter of 1885-86, 486; Occurrence of Ammodramus caudacutus nelsoni in Massachusetts, 486; Occur- rence of Chondestes grammaca about Washington, D. C., 48753 Lincoln’s Sparrow and the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher in Connecti- cut, 487; The Evening Grosbeak in Wisconsin, 487; First Plumage of the Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra), 487; Two Additional Massachusetts Specimens of the Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea), 487; An Earlier Occurrence of the Pro- thonotary Warbler in Massachusetts, 488; The Carolina Wren in Connecticut. 489; The Red-breasted Nuthatch in Kentucky in Summer, 489; Singular Nesting Site of Wilson’s Thrush, 489; The Eastern Bluebird at Fort Lyon, Colorado, 489; Three Inter- esting Birds in the American Museum of Natural History: Am- modramus lecontet, Helinata swainsontt, and Saxicola enuanthe, 489; Four Rare Birds in Northern California: Yellow Rail, Em- peror Goose, European Widgeon, and Sabine’s Ruffed Grouse, 490- CORRESPONDENCE. The Classification of the Macrochires, 491. NOTES AND NEWS. The next A. O. U. M eating, 495; Ornithological Works in Prepara- tion, 495; Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy, 496; Protec- tion of North American Birds, 496; Obituary—Prof. Eugen von Boeck, 496. SUPPLEMENT. DESCRIPTIONS OF THIRTEEN NEW SPECIES OF BIRDS FROM THE ISLAND OF GRAND CAyMAN, W.I. By Charles B. Cory . : A List oF THE BrrDS COLLECTED IN THE ISLAND OF GRAND Cayman, W.I., By W. B. RICHARDSON, DURING THE SUMMER OF 1886. By Charles B. Cory . ; : ; é INDEX “ , * . rf A : , 5 3 i : : CONTENTS OF VOLUME III . F 2 , : ; : , 5 ORGANIZATION OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION. 1886 . 497 Organization of the American Ornithologists’ Union. 1886. Expiration of Term. ALLEN, J. A., President. ..-0esecceeccccccccccecccccees - November, 1886. SOUES, ELLIOTT : : Cowles sala reer e ee dane Jou todd aah Na. Wealin “1886. RipGway, RoBert, J MERRIAM, C. HART, Secretary .-+eeeesessececescceeees a 1886. Cory, CHARLES B., Treasurer......- adoaudeenioguocacHce Gc 1886. ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. ATR SPRNCER! Liccicelcieleclei« =i boocdce aeeisrsie SiO DISbOnaeme November, 1886. Bininyeirainy Waive idA00 so00 So noodobed donocdbD Suan roo Be 1886. CHAMBERLAIN, MONTAGUE ....-.--eeeeeeens Hise lerepersiiays ue 1886. EURINISEDACW 5 ELE INIRGY? Wiel eclels =) -leieielal BU tah cretstorstsherets clei ee Sohoe ue 1886. IPAWRENCE, GEORGE Nes «cies cleirie © cle = « ors CEIICOC ACO OMODNS sie 1886. EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE AUK. ALLEN, J. A., Hditor......---.-. SC HaOODOC HOO Sia svonanet coven November, 1886. Cours; ELLIOTT; RIDGWAY, ROBERT, BREWSTER, WILLIAM, CHAMBERLAIN, MONTAGUE, Associate Edittors........-November, 1886. SSS COMMITTEES. 2 Committee on the Migration and Geographical Distribution of North i American Birds. Merriam, C. Hart, Chatrman. . FISHER, ALBERT K. ALLEN, J. A. McILwrairi, THOMAS. BELDING, L. MEARNS, EDGAR A. CHADBOURNE, A. P. MERRILL, JAMES C. CHAMBERLAIN, MONTAGUE. RIDGWAY, ROBERT. WHEATON, J. M. Committee on Protection of North American Birds. SENNETT, GEORGE B., Chairman. CHAMBERLAIN, M. BICKNELL, E. P., Secretary. HOSTHR Gens: DutrcHER, WILLIAM, Treasurer. Goss, N. S. ALLEN, J. A. GRINNELL, G. B. BREWSTER, WILLIAM. HOo.LpeEr, J. B. x Members of the A. O. U. See MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS?’ UNION. OCTOBER, 1886. ACTIVE MEMBERS. [An Asterisk in place of date indicates an Original Member. ] Date of Election. ALDRICH, Hon. CHARLES, Webster @ity, Towa... .....-+ oss. lslee * ALLEN, J. A., Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., Central Park, New York City... * BAILEY, H. B., 51 South St. New York 'City.........22+ +00 seen see * BAIRD, Prof. SPENCER: E.; Washington (Ds (Ce... 12. .s. = 2-1-1 terete * Barrows, Prof. W. B., Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.....- 1883 BATCHELDER, CHARLES F., Cambridge, Mass-.......-s2+ecccessss * BEEDING, IL:5 Stockton; Calls oc0 as wicicieels * BROWN NATHAN ©. “Portlameds iNlereepictetelors love ors lo o's clleveieyolcl oreteroletonenenens * CHAMBERLAIN, MONTAGUE, St. John, N. 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DON JOSE Gy, San Jose Costa RiCarncer dick aesee ere ADEE AIC: AVOUAR TE RLY (OURNAT: OF ORNITHOROGY. VOL. ITT: January, 1886. No. I. Pie BIRDS’ OF (THE WEST INDEES, INCLUDING THE BAHAMA ISLANDS, THE GREATER AND THE ESSER, ANTILLES, EXCEPTING THe ISvANDS OF LOBAGO AND TRINIDAD. BY CHARLES B: CORY. ‘ THE following pages contain, as far as known, all the species which are found in the West India Islands. No descriptions are given of well known North American birds, and the references to such are mainly restricted to the citation of works and papers on West Indian Ornithology. Famity TURDID/E. Genus Turdus Linn. Turdus LINN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 291 (1766). — : id Turdus mustelinus GMEL. Turdus mustelinus GMEL. Syst. Nat. I, p. 817 (1788).—D’Ors. in La Sagra’s Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 49 (1840).—GossrE, Bds. Jam. p. 144 (1847) (Jamaica) ?—GunpL. J. f. O. 1855, p. 469 (Cuba); 7b. 1872, p. 405 (Cuba).—BREWER, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1860) (Cuba).—ALsRecnT, J. f. O. 1862, p. 201 (Jamaica).—Coves, Bds. Colo. Vall. p. 28 (1878).—SEEBoHM, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. V, p. 196 (1881).—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (1885). i) Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. [ January Occasionally found in Cuba, and recorded from Jamaica, but its occurrence in the latter island is questioned. Turdus fuscescens STEPH. Turdus fuscescens STEPH. Shaw’s Gen. Zool. Bds. 1817, p. 182.—GuUNDL. Jef. OF 186r, p. 324); 26, Repert: Fisico-Nat: (Cuba, 71, pa9288 (1865) (Cuba).—SEEBOHM, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. V, p. 203 (1881). —Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (1885). Turdus minor Less. D'Orb. in La Sagra’s Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 47 (1840). Common in Cuba. Turdus swainsoni CABAN. Turdus swainsont Cas. Tschudi’s Fauna Peruana, 1844; 2b. J. f. O. 1857, p. 241 (Cuba).—BREWER, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1860).—GuNDL. J. f. O. 1861, p. 324; zd. 1872, p. 405 (Cuba).—CouEs, Bds. Colo. Vall. p. 34 (1878).—Cory, List Bds. Weep. 5 1( 8885) Accidental in Cuba. Turdus alicize Bairp. Turdus alicie Bo. Cass. & Lawre. Bds. N. Am. p. 217 (1858).— GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 229 (1865).—Bp. Bwr. & Ripcw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I, p. 11 (1874).—SEEBOHM, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. V, p. 202 (1881).—Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 17 (1885); 2d. List Bds. W. I. p. 51 (1885).- Cuba and San.Domingo ; not common. Genus Merula Leacn. Merula Leacnu, Cat. Brit. Mus. p. 20 (1816). Merula jamaicensis (GMEL.). Turdus jamaicensis GMEL. Syst. Nat. I, p. 809 (1788).—Bp. Consp. I, p. 271 (1850).—Sct. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 327; 2b. 1861, p. 70. —-ALBRECHT. J. f. O. 1862, p. 191.—Marcnu, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p- 292.—Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 257 (1869).—Sci. & Satv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. t (1873).—SEEBOHM, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. V, p- 208 (1881).—A. & E. Newron, Handb. Jamaica, p. 105 (1881). Merula jamaicensis Goss, Bds. Jam. p. 142 (1847).—DeEnny, P. Z. S. (1847), p. 38.—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (1885). Turdus capucinus ‘‘HARTL,” fide Bp. Consp. I, p. 271 (1850). Turdus leucophthalmus ‘‘HILu,” fide Be. Consp. I, p. 271 (1850). Turdus lereboulleti Be. Compt. Rend. XXXVIII, p. 3 (1854). 1886. ] Cory ox the Birds of the West Indies. 3 Sp. Cuar. Male.—Chin, and a band on the lower part of the throat showing white; the rest of entire head and throat reddish brown; back brown, with a faint tinge of olive, becoming grayish on the rump; underparts grayish brown, becoming dull white on the abdomen; wings and tail dark brown. The sexes are similar. Length (skin), 8.50; wing, 4.50; tail, 3.50; tarsus, 1.25; bill, .70. HaBITAT. Jamaica. ‘“Merula migratoria (LINN.). Turdus migratorius LINN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 292 (1766).—Bp. Bwr. & Ripecw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I, p. 25 (1874).—SrEEBOHM, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. V, p. 220 (1881). Planesticus migratortus GUNDL. J. f. O. 1872, p. 405. Merula migratoria Cory, List Bds. W.I. p. 5 (1885). Accidental in Cuba. Merula aurantia (GMEL.). Turdus aurantius GMEL. Syst. Nat. I, p. 832 (1788).—Bp. Consp. I, p. 275 (1850).—ScL. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 70; 26. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 6 (1862).—ALBRECHT, J. f. O. 1862, p. 192.—Marcn, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 292. Turdus leucogenus Latu. Ind. Orn. I, p. 341 (1790).—VIEILL. Nouv. Dict. XX, p. 254 (1818). Merula saltator *‘H1LL. Comp Jam. Alm. 1842.”—Gossr, Bds. Jam. p. 140 (1847). Merula leucogenys GosseE, Bds. Jam. p. 136 (1847). Catharus aurantius Be. Compt. Rend. XXXVIII, p. 3 (1854). Semimerula aurantia Bairp, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 84 (1864).—A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 105 (1881). Mimocichla aurantia Sci. & Say. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 2 (1873). Merula aurantia SEEBOHM, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. V, p. 247 (1881).—Cory, ist Bds: W. I. p. 5 (2885). Sp. CHar. Male:—Top of head dark brown; chin white; abdomen dull white; the rest of plumage slaty brown; wings and tail dark brown; two of the greater wing-coverts next to the inner secondaries broadly edged with white, giving a noticeable white marking to the wing. Female: — Appears to be similar to the male, but is perhaps somewhat paler. Some specimens do not seem to differ at all in coloration. Length (skin), 9.50; wing, 5; tail, 4; tarsus, 1.80; bill, .8s. HasitatT. Jamaica. 4 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. [| January Turdus gymnophthal- mus CAB. Schomb. Reis. Guian. If, p. 665 (1848). — Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 257 (1869).—Scu. & Satv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. I (1873).—SEEBOHM, Cat: Bds: Brit. ius: Vi, p22) (1Ssn)e Turdus gymnopsis ‘‘TEMM.” fide Bp. Consp. I, p. 272 (1850). Turdus nudigents LAFR. Rev. Zool. 1848, p. 4.—Leror. Ois. Trinid. p. 20 (1866). ; Turdus caribbe@us Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. I, p- 160 (1878) ; 7. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 486 (1878). Turdus gymnogenys SCL. & SALV. Ibis, 1879, p- 357- Merula gymnophthalma Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (1885). Sp. CHAR. Male:—Above dull olive brown; underparts pale brown; throat pale, mottled with dull brown; belly pale, showing markings of dull white on the crissum; under wing-coverts pale rufous. The sexes are similar. Length (skin), 8.50; wing, 4.75; tail, 4; tarsus, 1.15. Hapirat. Grenada, Trinidad, and Tobago. Specimens taken in Grenada vary slightly in size and colora- tion from South American examples, but are apparently the same. Merula nigrirostris (LAwr.). Turdus nigrtrostris LAwR. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. I, p. 147 (1878).— LisTer, Ibis, 1880, p. 39.-—SEEBOHM, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. V, p. 218 (1881). Merula nigrirostris Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (1885). ‘* Female :—Front, crown, and occiput dark warm brown, each feather of the crown and occiput with a shaft-stripe of dull pale rufous; upper plumage reddish olivaceous brown, deeper in color on the upper part of the back and on the wing-coverts; the latter have their ends marked with small spots of bright rufous, which possibly may be an evidence of the example not being fully mature; the tail is of a dark warm brown, the shafts black; inner webs of quills blackish brown; the outer webs reddish brown, of the same color as the tail- feathers; the shafts are glossy black; under lining of wings clear cinnamon red; under plumage light brownish ash, with the middle of the abdomen and the crissum white; on the upper part of the breast a few feathers end with dark reddish brown, forming an irreg- 1886. ] Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 5 ular narrow band; the throat unfortunately is soiled with blood, but as well as I can judge, it has stripes colored like the breast, and the feathers edged with whitish; the thighs are dull rufous; the bill is large and strong, the upper mandible is black, the under also, but showing a brownish tinge; tarsi and toes dark brown.” The sexes are similar. “Length (fresh), 94 in.; wing, 43; tail, 34; tarsus,14; bill from front, §.” (Lawr. orig. descr. ) HABITaAT.- St. Vincent. This species is allied to IZ. fumigatus, but is perfectly dis- tinct. It has thus far only been taken in the island of St. Vincent. GeENus Mimocichla Scr. Mimocichla SCLATER, P. Z. S. 1859, p- 336. “Mimocichla rubripes (TrEmm.). Turdus rubripes Temm. Pl. Col. II, p. 409 (1826).—Vic. Zool. Journ. ITT, p- 439 (1827).—D’Ors. in La Sagra’s Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 46 (1840).—GuUNDL. Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. VI, p. 318 (1852). Mimus rubripes Bre. Consp. I, p. 276 (1850). Galeoscoptes rubripes Cas. Mus. Hein. I, p. 82 (1850).—BreEweEr, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1860). Mimocichla rubripes Sci. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 6 (1862).—Barirp, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 38 (1864).—Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 263 (1869).—GuNDL. J. f. O. 1872, p. 406.—Sci. & Sarv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 2 (1873).—SEEBOHM, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. V, p. 283 (1881).—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (1885). Sp. CHAR. Male : —Upper plumage dark slaty gray; feathers on the head darker in the centre; lores and ear-coverts very dark brown; chin and lower sides of the cheeks white; throat black, the lower portion having the feathers margined with gray; breast and upper part of the belly and sides slate gray ; lower part of the belly and thighs chestnut ; under tail-coverts white; quills, secondaries, and wing-coverts black, edged with slate color; tail brownish black, the four outer feathers on each side tipped with white, some of the feathers showing gray at the base of the outer webs; bill brownish black. The sexes are similar. Length (skin), 10; wing, 4.40; tail, 4.20; tarsus, 1.45; bill, .go. HapsiratT. Cuba. A, Mimocichla schistacea Bairp. Mimocichla schistacea BatrD, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 37 (1864). — Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 263 (1869).—GuNDL. J. f. O. 1872, p. 407.—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (1885). ‘@) Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. [ January Sp. CHAR.—General appearance of MW. rubripes, but lacking the reddish on the belly, which is replaced by white; the crissum is also white; bill heavier than in rubripes ; otherwise the two forms are alike. Length, 10.50; wing, 5; tail, 5.10; tarsus, 1.50; bill, 1.20. HasiTatT. Eastern part of Cuba. Dr. Gundlach (J. f. O., 1. c.) considers thista 200d species: and says the eggs are smaller and more finely spotted than those of AL. rubripes. Seebohm (Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. V, p. 283), gives AV. schistacea as a synonym of AL. rubrcépes, but gives no reasons for so doing. Although it would be strange if two species of JZmocichla should be found to inhabit Cuba, yet, with our present knowledge of the two forms, JZ. schzstacea must be considered distinct. Mimocichla plumbea (LInv.). Turdus plumbeus LInN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 294 (1766).—VIEILL. Ois. Am. Septe lls ips2s ple 5: Turdus ardostaceus VIEILL. Ency. Méth. p. 646 (1823). Galeoscoptes plumbea Cas. Mus. Hein. I, p. 82 (1850).—SALLk, P. Z. S. 1857, p 231.—ScL. P. Z. S. 1850, p- 337- Mimocichla plumbeus Batrp, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 36 (1864).—ScL. & SALv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 2 (1873).—Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 45, pl. LI (188o),; 2b: List Bds. W. I. ps5 (1885). Turdus (Mimokitta) plumbeus BRYANT, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 68 (1866). Mimocitta plumbea NEWTON, Ibis, 1866, p. 121. Mimokitta plumbeus Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 263 (1869). Mimocichla bryant? SEEBOUM, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. V, p. 280 (1881). Sp. CnHar. Male:— General plumage plumbeous; chin and_ small patch at base of lower mandible white; throat black; primaries and secondaries dark brown, except the first two, edged with slaty grey; tail very dark brown, almost black; the terminal third of the inner webs of the first two, and tips of first four feathers white; crissum plumbeous; legs and eyelids vermilion red; iris red- dish brown. Female :—Similar to the male, butappears to be slightly smaller. Cannot be distinguished otherwise than by dissection. Length, 10.25; wing, 5; tail, 5; tarsus, 1; bill, 90. HapitaT. Bahama Islands. Common at New Providence, Andros, and Abbacco. Mimocichla ardesiaca (VIPiLt.). Turdus plumbeus LYNN. Syst. Nat. 1, p. 294 (1866).—VIEILL. Ois. Am. Sept. II, p. 2 (1807); 76. Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. XX, p: 242 (1818). 1886. }s Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 4 Turdus ardosiaceus VigILL. Ency Meéth. p. 646 (1823).—BRYANT, Pr. Bost. ' Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 92 (1866) ; 26. X, p. 25 (1866). Mimus plumbeus Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 221 (1844).—Bp. Consp. I, p. 276 (1850). Galeoscoptes plumbeus Cas. Mus. Hein. I, p. 82 (1850).—SALxe, P. Z. S. [95755 ps 231- Mimocichla ardostaca BairD, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 39 (1864).—GuNDL. J. f. O. 1878, p. 165; 26. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 171 (1878). Turdus ardosiaceus var. potoricensts BRYANT, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 93 (1866). Mimokitta ardostacea Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 263 (1869). Mimokitta ardosiacea var. portoricens?s GRAY, Handl. Bds. I, p. 263 (1869). Mimocichla ardestaca Sci. & SAatv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 2 (1873). — SEEBOHM, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. V, p. 282 (1881).—Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 151 (1881); 26. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 18 (1885) ; 26. List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (1885).—TRistraM, Ibis, 1884, p. 168. Sp. CHar. Male:—General plumage plumbeous; a patch of black extend- ing from below and in front of the eye to the base of the upper mandible; throat white, streaked heavily with black; top of head somewhat dotted with brown; underparts pale plumbeous, becoming white on the abdomen and crissum; primaries dark brown, the outer webs edged with plumbeous gray ; same marking, but much broader, edging the secondaries; tail dark brown, the outer feathers broadly tipped with white, the white becoming less and less to the fourth, which is only narrowly touched; but the tail-marking varies in dif- ferent specimens and seasons; bill, eyelids, and legs vermilion orange; iris reddish brown. The sexes are similar. Length, 10; wing, 5.20; tail, 4.70; tarsus, 1.40; bill, .75. Hapirat. San Domingo and Porto Rico. GerENus Cichlherminia BONAPARTE. Cichlherminia Bp. Comptes Rendus, XXXVIII, p. 2 (1854). Cichlherminia herminieri (Larr.). Turdus hermintert LAFR. Rev. Zool. 1844, p. 167.—GRay, Gen. Bds. I, p. 219 (1844). Cichiherminia herminiert Be. Compt. Rend. XXXVIII, p. 2 (1854).— SHARPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 327 (1881).—Cory, List Bds. W.I. p. 5 (1885). Cichlherminia bonapartit SCL. P. Z. 5. 1859, p- 335: Cichlherminta Vhermintert? GRAY, Handl. Bds. I, p. 259 (1869). Margarops herminiert Sci. & Sarvy. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 2 (1873).— Lawr. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 52 (1878).—Sct. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 72. Sp. Cuar. Male :—Above brown; intermediate between C.dominicensis and C. sancte-lucteé ; the feathers on the crown showing faint dusky 8 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. [ January margins; ear-coverts brown, showing pale shaft-lines; throat ru- fous brown, palest on the upper portion, the centre of the feathers showing dull white; rest of underparts having the feathers white edged with brown, giving the feathers a clean-cut, pointed appear- ance, the white portion somewhat resembling a broad arrow head; quills and tail brown; upper surface of tail-feathers showing a rufous tinge; under mandible and tarsus pale. The sexes are similar. Length (skin), 9.40; wing, 5.25; tail, 3.50; tarsus, 1.70; bill, 1. Hapsirat. Guadeloupe and Martinique. Cichlherminia sanctze-luciz (Sct.). Margarops hermintert Sci. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 268.—Sci. & Sarv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 2 (1873). Margarops sancte-lucte Sci. Ibis, 1880, p. 73.-—ALLEN, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 165 (1880). Margarops hermintert var. sempert LAwR. MS. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 165 (1880). Cichlherminia sancte-lucte SHARPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 328 (1881).—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (1885). Sp. CHAR. Male :—Above light brown, showing a faint olive tinge, the color paler than in C. kerminéer¢; throat dull white, showing brown shaft-markings; feathers of the breast brownish white, edged with olive brown; abdomen white, showing the brown mark- ing on the sides; quills and tail light brown; under surface of tail ashy brown; under tail-coverts showing reddish brown at the base ; under mandible and tarsus dull yellow. The sexes are similar. Length (skin), 10; wing, 5.10; tail, 3.70; tarsus, 1.55; bill, .go. Hapsitat. Santa Lucia. Cichlherminia dominicensis (lLawr.). Margarops hermin- zert LAwre. Pr. U. S. Nat: Mirssslgan: 52 (1878). Margarops domint- censis LAWR. Pr. U. S: Nats Mus hlleip: 16, (1880). Cichlherminta do- minicensis SHARPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 328 (1882). —Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (1885). 1886. | Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 9 ‘** Male :—The entire upper plumage’is of a rich dark brown, the crown is darker and has the edges of the feathers of a lighter shade; tail and quill-feathers of a darker brown than the back; axillars and under wing-coverts white; the lores are blackish brown; the feathers back of the eyes and the ear-coverts have narrow shaft-streaks of pale rufous; the feathers of the neck and upper part of the breast are of a warm dark brown, those of the chin and middle of the throat with light rufous centres, those of the lower part of the neck and the upper part of the breast have also light rufous centres, but in addition each feather has a light terminal spot; on the lower part of the breast and on the sides the feathers have white centres, bordered strikingly with brown; the markings of the breast-feathers are squamiform in shape, those of the sides lanceolate; the abdomen is white, a few feathers on the upper part are very narrowly margined with brown; under tail-coverts brown, terminating with white; outer feathers of thighs brown, the inner whitish; ‘iris tea-color’; there is a naked space around the eye; bill yellow, with the basal half of the upper mandible dusky; tarsiand toes pale yellow.” The sexes are similar. ‘‘Length (fresh), g inches; wing, 5; tail, 34; tarsus, r¥; bill from front, 15-16, from gape 1.” (LAwr. orig. descr.) Hasirat. Dominica. GENuS Sialia Swans. Stalia Swainson, Zool. Journ. III, p. 173 (1827). ‘Sialia sialis (Linw.). Motacilla sialis LINN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 187 (1758); 76. I, p. 336 (1766). Salta sialis GUNDL. J. f. O. 1861, p. 324; 2b. 1862, p. 1773 25. 1872, p. 409; 7b. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 230 (1865) (Cuba).— BairD, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 62 (1864).—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (1885). Cuba; no other West Indian record. Genus Myiadestes Swains. Myiadestes SWAINSON, Nat. Libr. Ornith. p. 132 (1838). Myiadestes sibilans Lawr. Myadestes sibilans Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. I, p. 148 (1878); 2. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 188 (1878).—Lister, Ibis, 1880, p. 39.—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. § (1885). Mytadectes sibilans SHARPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 371 (1881). Myadestes stbilans STEJN. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. V, p. 17 (1882). TO Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. [ January Sp. CHar.— Tail shorter than wing; upper surface very dark-brown, almost black; a tinge of olive brown on the lower back and rump; chin and portion of malar stripe joining base of lower mandible white, the rest the color of throat; shafts of ear-coverts showing delicate lines of white; the lower eyelid is also white; throat bright rufous, tinged with orange, separated from the malar stripe by a narrow black line; breast and upper abdomen ashy gray, some of the feathers often tipped with orange rufous; rest of underparts like the throat; wings black; a white patch at base of inner webs of first six primaries reaching and extending to the base of outer web on the seventh, eighth, and ninth; central tail-feathers black, becoming grayish at base; outer tail-feather showing a wedge- shaped white mark on inner web, nearly reaching the base, which is brownish black; outer web showing brownish black on terminal half, next feather marked like outer feather, but having much less white, third narrowly tipped with white, rest black except the two central feathers, as above described; bill black; legs pale yellow; ‘Gris hazel.”” Some specimens seem to lack the white spot at tip of of third outer tail feather. Length about 7.20; wing, 3.30; tail, 2.75: tarsus, .95. Hapirat. St. Vincent. Myiadestes genibarbis Swans. Myradestes gentbarhis Swains. Nat. Libr. XIII, p 134 (1838).— Barirp, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 423 (1864).— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 366 (1869). — Lawre. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 352 (1878).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (1885). Mytadectes gentbarbis SHARPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 370 (1881). Myadestes genibarbrs STEJN. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. V, p. 18 (1882). ‘Upper surface pure slaty-plumbeous, forehead slightly washed with olivaceous; lores black; also a stripe below the white patch on the under eyelid, assuming the color of the back on the ear-coverts, each feather of which and the above-mentioned stripe having a narrow well-defined white central streak behind, very faintly washed with brownish. From the base of lower mandible a well-defined malar stripe runs backwards, the anterior third of which is white, while the lower two-thirds have the color of the throat, from which the malar stripe is separated by a narrow, but distinct. black stripe, reaching close to the lower edge of the mandi- ble. Throat and chin chestnut rufous, the white bases of the feathers on the latter showing somewhat through. Breast and upper sides of abdo- men lighter than the back, almost clear ash-gray, becoming gradually lighter towards the abdomen; remaining underparts of the same color as the throat, only somewhat paler, and assuming a faint olivaceous shade on the upper abdomen; tibia like the back, a few feathers being tipped with rufous. Wings blackish, with pale edges on the primaries and two ash-gray bars across the secondaries, leaving between them a deep black 1886. ] Cory on the Birds of the West Indes. 