Contents
On Fisher's Petrel ([ae]strelata Fisheri)
Robert Ridgway
Gatke's Heligoland
Elliott Coues
A Collection of Birds from Mount Orizaba, Mexico
Ulysses O. Cox
An Historic Letter
John H. Sage
Descriptions of Three New Birds from the Island of Margarita, Venezuela
Charles W. Richmond
Index to Volume Xii
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Recent Literature
Sharpe and Wyatt's Monograph of the Swallows
J. A. Allen
Dwight on the Ipswich Sparrow
F. M. C.
Loomis on California Water Birds
F. M. C.
The Food Habits of Woodpeckers
J. A. Allen
Forbush on 'birds as Protectors of Orchards'
J. A. Allen
Suchetet on Hybridity in Birds
J. A. Allen
Stone on the Name Calliste
F. M. C.
Publications Received
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General Notes
Brunnich's Murre in Michigan
Walter B. Barrows
Oceanodroma Socorroensis Off San Diego, Calif
A. W. Anthony
The Passenger Pigeon in the Upper Mississippi Valley
James O. Dunn
A Large Brood of Ospreys
Reginald Heber Howe Jr.
Skylarks Nesting on Long Island
Thomas Proctor
The St Lucas Flycatcher in California
A. W. Anthony
The American Crossbill
Ora W. Knight
Junco Ph[ae]onotus Wagler, Not J Cinereus (swainson)
Robert Ridgway
Henslow's Sparrow in Indiana
James O. Dunn
The Rough-winged Swallow (stelgidopteryx Serripennis) Breeding in North Adams, Berkshire Co, Mass
Walter Faxon
Turdus Alici[ae] Bicknelli and Otocoris Alpestris Praticola as Summer Residents of Berkshire County, Mass
Walter Faxon
Notes from Western New York
James Savage
Notes on Some Birds of Northeastern Illinois
James O. Dunn
Notes and News
Notes and News
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Correspondence
Cover
Front Matter
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