CONTENTS

Snowy Plovers Nesting on the Mainland in Mississippi 34-36

Martha B. Hays

Nesting of the Dickcissel in Hinds County 37-39

William H. Turcotte

A Late Nesting of the Carolina Wren, in Hinds County 39

William H. Turcotte

A Red-necked Grebe in Hattiesburg, Mississippi 40

Larry Gates, J. Richard Moore

Hudsonian Godwits at Pascagoula, Mississippi 41

Peter V. Donaldson

Sooty Terns on Horn Island, Mississippi 42

Jerome A. Jackson, C. Dwight Cooley, Bette J. Schardien

What Constitutes a Valid Rare Bird Record? 43-47

Jerome A. Jackson

Birds Around the State: December 1977 through November 1978 48-62

Jerome A. Jackson, C. Dwight Cooley

Minutes of the Mississippi Ornithological Society Spring Meeting, April 21 and 22, 1978 63-64

Judith Toups

Reviews 65-68

C. Dwight Cooley, Jerome A. Jackson