10a patch; wing-coverts, except the primary coverts, broadly edged with gray like the back; innermost secondaries almost entirely so; inner web of the quills white at the base, forming a broad bar on the under surface of the wing; edge of wing grayish white. Middle tail-feathers uniform slate-gray; the following pairs black, the outermost with a wedge-shape white spot on the inner web at the end, making on the innermost only one-fifth of the length of the quill, on the middie one about one-half, and on the outermost about two-thirds, the outer webs being light slate-gray for the same extent from the tip. Bill black, legs pale brownish yellow. The female seems to differ from the male in having the gray color of the breast less pure, this part being somewhat suffused with rufous-olive.’’ (STEJN. 1. c.) Length, 7.30; wing, 3.40; tail, 3.25; tarsus, .82. Hapitat. Martinique. Myiadestes sanctez-luciz Srrjn. Myiadestes genibarbis Sci. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 269.—SEMPER, P. Z. S. 1872. p. 649.—Sci. & Sarv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 4 (1873).—ALLEN, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 166 (1880).—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (1885). Myadestes sancte-luct@ STEJN. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. V, p. 20 (1882). “Whole upper parts slaty plnmbeous with a conspicuous olivaceous wash, becoming more intense on the lower back, but lacking on the rump and upper tail-coverts. The pattern of the head that of MZ. genzbarbis, except that the black stripe below the eye extends further back on the auriculars, and that the white part of the malar stripe occupies the forward half. Chin pure white, this color abruptly defined against the throat, which is rufous chestnut. The remaining underparts like those of the Martinque bird, except that the gray of the breast extends more back on the abdomen. Wings and tail also have the same general appearance as in the above-mentioned-species ; on the wing, however, the black specu- lum of the secondaries is more reduced, the adjacent gray cross-bands being broader, and on the tail the white is more extended, especially on the outer pair, in which the middle third of the outer web is white; besides, the outer webs of the three outermost rectrices are broadly tipped. with white, and the following two pairs have also very distinct white tips. Bill black, feet pale yellow. In none of the seven specimens before me is the sex indicated; but as they show no differences the specimen describ- ed above, I presume there is no difference between the male and female.”’ (STEJN. orig. descr.) ’ Length, 7.25; wing, 3.45; tail, 3.30; tarsus, .86. HasitatT. Santa Lucia. Myiadestes dominicanus STEN. Mytadestes gentbarb7s LAwr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 53 (1878).—Cory, Wist Bas. Wi. esp. 5) (1985) 12 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. { January Myadestes dominicanus STEN. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. V, p. 22 (1882). ‘Above slaty plumbeous, with a very faint tinge of olivaceous on head and back; lores and a narrow stripe above the eyes conspicuously suf- fused with olivaceous; almost the whole malar stripe whitish, the feathers the lower end tipped with chestnut; chin white, throat pure chestnut; breast, flanks, and abdomen, except the lower middle part of the latter, ash-gray, duller on the breast, more whitish on the abdomen, and very faintly washed with olivaceous, especially on the flanks, where more tinged with rufous; lower middle of abdomen, crissum, and under tail- coverts chestnut-rufous; wings and tail asin MW. sancte-luce, the light basal spot on the outer web of the innermost primaries being very con- spicuous and well defined; the black speculum on the secondaries larger and the amount of white on the outer tail feathers rather less than in that bird: bill black, feet pale yellow. The female differs only in having a stronger wash of olive on the back.” (STEJN. orig. descr. 1. c.) Length, 7.20; wing, 3.40; tail, 3.25; tarsus, .85. Hapitrat. Dominica. Myiadestes montanus Cory. Myiadestes montanus Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, pp. 130, 151 (1881) ; 76. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 52 (1885); 2b. List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (1885). Mytadectes montanus SHARPE, Cat. ae Brit. Mus. VI, p. 370 (1881). Myadestes montanus STEN. Pr. U. S. Mus. V, p. 23 (1882). Sp. CHar. Female:—Upper parts and two central tail-feathers slaty gray ; primaries and secondaries brownish black, showing white near the base of the inner webs; outer webs.of primaries and terminal por- tion of the outer webs of secondaries edged with gray; no white spot on the chin; a spot of chestnut at the malar apex; lower eye- lid whitish; throat, crissum, and belly, near the vent, reddish brown, intermediate between that of VW. solttartus and M. stbilans, but approaching nearer the color of the former; rest of underparts pale gray; outer tail-feather white, with black shafts, showing a dark tinge near the extremity of the outer web; second feather black, with the central portion of the terminal half white, the black nar- rowing to the extremity, leaving the tip white; third feather show- ing a triangular patch of white at the tip; rest of tail-feathers, except the two central ones, black; bill black; legs and feet pale; iris brown. Length, 7; wing, 3-353; tail, 3.38; tarsus, 1; bill, .38. Hasitrat. Haiti. Inhabits the mountains. The type, in my collection, is unique, although the bird is probably not uncom- mon in some of the mountains in the interior. 1886. | Cory ox the Birds of the West Indies. 13 Myiadestes solitarius Bairp. Ptilogonys armillatus Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 281 (1844).—Gossr, Bds. Jam. p. 198 (1847).—Sct. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 73.—ALBRECHT, J. f. O. 1862, p. 196. Mytadestes armillatus Br. Consp. I, p. 335 (1850).—Scr. Cat. Am. Bds. p- 47 (1862). Mytadestes solitarius BAIRD, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 421 (1864).—Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 366 (1869).—Sci. & Satv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 4 (1873).—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (1885). Mytadectes solitarius SHARPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 369 (1881).—A. & E. Newron, Handb. Jamaica, p. 107 (1881). Myadestes solitarius STEJN. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. V, p. 24 (1882). Mytadestes armillatus MArRcuH, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 294. Sp. CHAR.— Upper surface slaty-plumbeous; faint tinge of olivaceous on the forehead; cheeks dull black; lower eyelid and a small spot at the malar apex and extremity of chin white, rest of throat chestnut; underparts slaty-plumbeous, becoming lighter on the belly and crissum; under tail-coverts chestnut; wings and tail as in other species in character of marking. Length, 7.45; wing, 3.6; tail, 3.6; tarsus, .80. Hasirat. Jamaica. “Myiadestes elizabeth (Lemn.). Muscicapa elizabeth LemMB. Aves Cuba, p. 39 (1850). Mytadestes elizabeth Cas. J. f. O. 1856, p. 2.—Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1860).—Barrp, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 425 (1864). —GRray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 366 (1869).—GuNDL. J. f. O. 1872, p. 428; 7b. Orn. Cuban Anales. 1873, p. 79.—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (1885). Mytadestes elizabethea NEWTON, Ibis, 1859, p. 110.—ALBRECHT, J. f. O. 1861, p. 209.—ScL. & SALv. Exot. Orn. 1867, p. 55, pl. 28; 2. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 4 (1873). Mytadectes elizabethe SHARPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 372 (1881). Myadestes elizabeth STEJN. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. V, p. 26 (1882). Sp. CHaAr.—Upper surface pale brownish olive, ashy on the head and rump; wings dull brown margined with pale ashy olive; tail brown margined with olive brown; central feathers dull brown, outer feathers tipped with white; throat and abdomen dull white; breast and sides shading into ashy; a faint tinge of white at the base of the forehead; lores and feathers at the eye showing pale buff; ear- coverts dull olive brown, with narrow white shaft-lines; flanks showing a tinge of olive brown; axillaries ash colored, showing a buff tinge; under wing-coverts pale buff. Length, 7.90; wing, 3.45; tail, 3.35; tarsus, .88. Hasirat. Cuba. 14 Cory on the Birds of the West Indzes. [ January. Myiadestes armillatus (VIEILL.). Muscicapa armillata ViEILL. Ois. Am. Sept. p. 69, pl. 42 (1802); 7. Nouv. Dict. XXI, p. 448 (1818). Ptilogonys armillatus Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 281 (1844); 2. Handl. Bds. I, p. 366 (1869). Myiadestes armillatus BairD, Rev. Am. Bds. p: 422 (1864).—Sci. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 270.—Lawre. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 1878, p. 149.—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 5 (1885). Myiadectes armillatus SHARPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 370 (1881). Myadestes armillatus STEJN. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. V, p. 25 (1882). If this bird is not one of the known species poorly described, its true habitat yet remains to be discovered. Professor Baird gives the following translation (1. c.) of Vieillot’s original description. ‘Bill blackish; a white spot on the sides of the throat, and at its origin (the chin) immediately below the lower mandible (the two continuous) ; the eye surrounded by the same color. Head, back, rump, two interme- diate tail-feathers, and the breast of a grayish-slate, paler below. Wing and tail feathers blackish, bordered externally by gray, the three latera] on each side of the tail more or less white. Belly and hinder parts brownish rufous; a beautiful yellow in form of a bracelet on the feathers of lower part of leg; feet brown; length 6 inches, 3 lines.” (VIEILL. I. c.) Vieillot gives the habitat as ‘‘Martinique.” Famity MIMIDZ. Genus Margarops SCLATER. Margarops SCLATER, P. Z. S. 1859, p- 335: Margarops fuscatus (VIEILL. ie Turdus fuscatus Viet. Ois. Am. Sept. II, p. 1 (1807).—Br. Consp. I, p- 276 (1850). Colluricincla fusca GOULD, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 6. Mimus fuscatus Br. Compt. Rend. XXXVIII, p. 2 (1854). Cichlalopia fuscatus Br. Rev. Zool. 1857, p- 204. Margarops fuscatus Sci. P. Z. S. 1859, p- 335:—-Batrp, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 42 (1864).—Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 259 (1869).—Sci. & Saty. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 2 (1873).—GuNDL. J. f. O. 1874, p. 310; 7b. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 172 (1878).—Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 47 (1880;) 2. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 22 (1885); 7d. List Bds. W. I. p. 6 (1885). Cichlherminia fuscata A. & E. NEWTON, Ibis, 1859, p. 141.—SHARPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 329 (1881). Merula fuscata Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1860, p. 376. 1886. | Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. Ji oat Margarops fusca Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 259 (1869). sp. CHAR. Male :—Above brown, the feathers slightly edged with ash; throat and breast brown, feathers heavily edged with white, giving a mottled appearance which shows faintly on the belly and almost disappears at the vent; primaries brown, pale edged; upper tail- coverts tipped with white; tail brown, tipped with white; bill yel- lowish, with an olive tinge; upper mandible shading into brown at the base; legs pale olive; iris pale yellow. The sexes are apparently similar. Length, 10.25; wing, 5.20; tail, 4.50; tarsus, 1.40; bill, .46. Hasirat. Inagua, Bahamas; Porto Rico, San Domingo? St. Thomas, St. Croix. Margarops densirostris (VIKILL.). Turdns denstrostris ViriLu. Nouv. Dict. XX, p. 233 (1816).—Larr. Rev. Zool. 1844, p. 167.—Bp. Consp. I, p. 271 (1850). Cichlherminia densirostris Be. Compt. Rend. XXXVIII, p- 2 (1854).— SHARPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 330 (188r). Margarops densirostris Sci. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 336.—GRay, Handl. Bds. i p- 259 (1869).—Scr. & Sarv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 2 (1873).— Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 233 (1878).—Scr. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 765.—ALLEN, Bull. Nutt, Orn. Club, V, p. 166 (1880).—Cory, List BGS Wis lonps 01 (L885) - Spe. CHar. Male: primaries dark brown, margined with reddish brown; inner secon- daries tipped with white; throat heavily marked with white on the upper portion, shading into dark brown on the breast, the feathers edged with white; centre of the belly dull white; sides mottled with white and brown; under tail-coverts white, banded with brown; tail dark brown, tipped with white; bill and legs horn color; iris Above dark brown, feathers edged with pale brown ; pale yellow. ‘The sexes are similar. Length (skin), 10.75; wing, 5.30; tail, 4.30; tarsus, 1. 255 bill, 1.10. Hasirat. Dominica, Martinique, Montserrat, Santa Lucia and Guadeloupe. Margarops montanus (Larr.). Turdus montanus LAFR. Rev. Zool. 1844, p. 167. ~ Margarops montanus Scr. P. Z. S. 1859, Pp- 336; 2. 1871, p. 268.— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 259 (1869).—Scr. & Sarv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 2 (1873).— IPAWike) IG.) Wi S. Nate Mins. I p. 52 (1878). — Lister, Ibis, 16 Cory on the Birds of the West Indtes. [ January 1880, p. 39.—ALLEN, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 166 (1880).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 6 (1885). Cichlherminta montana SHARPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 330 (1881). Sp. CHar. Mule:—Upper plumage dark olive brown; throat and breast brown, the feathers edged with white; feathers of the lower breast dull white, banded with pale brown, the whole giving a mottled white and brown appearance to the underparts; wings and tail dark brown; the inner secondaries and some of the coverts tipped with white; tail-feathers tipped with white ; bill and feet dark brown. The female is somewhat lighter brown than the male on the under sut face. Length (skin), 9.20: wing, 4.55; tail, 3.75; tarsus, 1; bill, .65. Hapitat. Martinique, St. Vincent, Dominica, Santa Lucia, and Guadeloupe. Genus Ramphocinclus Larr. Ramphocinclus LAFR. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 66. Ramphocinclus brachyurus (VIEILL.). Turdus brachyurus ViEILL. Nouy. Dict. XX, p. 255 (1818).—Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 219 (1844). : Pterodroma mexicanus Less. Ann. Soc. Nat. 2d ser. [X, p. 168 (1838). Ramphocinclus brachyurus LAFR. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 66.—Taytor, Ibis, 1864, p. 166.—BarirD, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 41 (1864).—Gray, Hand. 3ds. I, p. 264 (1869).—Sci. & Satv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 2 (1873). —Lawre. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 486 (1878).—Cory, List Bds. Wile p: O1ss5)). Formicartus brachyurus GRAY, Gen. Bds. I, p. 211 (1844). Legriocinclus mexicanus Less. Descr. Mamm. et Ois. p. 278 (1847). Campylorhynchus brachyurus GRAY, Gen. Bds. II, App. p. 7 (1849). Zoothera cinclops Br. Consp. I, p. 253 (1850). Cinclocerthia brachyurus Sci. P. Z.S. 1855, p- 214. Rhamphocinclus brachyurus 3cu. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 338; 7. 1871, p. 268.— ALLEN, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 166 (1880).—SHARPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 325 (1881). 1886. | Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. ay Sp. Cuar. Male:—Top of the head dark brown, rest of upper surface dark brown, showing a tinge of chocolate brown on the back; lores and below the eye black, shading into brown on the ear-coverts; throat and breast pure white; belly white; sides of the body chocolate brown; wings and tail dark brown; bill dark brown, almost black; legs dark olive brown; iris reddish brown. The sexes are similar. Length (skin), 8.50; wing, 4.25; tail, 3.80; tarsus, 1.25; bill, 1. Hasitat. Santa Lucia and Martinique. GeENus Cinclocerthia Gray. Crinclocerthta GRAy, List Gen. Bds. p. 17 (1840). Cinclocerthia ruficauda (GouLp). Stenorhynchus ruficaudus GOULD, P. Z. S. 1835, p. 186. Crnclocerthia ruficauda Gray, List Gen. Bds. p. 17 (1840).—Scu. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 7 (1862).—Lawre. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 486 (1878). —SHARPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 320 (1881).—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 6 (1885). Ramphocinclus tremulus LAFR. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 67.—Sci. P. Z. S. 1955, p- 213. Hlerminterus guadeloupensts Less. Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 325. Herminterus tnfaustus LESs. ¢. c. p. 325. Thriothorus Vhermintert LESS. ¢. c. p. 326. Formicartus tremulus GRAY, Gen. Bds. I, p. 211 (1844). Sp. Cuar. Male:—Above ashy brown, shading into rufous brown on the back and rump; lores and ear-coverts dark brown; a patch in front of the eye brownish black; chin and throat very pale brown, be- coming reddish brown on the belly; tail rufous brown; quills dark brown, edged with rufous brown. The sexes are apparently similar. Length (skin), 9.30; wing, 4; tail, 3.70; tarsus, 1; bill, 1.30. Hapitat. Guadeloupe and Dominica. Cinclocerthia macrorhyncha Sct. Cinclocerthta macrorhyncha Scu. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 320; 7b. 1871, p. 268.— Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 263 (1869).—ScLt. & Satv. Nom. Avium Nectr. p. 2 (1873).—ALLEN, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 166 (1880). —SHARPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 325 (1881).—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 6 (188s). Sp. CuHar. Male:—General plumage above ashy; forehead dark brown; feathers in front of the eye, including lores and ear-coverts dark brown; throat dull white, shading into ashy on the breast. and 18 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. [ January showing a tinge of rufous on the sides and under tail-coverts; the rufous slightly perceptible on the abdomen, varying in different spec- imens; wings dull brown, the coverts ashy; tail brown, an olive tinge on the upper surface; legs greenish; iris dull yellow. The sexes are similar. Length (skin), 9.30; wing, 4.20; tail, 3.20; tarsus, 1.20; bill, 1.35. HasBiratT. Santa Lucia. Cinclocerthia gutturalis (LArrR.). Ramphocinclus gutturalis LAFR. Rev. Zool. 1843, p.67.—Bp. Consp. I, p. 223 (1850). Formicarius gutturalis Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 211 (1844). Campylorhynchus guttural’s GRAy, Gen. Bds. HI, App. p. 7 (1849). Cinclocerthia gutturalis Sci. P. Z. S. 1855, p. 214.—Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 263 (1869).—Sci. & Satv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 2 (1873).— Lawre. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. II, p. 35: (1879).—SHARPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 324 (1881).—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 6 (1885). Sp. Cuar. Male:—Upper parts brown, darkest on the head; underparts dull brownish white, the white showing clearest on the throat and belly, but never entirely free from a grayish tinge; wings and tail brown; bill and feet dark brown; iris gray. The sexes are similar. Length (skin), 9.25; wing, 4.50; tail, 4; tarsus, 1.25. It is possible that at some seasons the under surface may be differently colored, but in all the specimens before me, the under- parts are marked with a dull mixture of brown and white. Hasirat. Martinique. Genus Galeoscoptes CaBAn. Galeoscoptes CABANIS, Mus. Hein. I, p. 82 (1850). if Galeoscoptes carolinensis (Linn.). Muscicapa carolinensis LINN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 328 (1766). Turdus carolinensts LicHt.—D’Ors. in La Sagra’s Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p- 51 (1840).-—-GuNDL. J. f. O. 1861, p. 324 (Cuba). Galeoscoptes carolinensts Cas. Mus. Hein. I, p. 82 (1850).—GuNDL. Re- pert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 230 (1865); 2d. J. f. O. 1872, p. 407 (Cuba).—Cory, List Bdg. W. I. p. 6 (1885). Mimus carolinensis BREWER, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1860) (Cuba).—Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 51 (1880). Mimus (Galeoscoptes) carolinensts BRYANT, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p- 69 (1867). Occasional in the Bahama Islands and Cuba, 1886. | Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 19 GENus Mimus Bolrr. Mimus Bote, Isis, 1826, p. 972. i Mimus polyglottus (Linv.). Turdus polyglottus LINN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 293 (1766). Orpheus polyglottus D’ORB. in La Sagra’s Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 53 (1840). Mimus polyglottus BREWER, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1860).— GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 230 (1865) (Cuba); 7d. J. f. O. 1872, p. 408 (Cuba).—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 6 (1885). Cuban specimens of this bird are very rare. A specimen in my collection is labelled, in the handwriting of Dr. Gundlach, Mimus polyglottus cubensis: It is apparently AZ. elegans, al- though somewhat larger, and may representa new race. Perhaps both species are represented there, as I have seen specimens of polyglottus labelled ‘*Cuba.” Mimus orpheus (Linv.). Turdus orpheus LINN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 293 (1766).—ViEILL. Ois. Am. Sept. II, p. 12, pl. 68 (1807).—GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 144 (1847). Mimus orpheus GRay, Gen. Bds. I. p. 221 (1844).—Bp. Consp. I, p. 276 (1850).—Marcu, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p, 290.—Bairp, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 50 (1864).—ScLt. & Satv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p- 3 (1873).—A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 105 (1881).— SHARPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 340 (1881).—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 6 (1885). Mimus polyglottus Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 144 (1847).—ALBRECHT, J. f. O. 1862, pp. 194, 201.—HI LL, Pr. Acad. Nat Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 304.— GunpLt. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 173 (1878). Mimus polyglottus var. portoricensts BRYANT, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 68 (1866). Mimus polygtlottus var. cubanensis BRYANT, f. c. p. 68. Sp. CHAr.—Above grayish brown, showing ashy on the back; underparts white, showing a tinge of ash on the breast; wings brown, prima- ries heavily marked with white, the eighth and ninth almost entirely white; tail dark brown, outer feather entirely white, second nearly so, showing a brownish line on outer web more or less distinct, third feather having outer web brown, inner web white; bill black: legs brownish. Length, 9.50; wing, 4.30; tail, 5; tarsus, 1.20. HaBitatT. Jamaica. 20 Cory on the Lrrds of the West Indes. | January ° Mimus elegans SHARPE. Mimus polyglottus (var. bahamensis?) BRYANT, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 68 (1866).—Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 261 (1869). Mimus orpheus var. dominicus Cory, Bds. Bahama I, p. 48 (1880). Mimus elegans SHARPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 339 (1881).—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 6 (1885). Sp. CHar. Male:—Above grayish brown, showing ashy on the back; underparts white, slightly tinged with ashy on the breast; wings brown; all of the primaries heavily marked with, and the eighth and ninth almost entirely white; tail brown, having the first two and entire inner web of third feathers white; bill black; legs brownish. The sexes are similar. Length, 8.50; wing, 4; tail, 4.20; tarsus, 1.20; bill, .64. Hapirat. Inagua, Bahama Islands. Mimus dominicus (LInNN.). Turdus dominicus LINN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 295 (1766). Turdus merle Mt. Syst. Nat. Anhang, p. 139 (1766). Mimus dominicus Gray, Gen. Bds. I, p. 221 (1844).—Bp. Consp. I, p 276 (1850).—Sc.. P. Z. 5. 1859, p- 341-—Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 262 (1869).—SHARPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 341 (1881).— Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 21 (1885); 7b. List Bds. W. I. p. 6 (1885). Mimus polyglottus var. dominicus BRYANT, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p- 63 (1866). Mimus orpheus dominicus Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 151 (1881). Sp. CuHar. Male:—Above grayish brown, showing ashy on the back; underparts white, slightly tinged with ashy on the breast; wings brown; all of the primaries heavily marked with, and the eighth and ninth almost entirely white; tail dark brown, having the first two and inner web of third feathers white; bill black; legs brown- ish. Sexes are similar. Length, 8.50; wing, 4; tail, 4.185; tarsus, 1.20; bill, .64. Hasirat. Haiti and San Domingo. This species is very closely allied to JZ, orpheus, and perhaps should not be separated from it. Mimus gilvus (VIEILL.). Turdus gilvus ViEILL. Ois. Am. Sept. II, p. 15 (1807). Mimus gilvus JaRp. Ann. Nat. Hist. 2nd ser. XX, p. 329 (1847).— Bp. 1886. | Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 2 Consp. I, p. 276 (1850).— Scxi. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 342.—Scxr. & SALV. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 3 (1873).—Lawre. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 187 (1878).—ALLEN, Bull. Nutt. Orn Club, V, p. 166 (1880).—SuHarPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 350 (1881).—RiIpGw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VII, p. 172 (1884.).—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 6 (1885). Mimus melanopterus LAwr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. V, p. 35, pl. 2 (1849).— Sci. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 9 (1862).—Frinscu, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 553. Mimus columbianus CAs. Mus. Hein. I, p. 82 (1850). Mimus gracilis Cas. Mus. Hein. I, p. 83 (1850).—Barrp, Rev. Am. Bds. p- 54 (1864).—Lawre. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. IX, -p. gt (1868). Sp. CHar.—Above grayish brown, ashy on the rump and forehead; underparts dull ashy white; flanks streaked slightly with brownish, wings brown, edged with dull white; under wing-coverts marked with brown; tail dark brown, all the feathers tipped with white, central feathers very slightly, sometimes apparently not at all, the white increasing to the outer feathers, which show a patch of white on tip of inner web, about three quarters of an inch in length, extending to a less extent to the outer web; bill and feet black. Length (skin), 8.75; wing, 4.45; tail, 4; tarsus, 1.25. Common in St. Vincent, Grenada, Santa Lucia, and St. Thomas. . “Mimus gundlachi CasBan. Mimus gundlach?t Cap. J. f. O. 1855. p. 470.—Sci. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 342.-— Bairp, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 59 (1864).—BREWwER, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1860).—GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 230 (1865).—SHARPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 344 (1881).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 6 (1885). Mimus bahamens?s BRYANT, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 114 (1859).— BairD, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 52 (1864).—Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 48 (1880) ; 7. List Bds W. I. p. 6 (1885).—SHARPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 334 (1881). Scotiomimus bahamensis BRYANT, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 68 (1866).—Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 262 (1869). Mimus gundlachit Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 262 (1869).—GuNpL. J. f. O. 1872, p. 409. Spe. CHAR. Male:—Much larger than MW. folyglottus, and the white tail- feathers wanting. Above pale rufous brown, the rufous tint most marked on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; below pale ash, streaked with fine lines of brown, becoming broader upon the sides; wings rufous brown, feathers slightly edged with pale rufous; wing-coverts tipped with white, forming two narrow bars; tail iw) iS) Cory ox the Birds of the West Indies. | January dark brown, slightly tipped with dull white, wanting on the two middle feathers; legs bluish black; bill black; iris yellow. The female resembles the male. Length, about 11; wing, 5; tail, 5; tarsus, 1.60; bill, .go. Hapsiratr. Bahama Islands and Cuba. After a careful examination and comparison of a series of twenty-two of the so-called AZ. dahamenszs and three specimens of JZ. gundlacht, 1 can not find any difference sufficient to characterize them as distinct species. One specimen from Cuba has more white on the tail-feathers than any from the Bahama Islands, but some of the latter show the white fully as much as the other Cuban examples. A large series from Cuba would determine the matter more satisfactorily. Mimus hillii Marcu. Mimus hillit Marcu, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 291.—Barrp, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 52 (1864).—GrRay, HANDL. Bds. I, p. 262 (1869).— Sci. & Satv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 3 (1873).—SHARPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 343 (1881).—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 6 (1885). Mimus orpheus Hitt, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 304.—GRay, Handl. Bds. I, p. 262 (1869). Mimus hillit A. & E. Newron, Handb. Jamaica, p. 105 (1881). Sp. CHar.—General appearance the same as that of WZ. gundlach?, differing from it by being slightly browner on the head, and somewhat paler on the underparts, with more white on the end of the tail-feathers. Length (skin), 11.20; wing, 5; tail, 5.75; tarsus, 1.55. HasitatT. Jamaica. Very closely allied to AZ gundlacht, and perhaps ought not to be separated from it. Famity SYLVIIDA. Genus Polioptila Scv. Polioptila SCLATER, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 11. Polioptila lembeyi (GuNDL.). Culicivora lembyet GUNDL. Ann. N. Y. Lyc. 1858, p. 273.—BREWER, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (1860).—ALBRECHT, J. f. O. 1861, Dect 1886. | Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 23 Polioptila lembeyti Batrv, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 68 (1864). Polioptila lembeyet GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 231 (1865) ; 7b. J. f. O. 1872, p. 410.—Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 237 (1869). Polioptila lembeyi Bp. Bwr. & Ripew. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I, p. 78 (1874). —Cory, List Bds. W. I. p.6 (1885).—SHARPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p- 444 (1885). Sp. CHAR.—A narrow black line commences at the top of the eye, ex- tending backwards, bordering the ear-coverts; above bluish gray; underparts ashy white, the white clearest on the abdomen; tail- feathers narrow and long, having the shafts dark brown, outer feather white, except the basal half of inner web, which is dark brown, second having the terminal third white and outer web nar- rowly tipped with white, third feather tipped with white, rest of tail-feathers brownish black; wings brownish black, the feathers edged with white, no white on the edges of the first two primaries. Length (skin), 4.58; wing, 1.50; tail, 2; tarsus, .70; bill, .35. EVABITAT. Cuba. ‘ Polioptila cerulea (Linn.). Motacilla cerulea LINN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 337 (1766). Culicivora cerula D’ORB. in La Sagra’s Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 90 (1840).—BrEwER, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (1860) (Cuba). —GUNDL. J. f. O. 1861, p. 407 (Cuba). Polioptila cerulea GUNDL. J. f. O. 1861, p. 324; 2b. 1872, p. 409.—Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 52 (1880); 7b. List Bds. W. I. p. 6 (1883). Common in the Bahama Islands; breeds. Numerous records from Cuba. Famity TROGLODYTID. Genus Thryothorus VIEILL. Thryothorus VikILLot, Analyse, p. 45 (1816). Thryothorus martinicensis Scv. & Thryothorus martinicensts Sct. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 321.—Sci. & SAtv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 7 (1873).—Lawre. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 352 (1878).—SHARPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 228 (1881).—Cory, List Bds. W.I. p. 7 (1885). Hylemothrous martinicensis GRAY, Handl. Bds. I, p. 191 (1869). 24 Cory on the Birds of the West Indes. | January Sp. CHAR. Male:—-Upper parts dark brown, very narrowly lined on the back; feathers of the wings and tail banded with narrow lines; under surface pale rufous brown. Resembles 7. grenadensis, but is darker. The sexes are similar. Length (skin), 5; wing, 2.15; tail, 2.10; tarsus, .80; bill, .10. Hasirat. Martinique. Thryothorus rufescens Lawr. Thryothorus rufescens LAwr. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. I, p. 47 (1878); 7b. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 486 (1878).— SwHarpr, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p..228-(1881).— Cory, List: Bds. W. I. p. 7 (1885). ‘‘Male. Entire plumage rufous, much deeper in color above, of a lighter and brighter shade underneath; tail dark rufous, regularly and closely crossed with narrow bars of black; the coloring of the un- derpart of the tail is duller, but is barred in a similar manner; in- ner webs of quills blackish brown, outer webs and both webs of the innermost secondaries dark rufous, with distinct narrow bars of black; upper mandible dark brown, the under yellowish-white ; feet pale brown. Length, 4$in.; wing, 23; tail, 1%; tarsus, 11-16; bill from front g-16; from rictus $.” (Lawre. orig. descr. ) Hasirar. Dominica and Guadeloupe. Thryothorus musicus LAwr. Thryothorus musicus ‘LAwr. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. I, p. 148 (1878); zd. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 486 (1878).— SuHarpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 223 (1881).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 7 (1885). “Male. Above of a dark ferruginous, somewhat darker on the crown and brighter on the rump; lores, and a line running back from the eye, white tinged with rufous; the exposed portions of the wings are dark rufous, conspicuously barred with black; the inner webs of the primaries are blackish-brown; under wing-coverts white; the tail-feathers are dark rufous, barred with black; the entire back and upper tail-coverts are marked inconspicuously with narrow trans- verse dusky lines; the feathers of the rump have concealed white shaft-stripes, which become wider towards the ends of the feathers; the feathers of the back also have the basal portion of their shafts marked with white; the throat, breast, and middle of the abdomen are white, the latter tinged with rufous; the sides are light ferru- ginous; the under tail-coverts are rufous, each feather marked with a subterminal round black spot; upper mandible, black; the under 1886. | Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 25 whitish, with the end dusky; tarsi and toes light brownish flesh color. ‘‘Length (fresh), 54 in.; wing 24; tail 1 13-16; tarsus #.’ orig. descr.) HasiratT. St. Vincent. ? (LawR., Thryothorus grenadensis Lawr Q) Thryothorus grenadensts LAwR. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. I, p. 161 (1878) ; zo. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 486 (1878).— SHARPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 228 (1881).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 7 (1885). ‘Female. Upper plumage of a rather bright ferruginous, a little inclin- ing to brownish on the head and hind neck, and brighter on the rump; lores whitish tinged with rufous; a light rufous stripe ex- tends over the eye to the hind neck; tail dull rufous, barred with black; the primary quills have their outer webs of a dull light rufous, with broad black bars; the inner webs are brownish-black ; the wing-coverts and tertials are rufous with narrower black bars ; under wing-coverts pale rufous; the throat is very pale rufous, in- clining to whitish; the breast light rufous; the middle of the abdo- men is of a rather paler shade; the sides and under tail-coverts are of a bright darker ferruginous; the upper mandible brownish- black; the under pale yellow, dusky at the tip; tarsi and toes hazel brown. ‘Length (fresh), 43 inches; wing 24; tail 14; tarsus }; bill from front, 11-:6.” (LAwR. orig. descr.) Hapirat. Grenada. Thryothorus mesoleucus Sc i. Thryothorus mesoleucus Sci. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 14.— ALLEN, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 166 (1880).— SHARPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. VI, p. 223 (1881).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 7 (1885). Sp. Cuar.— Top of head brown, the feathers delicately edged with lighter brown, giving a faint mottled appearance to the crown; back rufous brown, the rufous showing brightest on the rump; wings and tail brown delicately banded with brownish black; sides of the head and neck buff, shading into buffy white on the throat and breast; abdomen and crissum pale rufous; bill pale. Length (skin), 4.05; wing, 1.95; tail, 1.50; tarsus, .70; bill, .80. HaBITAT. Santa Lucia. 26 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. [ January Famity MNIOTILTID2. GENus Mniotilta VIEILL. Mniotilta ViriLLot, Analyse, p. 45 (1816). Mniotilta varia (LINn.). Motacilla varia LINN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 333 (1766). Mniotilta varia GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 134 (1847).— Lems. Aves Cuba, p. 68 (1850).— GuNDL. J. f. O. 1855, p. 475; 2b. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 232 (1865) (Cuba).— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (1860) (Cuba).— ALBRECHT, J. f. O. 1862, p. 193 (Ja- maica).— A. & E. Newton, Ibis, 1859, p. 143 (St. Croix).— Bry- ANT, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 110 (1859) (Bahamas).— Sct. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 70 ( Jamaica).— Marcu, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 293 (Jamaica).— GuNDL. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p- 177 (1878) (Porto Rico).— Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 54 (1880) ; 76. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 23 (1885).—A. & E. NEwTon, Handb. Jamaica, p. 105 (1881). Sylvicola (Mniotilta) varia BRyYAnt, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 91 (1867) (San Domingo). Bahama Islands and Greater Antilles. Recorded also from the Lesser Antilles. Grnus Compsothlypis Cas. Compsothlypis CABANIS, Mus. Hein. I, p. 20 (1851). Compsothlypis americana (LINN.). Parus americanus LINN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 190 (1766). Sylvia americana D’ORB. in La Sagra’s Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 69 (1840).— A. & E. Newron, Ibis, 1859, p. 143 (St. Croix). Parula americana GosseE, Bds. Jam. p. 154 (1847).— Cass. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1860, p. 376 (St. Thomas).— GuNDL. J. f. O. 1861, p- 326 (Cuba); zd. 1872, p. 411 (Cuba).— ALBRECHT, J. f. O. 1862, p. 192 ( Jamaica).— Marcn, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 293 (Jamaica).— GuNpbL. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 176 (1878) (Porto Rico).— Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 55 (1880) ; 2. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 151 (1881) (San Domingo); 7d. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 24 (1885). Bahamas and Greater Antilles; recorded from some of the Lesser Antilles. 1886. ] Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 27 GeNus Protonotaria Bairp. Protonotarta BAtRD, Bds. N. Am. p. 239 (1858). ~ G 2 Protonotaria citrea (Bopp.). Motacilla citrea Bopp. Tab. pl. 704 (1783). Protonotarta citrea GUNDL. J. f. O. 1861, p. 324; 2b. 1862, p. 178; 26. 1872, p- 411; zb. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 231 (1865) (Cuba). —Bairp, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 173 (1864).—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p- 7 (1885). ‘ Accidental in Cuba. GeENus Helmitherus Rar. Flelmitherus RAFINESQUE, Journ de Phys. LXXXVIII, p. 417 (1819). ~ . : Helmitherus vermivorus (GMEL.). Motacilla vermivora GMEL. Syst. Nat. I, p. 95 (1788). Vermitvora pennsylvanica GOssE, Bds. Jam. p. 150 (1847).—ALBRECHT, J. f. O. 1862, pp. 194, 201 (Jamaica).— Marcn, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 293 (Jamaica). Helinata vermtvorus LEMB. Aves Cuba, p. 35 (1850). Flelmitheros vermivorus GUNDL. J. f. O. 1855, p. 476; 7b. 1861, pp. 326, 409 (Cuba). Flelinata vermtvora BREWER, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1860), (Cuba). Flelmitherus vermivorus GUNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 232 (1865); zd. J. f. O. 1872, p. 412 (Cuba).—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 7 (1885). Flelminthotherus vermtvorus A. & E. Newron, Handb. Jamaica, p. 105 (1881). Recorded from Cuba and Jamiaca. ' Helmitherus swainsoni Aup. Sylota swatnsont Auv. Orn. Biog. II, p. 563 (1834). Helmitherus swatnsont BAtRD, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 180 (1864).—GuUNDL. Repert. Misvco-Nat: Cuba, 15) p- 232 (sos); 20. J. f O. 1872, ‘p: 412 (Cuba).—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 7 (1885). Flelonea swainsont NEWTON, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 552 (Jamaica). Flelminthotherus swainsont A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 105 (1881). FHlelinaia swatnsont MERRIAM, Auk, II, p. 377 (1885) ( Jamaica). Recorded from Cuba and Jamaica. 28 Cory on the Birds of the West Indves. [ January Genus Helminthophila Rinew. Helminthophila RipGway, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VII, p. 53 (1882). Helminthophila chrysoptera (LINN.). Motacilla chrysoptera LINN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 333 (1766). Flelinata chrysoptera BREWER, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1860) (Cuba). Hlelminthophaga chrysoptera GUNDL. J. f. O. 1861, p. 326; 76. 1862, p. 177; 2b. 1872, p. 411; 26. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 232 (1865) (Cuba).—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 7 (1885). Accidental in Cuba. Helminthophila bachmani (Aup.). Sylvia bachman? Auvp. Orn. Biog. II, p. 483 (1834). Hlelinata bachmanti LEmMB. Aves Cuba, p. 36 (1850). Helminthophaga bachmant ‘‘CaB.” GUNDL. J. f. O. 1885, p. 475; 7b. 1861, pp- 326, 409; 2b. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p, 232 (1865) (Cuba). —Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 7 (1885). Helinata bachman?t BREWER, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VU, p. 307 (1860) (Cuba). Accidental in Cuba. Helminthophila peregrina (Wirs.). Sylvia peregrina Wits. Am. Orn. IV, p. 83 (1811). Flelinaia peregrina BREWER, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1860) (Cuba). Helminthophaga peregrina GUNDL. J. f. O. 1861, p. 326; 7b. 1862. p. 177; 7b. 1872, p. 412; 2b. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 232 (1865) (Cuba).—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 7 (1885). Accidental in Cuba. Bahama Islands? A specimen in my cabinet is labelled ‘*Bahama I.” ; the collector is unknown. Genus Dendroica Gray. Dendroica GRAY, Gen. Bds. App. 8 (1842). Dendroica tigrina (GMEL.). Motacilla tigrina GMEL. Syst. Nat. I, p. 985 (1788). Sylvia maritima D’ORB. in La Sagra’s Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 70 (1840). Certhiola maritéma Gossk, Bds. Jam. p. 87 (1847). 1886. ] Cory on the Birds of the West Indves. 29 Rhimamphus maritimus GUNDL. J. f. O. 1855, p. 474; 76. 1861, p. 409 (Cuba). Sylvicola maritima BRYANT, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 110 (1859) (Bahamas).—BREWER, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1860) (Cuba). Dendreca tigrina A. & E. NEwron, Ibis, 1859, p. 144 (St. Croix).—Scr. POZ. 54 186%, p. 7X (Jamaica).~-ALsrecnur, J. fy ©. 1862), p. 193 (Jamaica).—Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 63 (1880); 26. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p.151 (2881); 26. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 25 (1885). Dendroica trigrina GUNDL. J. f. O. 1861, p. 326 (Cuba).—Marcn, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 293 (Jamaica). . Perissoglossa tigrina GUNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 233 (1865) ; 2). \ots OnIs72.p.4n2 (Cuba) 5726. Anal. Soc. Esp: Hist. Nat Vi; p- 178 (1878) (Porto Rico).—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 7 (1885). Recorded from Bahama Islands, Greater Antilles, and St. Cron Dendroica zstiva (GMEL.). Motacilla estiva GMEL. Syst. Nat. I, p. 996 (1788). Rhimamphus estivus Bp.? GuNDL. J. f. O. 1885, p. 472 (Cuba) ?—CaAn. atrOmrsoor p= 326) Cuba). Sylvicola estiva? BREWER, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. V@lI, p. 307 (1860) (Cuba) ?—Finscu, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 564 (Trinidad). Dendreca estiva? Taytor, Ibis, 1864, p. 81 (Trinidad).—Cory, Bds. Bahama, I. p. 56 (1880). Cuba? and the Bahama Islands? It is doubtful if D. estéva occurs in the West Indies. as in some plumages it is difficult to distinguish from the closely allied forms which occur there. Dendroica petechia (LINN.). Motacilla petechia LINN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 334 (1766). Sylvia petechia LAtH. Gen. Syn. II, p. 535 (1790).—VIEILL. Ois. Am. Sepia wilewp. 22.) (1SO7))- Sylvicola estiva Gossk, Bds. Jam. p. 157 (1847). Dendreca estiva A. & E. NEwTon, Ibis, 1859, p. 143- Dendreca petechia Sci. Cat. Am. Bds. p. 32 (1862).—ALBRECHT, J. f. O. 1862, p. 193-—Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 240 (1869).—Scr. & SALv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 9 (1873).—GuNpbL. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 182 (1878).—Cory, Bds. Bahama lI. p. 57 (1880) ; 2d. List Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1885).—A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 30 Cory on the Birds of the West Indes. [| January 106 (1881).—Ripew. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VII, p. 172 (1884).— Coves, Key N. Am. Bds. p. 297 (1884).—SHARPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. \X, p. 277 (1885). Sylvicola petechia BRYANT, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 67 (1867). Dendraca petechia e. jamaicensis SuND. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. Forh- 1869, p. 607. Dendroica *Petecgia Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1860, pp. 192, 376.—MArcH, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 292.—BairD, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 199 (1864).—Bp. Bwr. & RipGw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I, p. 216 (1874). Sp. CHAR. A/ale:—Underparts bright yellow, streaked with dull rufous on the breast and sides; forehead yellowish, shading into olive green on the top of the head; a tinge of rufous on the concealed portions of the feathers on the forehead; back olive green; wings and tail brown, edged with yellowish; under surface of tail having the ap- pearance of bright yellow, the feathers tipped with olive green; the upper surface of tail-feathers having the inner webs yellow. Female:—Somewhat greener than the male; more yellow on the rump and tail-coverts; no rufous on the head. Length (skin), 4.50; wing, 2.50; tail, 1.60; tarsus, .74. Hapirat. Jamaica. Accidental in the Bahama Islands. Dendroica petechia gundlachi. (2) Motactlla albicollis GMEL. Syst. Nat. I, p. 983 (1788). Rhimamphus estivus Cas. J. f. O. 1855, p- 472. Sylvicola petechia BREWER, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1860). Dendroica albicollis Casstn, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1860, p. 192.—LAWR Ann. N. Y. Lyc. 1860, p. 18.—GuNDL. J. f. O. 1861, p. 326. Dendroica gundlachi Batrp, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 197 (1864).—GUNDL. J. £70: 1872, ps 414. Dendroica gundlacht GUNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 234 (1865) —Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 241 (1869).—SHARPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p. 278 (1885). Dendreca petechia a. cubana Sunp. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. Forh. 1869 p- 608. Dendroica petechia var. gundlachi Bp. Bwr. & RinGw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. Eps 216 (1874). Dendreca petechia var. gundlachi Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 58 (1880). Dendreca petechia gundlachi Cours, Bds. Colo. Vall. p. 255 (1878).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1885). Sp. Cuar. Male:—Lower part of throat streaked; above yellowish green; crown showing no signs of rufous, or only a faint tinge; feathers yellowish, brighter towards the bill. 1886. ] Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 31 Female:—Similar to the male, but somewhat paler, and showing less yellow on the tail. Length (skin), 4.8; wing, 2.45; tail, 2.15; tarsus, .83. Hasirat. Cuba. Accidental in the Bahama Islands. Dendroica petechia ruficapilla. Motacilla ruficapilla GMEL. Syst. Nat. I, p. 971 (1788). Sylvicola ruficapilla Br. Consp. I, p. 307 (1850). Dendroica ruficapilla BAIRD, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 201 (1864). Dendreca ruficapilla GRAy, Handl. Bds. I. p. 240 (1869).—SHARPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p. 275 (1885). Dendroica petechia var. ruficapilla Bb. Bwr. & Ripew. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I, p. 217 (1874). Dendreca petechta var. ruficapilla Lawre. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 486 (1878). Dendreca petechia ruficapilla Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1885). Length, 4.75; wing, 2.6;.tail, 2.10; tarsus, .82. This form approaches very clesely to D. petechia, but lacks the distinct rufous crown. Throat streaked heavily ; the under tail-coverts are also streaked ; otherwise like D. petechia. HasitatT. Barbuda, Antigua, Porto Rico, and St. Thomas. Dendroica petechia melanoptera. Dendraca petechia var. melanoptera LAwre. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p 453 (1878). Dendreca petechkia melanoptera Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1885). Dendrecu melanoptera SHARPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p. 279 (1885). Length, 4.50; wing, 2.30; tail, 1.85; tarsus, .69. This form resembles fetechta ruficapilla,as would be ex- pected, but varies in having the wing-coverts black, and it is somewhat smaller in size; the rufous streaks are narrower and darker. The female lacks the rufous crown and stripes on the under surface. Hapitat. Guadeloupe and Dominica. Dendroica capitalis Lawre. Dendreca petechia c. barbadensts Sunvd. Oetv. K. Vet. Akad. Forh. 1869, p. 608. Dendreca capitalis Lawr. Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1868, p. 359.—GRay. Handl. Bds. III, Index, p. 202 (1871).—Covugs, Key N. Am. Bads. p. 22 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. [ January 297 (1884).—Cory, List. Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1885).—SHARPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p. 280 (1885). Dendroica capitalis Bp. Bwr. & Ripew. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I, p. 271 (1874). Spe. Cuar. Male:—Top of the head dark rufous brown, extending to the nape, but not reaching the eye; upperparts greenish yellow; wings and tail brown, edged with yellow; inner webs of the tail-feathers broadly edged with bright yellow; underparts yellow, streaked with rufous brown. Female:—Entire upper surface olive green; entire under surface pale yellow; tail as in the male. Length (skin), 4; wing, 2.45; tail, 1.75; tarsus, .75. Hasirat. Barbadoes. Dendroica rufigula Bairp. Dendroica rufigula BAIRD, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 204 (1864). Dendreca rufigula GRAY, Handl. Bds. I, p. 241 (1869).—Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 486 (1878).—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1885).— SHARPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p. 285 (1885). Dendroica vieillotié var. rufigula Bp. Bwr. & Ripew. Hist. N. Am. Bds. Ip e2t7(r S74). Dendreca vietlloti rufigula Cours, Bds. Colo. Vall. p. 256 (1878). Dendreca vietlloti (pt.) Satv. & Gop. Biol. Centr. Amer. Aves, I, p. 125 (1880). Sp. CHar. Male:—Head and throat rufous brown; upper parts greenish yellow; wings and tail brown, broadly edged with yellow: under- parts bright yellow, streaked with rufous on the breast and flanks; axillaries and under wing-coverts bright yellow. Length (skin), 5; wing, 2.25; tail, 2; tarsus, .75. Hapitat. Martinique. Dendroica eoa (GossF). Sylvicola eoa GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 158 (1847).—Bp. Consp. I, p. 309 (1850).—ALBRECHT, J. f. O. 1862, p. 201. Dendreca eoa SCL. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 71 (?)—Gray, Handl. Bds. I\p. 240 (1869).—Sunp. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. Foérh. 1869, p. 609g—A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 106 (1881).—Cours, Key N. Am. Bds. p. 297 (1884).—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1885).—SHarpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p. 266 (1885). Dendroica eoa BAtRD, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 195 (1864).—Bp. Bwr. & Ripew. Hist. N. Am. Bds..1; p. 2185874). 1886.] Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. oe ‘*Male:—Upper parts olive, approaching to yellow on the rump; sides of head marked with a band of orange, extending from the ear to the beak, and meeting both on the forehead and on the chin. Wings (quills and coverts) blackish, with yellowish edges. Tail blackish- olive, with yellow edges; the outermost two feathers on each side have the greatest portion of the inner webs pale yellow. Un- derparts pale yellow. The crown, rump, tertials, belly, and under tail-coverts sparsely marked with undefined spots of pale orange. ‘‘Female:—Nearly as in the male, but the deep orange is spread over the whole cheeks, chin, throat, and breast. The head and back are dusky gray, tinged with olive, and patched with the fulvous much more largely, but irregularly, as if /a¢d upon the darker hue. Length, 5 inches; expanse, 7.60; wing, 2.70; tail, 1.90; rictus nearly .60; tarsus, .go; middle toe, .50. Iris dark hazel; feet horn- color; beak pale horn; culmen and tip darker.” (Gosse, 1. c.). HAaBITaT. Jamaica. Mr. Sharpe considers 2. eva to be a hybrid between D. élack- burnie and JD. petechia or D. estiva. The type specimens are in the British Museum. . 7 Dendroica czrulescens (GMEL.). Motacilla cerulescens GMEL. Syst. Nat. I, p. 960 (1788). Sylvta cerulescens D’ORB. in La Sagra’s Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 63 (1840). Sylvicola pannosa GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 162 (1847). Sylvicola canadensis GOSSE, Bds. Jam. p. 162 (1847).—SaLih, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 231 (San Domingo).—BRYANT, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. Vil, p. 110 (1859) (Bahamas).—BREWER, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1860) (Cuba). Rhimamphus canadensis GUNDL. J. f. O. 1855, p. 4733 1861, p. 408 (Cuba). Dendreca pannosa ALBRECHT, J. f. O. 1862, p. 193 (Jamaica). Dendroica canadensis GUNDL. J. f. O. 1861, p. 396 (Cuba).—Marcu, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 293 (1863) (Jamaica). Dendreca canadensis Sci. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 70 (Jamaica).—ALBRECHT, J. f. O. 1862, p. 193. Dandroica cerulescens BAtRD, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 186 (1864) (?).—GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 233 (1865); 2b. J. f. O. 1872, p. 413 (Cuba); 2d. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 179 (1878) (Porto Rico). Sylvicola (Dendraeca) canadensis BRYANT, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XT, Pp- 91 (1867). Dendreca ceriulescens Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 58 (1880): 2b. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 151 (1881); 2b. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 26 34 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. { January (1885); 26. List Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1885).—A. & E. Newron, Handb. Jamaica, p. 106 (1881).—TRISTRAM, Ibis, 1884, p. 168. Common in the Bahamas and Greater Antilles in winter. Dendroica coronata (LINN.). Motacilla coronata LINN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 333 (1766). Sylvia coronata D’ORB in La Sagra’s Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 60 (1840). Rhimamphus coronatus GUNDL. J. f. O. 1855, p. 473; 2b. 1861, p. 408 (Cuba). Sylvicola coronata GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 155 (1847).—SALLE, P. Z. S. 1857, p- 231 (San Domingo).—BRYANT, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. tro, (1859) (Bahamas).—BREwER, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1860) (Cuba).—ALBREcHT, J. f. O. 1862, p. 201 (Jamaica). Dendroica coronatus GUNDL. J. f. O. 1861, p. 326 (Cuba). Dendroica coronata Marcu, Pr. Acad Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 292 (Jamaica).—GuNpDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 233 (1865) (Cuba); 2. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 180 (1878) (Porto Rico). Sylvicola (Dendreca) coronata BRYANT, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p- 91 (1867). Dendreca coronata Cory, Bds. Bahama I, p. 59 (1880); 2d. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 151 (1881); 2d. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p- 30 (1885); 76. List. Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1885).—A. & E. Newron, Handb. Jamaica, p. tog (1881). Common in winter in the Bahamas and Greater Antilles. Dendroica maculosa (GMEL.). Motacilla maculosa GMEL. Syst. Nat. I, p. 984 (1788). Sylvia maculosa D’ORrBsin La Sagra’s Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 72 (1840). Rhimamphus maculosus GUNDL. J. f. O. 1855, p- 474 (Cuba). Sylvicola maculosa BRYANT, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. tro (1859) (Bahamas).—BREWER, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1860) (Cuba). Dendroica maculosa GUNDL. J. f. O. 1861, p. 326; 2b. 1872, p. 415; 26. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 234 (1865) (Cuba); 24. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 183 (1878) (Porto Rico). Dendreca maculosa Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 62 (1880); z+. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 29 (1885) ; 7. List Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1885). Occasional winter visitant in the Greater Antilles and the Bahama Islands. EO — ————— 1886. ] Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 35 Dendroica czrulea (Wus.). Sylvia cerulea Wiis. Am. Orn. II, p. 141 (1810). Dendroica cerulea GUNDL. J. f. O. 1851, p. 326; zb. 1872, p. 414; 7b. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 234 (1865) (Cuba).—Barrp, Rey. Am. Bds. p. 191 (1864). Rhimamphus ceruleus GUNDL. J. f. O. 1862, p. 177 (Cuba). Dendreca cerulea Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1885). Cuba. No other West India Record. Dendroica pennsylvanica (Linn.). Motactlla pennsylvanica LINN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 333 (1766). Syluicola tcterocephala BRYANT, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 110 (1859) (Bahamas). Dendroica pennsylvanica BatrvD, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 191 (1864). Dendreca pennsylvanica Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 62 (1880); zd. List Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1885). ; Bahama Islands in winter. ~ : : Dendroica striata (Forst.). Muscicapa striata ‘‘ForSTER, Phil. Trans. LXII, 383.” Sylvia striata LemsB. Aves Cuba, p, 33 (1850). Rhimamphus striatus GUNDL. J. f. O. 1855, p. 4753 76. 1861, p. 409 (Cuba). Sylvicola striata BRYANT, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 110 (1859) (Bahamas).—BREWER 7b. p. 307 (Cuba). Dendroica striatus GUNDL, J. f. O. 1861, p. 326 (Cuba). Dendroica striata GUNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 234 (1865); zb. J. f. O. 1872, p. 414 (Cuba); 26. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p- 181 (1878) (Porto Rico). Dendreaca striata Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 61 (1880) ; 26. List Bds. W. I. p- 8 (4885).—A. & E. Newron, Handb. Jamaica, p. 106 (1881). Common in winter in the Bahama Islands. Recorded from Cuba, Porto Rico, and Jamaica. Dendroica pharetra (GossE). Sylvicola pharetra Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 163 (1857).—Bpr. Consp. I, p. 309 (1850).—OsBuURN, Zool. 1859, p. 6660. Dendreca pharetra Scr. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 71.—ALBRECHT, J. f. O. 1862, p- 193-—Gray, Handl. Bds. I, p. 241 (1869).—Scr. & Satv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 9 (1873).—A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 106 (1881).—CovuEs, Key N. Am. Bds. p. 297 (1884).—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1885).—SHARPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p. 332 (1885). : 26 Cory on the Birds of the West Indtes. [ January Dendroica pharetra BAIRD, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 192 (1864).—Bp. Bwr. & Ripew. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I, p. 220 (1874). Sp. CHar. Male :—Entire plumage dull white and black, in general appear- ance resembling A/ndofilta varia at the first glance. Throat white, the feathers narrowly tipped with black, givinga dotted appearance ; the black marking becomes heavier on the breast and belly; top of head heavily streaked with black and white; rump and upper tail coverts olive brown; wings and tail brown, showing a faint olive tinge; under wing-coverts white. Female:—Similar to the male, but duller in coloration; less black on the under surface; more brown on the lower back, rump and tail. Length (skin), 4.40; wing, 2.30; tail, 2.05; tarsus, .72. HABITAT. Jamaica. Dendroica blackburniz (GmMEL.). Motacilla blackburnie GMEL. Syst. Nat. I, p. 977 (1788). Sylvicola blackburnie BRYANT, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 110 (1859) (Bahamas). Dendroica blackburnie Batrp, Rey. Am. Bds. p. 189 (1864). Dendreca blackburni@ Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 60 (1880); 7. List Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1885). Accidental in the Bahama Islands in winter. Dendroica dominica (LInNN.). Motacilla dominica LINN. Syst. Nat. I, p. 334 (1766). Sylvia pensilis D’ORB. in La Sagra’s Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 65 (1840). Sylvicola pensilis GossE, Bds. Jim. p. 156 (1847).—SALLE, P. Z. 5. 1857, p- 231 (San Domingo).—BReEwER, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 307 (1860) (Cuba).—ALBRECHT, J. f. O. 1862, p, 201 (Jamaica). Rhimamphus pensilis GUNDL. J. f. O. 1885, p. 4743 2b. 1861, p. 408 (Cuba). Dendroica superciliosa GUNDL. J. f. O. 1861, p. 326 (Cuba).—Marcn, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 293 (Jamaica). Dendroica dominica GUNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 235 (1865) ; 7b. J. f. O. 1872, p. 415 (Cuba).—Brace, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XIX, p. 240 (1877) (Bahamas).—GunpL. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 184 (1878) (Porto Rico). Dendreca dominica Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 65 (1880); 73. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 27 (1885); 2b. List Bds. W. I. p. 8 (1885).—A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 106 (188r). Common in winter in the Bahamas and Greater Antilles ; possi- bly resident in Jamaica. 1886. ] Cory on the Birds ‘of the West Indtes. eat Dendroica adelaidz Barrp. Dendroica adelaide BAtrRD, Rev. Am. Bds. p. 212 (1864). Sylvicola (Dendreca) adelaide BRYANT, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. X p- 251 (1866). Dendreca adelaide SuNv. Oefy. K. Vet. Akad. Férh. Stockh. 1869, p. 615.—Gray, Handl. Bds. II, p. 241 (1870).—Sci. & Satv. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 9 (1873)-—-GuNDL. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p- 185 (1878).—Ruipew. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. V, pp. 525, 526 (1883). —CovuEs, Key N. Am. Bds. p. 297 (1884).—Cory, List Bds. W. I. p- 8 (1885).—SHARPE, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus. X, p. 306 (1885). Dendroica gracie var. adelaide BD. BREw. & RipGw. Hist. N. Am. Bds. I, p. 220 (1874). ? Sp. Cuar. Male:—‘‘Entire upper parts, and sides of neck as far forward as the eyes, uniform ash gray. Beneath, including edge of bend of wing, bright yellow; lining of wings, axillaries, and crissum, white. and ‘Memo zines, papers devoted to field sports, and ings Recent Literature. The number of titles cited already exceeds one thousand wi and it seems now desirable to give a list (here following) of the pr publications indexed, y maga odical literature. the literary m ‘Bulletin’ and ‘Auk’ where these indexes have been published.—J. A. 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The author says that many others might doubtless have been added with safety, but he commendably re- frains from including them till he can add them authoritatively. The list consequently includes, in the main, only the more common species. Un- fortunately the list is greatly marred by typographical errors, for which, however, the author cannot be held responsible, it having been printed, as we are informed, without his revision of the proofsheets. It would be hard to find a worse specimen of printing in respect to the techni- cal names of the species.—J. A. A. Shufeldt on the Osteology of Conurus carolinensis and Geococcyx californianus.—In a paperf of nearly twenty pages accompanied by two beautiful plates, Dr. Shufeldt has given us another memoir on the osteology of American birds, this time treating of the Carolina Paroquet, a form doubtless soon to be added to the list of species exter- minated by man’s agency. Besides giving a detailed description of the bones of the skeleton, he adds a convenient synopsis of the skeletal char- acters of the species. A second paperjf of similar character deals with the Road-runner, and is illustrated by three excellent plates. Itis needless to say that both papers are valuable contributions to avian osteology.§—J. A. A. Publications Received.— Allen, J. A. (1) A Revised List of the Birds of Massachusetts. (Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., I, No. 7, pp. 221-271.) (2) The Masked Bob-white (Colinus ridgwayi) of Arizona, and its Allies. (Jé7d., pp. 273-290, pl.) Blasius, W. Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Vogelfauna von Celebes, II. (Zeitsch. fiir die ges. Orn., 1886, Heft. II.) Blasius, R., J. Rohweder, R. Tancré, and A. Walter. IX. Jahresbericht (1884) des Ausschusses fiir Beobachtungsstationen der Végel Deutschs- lands. (Journ. fiir Orn., Jahrg. 1886, April-Heft. ) Edson, John M. Birds of Chatauqua County, N. Y., 1886, pp. 14. (Jamestown, 1886, Geo. H. Tiffany.) * Birds of Chautaqua County. An Address delivered before the Chautaqua Society of History and Natural Science, at its semi-annual] meeting held in Jamestown, Janu- ary 29,1885. By John M. Edson. Jamestown: Geo. H. Tiffany, 1886. Large 8vo PPp- 14. f¢ Osteology of Conurus carolinensis. By R. W. Shufeldt, M.D., Medical Corps U.S. Army [ete.]. < Journ. of Anat. and Phys., Vol. XX, pp. 407-425, pll. x, xi. {The Skeleton in Geococcyx. By R. W. Shufeldt, Med. Dept. U.S. Army [ete.]. <_ Journ. Anat. and Phys., Vol. XX, pp. 244-266, pll. vii-ix. § We notice that in our copy of the paper on Conurus carolinensis the author has corrected the description of the plate to read 7zg¢ pectoral limb, and right humerus instead of left, respectively, as printed. 480 PRecent Literature. [October Evermann, B. W. A List of the Birds observed in Ventura County, California. (Auk, 1886, pp. 86-94, 179-156.) Fox, W. H. List of Birds found in Roane County, Tennessee, during April, 1884, and March and April, 1885. (Auk, 1886, 315-320.) Harvie-Brown, J. A., J. Cordeaux, R. M. Barrington, A. G. More, and W. Eagle Clarke. . Report on the Migration of Birds in the Spring and Autumn of 1885. Seventh Report (Vol. II, No. 2). 8vo., 1886, pp. 173. Merriam, C. Hart. (1) Circular on the Food-habits of Birds. (Agri- cultural Department, Division of Ornithology and Mammalogy, Circular No. 1.) (2) Circular on the English Sparrow. (Ibid., Circular No. 2-) (3) Circular on the Economic Relations of Mammals. (Ibid., Circular No. 3.) (4) Instructions for the Collection of Stomachs. (Ibid., Circu- lar No. 4.) Lattin, F. H. Checking List of North American Birds. 8vo., 1886, pp. 8. Meyer, A. B. Notiz iiber Lophorhina minor (Rams.) und Euthy- rhyncha fulvigula Schl. (Zeitsch. fiir die ges. Orn., 1886, Heft. II.) Seton, E. E. T. The Birds of Western Manitoba. (Auk, 1886, pp. 145- 156, 320-329. ) Shufeldt, R. W. (1) The Skeleton in Geococcyx. (Journ. Anat. and Phys., XX, 1886, pp. 244-266, pll. vii-ix.) (2) Osteology of Conurus car- olinensis. (Ibid., pp. 407-425, pll. x, xi.) Warren, B. H. (1) Diurnal Rapacious Birds. (Agricult. of Penn., 1883 (1884), pp- 96-112.) (2) The Common Crow Blackbird — Purple Grackle. (Ibid., pp. 214-217.) (3) Blackbirds’ Food. (Ibid., 1885 (1886), pp- 157-159:) (4) Birds’ Food. (Ibid., pp. 150-156.) Arrerican Field, XXV, Nos. 1-26, XXVI, Nos. 1-12, 1886. American Naturalist, XX, July-Sept., 1886. American Journal of Science, XXXII, July-Sept., 1886. Anzeiger, Zoologischer, Nos. 225-240, 1876. Bulletin Essex Inst. XVII, Nos. 4-12, 1885. Bulletin California Acad. Sci. II, No. 5, Sept., 1886. Hoosier Naturalist, I, Nos. 11, 12, II, No. 1, June-Aug., 1886. Forest and Stream, XXV, Nos. 23-26, XXVI, Nos. 1-26, XXVII, Nos. 4-8, 1886. Journal Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist., IX, No. 2, July, 1886. Mittheilungen des Orn. Vereins in Wien, Jahr. X, Nos. 17-19, 1886. Naturalist, The, A Monthly Journ. Nat. Hist. for the North of England, Nos. 132-134, July-Sept., 1886. Ornis, Jahrg. I, Heft. 4, 1885. Ornithologist and Odlogist, XI, Nos. 6-8, June-Aug., 1886. Proceedings U. S. Nat. Mus., 1886, pp. 1-160. Random Notes on Nat. Hist., III, 7-9, 1866. Young Naturalist’s Journal, I, No. 8, July, 1886. Zoologist, X, Nos. 115-117, July-Sept., 1886. 1886. ] General Notes. 48 it GENERAL NOTES. Occurrence of the Yellow-billed Tropic Bird in Florida.— Although this species is common enough in the West Indies, it does not seem to have been observed many times on the mainland of North America. even along the coast of Florida. On this account a specimen, shot April 21, 1886, on Bananna River, at the southern end of Merritt’s Island, Florida, may be worth recording. I had the bird of Mr. C. J. Maynard, for whom it was collected by a Mr. Peterson. It is a female, in immature and rather ragged plumage. Mr. Maynard tells me that it was captured just after a series of southeast gales.—WILLIAM BREWSTER, Cambridge, Mass. The Breeding of Branta canadensis at Reelfoot Lake, Tenn.—On the 7th of June, 1886, I took a trip to Reelfoot Lake, situated in the extreme northeastern part of Tennessee and distant about twelve or fourteen miles from Hickman, Ky. My first intimation of the breeding of the Canada Goose at that place was while I was waiting for dinner at Mr. Carpenter’s, who keeps a hotel for the benefit of persons visiting the lake, and also of himself. While watching some small birds in a tree near the house, I was attracted by the appearance of a flock of six Geese wandering about in the yard, and after looking at them a moment, I said to Mr. Carpenter ‘‘Are not those Wild Geese?” ‘‘Yes,” he said, ‘‘I found six eggs on a stump in the lake and brought them home, set them under a tame Goose, and every one hatched.” ‘‘Why,” I said, ‘‘I did not know they would breed so far south.” ‘‘O, yes,” he answered, ‘‘they breed here every sum- mer.” These Geese were tamer than the common domestic Geese, eating out of his hand, etc. They made no effort to get away, though, had their wings not been clipped, they would probably have flown to the lake very soon. Then after dinner when I was paddling a little plank canoe, a full grown Goose came flying along a little to one side of the canoe. I did not mistake it for any other bird. It was too close for that. I do not think it was hurt or sickly, it flew too swiftly and well for that. Wishing to have still more proof on the subject, I asked a boy who often goes to the lake to fish and hunt, if he knew that the Wild Geese stayed there all summer. He answered, ‘‘Yes, I do. I’ve seen the young Geese round in the water many a time.” I think these facts go far to prove that the Wild Goose breeds at Reel- foot Lake.—L. O. Pinpar, Hickman, Ky. Breeding of the White-faced Glossy Ibis in Florida.—I have lately ob- tained from Mr. C. J. Maynard a set of three eggs of the White-faced Glossy Ibis (Plegad?s guarauna), taken April 18, 1886, at or near Lake Washington (the head of the St. Johns River), Florida. The nest was “tin bushes, a few feet from the ground.” The identity of the eggs is open 48 22 General Notes. [October to no doubt, for they are accompanied by the skin of the female parent, which was shot on the nest. Mr. Maynard had the specimens directly from the collector, a young man by the name of Lapham. If no mistake has been made in the authentication of the alleged eggs of P. autumnalis (= falcinellus) trom Florida (see B. B. & R., Water Birds, Vol. I, p. 96), both species of Glossy Ibis breed together in that State. The P. guarauna has not been previously found breeding east of the Mississippi, as far as I can ascertain.—WILLIAM BREWSTER, Cambridge, Mass. The Red Phalarope in the District of Coilumbia.—A Correction.—In ‘The Auk’ for January, 1886, the writer noted the oecurrencée of a Northern Phalarope on the eastern branch of the Potomac River, near Washington, in October, 1885. The statements made at that time regarding the capture and identity of the bird were given on the authority of the collector, Mr. Webster, who then had the specimen. A short time ago the bird in question came into the possession of the National Museum (catalogue number 109,213) and has been identified as a young specimen of the Red Phalarope (Crymophilus fulicarius). In making this correction I at the same time Hucu M. Smiru, Washington, add this rare species to our avian fauna. DG! Egialitis meloda circumcincta on the Atlantic Coast.—During a recent hurried visit to the Museum of the College of New Jersey, at Princeton, N. J., I noticed, in looking over the beautifully mounted Scott collection of birds, two specimens, male and female, in adult spring plumage, of the Belted Piping Plover, taken by Mr. W. E. D. Scott at Long Beach, Barnegat Bay, N. J., in April, 1877. On referring to the series of skins two other speci- mens were found, taken at the same time and place as the above, in which the pectoral band was complete but narrow. The specimens first men- tioned above have the pectoral band broad and continuous—typical rep- resentatives of var. c?rcumctncta. In the same collection I found also two skins of typical c¢rcumczncta taken by Mr. Nathan Clifford Brown, on the Scarborough marshes, near Portland, Maine, respectively May 17, 1878, and May 2, 1880. Thus ina series of thirteen specimens of the Piping Plover taken on the Atlantic Coast, contained in the Museum of Princeton College, four were typical of var. cércumcincta. These specimens appear to have been unrecorded till briefly mentioned by me in the ‘Additions and Corrections’ to my ‘Re- vised List of the Birds of Massachusetts,’ recently published in the ‘Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History,’ Vol. I, No. 7. Mr. Ridgway and Dr. Brewer (Water Birds of North America, Vol. I, 1884, pp. 161, 163) mention this variety as occasionally occurring along the Atlantic Coast, though mainly restricted to the Missouri River region. Mr. Cory (A Naturalist in the Magdalen Islands, 1878, p. 61), however, has recorded it as ‘‘abundant” in the Magdalen Islands, and judged it a 1886. } General Notes. 483 ‘possible that its range may extend to Axticostz, or even to Labrador,” he believing that many of the migrants of this species he saw at the Mag- dalens came from further north.—J. A. ALLEN, Am. Mus. Nat. [Hist., New York City. Bonasa umbelius in the Alpine Region of South Carolina.—The more | recent writers on South Carolinian ornithology have regarded the occur- rence of the Ruffed Grouse in the State as an open question. While on an ornithological tour to the mountainous portions of Pickens County, during the past summer, I had a good opportunity to learn something of its local abundance and distribution. About Mt. Pinnacle (the highest point in the State, 3,436 feet) and Table Rock (3,000 feet), I fonnd it a common bird, ranging from the valleys of the Saluda and Oolenoe up the mountain sides to their summits. Later in the season I traced the ‘Pheas- ant’ to the King’s Mountain chain (a part of which lies in York County), where, although not common, it is well known to everyone. Several years ago I saw a mounted specimen in the collection of the late Dr. Marshall of Greenville, which was said to have been taken in that county. From the foregoing, it is reasonable to infer that the habitat of the Ruffed Grouse in South Carolina is co-extensive with the Alpine region of the northwestern border counties —a wedge-shaped area, extending from King’s Mountain on the east to the Georgia line on the west, having a length of about one hundred and fourteen miles, and a breadth of from eight to twenty-one miles. —LEVERETT M. Loomis, Chester, S. C. The Type Specimen of Colinus ridgwayi.—In my recent paper on this species (Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., Vol. I, No. 7, p. 276) I referred to the original type specimen of the Masked Bob-white (Colznus ridgwayt) as being in the collection of Mr. F. Stephens. I was subsequently in- formed that it had been sent to the British Museum, and on the strength of this information added an erratum to this effect. I have now learned that the specimen is not in the collection of the British Museum but in that of Mr. G. Frean Morcom, of Chicago, who recently purchased it of Mr. Stephens.—J. A. ALLEN, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., New York City. A Red-headed Black Vulture.—During my first visit to Charleston, South Carolina, in May, 1883, I was one day watching the Black Vultures which, at certain hours, congregated by hundreds in the streets and on the house tops about the city market, when my attention was attracted to one that differed from all others of its kind that I had hitherto seen in having the entire bill yellow and the bare skin of the head and neck uniformly red, similar to, but of a duller tint than, the head of Cathartes aura. ‘That the bird was not a Turkey Buzzard but, on the contrary, either a Black Vulture or something very near it, was evident from its flight and the shape of the wings and tail. I suspected that it might be a hybrid, but there was no way of securing the specimen at the time and I never saw it again. Through Mr. Wayne’s kindness, however, I have just come into posses- 484 General Notes. [October sion of a similar—if not the same—bird taken at the Charleston market in August, 1886. Mr. Wayne bought this specimen for me from the taxider- mist who mounted it and who, unfortunately, is able to furnish no precise information respecting the color of the soft parts in life, save that ‘‘the head was red like a Turkey Buzzard’s.” In the dried specimen the bill is dull straw-color, the bare skin of the head and neck yellowish-brown, the legs, feet and claws pale brownish-orange. The head and neck are also tinged with purple, but this is evidently the result of a clumsy attempt to repro- duce the original color, for the dye has stained some of the feathers as well as a portion of the tow protruding from the eye socket. In all other respects—excepting that the bill is unusually depressed and the fifth pri- mary on each wing white to its base—the bird agrees perfectly with average specimens of the Black Vulture. That it is merely an abnormally colored example of that species is sufficiently obvious, but its peculiarities are certainly at once interesting and curious.—WILLIAM Brewster, Cam- bridge, Mass. The Swallow-tailed Kite in Rensselaer County, New York. —In my collection is a specimen of an Elanoides forficatus, mounted by Mr. Wil- liam Gibson, of Lansingburg, N. Y., who told me that he received the dead bird July 17, 1886, from Mr. Griffin Haight, and that by dissecting the bird he found it was a male. Its plumage is that of an adult, and is in partly worn and moulting condition. Wing, 15.6 inches; tail, 11.6, with fork, 5.6. Mr. Haight has a little house on a newly cleared acre, in the border of a large wood-lotin the eastern part of the town of Pittstown, about sixteen miles northeasterly from the city of Troy, and there breeds fancy fowls which run about freely in the clearing and ajacent woods. He informs me that Hawks trouble his fowls and carry off some chickens, and on the morning of July 16 he staid,at home to clean out a few of the Hawks, and had shot three, and just fired at another, when he was surprised to see, flying up from the woods by the clearing, a Swallow-tailed Kite, such as he had formerly seen in South Carolina. The Kite flew away and was gone about twenty minutes when it came down and lit on the dead stubby top of a tree by the clearing. After a few minutes, it flew up out of sight, but in about thirty minutes came down again and sat on the same dead tree-top for about seven minutes; it then flew up again out of sight. About fifty minutes later, ‘wo Kites came down together and lit on the same dead tree stub. As he started toward them the largest Kite flew away in a flash, and as he went nearer the other Kite darted up overhead; he fired and killed it, and sent the dead bird to Mr. Gibson to be mounted. Mr. Haight informs me that he has since seen one or more of the Kites around a pond in a swamp of about four hundred acres, within two miles of his house; once on July 29, and several times on August 9. He also saw ata distance, on dead ash trees standing in the swamp, three or four birds having the appearance and flight of Kites, and they alighted like —_ 1886.] General Notes. 485 young birds. He also observed one of the Kites about twenty rods off, sitting on a stub in the pond, in the latter part of August. He also tells me that on August 30, on higher ground, within a mile of his house, two of the Kites flew past him within fifty yards, and afterward coursed about together low over a field of buckwheat, as if catching insects. One of these Kites hada very long and deeply forked tail, and was larger than the other, which had its tail but little forked or nearly even at the end. Two other persons told me about seeing one or two of the birds at or near the same place. From seeing the locality,and from the information received, it seems probable that a pair of Swallow-tailed Kites bred, in 1886, in Rensselaer County, N. Y., at about latitude 42° 53’, longitude 73° 33’, and near 600 feet above tide water level.—AusTIN F. Park, Troy, WN. Y. The Barn Owl at Englewood, N. J.—At about six o’clock on the morning of August 26, near the centre of a tolerably dense wood, I start- ed from its roost of the previous night, a bird [ was unable to identify, and which eventually escaped me. The ground and bushes beneath the tree from which it had flown were spattered with its droppings, some of them not yet dry, and here a number of feathers were found, undoubtedly shed by the bird which had passed the night above. These feathers, the basal half of a primary, a covert from either wing, and a number of smaller ones, were forwarded to Dr. A. K. Fisher at Washington, who has kindly iden- tified them as the feathers of a Barn Owl (S¢tr¢x fpratincola).—FRANK M. CHAPMAN, Exglewood, N. F. Carnivorous Propensities of the Crow (Corvus americanus).—My neighbor, Mr. E. M. Davis, indulges in the luxury of live pets, and amongst them is a Crow, reared by hand from the nest and now perhaps three or four months old. He manifests the usual inquisitive and mis- chievous habits of the species in confinement, secreting various objects for which he can have no possible use, and worrying on all occasions both the cat and the dog of the premises, by picking at their toes, pulling their tails, etc. He seems to fear nothing but a small rubber hose used for sprinkling purposes, upon the first appearance of which, even before any water was thrown, he manifested the utmost fright, and fled to the house and his master for protection; this he has repeated whenever the hose ap- pears. Query: Is ita case of hereditary fear of svakes? Quite recently a young House Sparrow (Passer domesticus), not fully fledged, was cap- tured and taken into the happy family, pains being taken to keep it away from the caf, but not from the Crow, which, at its first introduction, pounced upon it savagely, seized it by the neck, shook it as a terrier does a rat, and before it could be released the Sparrow had gone the way of all birds; portions of it being eaten by its destroyer. As the Crow had been well fed, on a diet embracing meat, grain, and vegetables, the killing of the Sparrow would seem to have been the outcome of natural propensities rather than the result of the pangs of hunger.—F. W. LaNneGpon, Céncin- natt, Ohio. 486 General Notes. {October On the Absence of Ammodramus lecontei from Chester County, South Carolina, during the Winter of 1885-86.—Mr. Brewster’s mention, in the July number of ‘The Auk,’ of the capture of an example of Leconte’s Sparrow in the lower section of the State, during the past winter, is of special interest, owing to the fact of its apparent absence in the vicinity of Chester C. H., where it has been a common and regular visitor for sev- eral winters past. Being desirous of fixing the date of its arrival, I began to look for it during the latter part of October, and continued my search with great thoroughness through the entire winter, but not a single speci- men was seen. The early part of the season was unusually mild, and the Grasshopper Sparrow was found up to the 14th of December—an incident hitherto unnoted in the Piedmont region. January brought the severest weather known for years. As the Arctic wave came from the northwest, giving a temperature 10° lower in Chester than in New York, I expected Leconte’s Sparrow with confidence, and kept constantly afield, but with- out success. It is worthy of remark that during this peculiar stress of weather the Horned Larks and other boreal birds, which frequently favor us with their presence during protracted cold, were wholly wanting.— LEVERETT M. Loomis, Chester, S. C. Occurrence of Ammodramus caudacutus nelsoni in Massachusetts.— The Nelson’s Finch was originally described by Mr. Allen, from near Chi- cago, and has been supposed to be strictly confined, in the breeding season, to fresh water marshes. Recently Mr. Ridgway has called my attention to specimens of this race from the salt marshes of Cambridge, Mass., which raise some interesting questions in regard to this form. The spec- imens are three in number, collected by myself as far back as 1871. Two were taken October 7, and their occurrence at this season, though interest- ing as adding a new bird to the Massachusetts list, need not occasion sur- prise, since the bird has been taken frequently near Sing Sing, New York, by Dr. Fisher, and is known to occur elsewhere on the Atlantic coast during the fall migrations. The third specimen, however, occupies a different status. It was taken May 31, the lateness of which date would seem to preclude the possi- bility of it being a migrant. In fact, if Iam not mistaken, I took eggs, supposed then to belong to caudacutus proper, on the very day in question. The specimen appears on comparison to possess all the characteristics of the inland race, and though not so typical as some examples from Chi- cago, is scarcely to be distinguished from others. The occurrence of this single specimen on the coast at this season may of course be entirely accidental. The bird may have drifted in, and finding the locality to its liking, may have remained to breed, mating perhaps perforce with one of the coast form. Those having Sharp-tailed Finches in their collections will do well to examine their series thoroughly with a view to the elucidation of the status of the two forms.—H. W. HENSHAW, Washington, D. C. | 1886. ] General Notes. 487 Occurrence of Chondestes grammacus about Washington, D. C.—Up to date our knowledge of the occurrence of the Lark Finch in the neigh- borhood of Washington is limited to the capture of a single specimen by Mr. Roberts, August 27, 1877, and the observation of two individuals in the Smithsonian grounds, during the summer of the same year. To the above is to be added the capture of a second specimen, an adult male, August 8, 1886, by the writer. There is nothing in the nature of the cap- ture to indicate that the bird was not an ‘accidental..—H. W. HensHaw, Washington, D. C. Lincoln’s Sparrow and the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher in Connecticut.—I have recently examined a female MJelospiza lincolni taken at East Hart- ford, Conn., Sept. 21, 1885, by Mr. Willard E. Treat. It was accidentally killed when shooting Geothlyfis trichas. He writes that on April 24, 1886, he winged another of these Sparrows but did not capture it. It was in thick brush and extremely shy. May 7, 1886, Mr. Treat killed a female Poléoptila cerulea at East Hart- ford. It was on the top ofa high willow. Thisis, I believe, the third re- corded capture of this Gnatcatcher for Connecticut.—JNo. H. SaGe, Port- land, Conn. The Evening Grosbeak in Wisconsin. —I am glad to record the cap- ture of a male specimen of the Evening Grosbeak (//fesperophona ves- pertina) at DePere, Wis., Nov. 28, 1885. This is the first authentic occur- rence of the species in Brown County. — SAMUEL WELLS WILLARD, DePere, Wis. First Plumage of the Summer Tanager (Prranga rubra).—Under- parts whitish-buff, heavily streaked on breast with dusky; throat and abdo- men with lighter and more linear streaks of the same. Under tail-coverts reddish-buff with dark streaks. Head and upper parts dark brownish buff thickly spotted and streaked with dusky. Wings showing traces of dull red and green on primaries and secondaries. The first and second wing- coverts tipped and edged with buff, forming two distinct wing-bars. The bird (No. 2084, @, Coll. C. W. Beckham), from which the above de- scription is taken, was shot at Bardstown, Kentucky, on June 21, and was attended by both parents. The call-note of the young Tanager is very different from any note of the adult birds. It is very full and sonorous and faintly suggestive of the Bluebird’s ordinary whistle.—CHARLES WICKLIFF BeckuaM, Burdstown, Ky. Two additional Massachusetts Specimens of the Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotarta cttrea).—At the time of recording * the Prothonotary War- * Auk, Vol. III, July, 1886, p. 410. 488 General Notes. [October bler taken May 9, 1886, I had no idea that I should ever shoot another in Massachusetts. During the following August, however, Itooktwo more in Concord, one August 17, on the banks of the main river about a mile below the town, the other August 23. on the Assabet, within fifty yards of the spot where the first (May) specimen was obtained. The first of these August birds was a young female, the second an adult male; both had completed the summer moult and perfected the autumnal plumage. Isaw and fully identified each on the day before it was shot, Mr. Purdie being with me on one occasion (Aug. 22) as well as examining the freshly-killed specimen next day. Both birds were restless and rather shy, flitting from place to place, frequently crossing and recrossing the narrow stream. For the most part they kept well up in the trees, seeming to prefer the denser foliaged ones. especially the swamp oaks (Quercus bicolor) among the broad, dark leaves of which they concealed themselves so successfully that I had the greatest difficulty in getting even a glimpse at them. They seemed perfectly at home in their strange surroundings, as indeed they might well be, for both the Concord and Assabet Rivers, with their densely-wooded banks and half-submerged thickets of black willows and button bushes, afford plenty of just such places as the Prothonotary delights in at the South and West. Viewed in the light of this later experience the status of the Prothono- tary Warbler as a Massachusetts bird presents an interesting problem. The May specimen, considered apart, might be consistently treated as a chance straggler from the South, especially as it occured just after a storm which prevailed along our entire eastern coast; but the appearance of two others, one of them a young bird, in the same locality, at the height of the return migration, seems to indicate that during 1886, at least, there has been a regular, if limited, flight into and from New England, and that the species has actually bred either within or to the northward of this region. That such a visitation is of annual recurrence is more doubtful, but it is certainly not impossible, especially when we consider that the Prothono- tary is a bird of peculiar habits and tastes, and that the haunts which it loves are, in this region, neither numerous nor often visited by collectors. —WILLIAM BREWSTER, Cambridge, Mass. An Earlier Occurrence of the Prothonotary Warbler in Massachusetts. —In the last issue of ‘The Auk’ my friend Mr. Brewster, announces his taking a Protonotaria citrea in Concord, very properly considering it the first for the State, and I am aware that he will in the October number record his capture of two more in the same town, one of which I had the great pleasure of seeing alive as well as afterwards handling in the flesh. Let me note a fourth specimen that I have seen in the possession of Mr. George Dwelley. He assures me that he shot the bird, a male, from the foliage overhanging a creek, it falling into the water. This was in spring, several years ago, but not previous to 1880, in the town of South Abington, Plymouth County.—H. A. Purpir, Boston, Mass. 1886. ] General Notes. 489 The Carolina Wren in Connecticut.— Mr. Willard E. Treat writes me that he took a male Thryothorus ludovictanus at East Hartford, Conn., March 18, 1886. It wasin good condition, and had been seen since Feb- ruary 15 among some thick brush and tall weeds. This is, I believe, the third capture of this bird in Connecticut.—JNo. H. SAGE, Portland, Conn. The Red-breasted Nuthatch in Kentucky in Summer.—On July 16, while ‘taking my ease’ in a hammock, I saw a small bird skipping about the uppermost branches of an adjacent pine tree. Not being able to iden- tify it, my ever-ready .22 cal. cane-gun was brought into requisition, when down came a Red-bellied Nuthatch (Szf¢ta canadensis). Its presence at this latitude (37° 52’) and altitude (650 feet above tide-water) at this sea- son of the year is very singular, and remains to be explained. Upon dis- section the bird proved to be a female. The ovaries were-much contracted but plainly discernible-—C. W. BecknuaAm, Bardstown, Ky. Singular nesting site of Wilson’s Thrush.—It has long been a problem as to what use could be made of the old tin cans that fruits and vegetables have been preserved in, but itis now partially solved bya pair of Wilson’s Thrushes choosing one to place its nest in. My two sons in passing through a piece of woods where this species is quite common, boy-like, kicked an old can lying on the ground when, to their astonishment, they made the discovery that it contained a nest and three eggs of the above species. The can rested on its side, the birds going in through a small hole in the cover (the entire end not having been cut). The nest was very wet and the eggs were addled, evidently having been deserted, owing to the heavy rains in early June. Unfortunately one egg was broken and the other two badly damaged, but the nest is perfect and the materials are typical of this species.—H. B. BatLtey, South Orange, N. F. The Eastern Bluebird at Fort Lyon, Colorado.—Four Eastern Blue- birds (Szalza séal’s), two of each sex, were first seen here May 24 of this year. One male I collected, one female was killed by a cat. I found the nest of the other pair June 25. The young were then two-thirds grown. Old birds and young left July 14. The late arrival and nesting of these birds at this place where, during the four years I have been stationed here none have been seen, seems unusual. S. arctica is abundant about the middle of March, but stays a few days only. S. mexécana is not found here.—P. M. THome, Caft. 22nd Inf., Fort Lyon, Col. Three Interesting Birds in the American Museum of Natural History : Ammodramus leconteii, Helinaia swainsonii, and Saxicola cenanthe. —As is well known, Leconte’s Sparrow was described by Audubon (Birds of America, VII, p. 338, pl. 488) in 1843, from a specimen obtained on the Upper Missouri, Audubon says: ‘‘Although we procured several 490 General Notes. [October specimens of this pretty little Sharp-tailed Finch, I have at present only one by me, a fine male, however, shot by Mr. J. G. Bell, of New York, on the 24th of May.” He gives its habitat as ‘‘Upper Missouri prairies. Common.” Professor Baird, in 1858, says (Birds of North America, 1858, p- 452): ‘‘I am obliged to copy the description of this rare Sparrow from Mr. Audubon, as I have no skin at hand. The type of the species was pre- sented to me by Mr. Audubon, but it has somehow been mislaid.” In the ‘History of North American Birds’ (Vol. I, 1874, p. 552) a second specimen is recorded as having been ‘‘received by the Smithsonian Institution from Washington Co., Texas, collected by Dr. Lincecum,” but ‘‘in very poor condition, having been skinned for an alcoholic preparation and does not admit of a satisfactory description of the colors.” This, then, was the only specimen known to be extant when the species was re-discovered in 1873 by Dr. Coues, ‘‘near Turtle Mountain, on the border of Dakota, latitude 39°,” where a number were found together on August g—the only occa- sion when they were noticed. The subsequent remarkable history of this long lost species need not be recounted, it having been found of late in numbers from the Upper Missouri region to as far south and east as South Carolina. A specimen in the Maximilian Collection in the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, proves that a second specimen was really extant during this long interval. It still bears the original label in the handwriting of the Prince, as follows: ‘‘Ammodramus LeContei Audub. (Emberiza Audub.) Missouri. Mas.” In the manuscript Cata- logue of the Maximilian Collection (p. 171, genus 515, sp. 3) it is recorded as follows: ‘‘{Coturniculus] Lecontei Audub.; Bp.; (Ammodramus Le- contei Gray). Nord America, am oberer Missouri.” There is no further clue to its history, but doubtless it was taken by the Prince on his North American journey, 1832-34, and hence some ten years before the discovery of the species by Audubon. As the Maximilian Coilection was transferred to the American Museum in 18470, this specimen was in New York City for three years prior to the re-discovery of the species by Dr. Coues. The specimen (No. 1916) is in an excellent state of preservation, though doubtless taken not less than half a century ago. Another specimen of historic interest in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History is one of the original Bachmanian specimens of Swainson’s Warbler (No. 25,348). This is from the Elliot Collection, Mr. Elliot having received it from Professor Baird. A third specimen, of much local interest, isan example (No. 1236, Qad.) of a Wheatear (Saxicola wnanthe), from the collection of Mr. D. G. Elliot, taken on Long Island, N. Y., but the date of capture is not given. It ap- pears not to have been previously recorded.—J. A. ALLEN, Am. Maus. Nat. Hi'st.. New York City. Four Rare Birds in Northern California: Yellow Rail, Emperor Goose, European Widgeon, and Sabine’s Ruffed Grouse.—While on the coast of Northern California in December, 1885, I visited the ornithological col- 1886. ] Correspondence. 491 lections of Mr. Charles Fiebig, who lives at Eureka, on Humboldt Bay. As Mr. Fiebig had informed me upon my arrival, that all his birds had been shot in the vicinity of Humboldt Bay, I was surprised and interested to find in his collection specimens of the Yellow Rail, the Emperor Goose, the European Widgeon, and Sabine’s Ruffed Grouse, which I saw at once were rather extra-limital species, particularly the first two. Mr. Fiebig’s account of these was as follows (transcribed from my note book) : Porzana noveboracensis. One specimen 1884, shot on the marsh at the mouth of Freshwater Creek, flowing into Humboldt Bay. A pazr were seen but only one secured. Philacte canagica. One specimen obtained on the bay in the winter of 1884. Others seen at long intervals. Mareca penelope. One specimen shot on the bay in the winter of 1884. The only record of its occurrence there, according to Mr. Fiebig and the sportsmen of Eureka. Bonasa sabinii. Only one specimen in the collection, but met with on several occasions in the deepest portions of the surrounding redwood forest. Mr. Fiebig, now a very old man, is a German who came to America about 1850, and worked at his trade of wagon-making, in the city of Wash- ington, until the war broke out, when he enlisted in the Union Army, and afterward settled in California. While living in Washington he became acquainted with North American birds by studying the Smithsonian col- lections. He is a taxidermist of far more than ordinary ability, but prac- tices the art only.as a pastime. His method of mounting is unique; after removing the skin, he carves a model of the bird’s body in soft wood, with great exactness. ‘The effigy is then covered with the skin, and the bird, after the eyes are added, is complete. I am bound to say that this is done with the skill of an artist, and the results secured by this method are ex- cellent. Mr. Fiebig gave me an interesting account of his experiences as a Duck hunter on the shores of the Baltic Sea, when a boy.—Cuas. H. TOWNSEND, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. CORRESPONDENCE. [Correspondents are requested to write briefly and to the point. No attention will be paid to anonymous communications. | The Classification of the Macrochires. [SEconD LETTER. ] To THE EDITORS OF THE AUK :— Sirs: If the valuable space in the section reserved for your corres- pondence will admit of it, I have a few words to say in regard to the criti- cism passed upon my classification of the Macrochires, so far as I defined 492 Correspondence. [October it in my contribution to the ‘P. Z. S.’ (1885), by Doctor Stejneger in the July number of ‘The Auk.’ Dr. Stejneger asks, ‘‘Is it possible that Dr. Shufeldt has overlooked the many points in which Swallows and Swifts disagree outside of the skel- eton?” To this Ican answer that I duly took into consideration all of those characters, both internal and external, now generally known to us, when I came to draw up my conclusions in the ‘P. Z. 5.’ memoir, wherein, as the Doctor remarks, the skeletal characters alone appear to have swayed me in my decisions. Iam nct only conversant with the ‘‘maxy points” of difference existing between Swallows and Swifts, but am becoming more convinced every day of the ‘many, many points’ of structural difference ex- isting between the Trochili and Cypseli. Further along in his criticism, when reviewing for my benefit some of the more prominent differences existing between the Swallows and Swifts, as Dr. Stejneger comprehends their structure, he contends that ‘‘internally they differ in a great number of points, but we shall only mention that the Swifts have a sternum, while the Swallows have the manubrium bifurcate and the posterior border deeply two-notched.” Reading this sentence over carefully a number of times I must confess that its author does not make quite clear to my mind the kind of comparison he wishes to institute be- tween the sternum of a Swift and a Swallow. Noone probably will deny “that the Swifts have a sternum,” though many might take exception to the remark that that bone was ‘‘two-notched” in the Swallows. To be sure it has a pazr of notches in its xiphoidal extremity; but as generally described, the two-notched sternum is seen in such forms as Prczs. Again, Dr. Stejneger asks me in his criticism, ‘‘but what differences are there in the Swifts’ flight from that of the Swallows’ that should have caused such a remarkable modification towards the Humming-birds ?” ” (p. 406). My answer to this question will also constitute a reply to the two succeeding questions of my critic, as it will, I hope, still further impress upon the minds of systematists the warning, already given in my ‘P. Z.S.’ memoir, that the similarities of certain structures existing between the Cypseli and Trochili are for the most part due to the modification of these structures gradually brought about by the habits or actions of the forms in question. Surely Dr. Stejneger would never have asked the question I have first quoted from him if he had ever had the opportunity to compare in nature the flights of two such birds for example as Adzcrofus melanoleu- cus and Tachycineta thalassina. Many a time have I stood inthe deep, rocky cafions of New Mexico, and seen one of the former birds pitch down from its dizzy position in the air above, with a velocity that taxed the very eye of the observer to follow, to its nest in the side of the precipice below; check itself suddenly at its entrance; hover for an instant, like a Hum- mingbird over a flower, with its wings in rapid motion, then enter,—to be gone but a moment,— when it makes its appearance again as if shot from a gun, to be off with the swiftness of the bullet. How different is all this from the flight of the pretty little Violet-green Swallow, with it slight and easy motion, rarely hurried and never precipitous! 1886. ] . Correspondence. 493 Anatomists have long known that in avian forms, such as the Cypseli and Trochili, wherein the powers of flight have through time been brought to great perfection and capable of a high degree of velocity, that it is nec- essarily accompanied by corresponding modifications of structure, such as a deepening of the sternal keel, and changes ‘‘in the shape of the hume- rus and its processes,” as remarked upon by Dr. Stejneger. That the corresponding ‘“‘processes”” have become more conspicuous is not to be wondered at when we think for a moment and take into consideration the fact that they probably have been acted upon by the corresponding muscles involved in the flight. In other words, when we come to sift out the char- acters wherein the Cypseli and Trochili Jrzvczfally agree we find them to be just such ones as I have elsewhere pointed out. and in each instance are found to be structural characters, the modifications of which are due to similar habits of the forms in question, but this by no means satisfies my mind that the groups should be, orare closely affined. I think sometimes tax- onomists too often lose sight of the lines of descent of the class Aves in time, and in their eagerness to show relationship of the remnants of ex- isting forms or groups in recent times, overlook,the great gaps that prob- ably exist among the twigs of the branches and stems that represent the tree of their pedigree. Notwithstanding Dr. Stejneger’s warning against placing too much re- liance upon the skeletal characters for our guidance, I must still insist that the characters (as we find them in forms which we are comparing) of the skull and axial skeleton are among the most reliable if not ze most reliable we have. If there be better ones in any vertebrate organization I have not been so fortunate as yet to have met with them. If I find that the number of vertebre constantly differed in any two birds, and their skulls are of a radically different type, why I would no more be swayed from my opinion that they were members of a different order, as orders are re- garded in ornithology, than I could be brought to the belief that anatomical characters are valueless in taxonomy. Certainly finding an additional pair of primaries or secondaries in the wing, in either case, would have but little weight towards altering my first opinion, based as I say, on what I had found in the cranium and column. Now to take the skull of a Swift and a Hummingbird as an example, ad/, absolutely a//, of the leading characters as we find them in the representatives of these two groups are at variance while quite a number of these characters agree in this part of the skeleton with the Swallows and Swifts, and others can easily be shown in the latter birds to be demonstrable departures due, probably, to unknown causes from the typical passerine ones. Since the appearance of my memoir in the ‘P. Z. S.’a considerable amount of material (Macrochires) has come to my hands, thanks to some of the members of the A. O. U. and associate members, and others. A superficial examination of some of this but satisfies me of the correctness of my first conclusions, and if those conclusions are to be modified at allit will be in regard to the Swifts, which I think can be shown to be a group of birds also entitled to a separate order, as orders go in systematic ornithology, 494 Correspondence. [October as well as the Trochili and Caprimulgi. This order Cypseli would stand between the Trochili and Passeres, but as Tam soon to have my second contribution to this subject in hand, all such questions will therein be considered. I have a large collection of alcoholics now at my disposal, and am only waiting tosecure a better assortment of the Nightjars and Trogons before undertaking the work, or rather pushing it, as many of the drawings are already completed. In the mean time, permit me to say to those who may be interested in this subject that 1 deem it quite a possible thing that an offshoot may have taken place from the common stock Passeres, near the Swallows,as would in time have produced our typically modern Swifts. I can picture how these forms at first may have had some change in their environment as demand- ed an increase of the power of flight. This would demand an increase of the power of the muscles involved therein, and finally we would find just such changes in the bones to which these muscles are attached as we in reality do in existing Cypseli. So that the enlarged pectorals, the deep keel to the sternum and its unnotched xiphoidal extremity, the short hume- rus of the arm, with its conspicuous processes, are all examples of Ahyszo- logical adaptations of structure. So there may have come down to us an entirely different group of birds, as the Hummers, of very different origin, which group may have had the same factor thrown into its environment, somewhere in time, that demanded an increase in the power of flight, and as a consequence we find a similar modification of the parts involved. 3ut when we come to critically examine and compare the modified parts we may find, as we do in the case of the Hummers and Swifts, that although the same evd has been very prettily arrived at by the changes in the structures, yet at the same time quite d7ferent forms of the several and corresponding parts had been the result of it all. The first compari- son, withthe views of pointing out the relationships of such, and existing. groups, wherein the fundamental characters are masked by such deceptive similarities, constitute some of the most difficult problems of systematic zoblogy. In the comparisons, it is by no means necessary to eliminate them, but simply we must be guided in our conclusions by what the saw of all the morphological characters of the forms under comparison go to show. It is really no valid reason that we should retain in the same order, were vessels so classified, two kinds of them, simply because they might both happen to possess ‘‘deep keels” and ‘‘short shafts” connecting their wheels with their motive powers, for one of these vessels might be driven by steam and the other by some other force, notwithstanding the fact that one might show an additional blade or two in either of its wheels (wings) or perhaps have a different style of rudder (tail), and yet the fundamenta differences be very great and justify us in widely separating them in any scheme of classification. In conclusion I must express my satisfaction at finding one who has perhaps thus far devoted his best energies in avian taxonomy to the con- a ee 1886. ] Notes and News. 495 sideration of external characters and obscure points in synonomy, as Dr. Stejneger has so ably done for us, expressing himself as he does in the criticism of my memoir by saying, ‘‘A natural system cannot be based upon one single set of characters; all will have to be carefully considered, whether they are external or internal, before we can hope to understand the true relationship of the different groups” (p. 406). This is precisely, indeed the words are quite the echo of, what Ihave taught, and my senti- ments for a number of years past, as the reader may see by referring to the leading paragraphs in my ‘‘Osteology of the Cathartide,” published in 1883 in Hayden's Twelfth Annual, by the Department of the Interior. Very respectfully, Ft. Wingate, New Mexico, R. W. SHUFELDT. 4th August, 1886. ErraAtum.—In Dr. Shufeldt’s letter in the July ‘Auk,’ p. 414, for ‘‘nine,” in the first line of the letter, read mine.—Enpp. NOTES AND NEWS, THE NEXT meeting of the American Ornithologist’s Union will be held in Washington; Tuesday, November 16, and following days. A very in- teresting meeting is anticipated, and a much larger attendance than usual of both Active and Associate Members is expected. The meeting will be chiefly occupied with the reading and discussion of scientific papers. There will be in addition the usual reports of committees. Dr. F. W. Lancpon, of Cincinnati, has in preparation a work on ‘Ohio Valley Birds,’ which he hopes to have soon ready for the press. It will be devoted to the birds of the region drained by the Ohio River and its tributaries. Besides some matter relating to ornithology in general, it will include descriptions and life histories of Ohio Valley birds. A ‘Manvat of North American Birds,’ by Mr. Robert Ridgway, is an- nounced as in press, to be published by J. B. Lippincott and Co., of Phila- delphia. The work will be abundantly illustrated and, it is needless to say, most carefully and thoroughly prepared. Dr. LEONHARD STEJNEGER announces his intention (Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 1886, p. 99) ‘‘to write a comprehensive and reliable guide to Japan- ese ornithology, with ample descriptions of all the known forms from original Japanese specimens.” Finding his material for the work still incomplete he earnestly requests assistance in gathering it, in order to enable him to satisfactorily fulfil the task he has undertaken. The work will be based primarily on the Blakiston and Jouy collections of Japanese 496 Notes and News. [October birds in the National Museum, which is desirous of obtaining by ex- change specimens necessary for the elucidation of the Japanese Avian fauna. Specimens loaned to Dr. Stejneger in aid of his work will be re- turned as soon as possible without expense to the owner. Tue Division of Economic Ornithology and Mammology of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Chiefof the Division, has issued four circulars in reference to the work of the Division. No. 1 is in relation to the ‘Food-Habits of Birds’; No. 2 is ‘On the English Sparrow,’ and is accompanied with a ‘Schedule’ of inquiries; No. 3 is ‘On the Economic Relations of Mammals’; No. 4 is ‘Instructions for the collection of Stomachs,’ of both birds and Mammals. Dr. Merriam’s chief scientific assistants are Dr. A. K. Fisher and Prof. Walter B. Barrows, the latter recently instructor in Natural History at the Wesleyan Univer- sity, Middletown, Conn. Tue A. O. U. Committee on the Protection of North American Birds has resumed its meetings, and proposes to issue soon a short Bulletin on the subject of its work, with special reference to legislation in behalf of the birds. PROFESSOR Eugen von Boeck, Director of the Central School of Bolivia, member of the International Ornithological Committee, and a naturalist who for thirty years has devoted much time to the study of the natural his- tory of South America, died on the 30th of January, 1886, in Cochabamba, after a single day’s illness from a choleraic attack. His researches were mainly ornithological. and as early as 1855 he published in ‘Naumannia’ a paper on the birds of Bolivia. His last contributions were papers on the birds of the valley of Cochabamba, published in the ‘Mittheilungen des ornithologische Vereins in Wien’ in 1884. At the time of his death he was engaged upona translation of Taczanowski’s ‘Ornithologie du Pérou.’ He was also the author of numerous briefer ornithological communica- tions. Notwithstanding many other pressing engagements, he devoted much time for many years to the study of South American ornithology. 1886. | Cory ox New West Indian Birds. 497 SUPPLEMENT. DESCRIPTIONS OF THIRTEEN NEW SPECIES OF BIRDS FROM THE ISLAND OF GRAND CAYMAN, WEST INDIES. BY CHARLES B. CORY. Certhiola sharpei, sp. nov. Sp. CHAR.—Throat ash gray, darker than in C. cabotc, or bahamensis but much lighter than faveola; underparts yellow, brightest upon the breast and dullest with a slight olive tinge on the belly and flanks; top of the head and stripe through the eye dull black; superciliary stripe white; back dull black showing an ashy tinge; rump yellow; quills dark brown, edged with white ; carpus edged with bright yellow; tail tipped with white, heaviest on the outer feathers; bill and feet dull black. Length, 4.10; wing, 2.45; tail, 1.80; tarsus, .80; bill, 52. Hasitat. Island of Grand Cayman, West Indies. I take much pleasure in dedicating this species to Mr. R. Bowdler Sharpe, of London, England. Dendroica vitellina, sp. nov. Sp. CHAR.—Somewhat resembling D. d¢scolor in general appearance but larger and having the entire underparts bright yellow with no black streaks on the sides but showing traces of olive on the sides and flanks. Upper parts dull green, pale yellowish green on the rump;, quills dark brown edged with pale yellowish green on’outer webs; inner webs edged with dull white; a distinct wing-band of yellow; tail-feathers edged with yel- lowish-green on the outer webs; two outer feathers heavily marked with white on the terminal portion of the inner webs, narrowly showing on the third feather; a superciliary line of bright yellow nearly if not quite reach- ing the occiput; bill horn color; feet dull black. Length, 4.30; wing, 2.50; tail, 2.10; tarsus, .70; bill, 50. Hasirar. Island of Grand Cayman, West Indies. Chrysotis caymanensis, sp. nov. Sp. CHar.—Resembles C. deucocephalus, but differs from that species greatly in the markings of the throat and head; forehead dull yellowish white, not reaching the eye; feathers of the head bluish geeen, tipped and edged with dull black; cheeks bright crimson red, the feathers mixed 498 Cory oz New West Indian Birds. [October with green 1n some specimens; throat pale red, the feathers broadly edged with yellow; underparts bluish green, marked with dull red on the sides and belly; the feathers of the breast and belly edged with dull black; quills heavily edged with blue on the outer webs, inner webs dark brown; tail yellowish green, the outer web of outer feather pale blue, the basal portion of inner webs heavily marked with dark red. Length, 11; wing, 8; tail, 5; tarsus, .70; bill, 1.05. Hapirar. Island of Grand Cayman, West Indies. Colaptes gundlachi, sp. nov. Sp. CHAR.—Resembles Colaftes chrysocaulosus but is smaller, the yellow of the quills and tail mnch brighter; under surface of outer tail feathers distinctly banded; feathers of the rump white, heavily blotched with black ; shafts of the quills and tail very bright yellow; first primary much longer than in the Cuban species. Length, 8.90; wing, 5.20; tail, 4; tarsus, .85; bill, 1.10. HasitatT. Island of Grand Cayman, West Indies. I have dedicated this species to Dr. John Gundlach, the well known ornithologist, of Ingenio Fermina, Cuba. Engyptila collaris, sp. nov. Sp. CHAar.—Forehead dull white; top of the head dark gray, showing a metallic tinge of purple on the nape; a cape of metallic purple showing greenish red reflections where it joins the back; back dark brownish olive; throat dull white; breast dull vinaceous, shading into dull white on the belly; sides dull red brown; under wing-coverts and under surface of wing rufus brown; primaries brown, having the inner webs heavily marked with rufus brown; tail slaty brown, two or three outer feathers tipped with white; feet red; bill black; iris dull white. Length, 9.50% wink;)5.75; tail, 3.50;.tarsus,, 1.25; billy. 75. Hasitat. Grand Cayman, West Indies. Zenaida spadicea, sp. nov. Sp. Cuar.—General upper plumage dark olive brown, rufous brown on the forehead and showing a tinge of very dull purple on the crown, appar: : ently wanting in some specimens; a sub-auricular spot of dark metallic blue; sides of the neck and nape rich metallic purple; chin pale buff, shading into rich rufous chestnut on the throat and breast; belly brown, showing a slight vinaceous tinge; upper surface of tail brown, the feathers showing asub-terminal band of black, and all the feathers except the cen- tral ones tipped with gray; primaries dark brown, almost black, faintly tipped with dull white; the secondaries broadly tipped with white; under wing-coverts gray; bill black; feet red. Length, 9.60; wing, 6; tail, 3.75; tarsus, .75; bill, 50. HasitatT. Grand Cayman, West Indies. 1886. } Cory on New West Indian Birds. 499 Centurus caymanensis, sp. nov. Sp. CHar. Male:—Forehead and sides of the head white; crown and nape bright crimson red; a tinge of red at the nostrils; throat dull white, shading into brownish white on the breast and belly; a patch of crimson red at the vent; back banded with dull white and black; rump dull white, marked irregularly with black; quills dark brown, heavily blotched with white on the basal portion of the inner webs; secondaries and some of the inner primaries heavily marked with white; tail brownish black, faintly tipped with tawny brown, the outer pair and two central feathers blotched with dull white; bill and feet black. The female is similar to the male, but lacks the red crown, having only a nuchal patch of that color. Length, 8.60; wing, 5; tail, 4; tarsus, .75; bill, 1.50. This species lacks the black superciliary mark which is found in both the Cuban and Bahama species. Hasirat. Island of Grand Cayman, West Indies. Mimocichla ravida, sp. nov. Sp. CHAR.—Bill large; general plumage dull ashy or brownish plumbe- ous; no stripes on the throat which is the same coloras the breast, a patch of dull white on the vent and under tail-coverts; three outer tail-feathers tipped with white on the inner webs; bill, bare space around the eye, and legs orange red; iris dull red. Length, 9.50; wing, 5.25; tail, 4.40; tarsus, 1.50; bill, go. Hasirat. Island of Grand Cayman, West Indies. Quiscalus caymanensis, sp. nov. Sp. CHar.—General plumage purplish black showing a greenish gloss on the back aud rump; wing-feathers showing a faint greenish gloss; quills and tail black; bill and feet black; iris yellow. Length, 9.75; wing, 5.30; tail, 4.50; tarsus, 1.253 bill, 1.10. Hasitat. Island of Grand Cayman, West Indies. Spindalis salvini, sp. nov. Sp. CHAr.—Top of the head and cheeks black; a superciliary and malan stripe of white; a patch of yellowish orange on the upper throat, sepa~ rated from the white malar stripe by a line of black which reaches the breast: chin dull white; léwer throat, and breast chestnut; back dark olive, separated from the black of the head by a chestnut collar; lower back yellowish; a patch of chestnut on the carpus; rump brownish orange; belly and under tail-coverts dull white; tail black, the two outer feathers heavily marked with white; the third feather tipped with white on the inner web, the two central feathers narrowly edged with white on 500 Cory ox New West Indian Birds. [October the inner webs; bill horn color; feet slate brown. General appearance of Spindalis pretréé but having the bill heavier and throat marking un- like those of that species, besides other minor differences. Length, 5.50; wing, 3.35; tail, 2.75; tarsus, .70; bill, -50. Hapitat. Grand Cayman, West Indies. I have dedicated this species to Mr. Osbert Salvin, of London, England. Vireo alleni, sp. nov. Sp. CHAR.—Above dull olive, showing a dull yellow tinge on the fore- head; a stripe of yellow from the upper mandible to the eye, the yellow showing on the upper and lower eyelids; entire under surface dull yellow; tinged with olive on the flanks and sides; two distinct yellowish white wing-bands; quills dark brown, most of the feathers edged with yellowish green on the outer webs. Tail brown, showing faint olive edgings on the outer webs; bill horn color; legs dark brown or slaty brown. Length, 4.10; wing, 2.30; tail, 1.85; tarsus, .75; bill, .45. Hasirat. Grand Cayman, West Indies. This interesting species is dedicated to my friend Dr. J. A. Allen, of the American Museum of Natural History, New York. Myiarchus denigratus, sp. nov. Sp. Cuar.—Top of the head dark blackish brown; back dull olive brown; sides of the head, cheeks, and ear-coverts dark brown, slightly lighter than the crown; throat and breast ash gray, shading into dull yellowish white on the belly and crissum; quill, very dark brown, some of the feathers edged with very pale rufous; tail-feathers dark brown edged with pale rufous on the inner webs; bill and feet black. Length, 6.25; wing, 3.15; tail, 3.00; tarsus, .80; bill, .60. Hasirar. Grand Cayman, West Indies. This is a very dark species, easily distinguished from any other West Indian form. Icterus bairdi, sp. nov. Sp. CHAR. back dull yellow, showing a faint tinge of olive on the upper back; tail and wings black; lesser wing-coverts bright* yellow, greater secondary Front of face and throat black; underparts bright yellow; wing-coverts pure white, forming a broad white wing-patch, some of tha inner primaries delicately edged with white, showing more clearly on the inner secondaries; bill and feet black. Length, 7.25; wing, 3-75; tail, 3; tarsus, .85; bill, .85. Hasrrat.—Grand Cayman, West Indies. 1886.] Cory on the Birds of Grand Cayman, W. J. 501 The birds before me are all in poor plumage, being evidently moulting, but the bright yellow coloration alone is sufficient to separate it from Z. dewcopteryx of Jamaica, which is its nearest ally. This species is named in compliment to Prof. Spencer F. Baird, of Washington, D. C. A VEIST OF “THE BIRDS COLLECTED” IN. THE ISLAND OF GRAND CAYMAN, WEST IN- DIES, BY W. B. RICHARDSON, DUR- ING THE SUMMER OF 1886. BY CHARLES B. CORY. Dourinc the past summer Mr. W. B. Richardson has been col- lecting specimens of natural history in the small islands known as Grand and Little Cayman, which are situated south of Cuba, and some hundred and thirty miles northwest of Jamaica. The collection of birds.which was forwarded to me proved to be very rich in novelties, containing no less than thirteen species which I believe to be new and several others which vary slightly from known West Indian forms. Mr. Richardson writes me that the island is low, and although much of it is well wooded, birds are comparatively scarce. The following is a list of the species contained in the collec- tion. Mimocichla ravida, zobzs. Mimus orpheus? (Lznz.). Polioptila czerulea (Linz.). Mniotilta varia (Lzzz.). Dendroica czerulea W7/s. Dendroica dominica (Lzzn.). Dendroica petechia gundlachi (Bazrd). Dendroica vitellina, zodzs. Seiurus motacilla (Véez7/.). Certhiola sharpei, zodzs. Vireo alleni, zodzs. Spindalis salvini. zodzs. Melopyrrha nigra (Lzzz.). 502 Cory on the Birds of Grand Cayman, W. I. [October Euetheia olivacea (Gmel.). Icterus bairdi, zodzs. Quiscalus caymanensis, obzs. Elainea martinica? (Lizz.). Pitangus caudifasciatus (D’Ord.). Myiarchus denigratus, wobzs. Tyrannus dominicensis (Gmel.). Crotophaga ani Linn. Coccyzus minor (Gmel.). Centurus caymanensis, zobzs. Colaptes gundlachi, zodzs. Chrysotis caymanensis, zodzs. Strix flammea furcata (7emm.). Engyptila collaris, zodzs. Zenaida spadicea, zodzs. Columbigallina passerina (Lzvv.). ZEgialitis semipalmata GA. Arenaria interpres (Z7zvm.). Actitis macularia (Zzn.). Tringa maculata Vee77/. Tringa minutilla Veezd/. Ereunetes pusillus (Lz7w.). Totanus flavipes (Gmed.). Gallinula galeata (Lich/.). Nycticorax violaceus (/7wv.). Ardea tricolor ruficollis ( Gosse). Ardea virescens Lizz. INDEX TOs VOLUNIE IL. ACANTHIS hornemanii exilipes, 322. linaria, 322. Acanthylis albicollis, 347. collaris, 347. zonaris, 347. Accipiter atricapillus, 154. cooperi, 80, 92, 422. fuscus, So. velox, 92, 154, 164, 179, 422. Actitis macularia, 102, 152, 320, 386, 502. Adney, E. T., naturalization of the European Goldfinch in New York City and vicinity, 409. Echmophorus occidentalis, $7, 147. /Egialitis meloda, 152. meloda_ circumcincta,. 408, 482. nivosa, 92, 409. semipalmata, 152, 387, 502. vocifera, 92, 152, 164, 319, 386. wilsonia, 438. /€nochrus augustus, 461. versicolor, 463. LEsalon columbarius, 8o. Estrelata fisheri, 389. gularis, 389. mollis, 390. scalaris, 390. /Ethyia americana, 410. Agelaius assimilis, 221. chrysopterus, 221. gubernator, 167, 181. humeralis, 220. nigerrimus, 222, 223. pheeniceus, 106, 167, 221, 318, B22: tricolor, 167, 181. xanthomus, 221. Aglaia cucullata, 195. Agyrtria viridis, 349. Aithurus fuliginosus, Bie polytmus, 352- Aix sponsa, 89, 101, 149, 163, 314, B207329: ears ajaja, 262. Albatross, Short-tailed, 89. Alca impennis, 263. Alcedo alcyon, 368, 369. Allen, J. A., capture of a pair of wild hybrid Ducks on Long Isl- and. 274; the Masked Bob-white (Colinus ridgway?) in Arizona, 275; on the Snowy Plover of the Plains, 409: Aptoso-chromatism, 413; gtalit’s meloda circumctnc- ta onthe Atlantic Coast, 482; the type specimen of Colznus ridg- wayt, 483; three interesting birds in the American Museum of Natural History: Ammodra- mus lecontett, Helinata swatn- sontt, and Saxicola wnanthe, 489. (See also Scott, W. E. D.) Amazona augusta, 461. guildingi, 462. leucocephala, 460. salei, 458. Amblyornis subalaris, 399. American Ornithologists’ Union, report of the third meeting of, 115; review of the A. O. U. Code and Check-List of North Ameri- can Birds, 393. Ammodramus bairdii, 323. beldingi, 182. caudacutus nelsoni, 115, 486. henslowi, 317. lecontei, 323, 410, 486, 489. maritimus, 213.. princeps, 135, 441. pe alaudinus, 182, eee es savanna, 217, 212,317. savannarum, 212. savannarum passerinus, 107, 217 Ampelis carolinensis, 192. cedrorum, III, 170, 183, 192, 22152 garrulus, 192, 325. Amphispiza belli, 182. ferrariperezi, 332. Anabates fernandine, 45. Anas americana, 89, 144, 148, 384. boschas, 89g, 148, 163, 384. carolinensis, 89, 148, 163, 384. 504 Anas crecca, 140. cyanoptera, 89, 328, 384. diazi, 332. discors, 148, 320, 384. domestica, 475. fulvigula, 113, 262. obscura, 148. penelope, 144. strepera, 89, 148, 163, 384. Anorthura_ troglodytes pacificus, 171. Anser alibfrons gambeli, go, 149. Anthony, A. W., field notes on the birds of Washington County, Oregon, 161. Anthracothorax chlorolzmus, 351. porphyrurus, 350. (Sericotes) holosericeus, 351. Anthus pensilvanicus, 171, 185, 316, ate spragueii, 327. Antrostomus carolinensis, 319, 341, 342) 415+ cayennensis, 343. cubanensis, 342. macromystax var. cubanensis, 342- rufus. 341. rutilus, 341. vociferus, 104, 156, 342. vociferus arizone, 429. Aphelocoma californica, 167, 181, Hoe: insularis, 452. sieberii arizone, 81. Aquila chrysaétos, 103, 115, 154, 2 chrysaétus canadensis, 8o. Ara militaris, 455. tricolor, 454. Arara tricolor, 454. Arbelorhina cyanea, 54. Archibuteo ferrugineus, 154. lagopus sancti-johannis, 93, 154. Ardea candidissima, 91, 385, 435- egretta, gt, 385. herodias, 91, 150, 164, 179, 385. ; tricolor ruficollis, 502. virescens, QI, 102, 160, 319, 385, 502. wuerdmanni, 408. Ardetta exilis, 262. neoxena, 262, 408. Arenaria interpres, 153, 502. Arremon palmarum, 200. Asio accipitrinus, 155, 329, 468. grammicus, 465. Index. {October Asio portoricensis, 468 signapa, 467, stygius, 466, 467. wilsonianus, 93, 155, 329. Astur atricapillus striatulus, 8o. Asturina plagiata, 423. Asyndesmus portoricensis, 377. Athene cunicularia, 471. dominicensis, 465. nudipes, 469. siju, 470. Auk, Gre: at, 262. Auklet, Cassin’s, 88. Rhinoceros, 88. Aulacorhamphus dimidiatus, 333. Aulanax fuscus, 236. lembeyi, 237. Avocet, American, 91, 151, 328, 385. Aythya affinis, 90,.127, 149, 163, 385. afinis mariloides, 127. americana, 89, 149, 384, 403. collaris, 149. ele nearctica, gO, 127, 149, 29, 384. SHE: 90, 149, 384, 403. BaiLry, H. B., the Cardinal Gros- beak and Tufted Titmouse breed- ing in Essex County, New Jersey, 410; singular nesting site of Wil- son’s Thrush, 489. Bain, F., the Wild Swan in Prince Edward Island, 131. Baldpate, 89, 148, 384. Bartramia longicauda, 152. Batchelder, Charles F., the North Carolina Mountains in winter, 3°7- Beckham, C. W., notice of his pa- per on the birds of Nelson Coun- ty, Kentucky, 268; do. on the plumage of Regulus calendula, 268; changes in the plumage of Geothlypis trichas, 279; first plumage of the Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) 487; the Red- breasted Nuthatch in Kentucky in summer, 489. Bellona cristata, 356. eExilise 357s Berier, De L., unseasonable birds on Long Island, 281. Bernicla nigrescens, 162. Bird, Buffalo, 324. Cedar, 111. Cherry, 325. Indigo, 110, 161. Bittern, American, 91, 150, 385. Least. 150. Blacicus barbirostris, 241. 1886. ] Blacicis blancoi, 241. brunneicapillus, 241. caribeus, 241. cariboeus var. sis, 236. pallidus, 234. tristis, 241. Blackbird, Bicolored, 167, 181. Brewer's, 75,87, 167, 181, 322. Crow, 477, 480. Red-winged, 106, 161, 167, 322, 400. Rusty, 284, 322. Tricolored, 167, 181. Yellow-headed, 137, 181, 321. Blackheart, 151. Blue-bill, Big, 149, 329. Little, 149. Marsh, 149. Bluebird, 178, 282, 308, 328, 453. California, 172. Eastern, 489. Mountain, 186. Western, 186. Bobolink, 321. Bob-white, 103, 164. Masked, 275 387, 479, 483. Bombycilla carolinensis, 192, cedrorum, 192. Bonasa sabinii, 491. umbellus, 102, 313, 314, 319, 483. A umbellus sabini, 164. umbellus togata, 313. umbellus umbelloides, 153. Botaurus exilis, 150. lentiginosus, 91, 150, 385. Brachyotus cassinii, 468. palustris, 468. Brachyrhamphus hypoleucus,126. Brant, 150. Black, 163. Branta bernicla, 150, 329. canadensis, 91, 150, 163, 179, 320, 385, 481. canadensis hutchinsi, 150, 163. canadensis minima, gI. nigricans, 163. Brewster, W., an_ ornithological reconnaissance in Western North Carolina, 94, 173; additional notes on Peale’s Petrel (4stre- lata gularts), 389; the Bridled Tern (Sterna anethetus) in South Carolina, 121; additions to the Avi-fauna of Texas, 139; re- marks on the Red Crossbills of North America, 260; Funco hy- emalts nesting in a bush, 277; hispaniolen- lndex. 595 the Orange-crowned Warbler in Eastern Massachusetts, 278; Aigtialitis meloda ctircumcincta on the Coast of South Carolina, 408; Ammodramus lecontez near Charleston, S. C., 410; Vireo solt- tartus alticola at Charleston, S. C., 410; occurrence of the Prothonota- ry Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) in Massachusetts, 410; an interest- ing Specimen of Helminthophila, 411; notice of his paper on ‘Bird Migration,’ 474; occurrence of the Yellow-billed Tropic Bird in Florida, 481; breeding of the White-faced Glossy Ibis in Flor- ida, 481; a red- headed Black Vulture, 483 ; two additional Mas- sachusetts specimens of the Pro- thonotary Warbler (Profonotaria cttrea), 487. Brown, N. C., the winter distribu- tion of the Swamp Sparrow and the Yellow-rump, 136. Bubo virginianus, 464. virginianus arcticus, 155. virginianus subarcticus, 79, 93> 114, 155, 165, 424. Bucco cayennensis, 367. Budytes flavus leucostriatus, 127. Buftle-head, 385. Bulley, R. H., immature dress of Melospiza palustris, 277. Bunting, Lark, 324, Lazuli, 183. Leconte’s, 137. Snow, 135, 323- Towhee, 159, 161. Burroughs, John, on his arraign- ment of ornithologists as ‘bird- enemies,’ 142. Bush-tit, Least, 137. Plumbeous, 84. Buteo abbreviatus 60, 63, 423. borealis, 144, 179. borealis calurus, 80, 93, 133, 164, 422. borealis krideri, 114. latissimus, 154. lineatus, 328. lineatus elegans, 93, pennsylvanicus, 103. swainsonl, 154, 423. zonocercus, 60, 61, 63. Buzzard, Turkey, 80, 103, 160, 164, 246, 475- CaBoT, Samuel, notice of the death of, 144. Calamospiza melanocorys, 324. 5 06 Index. [October Calcarius lapponicus, 323, 440. ornatus, 323. pictus, 323. Calidris arenaria, 91, 152. Callichelidon cyaneoviridis, 59. euchrysea, 58. Callipepla californica, 92. gambeli, 387, 388. squamata, 387. squamata castanogastris, 388. Calliste cucullata, 195. versicolor, 195. Callothorax evillina, 355. Calothorax evelyne, 355. Calypte helene, 354. Calyptophilus frugivorus, 201. Campephilus bairdii, 37352374. principalis, 373, 374- principalis bairdil, 373 Campylorhynchus brachyurus, 16. brunneicapillus, 185. gutturalis, 18. Canace obscura, 8o. Canary, Wild, 322. Canvas-back, 90, 149, 384. Capen, E. A., notice of his ‘Odlogy of New England,’ 400. Caprimulgus americanus, 344. carolinensis, 341. cayanus, 343. cayennensis, 343. jamaicensis, 338, 344. leopetes, 343. odontopteron, 343, rufus, 341. virginianus, 340. vociferus, 342. Caracara, Audubon’s, 423. Cardinal, 99, 309, 413- Saint Lucas, 68. Cardinalis cardinalis, 110, 314, 318. Carduelis cucullata, 207. elegans, 213, 409. Carpodacus frontalis rhodocolpus, 181, 453- purpureus, 107, 317, 322. purpureus californicus, 168, 181. Catbird, 160, 161, 175, 281, 327, 400. Catharista atrata, 246, 319. Catharopeza bishopi, 41. Cathartes aura, 80, 92, 100, 103, 153, 160, 164, 314, 319; 422, 439, 483. Catharus aurantius, 3. Catherpes mexicanus conspersus, 185. Centurus blakei, 337. caymanensis, 499, 502. Centurus nyeanus, 378. radiolatus, 378. rubriventris pygmzus, 269. striatus, 378. superciliaris, 379. Ceophlceus pileatus, 104, 156, 165, 314; 319- Cepphus columba, 88. Cerorhincha monocerata, 88. Certhia bahamensis, 47. cyanea, 53. cyanogastra, 53. familiaris americana, 176, 314, 316, 327. flaveola, 47, 52. martinicana s. saccharivora, S22 prasinoptera, 350. Certhiola albigula, 52. atrata, 53. bahamensis, 47. bairdil, 47. bananivora, 49. barbadensis, 52. bartholemica, 50, 51. clusiz, 49. ‘ dominicana, 51. flaveola, 47, 48, 50, 51. finschi, 53. frontalis, 51. maritima, 28. martinicana, 52. newtonl, 51. portoricensis, 48. saccharina, 50. sancti-thome, 48. sharpei, 497, 501. sti. thome, 48. sundevalli, 52. Ceryle alcyon, 79, 93. 104, 155, 319; 368, 425. stictipennis, 269, 367. torquata, 269, 367. Chadbourne, A. P., on a new race of the Field Sparrow from Texas, 248; Sezurus ludovictanus in i rrection, 278. Chetura collaris, 347. dominicana, 346. gaumeri, 268. 269. pelagica, 105, 156, 319, 415. peregrinator, 269. poliura, 346. vauxi, 165, 429. zonaris, 347, Chalcophanes baritus, 226. brachypterus, 224. ua ES Sey 226. lugubris, 224. 1886. ] Chalcophanes quiscalus, 227. Chalybura viridis, 349, Chamea fasciata, 186. Chapman, F. M., the Lark Finch in New Jersey, 136; the Barn Owl at Englewood, New Jersey, 485. Charadrius dominicus, 152. squatarola, 92, 152, 285. Charitonetta albeola, go, 149, 385. Chat, Long-tailed, 115, 171, 185. Yellow-breasted, 175. Chelidon erythrogaster, 59, 278, 317; 3245 445- Chen hyperborea, go. hyperborea nivalis, go, 149. rOSSil, gO, 274. Chewink, 475. Chickadee, Black-capped, 101, 177, Bey. Carolina, 177, 309. Chestnut-backed, 171. Hudsonian, 327. Long-tailed, 327. Mountain, 285. Oregon, 171, 186. Chicken, Prairie, 139, 153. Chlorestes elegans, 358. gertrudis, 359. raimondi, 358. riccordi, 358. Chlorolampis gertrudis, 359. maugeus, 359. Chloronerpes passerinus, 372. percussus, 376. Chlorophanes atricapilla, 55. Chloropicus percussus, 376. Chlorospingus speculiferus, 199. Chondestes grammacus, 136, 323, 487. grammacus 182. Chordeiles americanus, 344. gundlachi, 340. minor, 340. popetue, 340. popetue var. minor, 340. popetue var. popetue, 341. texensis, 429. virginianus, 105, 319, 341. virginianus henryi, 156, 165, 180, 429. Chrysomitris dominicensis, 207. mexicana, 208. pinus, 208. Chrysotis agilis, 460, 461. amazonicus, 459. augusta, 461. bouqueti, 462, 463. caymanensis, 497, 502. 183, strigatus, 139; Index. aon Chrysotis collaria, 459, 460. cyaneocephalus, 462. cyanopsis, 463. dominicensis, 458. guildingi, 462. leucocephala, 459, 460. nichollsi, 463. sallzi, 458. sallei, 458. signatus, 461. ventralis, 458. versicolor, 463. vinaceicollis, 459. vittata, 458. Cichlalopia fuscata, 14. Cichlherminia bonapartii, 7. densirostris, 15. dominicensis, 8. fuscata, 14. herminieri, 7. VPherminierii, 7. montana, 16. sancte-lucie, 8. Cinclocerthia brachyurus, 16. gutturalis, 18. macrorhyncha, 17. ruficauda, 17. Cinclus mexicanus, 185. Circus hudsonius. 92, 153.422. Cistothorus palustris, 171, 327. stellaris, 327. Clivicola riparia, 59, 183, 325. riparia cinerea, 127. Coccoborus coeruleus, 202. ludovicianus, 202. Coccothraustes vespertina, 168, 322. Coccygus dominicensis, 363. merlini, 364. minor, 365, 502. pluvialis, 366. seniculus, 365, vetula, 362. Coccystes seniculus, 365. Coccyzus americanus, 104, 364, 365, Aas bairdi, 365. carolinensis, 364. dominicus, 365. erythrophthalmus, 155, 366. helviventris, 365. minor, 365, 502. nesiotes, 365. seniculus Cock, Chaparral, 114. Cock-of-the-Woods, 156. Ceereba atricapilla, 55. cyanea, 53. flaveola, 48, 50. spiza, 55. 508 Colaptes auratus, 104, 156, 160, 314, 319, 380. auratus ‘hybridus,’ 284. auratus mexicanus, 79. auratus var. chrysocaulosus, 380. cafer, 94, 165, 428. chrysocaulosus, 380. chrysoides, 429. fernandie, 381. fernandina, 3581. fernandine, 380. gundlachi, 498, 502. superciliaris, 379- superciliosus, 379. Colinus ridgwayi, 275, 287, 387, 479, 483-, virginianus, 100, 164, 314, 319. Colluricincla fusca, 14. Colceus minutus, 229. Columba fasciata, 80, 92, 164, 421. Columbigallina passerina, 421, 502. Colymbus auritus, 147. holbeelli, 126. nigricollis, 163. nigricollis californicus, 88, sai pes septentrionalis, 475. Compsothlypis americana, 26, 160, 173, 3106. Contopus bahamensis, 235. borealis, 75, 105, 166, 320. caribeus var. bahamensis, 235: caribeus var. pallidus, 234. frazeri, 236. hispaniolensis, 236. latirostris, 235. pallidus, 234. richardsoni, 75, 166, 180, 320. virens, 106, 236, 319, 320. Conurus carolinensis, 479, 480. chloropterus, 457- euops, 455, 457- evops, 456. flaviventer, 456. guianensis, 455. gundlachi, 457- guyanensis, 455- nanus, 456. xanthogenius, 456. xantholemus, 456. Cooper, J. G., the ‘Water Birds of North America’—a few Correc- tions, 124; the ‘Water Birds of North America’— explanations, 401. Coot, American, 91, 151, 164. 103, 161, Index. [October Coot, Sea, 281. Cormorant, 272. Brandt’s, 89. Double-crested, 148, 285. White-crested, 89. Corvus americanus, 106, 166, 181, 229, 314, 319, 321; 475, 485- carnivorus, 166. caurinus, 18. corax carnivorus, 75. corax sinuatus, 106, 166, 314, 319, 321- frugivorus, 75. jamaicensis, 228, 229. leucognaphalus, 227. minutus, 229. nasicus, 229. ossifragus, 230. palmarum, 229. solitarius, 229. Cory, C. B., the birds of the West Indies, including the Bahama Islands, the Greater and the Lesser Antilles, excepting the Islands of Tobago and Trinidad, 1, 187, 337, 454; descriptions of a new North American species of Ardetta, 262; description of New Species of Birds from the West Indies, 381; more news of Ar- detta neoxena, 408; another speci- men of Ardea wuerdmannt? 408; descriptions of thirteen new spe- cies of birds from the Island of Grand Cayman, W. I., 497; a list of the birds collected in the Island of Grand Cayman, W. I., by W. B. Richardson, during the summer of 1886, Sor. Cotile riparia, 451. Coturniculus passerinus, 212. savannarum, 212. tixicrus, 212. Cotyle riparia, 59. Couroucou 4 ventre rouge, de Saint Dominique, 360. Cowbird, 321. Crake, Corn, 271, 435. Crane, Little Brown, 150. Sandhill, 91, 150, 164. Whooping, 150, 164. Creeper, Black-and-White, 173. Brown, 101, 176, 327. Crex crex, 435. Crossbill, American, 322. American Red, 107. Mexican, 256, 257. Red, 168, 258. White-winged, 322. 1886. ] Crotophaga ani, 361, 502. levirostris, 362. minor, 362. rugirostris, 362. Crow, 106, 161. American, 166, 181, 321. Clarke’s, 75. Common, 75. Northwest, 166, 181. Crymophilus fulicarius, 436, 482. Crythagra brasiliensis, 213. Cuckoo, Black-billed, 155. Yellow-billed, 104, 425. Cuculus americanus, 364. erythrophthalmus, 366. minor, 365. peninsulz, 127. pluvialis, 366. seniculus, 365. vetula, 362. Culicivora cerula, 23. lembyei, 22. Cupidonia cupido, 139. Curlew, Hudsonian, 92. Long-billed, 92, 386. Cyanocitta cristata, 106, 314, 319, Baile stelleri, 166. stelleri frontalis, 181. stelleri macrolopha, 75. Cyanocorax pileatus, 230. Cyanophonia musica, 193. Cyanospiza ciris, 211, cyanea, 211. Cymochroa homochroa, 402. melania, 125, 267, 402. Cypseloides niger, 345. niger borealis, 78. Cypselus apus, 452. borealis, 345. cayanensis, 345. cayennensis, 345. collaris, 346. iradii, 345. niger, 345. phoaenicobius, 344, 345- Cyrtonyx montezume, 389. DABCHICK, 147. Dacnis atricapilla, 55. spiza, 55. Dafila acuta, 89, 149, 163, 384. Dalgleish, J. J., discovery of the nest of Larus rossz in Greenland, 272. Dendragopus canadensis, Ig, 153. obscurus fuliginosus, 164. Dendrobates percussus, 376. Dendroica adelaide, 37. D5 207,, Index. 509 Dendroica adelaide delicata, 37. zstiva, 29, 170, 174, 184, 316, 326. albicollis, 30. auduboni, 170, 184. blackburniz, 36, 98, 100, 101, 160, 174, 316, 326. cerulea, 35,,501. cerulescens, 33, 98, 100, IO1, 160, 174. canadensis, 33. capitalis, 31, 32. castanea, 326. coronata, 34, 98, 100, IOI, 278, 314, 316, 326. discolor, 39, 175, 316. dominica, 36, 100, 139: 174, 501. dominica albilora, 139, 316. €0a, 32. graciz, 37, 185. gundlachi, 30 kirtlandi, 38. maculosa, 34, 98, 100, IOI, 326. melanoptera, 31. nigrescens, 170, 185. occidentalis, 185. palmarum, 39, 326. pannosa, 33. pennsylvanica, 35, 160, 174, 326, 477- petechia, 29, 30. petechia gundlachi, 30, 501. petechia melanoptera, 31. petechia ruficapilla, 31. pharetra, 35, 36. pinus, 39. pityophila, 38. plumbea, 40. ruficapilla, 31. rufigula, 32. striata, 35, 160, 326. superciliosa, 36. tigrina, 28, 29, 325. townsendi, 170. vieilloti, 32. vieilloti rufigula, 32. vigorsii, 39, 316, 326. virens, 37, 38, 98, 100, 174, 316, 412, 477- vitellina, 497, 501. Diomedea albatrus, 89. Dipper, American, 185. Dives atroviolaceus, 227. Dolichonyx oryzivorus, 220. oryzivorus albinucha, 321. Doricha evelyne, 355. lyrura, 355- 510 Dove, Carolina, 103. Common, 161. Ground, 421. Inca, 421. Mourning, 92, 153, 164, 329, 421. White-winged, 68, 296, 421. Dowitcher, 151. Long-billed, 436. Dryobates borealis, 319. nuttalli, 94. pubescens, 104, 155, 165, 314, 319: : : pubescens gairdneri, 94, 165, 426. scalaris, 426. stricklandi, 84, 426. villosus, 104, 160, 313, 314. villosus auduboni, 104, 313, OPA MOL villosus harrisi, 93, 165, 425- villosus insularis, 375. villosus leucomelas, 155. Duck, American Scaup, 148, 384. Black, 148. Buffle-head, 127, 149. Crow, 148. Dusky, 272. Fish, 148. Florida, 113. Golden-eye, 269. Harlequin, 434. Lesser Scaup, 90, 149, 385. Little Blue-bill, 149. Ring-necked, 149. Ruddy, 90, 149, 329; 385- Scaup, go. Wild Hybrid, 274. Wood, 89, 102, 148, 163, 329. Dulus dominicus, 191. nuchalis, 191. palmarum, I9gI, 200. poliocephalus, 200. Dutcher, William, bird notes from Long Island, N. Y-, 432- Dyche, L. L., the Red Crossbill (Loxta curvirostra stricklandt) in Kansas, 258. EAGLE, Bald, 93, 154, 165, 271, 329. Golden, 80, 103, 115, 154, 323. Ectopistes migratorius, 153, 179. Edson, John M., notice of his ‘Birds of Chatauqua County’, N. Y., 479: Egret, American, 91, 385. Hider, King, 123, 270. Elainia cotta, 231. fallax, 231. Index. [October Elainia martinica, 230, 502. riisii, 230. Elanoides forficatus, 328, 484. Elanus leucurus, 92. Emberiza brasiliensis, 213. Ciris; 210: flavifrons, 193. olivacea, 208. oryzivora, 220. pallida, 212. passerina, 212. savanna, 211. Empidonax acadicus, 106, 234, 321, 400. bahamensis, 235. flaviventris, 341. flaviventris difficilis, 75. hammondi, 180. minimus, 106, 160, 321. nanus, 233, 383- obscurus, 75, 87, 180. pusillus, 166. pusillus traillii, 321. Engyptila collaris, 498, 502. fulviventris, 268. vinaceifulva, 268. Enicocichla aurocapillus, 42. major, 43. noveboracensis, 42. Ephialtes grammicus, 465. nudipes, 469. Ereunetes occidentalis, 91, 386. pusillus, 132, 151, 502. Erismatura rubida, 90, 149, 329, 385- Eudoxa porphyrura, 350. Euetheia adoxa, 210. bicolor, 209, 210. canora, 209. lepida, 208. marchi, 210. olivacea, 208, 502. Eulampis aurulentis, 348. chlorolemus, 351. holosericeus, 351. jugularis, 350. longirostris, 351. Euphona musica, 193. Euphone musica, 193. organiste, 193. Euphonia flavifrons, 193- jamaica, 194. jamaicensis, 194. musica, 192. sclateri, 194. Evermann, B. W., a list of the birds observed in Ventura County, Cal- ifornia, 86, 179. Evopsitta evops, 455. guyanensis, 456. 1886. ] Fatco anthracinus, 69. columbarius, 154, 165, 423. mexicanus, 423. peregrinus anatum, 103, 154. richardsonii, 154. sparverius, 154, 165, 179, 319, 423 Falcon, Prairie, 423. Faxon, Walter, another’ black Robin, 284. Finch, Bachman’s, IIo. California Purple, 168, 181. Cassin’s, 74. Crimson House, 181. Grass, 308. Green-tailed, 74. Lark, 136, 139, 487. Lazuli, 74, 169. Lincoln’s, 74. Nelson’s Sharp-tailed, 486. Pine, 168. Purple, 107, 322, 414. Sharp-tailed, 490. Western Grass, 73. Flamingo, 408. Flicker, Gilded, 428. Hybrid, 284. Red-shafted, 79, 94, 428. Floresia porphyrura, 350. Flycatcher, Acadian, 106, 321. Ash-throated, 180. Canada, 175. Crested, 320. Great-crested, 105, 453. Hammond’s, 180. Least, 106, 160, 321. Little, 166. Olive-sided, 75, 105, 166, 320. Scissor-tailed, 134, 271, 320. Traill’s, 321. Wright’s, 75, 180. Yellow-bellied, 75, 321. Formicarius brachyurus, 16. Fox, William H., list of birds found in Roane County, Tennessee, dur- ing April, 1884, and March and April, 1885, 315. Fringilla bahamensis, 195. bicolor, 209. brasiliensis, 213. cube, 207. domestica, 211. flava, 213. flaveola,. 213. hyemalis, 109. jamaica, 194. maritima, 213. melpoda, 214. 137) Index. 511 Fringilla nivalis, 109. rubra, 108. savanna, 211. savannarum, 212. Socialisn212. zena, 195, 209. zena var. marchi, 209. (Coturniculus) passerina, 212. (Phonipara) olivacea, 208. (Phonipara) zena, 209. Frugilegus jamaicensis, 228. leucognaphalus, 228. minutus, 229. nasicus, 220. solitarius, 229. Fulica americana, 9I, 151, 164, 320, 386. GADWALL, 89, 148, 163, 384. Galeoscoptes carolinensis, 18, 160, LS ZOU NUS nse plumbeus, 6, 7. rubripes, 5. Gallinago delicata, 91, 151, 163, 179, 285, 320, 386. Gallinula galeata, 102, 113, 115, 386, 02. Gallinulé, Florida, 102, 113, 115; 385. Garefowl, 263. Geococcyx californianus, 93, 424, 479- Geopicus fernandine, 381. Geothlypis agilis, 326. coryl, 334. formosa, 43, 175, 317. macgillivrayi, 139, 171, 185. occidentalis, 280. philadelphia, 280, 326, 413. rostrata, 43, 335- tanneri, 335. trichas, 43, 44, 175, 279, 317, 114, ARP trichas occidentalis, 139, 171, 185, 326. Glaucidium gnoma, 79, 165, 284. havanense, 470. phalenoides, 424. siju, 470. Glaucionetta clangula, 269. clangula americana, 90, 149, 2609. islandica, 269, 328. Glaucis znea, 348. hirsuta, 347, 348. lanceolata, 348. mazeppa, 348. melanura, 348. Glossiptila ruficollis, 54. ae Glyphidura furcata, 464. Gnatcatcher, Black-tailed, 186. Blue-gray, 178, 186, 487. Goatsucker, 404, 406, 445. Godwit, Hudsonian, 152, 437. Marbled, g1. 152, 386, 436. Golden-eye, American, 90, 149. Barrow’s, 328. Goldfinch, American, 107, 168, 182, Arkansas, 182. European, 409. Lawrence’s, 87, 182, 308. Goniaphea ludoviciana, 202. Goodale, Joseph L., wintering of the White-throated Sparrow and Ipswich Sparrow in Maine, 277. Goose, American White-fronted, 90, 149. Cackling, 91. Canada, g1, 150, 163, 179, 385, 481. Emperor, 490. Greater Snow, 149. Hutchins’s, 150, 163. Lesser Snow, go. Ross’s Snow, 90, 274. Snow, go. Wild, 150. Goshawk, Mexican, 423. Western, So. Goss, N. S., additions to the cata- logue of Kansas birds, 112; capture of the Scissor-tailed Fly- catcher (Md¢lvulus forficatus) on the southeast coast of Florida, 1343; notice of his ‘Revised Cata- logue of the Birds of Kansas’, 399; early arrival of a rare bird, 408; the Snowy Plover on the Salt Plains of the Indian Territory and Kansas, 409. Grackle, Bronzed, 322. Purple, 107, 161, 477, 480.+ Rusty, 179. Gracula barita, 225. Grebe, American Eared, 87, 147, 163. Holboell’s, 147. Horned, 147. Pied-billed, 88, 115, 147, 179, 383. Western, 87,147. Grieve, Symington, notice of his memoir on the Great Auk or Garefowl, 262. Grosbeak, Black-headed, 182. Blue, 110, 183. Cardinal, 110, 284, 410. Index. [October Grosbeak, Evening, 168, 322, 487. Pines 322% Rose-breasted, 99, 110, 324. Grouse, Canada, 153. Columbian Sharp-tailed, 153. Dusky, 80, 269. Gray Ruffed, 153. Oregon Ruffed, 164. Pinnated, 133, 329. Ruffed, 102, 313, 483. Sabine’s Ruffed, 4go. Sooty, 164. Grus americana, 150, 162, 164. canadensis, 150. mexicana, 91, 162, 164. Guillemot, Briinnich’s. 270. California, 88. Pigeon, 88. Guiraca cerulea, 110, 183, 202. ludoviciana, 202. American Herring, 88, 147, 285. Bonapatte’s, 89, 147. California, 88. Franklin’s, 147. Glaucous-winged, 88. Heermann’s, 88. Kittiwake, 271. Pallas’s, 88. Ring-billed, 88, 147. Ross’s, 123. Rosy,°147.- Short-billed, 88. Western, 88. Gymnasia lawrencei, 469. nudipes, 469. Gymnocitta cyanocephala, 75. Gymnoglaux krugil, 469. lawrenceili, 469. newtoni, 469. nudipes, 469. Hasra ludoviciana, Gull, TLO;) LI2sZOne melanocephala, 182, 203. Habropyga melpoda, 214. Hadrostomus niger, 337, 338. Hzematopus bachmani, 92. - galapagensis, 331. palliatus, 92, 331, 439. Haliwétus leucocephalus, 93, 154, 165,. 329. Harelda glacialis, 281, 475. Harporhynchus bendirei, 289. crissales, 292. crissalis, 289. curvirostris palmeri, 289. lecontei, 289, 299, 300. redivivus lecontei, 292, 300. rufus, 175, 314, 327. 1836. ] Harrier, 92, 153. Hawk, American Rough-legged, 93, 154. 2 American Sparrow, 154. Broad-winged, 103, 154- Cooper's, 80, 92, 422. Duck, 103, 154. Fish, $0, 154. Harris’s, 422. Krider’s; 114. Marsh, 271, 422. Mexican Black, 60. Pigeon, $0, 154, 165, 423. Red-bellied, 87, 93. Red-shouldered, 328. Red-tailed, 154,-179. Sharp-shinned, 80, 93, 154, 164, 4179; i271. Sparrow, 80, .93, 165, 179, 423. Swainson’s, 154, 423. Western Red-tail, 93, 164. Zone-tailed, 60, 423. Hedymeles ludoviciana, 202 melanocephala, 203. Helinaia bachmani, 28. chrysoptera, 28. peregrina, 28. swainsoni, 27, 489. vermivora, 27 Helminthophaga bachmani, 28. chrysoptera, 28, 400. peregrina, 28. pinus, 477. Helminthophila bachmani, 28. celata, 138, 278, 325. celata lutescens, 170, 423. chrysoptera, 173, 412. lawrencel, 411, 412. leucobronchialis, 139, ATI, 412. peregrina, 28, 325. Pinus, 411, 412 ruficapilla, 101, 325. Helminthotherus swainsoni, 27. vermivorus, 27. Helmitheros vermivorus, 27, 477- Helmitherus blanda, 45. swainsonl, 27. vermivorus, 27, 316. Helonzea swainsoni, 27. Hemiprocne collaris, 346. torquata, 347. zonaris, 346, 347- Hen, Heath, 132. Prairie, .132, 133, 329- Henhawk, conn 64. Henicocichla aurocapilla, 42. ludoviciana, 43. major, 43. 272, Index. eg Henicocichla motacilla, 43. noveboracensis, 42. sulphurascens, 42. Henshaw, H. W., list of birds ob- served in summer and fall on the Upper Pecos River, New Mexico, 73; description of a new Jay from California, 452; occurrence of Ammodramus caudacutus nelsoni in Massachusetts, 486 ; occurrence of Cxrondestes grammacus about Washington, D. C., 487. Herminierus guadeloupensis, 17. infaustus, 17. Heron, Black-crowned Night, 91, 150, 285, 385- Great Blue, gr, 150, 164, 179, 252, 385. Great W Rite! 408. Green, 91, 102, 160, 385. Night, 272. Snowy, QI, 246; 385; 435. Herse euchrysea, 58. fulva, 57. Hesperocichla nevia, 172, 186. Hesperophona vespertina, 487. Hierofalco gyrfalco, 270. Highholder, 156. Himantopus mexicanus, I14. niger, 124. Hirundo albicollis, 346. albiventris, 56. americana, 59. ‘bicolor, 57. coronata, 57. cyaneoviridis, 59. dominicensis, 56. erythrogaster, 59, 170. euchrysea, 58. fulva, 57. horreorum, 59. melanogaster, 57. niger, 345. peeciloma, 57. purpurea, 56. riparia, 59. rufa, 59. sclateri; 58. subis, 56. zonaris, 346. Histrionicus histrionicus, 434. Holder, J. B., notice of his ‘Cata- logue of the Birds of Lynn, Mass.’, 129. Holoquiscalus baritus brachypterus, 2 fortirostris, 223. gundlachii, 226. inflexirostris, 224. 5 2268 24. 514 Holoquiscalus niger, 217. rectirostris, 223. Howland, Snowden, notice of the death of, 144. Hoxie, Walter, breeding habits of the Black Vulture, 245; Kirt- land’s Warbler on St. Helena Island, S. C., 412. Hummingbird, Allen’s, 431. Anna’s, 180, 431. Black-chinned, 180, 430. Broad-billed, 431. Broad-tailed, 75, 431, Calliope, 78, 431. Costa’s, 180, 430. Ruby-throated, 105, 320. Rufous, 180, 431. Rufous-backed, 166. Hydrochelidon leucoptera, 148. nigra surinamensis, I15. Hyetormantis pluvialis, 366. Hyetornis pluvialis, 366. pluvianus, 366. Hylemothrous martinicensis, 23. Hylocharis elegans, 358. nigra, 354. riecordi, 358. wagleri, 353. Hyphantes baltimore, 219. costototl, 217. xanthomus, 221. IACHE latirostris, 432. Ibis, White-faced Glossy, g1, 385, 481. Glossy, 385. Wood, 385. Icteria virens, 175. 316. virens longicauda, 115, 185. Icterus bairdi, 500, 502. baltimore, 219. bonana, 215. bonane, 215, bullocki, 181. cucullatus, 217. cucullatus nelsoni, 181. dominicensis, 215, 216, 217. galbula, 107, 135, 219, 318, 322. hypomelas, 215, 216. icterocephalus, 222 icterus, 219. laudabilis, 217. leucopteryx, 218. longirostris, 219. nigerrimus, 223. oberi, 218. personatus, 218. portoricensis, spurius, 107, 218, 318, 322. 171, Index. [October Icterus virescens, 215. vulgaris, 219, xanthomus, 217, 221. Ingalls, C. E,, the Baltimore Oriole in Massachusetts 1n November, 135. Jay, Arizona, 81, 256, 257. Blue, 106, 309, 321. Blue-fronted, 181. California, 87, 167, 181. Canada, 321. Long-crested, 75. Maximilian’s, 75. Oregon, 167. Steller’s 166. White-headed, 75. Jaeger, Parasitic, 88. Jeffries, W. A., Sandpipers at sea, 130. Jones, T. M., occurrence of the Ips- wich Sparrow (Ammodramus princeps) in Nova Scotia, 135. Jordan, D. -S:, the A. O.'Us Code and Check-List of North Ameri- can Birds, 393. Junco annectens, 74. caniceps, 74. carolinensis, 277. hyemalis, 98, 101, 157, 160, 277, 308, 310, 314, 318, 324. hyemalis carolinensis, 108, 310, 314. hyemalis oregonus, 168, 182, 324. oregonus, 74. Junco, Carolina, 108. Oregon, 169, 182, 323. Slate-colored, 323. KAvUPORNIS stolidus, 237. Keeler, Chas., revival of the sexual passion in birds in autumn, 286. Killdeer, 92, 152, 164, 386, Kingbird, 105, 161, 320. Cassin’s, 166, 180. Western, 18o. Kingfisher, 79, 269, 425. Belted. 93, 104, 155. Kinglet, Cuvier’s, 94. Golden-crested, 99, IOI, 177. Golden-crowned, 172, 309, 328. Ruby-crowned, 172, 186, 328. Western Golden-crowned, 186. Kite, Swallow-tailed, 328, 484. White-tailed, $7, 92. Kinot;. 151, 329: Lacopus lagopus, 153, 329. Laletes osburni, 190, IgI, 1886. ] Lampornis aurulenta, 348. chlorolemus, 351. dominicus, 348, 349. elegans, 358. floresi, 350. holosericeus, 351. mango, 349, 350: margaritaceus, 348. porphyrura, 350. virginialis, 348. viridis, 349. Langdon, F. W., carnivorous pro- pensities of the Crow (Corvus americanus), 485. Lanius borealis, 325, 400. excubitor, 407. ludovicianus, 317. ludovicianus excubitorides, 184, 325. major, 409. niger, 337. tyrannus, 245. tyrannus var. carolinensis, go: ae tyrannus var. B dominicensis, 244. tyrannus ludovicianus, 245. Lanivireo crassirostris, 188. flavifrons, 4oo. Laphyctes melancholicus, 244. Lapwing, 438. Lark, Meadow, 106, 310, 453. Pallid Horned, 166. Ruddy Shore, 181. Streaked Horned, 166, 321. Western Meadow, 181, 322. argentatus smithsonianus, 88, 147, 285. barrovianus, 330. brachyrhynchus, 88. cachinnans, 88. californicus, 88. canus, 141. delawarensis, 88, 147. franklinii, 147. glaucescens, 88. glaucus, 330. heermannii, 88. minutus, 274. philadelphiz, 88, 147. rOSSil, 273. Lawrence. G. N., notice of his papers on new birds from Yuca- tan, 268; do. new birds from Guadeloupe Island, W. I., 269. Lawrencia, 382. Le Couroucou 4 calegon rouge, ou Le Couroucou Damioiseaux, 361. Legriocinclus mexicanus, 16. Larus Index. 525 Leistes humeralis, 220. Leptoptila fulviventris, 268. Le Todier de St. Dominique, 370. Leucopeza bishopi, 41, semperi, 40. Ligea palustris, 44. Limosa hemastica, 152, 437. fedoa, gI, 124, 152, 386, 436, 446. rufa, 446. Linaria caniceps, 211. Linnepicus herminieri, 377. Linneopicus hermanieri, 377. Linnet, Pine, 107. Loomis, L. M., on the former breeding of Psaltr¢parus mint- mus in South Carolina, 137; Den- drotca domintca albilora ob- tained in Chester County, S. C., 139; Phentcopterus ruber as a South Carolina bird, 408; Bona- sa umbellus in the Alpine region of South Carolina, 483; the ab- sence of Ammodramus lecontet from Chester County, S. C., dur- ing the winter of 1885-86, 486. Longspur, Chestnut-collared, 323. Lapland, 323, 440. Painted, 137, 323. Smith’s 323. Loon, 88, 147, 447. Pacific, S8.« Red-throated, 147, 383. Lophodytes cucullatus, 89, 148, 163, 3°4- Lophophanes bicolor, 100. Lophorina minor, 399. wolweberi, 84. L’Organiste de S. Dominge, 192. Loxia cerulea, 202. canora, 209. cucullata, 214. curvirostra minor, 107, 22 curvirostra stricklandi, 258. leucoptera, 168, 322. ludoviciana, 202. nigra, 206. violacea, 203. Loxia (Pyrrhulagra) violacea, 203. (Spermestes) cucullata, 214. Loxigilla anoxantha, 205. barbadensis, 382. noctis, 204. noctis sclateri, 204. portoricensis, 205. portoricensis grandis, 206. richardsoni, 382. violacea, 203. 168, 5 16 Index. Loximitris dominicensis, 207. Lucas, Frederick A., the affinities of Chetura, 444. Lucifer evelinz, 355. MAcCROCERCUS makavouanna, 454. tricolor, 454. (Aracanga) tricolor, 454. Macrorhampus griseus, I51. scolopaceus, 436. Madarasz, Julius von, notice of his Zeitschritt fiir Ornithologie, 398. Magpie, American, 115, 166, 321 Yellow-billed, 181. Mallard, 89, 148, 163, 384. Man-of-War-Bird, 113. Marcea americana, 125, 266, 401, 403. penelope, 4or. Margarochrysis aurulenta, 348. Margarops densirostris, 15. dominicensis, 8. fusca, 15. fuscatus, 14. herminieri, 7, 8: montanus, 15. sancte-lucia, 8. Martin, Purple, 111, 161, 169, 183‘ 477- Sand, 325. Mearns, E. A., zona, 60, 289. Megalestris skua,*432. Megascops asio, 93, 314, 319. asio kennicottii, 165. asio trichopsis, 423. Melampicus hermanieri, 377. portoricensis, 372. Melanerpes carolinus, 179, 319. erythrocephalus, 104, 156, 161, 314, 318. formicivorus bairdi, 79, 91, 42 hermanieri, 377. Vherminieri, 377. portoricensis, 377. rubidicollis, 377. torquatus, 94, 165, 421. uropygialis, 427. Melanopsar dominicensis, 216. hypomelas, 216. leucopteryx, 218. portoricensis, 217. Meleagris gallopavo, 80, 103, 319. gallopav o mexicana, 389. ocellata, 144. Melittarchus dominicensis, 244. griseus, 244. magnirostris. 243. Mellisuga colubris, 3 some birds of Ari- tS 7 7 bo [ October Mellisuga cristata, 356. exilis, 357. humila, 354. minima, 354. Melopelia leucoptera, 296, 421. Melopyrrha nigra, 206, 5or. Melospiza fasciata, 101, 314, 318, 324. fasciata guttata, 169, 182. fasclata heermanni, 182. fasciata rufina, 169. fasciata samuelis, 453. georgiana, 318, 324. lincolni, 74, 324, 487. palustris, 277. samuelis, 182. Merganser, American, 148, 163, 384. Hooded, 89, 148, 163, 384. Red-breasted, 89, 148, 163. Merganser americanus, 148, 163, 384. serrator, 89, 148, 163. Merlin, Richardson’s, 154. Merrill, Harry, Connecticut War- bler—a correction, 413. Merula aurantia, 3. jamaicensis, 2. gymnophthalma, 4. leucogenys, 3. migratoria 3, 178, 314, 315, 328, 475. } migratoria propinqua, I15. N72. 1S. nigrirostris, 4. Meves, W. , notice of his work ‘Die Grésse und Farbe der Augen aller Europiaischen Végel,’ 265. Micrathene graysoni, 333. whitneyi, 424. Microcorax jamaicensis, 228. eUCOB BAUR aL 228. nasicus, 22 solitarius, 22 Microligea palustris, 44. Micropalama himantopus, 140. Micropus melanoleucus, 180, 430, De Miller, Olive Thorne, notice of her ‘Bird-Ways,’ 400. Milvulus forficatus, 134); 270, 220: Mimocichla ardesiaca, 7. ardosiaca, 7. aurantia, 3. bryanti, 6. plumbea, 6. ravida, 499, 501 rubripes, 5. schistacea, 5. Mimocitta plumbea, 6. a —— 1886. ] Mimokitta ardosiacea, 7. ardosciacea var. portoricen- sis, 7. Mimus bahamensis, 21. carolinensis, 18, 477. columbianus, 21. dominicus, 20. elegans, 20. fuscatus, 14. gilvus, 20. gracilis, 21. gundlachi} 21. hillii, 22. melanopterus, 21. orpheus, 19, 20, 22, 501. orpheus dominicus, 20. polyglottus, 19, 20, 175, 315. Minor Ornithological Publications, 279, 475- Mniotilta varia, 26, 173, 316, 502. Mocking-Bird, 87, 99, 175, 185, 299. California, 87. Molothrus ater, 318, 321. bonariensis, 220. sericeus, 220. Motacilla xstiva, 29. albicollis, 30. aurocapilla, 42. bananivora, 49. blackburniz, 36. cerulea, 23. cerulescens, 33. calidris, 189. campestris, 54. chrysoptera, 28. citrea, 27. coronata, 34. dominica, 36. maculosa, 34. mitrata, 46. palmarum, 39. pennsylvanica, 35. petechia, 29. ruficapilla, 31. sialis, 9. tigrina, 28. varia, 26, vermivora, 27. virens, 37- Murdoch, John, notice of his Re- port on the birds of the Point Bar- row Expedition, 122. Muscicapa acadica, 234. albicapilla, 230. armillata, 14. carolinensis, 18. crinita, 241. despotes, 243. Index. 517 Muscicapa dominicensis, 244. elizabeth, 13. furcata, 243. fusca, 236. lembeyei, 236. martinica, 230. olivacea, 190. pheebe, 236. pusilla, 234. rubra, 198. ruticilla, 46. solitaria, 1go. striata, 35. virens, 236. Muscipeta caribzea, 241. Myadestes armillatus, 14. dominicanus, 12. elizabeth, 13. genibarbis, ro. montanus, 12. sanct-luciz, II. sibilans, 9. solitarius. tow asendi, 186. Myiadectes armillatus, 14. elizabethe, 13. genibarbis, 10. montanus, 12. sibilans, 9. solitarius, 13. Myiadestes armillatus, 13, 14. dominicanus, IT. elizabethe, 13. genibarbis, 10, II. montanus, 12. sancte-lucie, II. sibilans, 9. solitarius, 13. Myiarchus antillarum, 239. cinerascens, 180. crinitus, 240, 319, 320, 453. denigratus, 500, 502. dominicensis, 235, 239, 240. erythrocercus, 239. lembeyeii, 236. oberi, 239. phebe, 238, 239. pusilla, 234. ruficaudatus, 240. sagre, 238. sclateri, 240. stolidus, 2 validus, 23 virens, 236. Myiobius latirostris, 235. martinicus, 230. pallidus, 234. tristis, 241. Myioctomus mitratus, 46. ; 5; VI 5 18 Index. Myiodioctes canadensis, 160. formosus, 43. mitratus, 46. Myionax validus, 237. Myiotomus formosus, 43. NECHOPATES niger, 345. Nephocetes collaris, 347. niger, 345. Nephcecetes niger, 345. Nectarina mitrata, 55: Nectarinia flaveola, 47. Neornis cerulea, 54. Nesoceleus fernandine, 380, 381. Nesopsar nigerrimus, 223. Nesospingus speculiferus, 199. Nettion carolinensis, 80. crecca, 12 Nighthawk, 1615 Dies Texan, 429. Western, 156, 165, 180, 429. Noctua nudipes, 469. siju, 470. Nonpareil, 114, 115. Numenius hudsonicus, 92. longirostris, 92, 124, 152, 386. Nuthatch, Pygmy, 171. Red-bellied, gg, 101, 176. Red-breasted, 327, re Slender- billed, ae 186, 327. White-bellied, 176, 309. White-breasted, 272. Nyctala acadica, 155, 165, 440. tengmalmi richardsoni, 155. Nyctale siju, 470. Nyctaleps stygius, 466. Nyctea nyctea, 155. Nyctibius jamaicensis, 338. pallidus, 338. Nycticorax nycticorax navius, 91, 150; 285, 319, 38 violaceus, 502. OrpEMta deglandi, go, 149. perspicillata, 281. Old-Wifte, 281. Olor americanus, 162 buccinator, 150, 162, 163. columbianus, 150, 163. Oporornis agilis, 413. formosus, 43. Oreortyx pictus, 92, 162, 164. Oriole, Arizona Hooded, 18r. Baltimore, 107, 135, 161, 37 322, 400. Bullock’s, 181. Orchard, 107, 322, 414. Oriolus bonana, 215. dominicensis, 216. icterus, 219. niger. H [October Oriolus pheeniceus, 221. spurius, 218. Ornismya cephalatra, 352. cristata, 356. magel, 359. minima, 354. parzudaki, 358. swainsoni, 357. wagleri. Oroscoptes montanus, 185. Orpheus polyglottus, 19. Orthorhynchus boothi, 354. chlorolophus, 357. colubris, 353. cristatus, 356. exilis, 356, 357- helene, 354. ornatus, 356. riccordi, 358. Osprey, American, 154, 329, 423. Ossifraga gigantea, 404. Otocoris alpestris leucolema, 166, Ber, alpestris rubea, 181, 453. alpestris strigata, 166. Otus brachyotus, 468. melanopsis, 467. stygius, 467. sygnapa, 466. Ovenbird, 175, 278, 326. Owl, American Barn, 93, 439. American Hawk, 155. American, Long-eared, 93. Arctic Horned, 155. Barn, 423, 485. Barred, 103, 155.329: Burrowing, 93, 139, 424. California Pigmy, 79, 284. Elf, 424. Ferrugineous Pygmy, 424. Great Gray; 155, 9165s 270m 242 Great Horned, 271. Hawk, 272, 329. ‘Kennicott’s Screech, 1 Long-eared, 87, 155, 3 Marsh, 155. Mexican Screech, 423. Pygmy, 165. Richardson’s, 155, 271. Saw-whet, 155, 165, 440. Screech, 93. Short-eared, 155, 270. Spectral, 271. Spotted, 79, 284. Snowy, 155, 272. Western hionaeds 79, 93,114, 155, 165, 424- White, 155. 65- 2 0: a a 1886. ] Oyster-catcher, American, 92, 439- Black, 92. PACHYRHAMPHUS niger, 338. nigrescens, 338. Pachyrhynchus atterrimus, 338. Pallene collaris, 347. Pandion carolinensis, 475- haliaétus carolinensis, 80,154, 162, 165, 319, 329, 423- Panyptila saxatilis, 404. Parabuteo unicinctus harrisi, 422. Park, Austin F., the Swallow-tailed Kite in Rensselaer County, N. Y., 484. Paroquet, 408. Parotia lawesii, 399- Partridge, California, 92. Gambel’s, 358. Massena, 389. Mountain, 92, 164. Scaled, 387. Spruce, 269. Parula americana, 26. Parus americanus, 26. atricapillus, 84, 177, 314, 400. atricapillus occidentalis, 171, 186. atricapillus Bore bahamensis, 47. bicolor, 177, 314, 316. carolinensis, 100, 177, 316. hudsonicus, 327. inornatus, 186. minimus, 137, 138. rufescens, 171- Passer domesticus, 211, 314, 318, 485. Passerculus caboti, 277- sandwichensis alaudinus, 114. savanna, 212. Passerella iliaca, 318, 324- iliaca unalashkensis, 169. Passérina amoena, 75, 169, 183. Ciris, 114, I15, 210, 211. cyanea, I10, 211, 318. Pealea, 334. Pediocetes phasianellus, 329, 453- phasianellus columbianus, 153. Peeps, 132. Pelecanus californicus, 267, 401. erythrorhynchus, 89, 148. fuscus, 267. Pelican, American White, 89, Brown, 125, 402. California Brown, 267. Florida, 267. Pelidna alpina, 140. septentrionalis, 148. Index. Se Pendulinus bonana, 215. flavigaster, 216. hypomelas, 216. leucopteryx, 218. portoricensis, 217. Perisoreus ‘canadensis, I01, 321. canadensis capitalis, 75. obscurus, 167. Perissoglossa tigrina, 29. Petrel, Alaskan, 389. Peale’s, 389. Scaled, 390. Petrochelidon bicolor, 58. euchrysea, 58. fulva, 57. lunifrons, 161, 169, 183, 317; 324. peeciloma, 57. Peucea estivalis bachmani, 318. bachmani, I00. carpalis, 83. cassini, 74. ruficeps, 182. ruficeps boucardi, 83. Pewee, 160, 320. Western Wood, 320. Wood, 106, 320. Phzenicosoma estiva, 198. rubra, 199. Phainopepla, 68, 183. Phainopepla nitens, 183, 477- Phalacrocorax carbo, 125. dilophus, 148, 285. dilophus cincinatus, 8g. penicillatus, Sg. Phalzenoptilus nuttalli, 78, 179, 404, 29. Phalarope, Northern, 140, 151, 436, 482. Red, 436, 482. Wilson’s, 151, 385, 436. Phalaropus lobatus, 140, 151, 436. tricolor, 151, 386, 439. Philacte minor, 491. Philohela minor, 102, 151, 285, Philortyx personatus, 333- Pheebe, 105, 320. Black, 180. Say’s, 180. Pheenicophilus dominicensis, 200. frugivorus, 201. ; palmarum, 200. Pheenicopterus ruber, 408. Phonipara adoxa, 210. bicolor, 209. canora, 209. marchii, 209. 110, +s, 166, 180, 320. 520 Phonipara olivacea, 208. zena, 209. Phyllomanes barbatulus, 1go. olivaceus, 190. Piaya cinnamomeiventris, 366. pluvialis, 366. Pica pica hudsonica, 115, 166, nuttalli, Sr. Picicorvus columbianus, 75. Picoides americanus, 101, 155, 329. arcticus, IOI, 155. tridactylus dorsalis, 78. Picumnus lawrencei, 373. mMicromegas, 372, 373- Picus carolinus, 378. dominicensis, 37! dominicensis striatus 378. fernandine, 3So. hermanieri, 377. insularis, 375. jamaicensis, 378. passerinus, 372. percussus, 376. portoricensis, 377. pubescens gairdneri, 78. radiolatus, 378. rubidicollis, 377. ruppelli, 376. striatus, 378, superciliarus, 379. varius, 375. varius medius ) jamaicensis, 37 villosus, 375. villosus harrisi, 78. villosus insularis. 375. Pigeon, Band-tailed, 80, 92, 164, ATS Passenger, 153. Wild, 179. Pindar, i. “O%.sthe Branta canadensis Lake, Tenn., 481. Pinicola enucleator, 322. Pintail, 89, 148, 163, 384. Pionus vinaceicollis, 459. Pipilo aberti, 290. chlorurus, 74. complexus, 332. erythrophthalmus, 314, 318, 324, 475: fuscus crissalis, 152. fuscus mesoleucus, 74. maculatus arcticus, 324. maculatus megalonyx, 74, 182. maculatus oregonus, 169. submaculatus, 332. Pipit, American, 171, 185, 327. breeding of at Reelfoot IIO, 159, Index. [ October Pipit, Sprague’s, 327. Pipra musica, 192. Piranga erythromelas, 110, 112, 199, 2175 B24. ludoviciana, 169, 183. rubra, 111, 198, 317, 442, 487. Pitangus bahamensis, 233. caudifasciatus, 232, 502. gabbii, 233. taylori, 232. Planesticus migratorius, 3. Platypsaris nigra, 338. Plectrophenax hyperboreus, 135, 2476. nivalis, 135, 276, 323, 400. Plegadis autumnalis, 385, guarauna, 385, 481. Plover, American Golden, 152. Belted Piping, 408, 482. Black-bellied, 92, 152, 285. Piping, 152. Prairie, 152. Red-bellied, 413. Ring, 152. Semipalmated, 152, 387. Snowy. 92, 409. Wilson’s, 438. Podilymbus podiceps, 88, 115, 147, 383. Peecila kamtschatkensis, 266. Polioptila albiyentris, 269. canlea, 225, 175.) loos 400, 487, 501. californica, 186. lembeyi, 22, 23. Polyborus cheriway, 423. Poly tmus cephalater, 352. hirsutus,. 347. holosericeus, jugularis, 350. margaritaceus, 348. porphyrurus, 349. Poocetes gramineus, IOT, 314, gramineus confinis, 73, LOZ 22> Poor-will, 78, 179, 429. Porzana carolina, 150, 179, 386. jamaicensis, 139, 408. noveboracensis, 113, 115, 150. Prairie-Hen, 132, 153. Primolinus tricolor, 455. Priotelus temnurus, 360. Progne cryptoleuca, 56. dominicensis, 56. : purpurea, 56. subis, 56,11, 160;) losseouae 24, 415, 477- Protonotaria citrea, 27, 488. BiOss 410, 487, 1886. ] Psaltriparus minimus, 137, 171, 186. plumbeus, 84. Psarocolius leucopteryx, 218. melanopis, 215. Pseudogryphus californianus, 92. Pseudoscops grammicus, 465. Psittacara wstiva, 461. chloroptera, 457. ecuops, 455. nana, 456. Psittacus agilis, 460. arausiacus, 462. augustus, 461. autumnalis, 462. bouqueti, 462. cerulifrons, 462. cayenensis, 460. collarius, 459. cyaneocapillus, 462. dominicensis, 458. euops, 455. guildingi, 462 gutturalis, 459. havanensis, 461. leucocephalus, 458, 459. martinicanus, 459. minor, 461. signatus, 461. tricolor, 454. versicolor, 468. vinaceicollis, 459. virescens, 461. vittatus, 458. (Chrysotis) collaria, 460. (Chrysotis) sallzi, 458. (Conurus) chloropterus, 457. Ptarmigan, Willow, 153, 329. Pterodroma mexicanus, 16. Ptilogonys EUAN, 14. Ptycorhamphus aleuticus, 88, 126. Publications received, lists of, 130, 2, 406, 479. Puffinus creatopus, 125. griseus, 267, 268, 400. major, 125, 267. stricklandi, 125, 402. Purdie, H. A.,an earlier occurrence of the Prothonotary Warbler in Massachusetts, 488. Pyranga estiva, 298. rubra, 199. Pyroderus masoni, 333. Pyrrhomitris cube, 207. cucullata, 207. Pyrrhula crenirostris, 206. nigra, 206. robinsonii, 203. violacea, 203. 267, 268, Index. 521 Pyrrhulagra portoricensis, 197. ruficollis 54- violacea, 203. Pyrrhuphonia jamaica, 194. QUAIL, 161. Quaily, 152. Quiscalus ater, 227. atroviolaceus, 227. baritus, 224, 225, 226, 227. barytus, 226. brachypterus, 22 caymanensis, 499, 502. crassirostris, 224, Be fortirostris, 223. guadeloupensis, 226. gundlachii, 226. inflexirostris, 224, 225. luminosus, 224, 225. major, 477. niger, 22 purpureus, 477. quiscula, 107, 318. quiscula zneus, 319, 322. rectirostris, 223. Rai, Black, 408. Carolina, 179, 386. Little Yellow, 113, 115. Virginia, 115, 150, 385. Yellow, 150, 490. Rallus virginianus, 115, 150, 164, 385. Ramphocinclus brachyurus, 16. gutturalis, 18. tremulus, 18. Ragsdale, G. S., two additions to the Texas Avi-fauna, 281. Raven, American, 166. 321 Recurvirostra americana, 91, 328, 386. Redhead, 88, 149, Redpoll, 322. Hoary, 322. Redstart. American, 327. Red-tail, Western, 80, 87, 422. Regulus calendula, 162, 172, 186, 268, 316, 328, 406. olivaceus, 162. Satnapay l77a Sidi eslO o25 satrapa olivaceus, 172, 186. Rhimamphus estivus, 29, 30. ceruleus, 35. canadensis. 33. coronatus, 34. discolor, 39. maculosus, 34. maritimus, 29. pensilis, 36. pitvophilus, 38. ruficapillus, 39, ESI 294, 401. 5 22 Index. Rhimamphus striatus, 35. virens, 37. Rhodostethia rosea, 123. Riccordia elegans, 358. ramondi, 358. Ridgway, R.,on the proper name for the Prairie Hen, 132; the Scis- sor-tailed Flycatcher (Adzlvulus forficatus) at Key West, 134; the vernacular name of Plectrophe- nax hyperboreus, 35; ‘Water Birds of North America’—‘a few corrections’ rectified, 266, 403; notice of his catalogue of the birds of Cozumel Island. 269; Tringa damacensts in Alaska; a Sandpiper new to the North American Fauna, 275; discovery of the breeding place of McKay’s Snowflake (Plectrophenax hyper- boreus), 276; on the Glaucous Gull of Bering’s Sea and contigu- ous waters, 330; description of a new species of Ovyster-catcher from the Galapagos Islands, 331; preliminary descriptions of some new species of birds from South- ern Mexico, in the collection of the Mexican Geographical and Exploring Commission, 331; de- scriptions of two new species of birds supposed to be from the in- terior of Venezuela, 333; descrip- tion of a new species of Elf Owl from Soccorro Island, Western Mexico, 333; descriptions of a new genus of Oceanitid, 334; de- scription of four new species of birds from the Bahama Islands, 334; description of a new genus of Tyrannide from Santa Do- mingo. 382. Rives, William C., notes on birds of the Salt Pond Mountain, Vir- ginia, 156. Road-runner, 87, 93, 424, 479- Robin, 159, 400. American, 178, 284, 328. Black, 284. Varied, 172. Western, I15, 172, 186. Rough-leg, Ferrugineus, 154. SAGE, J. H., Zcferus galbula in Con- necticut in November, 135; Lin- coln’s Sparrow and the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher in Connecticut, 487 ; the Carolina Wren in Connect- icut, 489. Salpinctes obsoletus, 171. [October Saltator guadeloupensis, 201. martinicensis. Sanderling, 91, 152, 413. Sandpiper, Baird’s, 151. Bartramian, 152. Buff-breasted, 152, 270. Least, 91, 151, 386. Rectoraly ees a5. Red-backed, 151, 386. Semipalmated, 151. Solitary, 152, 386. Spotted, 80, 102, 152, 386. Stilt, 140. Western, 91, 386. White-rumped, 151. Sapsucker, Red-breasted, 165. Red-naped, 114, 427. Yellow-bellied, 156. Saurothera bahamensis, 364. dominicensis, 362. jamaicensis, 362. merlini, 363. vetula, 362, 363, 364. vieilloti, 363. vieilloti var. rufescens, 363. Saxicola cenanthe, 489. Sayornis dominicensis, 236. fusca, 237. phoebe, 105, 160, 236, 314, 2I1Q,.320: nigricans, 180. saya, 180. Scaphidurus atroviolaceus, 227. Scardafella inca, 421. Sciurus aurocapillus, 42, 159. sulfurascens, 42. Scolecophagus atroviolaceus, 227. carolinus, 169, 284, 318, 322 cyanocephalus, 75, TO Tem Lois & lo he te Q-- Scops grammicus, 465. Scoter, White-winged, 90, 149. Scotiomimus bahamensis, 21. Scott, W. E. D., on the breeding habits of some Arizona birds, 81; on the Avi-fauna of Pinal County. with remarks on some birds of Pima and Gila Counties, Arizona, with annotations by J. A. Allen, 249, 383, 421. Seiurus aurocapillus, 42, 175, 279; 316, 326, 400. gossil, 42. ludovicianus, 43, 278. motacilla, 43, 100, 175, 316, 501. nzvius notabilis, 139. noveboracensis, 42, 326. Selasphorus platycercus, 75, 77: Oe 1886.] Index. 52a Selasphorus rufus, 76, 77, 78. Semimerula aurantia, 3. Sennett, G. B., Ipswich Sparrow in Mexas, 135: Sericotes chlorolemus, 351. holosericeus, 351. Seton, Ernest E. T., the birds of Western Manitoba, 145, 320. (See also Thompson, Ernest E.) Setophaga formosa, 43. mitrata, 46. ruticilla, 46, 175, 317, 327- Sheep, Flying, r5o. Sheldrake, 148. Shoveller, 89, 115, 149, 384. Shrike, Northern, 325. White-rumped, 87, 184, 325. Shufeldt, R. W., on the free post- pubis in certain of the Falconide, 133; notice of his ‘Contribution to the Comparative Osteology of the Trochilide, Caprimulgide, and Cypselide,’ 404; classifica- tion of the Macrochires, 414, 491; notices of his papers on the osteology of Conurus caro- linensts and Geococcyx caltfor- nianus, 479. Sialia arctica, 186, 489. mexicana, 172, 186, 282, 489. sialis, 9, 178, 282, 314, 315, 328, 453,489. Sicalis brasiliensis, 213. flava, 213. flaveola, 213. Siphonorhis americana, 344. Siskin, Pine, 323. Sitta eamedensis. 1 176, 327, 489. carolinensis, 176, 314, 316. carolinensis aculeata, 171. 186, 327. pygmea, 171. whiteheadi, 266. Sittace euops, 455. tricolor, 454. Siurus aurocapillus, 42. Nevius, 42. noveboracensis, 42. Skua, 432. Skylark, Missouri, 327. Smith, Horace G., Jr., some addi- tions to the Avi-fauna of Colora- do, 284. Smith, Hugh M., birds new to the District of Columbia, 139; pecul- iar nest of Chelidon erythrogas- ter, 278; the Red Phalarope in the District of Columbia—a cor- rection, 482. Snipe, Wilson’s, 91, 151, 164, 179, 386. Robin, 151. Red-breasted, 413. Snowbird, 157, 160, 308. Gray-headed, 74. Oregon, 74. Pink-sided, 74. Snowflake, McKay’s 135, 276. Polar, AG. Solitaire, MRowncende, 186. Somateria spectabilis, 123, 270. Souimanga prasinopteére, 350. Sparrow, Arizona Chipping, 169. Baird’s, 323. Bay-winged, 161. Belding’s Marsh, 182. Bell’s, 82: Chipping, 108, 284, 323, 475. Clay “colored, 324. English, 161, 286, 476. European House, 400. Field, 108, 248, 308, 324, 407, 442. Hox,9324% Gambel’s, 182. Gambel’s White-crowned, 168. Golden-crowned, 168, 182. Grasshopper, 485. Harris’s 323. Heermann’s Song, 182. House, 310. Intermediate, 11 Ipswich, 135, 272, 277, 441. Lark, 323. LeConte’ S, 323, 410, 486, 489. Lincoln’s, 324, ae Nelson’s Sharp-taiied, 115. Ridgway’s, 74. Rufous-crowned, 182. Rusty Song, 169, 182. Samuels’s Song, 182. Song, 271, 308, 324. Sooty Song, 169. Swamp, 136, 324. Townsend’s, 169. ADRES, Bs Water, 150. Western Chipping, 74, 182. Western Field, 248. Western Lark, 181. Western Savanna, 114, 168, TO2, 323. Western Vesper, 168, 182, oy) White-crowned, 74, 323. White-throated, 277, 308, 323. Yellow-winged, 107. 524 Spatula clypeata, 89, 115, 149, 384. Speotyto amaura, 472. cunicularia, 471. cuniculariadominicensis, 471. cunicularia var. guadeloupen- sis, 471. : cunicularia hypogea, 93, 424. dominicensis, 471. guadeloupensis, 471. Spermestes cucullatus, 214. Spermophila adoxa, 210. anoxantha, 205. bicolor, 209. olivacea, 208. violacea, 203. Sphyrapicus ruber, 165. thyroideus, 79, 457. varlus, 104, 156, 319, 375- varius nuchalis, 78, 114, 427. Spindalis bilineatus, 198. multicolor,, 196. nigricephala, 1098. pretrei, 195, 166. portoricensis, 197. salvini, 499, 501. zena, 195, 196. Spinites pallidus, 212. Spinus lawrencei, 182. pinus, 107, 168, 323. psaltria, 182. tristis, 107, 159, 168, 182, 314, Bly 22- Spiza ciris, 211. cyanea, 211. Spizampelis portoricensis, 197. Spizella monticola 323 monticola ochracea, 139. pallida, 324. pusilla, 108, 248, 318, 324, 442: pusilla arenacea, 248, 249. socialis, 108, 212, 284, 318, 22% socialis arizonz, 74, 139, 169, 182, 249. wortheni, 24g Spoonbill, Roseate, 271. Sporadicus elegans, Be riccordi, 358. Sporadinus elegans, 357, 358. bracei, 358. mangiel, 359. riccordi, 358. Stejneger, L., notice of his ‘Orni- thological Explorations in the Commander Islands and Kamts- chatka,’ 126; notice of his paper on preoccupied ornithological generic names, 269; notice of his 249, 314, Index. {October ‘Birds’ in the History,’ 473. Stelgidopteryx serripennis, 111, 183, BUG Stellula calliope, 78. Stercorarius parasiticus, 88. Stenopsis cayennensis, 343. Stenorhynchus ruficaudus, 17. Sterna anethetus, 131. antillarum, 115. elegans, 125. foreteni: 147. fuliginosa, 433. hirundo, 147. macroura, 274. maxima, 8g. Stilt, 271. Black-necked, 114. Strix accipitrina, 468. brachyotus, 368. cinerea, 271 dominicensis, 465. flammea, 464, 465. flammea americana, 93. flammea furcata, 464, 502. flammea fuscata, 464 flammea nigrescens, 464. flammea pratincola, 464, 465. glaucops, 465. havenensis, 470. nudipes, 469. occidentalis, 79. pratincola, 423, 439, 485. (Athene) dominicensis, 465. Sturnella hippocrepis, 222. ludoviciana, 222. magna, 106, 222, 314, 318, 453: magna neglecta, sO ode th 74 5518) Sturnus jamaicensis, 225. Surnia nudipes, 469. ulula caparoch, 155, 329. Surnium nudipes, 469. Swallow, American Bank, 127. American Bae L276 Bank, 183, 32 Barn, 170, 783, ee 25 Clit, 161, 169,,18 Rough- winged, 1: Mmeey WS350325.: Violet-green, 170, 183. White-bellied, 170 Swan, American Wild, 131. Trumpeter, 91, 150. Whistling, 91, 150, 163. 269, 404, 405414, 444 Black, 78. Chimney, 105, 156. ‘Standard Natural 162, 167, Swift, 1886. | Swift, Vaux’s, 165, 429. White-throated, 108, 430. Sycalis auripectus, 213. flaveola, 213. Sylvania canadensis, 175, 326. mitrata, 46, 175, 317. pusilla, 326. pusilla pileolata, 171, 185. Sylvia americana, 26. bachmani, 28. cerulea, 35. cerulescens, 33. coronata, 34. discolor, 39. formosa, 43. maculosa, 34. maritima, 28. palmarum, 39. pensilis, 36. peregrina, 28. petechia, 29. pinus, 39, roscoe, 280. trichas, 44. vigorsil, 39. Sylvicola adelaide, 37. zstiva, 29. blackburnia, 36. canadensis, 33. coronata, 34. discolor, 39. COas 32. icterocephala, 35. kirtlandi, 38. maculosa, 34. maritima, 29. palmarum, 39, 40. pannosa, 33. pensilis, 36. petechia, 30. pharetra, 35. pinus. 39. pityophila, 38. ruficapilla, 31. Striata, 35. varia, 26. virens, 37- Symphemia semipalmata, 152. Syrnium nebulosum, 103, 155. 229. nebulosum alleni, 281. occidentalis, TACHORNIS gradil, 345. iradii, 345. pheenicobia, 345. Index. 55 Tachycineta thalassina, 170, 183, 492. Tachypetes aquila, 113. Tachyphonus palmarum, 200. rufigularis, 54. Tanager, Scarlet, 110, 112, 324. Summer, 111, 442, 487. Western, 169, 183. Tanagra estiva, 108. s 9 dominica, rgt. flavifrons, 193. multicolor, 196. musica, 192. nigricephala, 198. pretrei, 196. rubra, 199. ruficollis, 54. zena, 195. zenoides, 198. Tanagrella ruficollis, 54. Tantalus loculator, 385. Teal, Cinnamon, 89, 328, 384. English, 140. Blue-winged, 148, 384. Green-winged, 80, 89, 163, 384. 148, Temnotrogon rhodogaster, 361. roseigaster, 360, 361. Teretistris fernandine, 45. fornsi, 45, 46. Tern, Black, 115, 148. Bridled, 131. Common, 141. Forster’s, 147. Least, 115. Royal, 89. Sooty, 433- White-winged Black, 148. Thalassidroma lineata, 334. Thalurania bicolor, 353. wagleri 353. Thaumatias ourissia, 359. Thome, P. M.. the Eastern Blue- bird at Fort Lyon, Colorado, 8 499- Thompson, Ernest E., the birds of Tachycineta bicolor, 57, 170, 183, 317; 325: cyaneoviridis, 59. euchrysea, 58, sclateri, 58. Western Manitoba (See also Seton, Ernest E. T.) Thrasher, Arizona, 290. addenda,453. Brown, 175, 257. Bendire’s 256, 257, 289, 294. California, 155. Crissal, 292, 295. Leconte’s 289, 294, 299, 300, 303. Palmer’s 256, 257, 289, 294. Red-vented, 289, 292. Sage, 185. Yuma, 300. 526 Thrush, Bicknell’s 443. Dwarf Hermit, 172, 186. European Song, 400. Gray-cheeked, 328. Henry’s, 292, Hermit, 282,310, 328, 443: Olive-backed, 328. Russet-backed, 172, 186. Varied, 186. Willow, 328. Wilson’s 99, 178, 328, 489. Wood, 160, 161, 178, 400. Thryothorus bewickil, 158, 116, 314, 316. bewickii bairdi, 115. bewickii spilurus, 162, 185. grenadensis, 25. guadeloupensis, 381. Vherminieri, 17. ludovicianus, 176, 314, 316, 400, 442, 489. martinicensis, 23. mesoleucus, 2 musicus, 24. rufescens, 24. Thurber, E. C., Helminthophila leucobronchialis in New Jersey, ATT. Tinnunculus sparverius, 80, 93. Tit, Least, 87. 186. Tufted, 309. Wren, 186. Titmouse, Black-capped, 84. Bridled, 84. Chestnut-crowned, 137. Plain, 186. Tufted, 177, 308, 410. ‘Tityra leuconotus, 337. Todus angustirostris, 369. dominicensis, 370° hypochondriacus, 371. mexicanus, 371. multicolor, 372. pulcherrimus, 371. portoricensis, 371. subulatus, 370. VirTddis, 269),.370, 37.1. Topaza violacea, 350. Torrey, Bradford, notice of his ‘Birds in the ‘Bush,’ 129; revival of the sexual passion in birds in autumn, I41. Totanus melanoleucus, 92, 152, 386. flavipes, 152, 502. solitarius, 152, 320, 386. Towhee, 309, 324. Arctic, 324. Brown, 87. 171, 5 > Index. [October Towhee, California Brown, 182. Cafion, 74. Oregon, 169. Red-eyed, 110. Spurred, 74, 182. Townsend, Chas. H., four rare birds in Northern California: Yellow Rail, Emperor Goose, European Widgeon, and Sabine’s Ruffed Grouse. 490. Toxostoma crissalis, 292. lecontei, 299. Trichas marilandica, 44. marylandica, 44. rostrata, 43. Tringa alpina, 140. alpina pacifica, 151, 386. bairdii, 151. canutus, I51, 329. damacensis, 275. fuscicollis, 151. maculata, 123, 151, 502. minutilla, 91, 132, 151, 386, 502. Tringoides macularius, So. Trochilus alexandri, 108, 404, 430, 446. anne, 180, 431. auratus, 350. aurulentus, 348. bahamensis, 355. bancrofti, 350. brasiliensis, 347. calliope, 43 catherine, 354. colubris, 105, 319, 320, 353; qr costz, 180, 430. cristatellus, 357. cristatus, 356. cyaneus, 350. cyanomelas, 350. dominicus, 347, 348. elegans, 357. evelyn, 355. exilisheshOw a5 7 ‘ ferrugineus, 347. granatinus, 350. hirsutus, 347. holosericeus, 351. jugularis, 350. mango, 349. margaritaceus, 348. maria, 352. maugeus, 359. maugei, 359. mazeppa, 347- minimus, 354. minutulus, 354. 1836. ] Trochilus pileatus, 356. platycercus, 431. polytmus, 352. porphyrurus, 349. puniceus, 356. riccordi, 3558. rufus, 166, 180, 431. superciliosus, 347- venustissimus, 350. vieilloti, 354. violaceus, 350. viridis, 349. (Culampis) auratus, 350. (Lampornis) aurulentus, 348. (Lampornis) holosericeus, ite (Mellisuga) minimus, 354- (Orthorhynchus) exilis, 357. (Sporadinus) elegans, 358. Troglodytes aédon parkmani, 115, 171, 185, 327- hiemalis, 176, 314, 316, 327- hiemalis pacificus, 162. Trogon ———? 425. temnurus, 360. roseigaster, 361. rhodogaster, 361. Tropic-Bird, Yellow-billed, 481. Tryngites subruficollis, 152. Turdus aliciz, 2, 328. alicie bicknelli, 443- aonalaschke, 172, 186. aonalaschke _ pallasii, 314, 315, 328, 443- ardosiaceus, 6, 7- auduboni, 139. aurantius, 3. brachyurus, 16. capucinus, 2. caribbeus, 4. carolinensis, 18. densirostris, 15- dominicus, 20. fuscescens, 2, 101, 178, 328. fuscescens salicicola, 281, 328. gilvus, 20. gymnogenys, 4. gymnophthalmus, 4. gymnopsis, 4- herminieri, 7- jamaicensis, 2. lereboulleti, 2. leucogenus, 3- leucophthalmus, 2. merle, 20. migratorius, 3, 477- minor, 2. montanus, 15- motacilla, 43- 282, Index. 527 Turdus mustelinus, 1, 160, 178, 315- nigrirostris, 4. nudigenis, 4. orpheus, 19. pallasi, 1or. palmarum, 200. polyglottus, 19. plumbeus, 6. rubripes, 5- swainsoni, 2, IOI. trichas, 44. ustulatus, 172, 186. ustulatus auduboni, 139. ustulatus swainsoni, 315, 328. Turkey, Mexican, 80, 389. Ocellated, 144. Wild, 103, 314. Turner, L. M., Turner’s List of the Birds of Labrador, r4o. Turnstone, 153, 413- Tympanuchus americanus, 133, 153, 320. cupido, 132. Tyrannula barbirostris, 241. carriboea, 236. gossil, 237. martinica, 230. stolida, 237. stolida var. dominicensis, 240. Tyrannula (Myiarchus) stolid a 238 Tyrannulus dominicensis, 244. Tyrannus albogularis, 244. carolinensis, 245. caudifasciatus, 232, 233. crinitus, 237, 241. crudelis, 244. dominicensis, 244, 502. furcatus, 244. griseus, 244. intrepidus, 245. magnirostris, 243. matutinus, 243, 244. melancholicus, 243- pipiri, 245. phcebe, 239- rostratus, 241. sulphurascens, 245. taylori, 232. tirirl, 232. tyrannus, 105, 245, 319, 320. verticalis, 180. vociferans, 166, 180. (Myiarchus) antillarum, 238. (Pitangus) taylori, 232. ULULA cinerea, 155, 165. Uria troile californica, 88. lomvia (arra), 12 Urinator imber, 88, 147- 5 28 Index. Urinator lumme, 147, 383. pacificus, 88. Urubitinga anthracina, 60. VANELLUS vanellus, 438. Vermivora pennsylvanica, 27. Vireo alleni, 500, 501. altiloquus, 189. atricapillus, 114, II5. bellii pusillus, 184. calidris, 189. calidris barbatula, 1go. flavifrons, 173, 189, 317, 32 gilvus, 170, 173, 184, 189; 325 gundlachi, 188. huttoni, 184. latimeri, 187. modestus, 187. noveboracensis, 173, 187, 188, 317. olivaceus, 173, 190, 317, 325. philadelphicus, B2)h. plumbeus, 111. solitarius, 98, 101, 190, 317, B25. solitarius alticola, 111, 410. solitarius cassini, 170. vicinior, 83. Vireo, Black- ecpncds LA yee TL Ss Blue-headed, 325. Cassin’s, 170. Gray, 83. Hutton’s, 184. Least, 184. ~ Mountain Solitary, 111. Philadelphia, 325. Red-eyed, 173, 325. Solitary, rol. Warbling, 170, 173, 184, 325 White-eyed, 173. Yellow-throated, 99, 325. Vireonella crassirostris, 188. gundlachi, 188. latimeri, 187. modestus, 187. Vireosylvia altiloqua, 189, 190. calidris, 189. calidris var. dominicana, 18g. olivacea, 189. Vulture, California, 92. Black, 246, 247, 271, 483. Turkey, 923, 153, 422, 439. WarBter, Audubon’s, 170, 184. Bachman’s, 94. Bay-bre asted, 327. Black-and- ree B2it Blackburnian, 174, 326. Black-poll, 160, 326. Black-throated Blue, 160, 174. Black-throated Gray, 170, 185. a [October Warbler, Black-throated Green, 174, 477- Blue-winged Yellow, 477. Blue Yellow-backed, 160, 173. Canada, 160, 326. Cape May, 326. Carbonated, 94. Chestnut-sided, 160, 174, 326, 477- Connecticut, 326, 413. Grace’s, 185, 256. Hermit, 185. Hooded, 175. Kentucky, 174. Kirtland’s, 412. Lutescent, 170. Macgillivray’s, 171, 185. Magnolia, 326. Mourning, 326. Myrtle, 326. Nashville, 325. Orange-crowned, 2258 Palm, 326. Pileolated, 171, 185. Pine, 326. Prairie, 07551272. Prothonotary, 271, 410, 488. Red-fronted, 256. Tennessee, 325. Townsend’s, 170. White-cheeked, 272. White-throated 139. Wilson’s, 326. Worm-eating, 477. Yellow, 161, 170, 174, 184, 326. Yellow-rumped, 138. Yellow-throated, 139, 174. Water-Thrush, 326. Large- billed, 175, 278. Wavey, 149. Waxwing, Bohemian, 325. Cedar, 170, 183, 325. Wayne, Arthur T., Helminthophila celata in South Carolina, 138. Whip-poor-will, 104, 156. * Stephen’s, 429. Whiskey-Jack, 321. Whistler, 149. Widgeon, 4ot. European, 490. Wallet rsa: Willard, S. W., the Evening Gros- beak in Wisconsin, 487. Williams, R. S., a flock of Chen rosstt east of the Rocky Mts., 274. Wis-ka-tjan, 321. Woodcock, 102, 314. American, 151, 285. 139, 278, 1886. | Woodpecker, American Three-toed, 953 329- Arctic Three-toed, 155. Black-breasted, 79. Californian, 79, 94, 427- Downy, 104, 155, 165, 309. Gairdner’s, 78, 94, 165, 426. Gila, 428. Golden-winged, 160. Hairy, 104, 160, 313. Harris’s, 78, 93, 165, 425. Lewis’s, 94, 165, 427. Northern Hairy, 155. Nuttall’s, 94. Pileated, 104, 156, 165, 310. Red-bellied, 179. Red-headed, 104, 156, 161. Red-naped, 78. Southern Hairy, 104. Strickland’s, 84, 256, 257, 426. Striped-backed Three-toed, 78. Texan, 426. Williamson’s, 427. Yellow-bellied, 104. Wren, Bewick’s, 99, 158, 176, 310. Cactus, 87, 185. Cafion, 185. Carolina, 176, 309, 442, 489. Long-billed Marsh, 171, 327. Parkman’s, 171, 185. Rock, 171,. 185. Texan Bewick’s, 115. Vigor’s, 185. Index. Sa, Wren, Western House, 115, 327. Western Winter, 171. Winter, 99, 176, 312, 327. XANTHOCEPHALUS icterocephalus, pgp) xanthocephalus, 181, 222, Xanthornus dominicensis, 215. hypomelas, 216. portoricensis. Xiphidiopicus percussus, 376. YELLOWBIRD, Common, 159. Yellow-legs, 152. Greater, 92, 152, 386. Yellow-rump, 136, 278. Yellow-throat, 280. Maryland, 175. Western, 171, 185. Yphantes baltimore, 219. bullockii, 217. ZENAIDA Spadiceus, 498, 502. Zenaidura macroura, 92, 103, 153. 164, 314, 319, 329, 421. Zebrapicus radiolatus, 379. striatus, 378. superciliaris, 379. Zonotrichia albicollis, 1o1, 314, 318, 3225 coronata, 168, 182. gambeli, 168, 182. intermedia, 74, 114, 323. leucophrys, 74, 323. querula, 323. Zoothera cinclops, 16. 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Allen oo AaK BirD NOTES FROM LonG ISLAND, N. Y. By William Dutcher 0 5 2 . 5 + 432 THE AFFINITIES OF CH2TURA. By Frederic A. Lucas ; c . : . : 5 + 444 DESCRIPTION OF A NEW JAY FROM CALIFORNIA. By HZ. W. Henshaw d 4 6 - 452 THE BIRDS OF WESTERN MaANITOBA—ADDENDA. By Ernest E. Thompson : : 5453 THe BIRDS OF THE WEST INDIES, INCLUDING THE BAHAMA ISLANDS, THE GREATER AND LESSER ANTILLES, EXCEPTING THE ISLANDS OF TOBAGO AND TRINIDAD. By Charles B. Cory . . ° c i : c 2 : : : = a 5 € a « 454 RECENT LITERATURE.—‘The Standard Natural History’—‘Birds,’ 473; Brewster on ‘Bird Migra- tion,’ 474; Minor Ornithological Publications, 475; Edson on the Birds of Chatauqua County, N. Y., 479; Shufeldt on the Osteology of Conurus carolinensis and Geococcyx californianus, 479; Publications Received, 479. 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