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The Auk, Volume 2, Number 2 (1885)

Journal
Auk
Volume
2
Issue
2
Year
1885

CONTENTS

Winter Notes From New Mexico. 121-128.
Charles F. Batchelder.
Sexual Selection and the Nesting of Birds. 129-139.
J. A. Allen.
Notes on Some of the Birds of Pueblo, Colorado. 139-144.
Charles Wickliffe Beckham.
A Study of the Singing of Our Birds. 144-154.
Eugene P. Bicknell.
Notes on the Birds of the Nearer Islands, Alaska. 154-159.
Lucien M. Turner.
On the Breeding Habits of Some Arizona Birds. 159-165.
W. E. D. Scott.
On Buteo Harlani (Aud.) and B. Cooperi Cass. 165-166.
Robert Ridgway.
Remarks on the California Vulture (Pseudogryphus Californianus). 167-169.
Robert Ridgway.
Note on Sarcorhamphus [Ae]Quatorialis Sharpe. 169-171.
Robert Ridgway.
Winter Mountain Notes From Southern Arizona. 172-174.
W. E. D. Scott.
Variations In the Form of the Beak, That Take Place During Its Growth, In the Short-Tailed Albatross (Diomedea Brachyura). 175-178.
Dr. R. W. Shufeldt.
Analecta Ornithologica. Fifth Series. 178-188.
Leonhard Stejneger.
Supplementary Notes on the Ornithology of Chester County, South Carolina. 188-193.
Leverett M. Loomis.
The Rock Ptarmigan of Newfoundland. 193-195.
William Brewster.
Additional Notes on Some Birds Collected In Arizona and the Adjoining Province of Sonora, Mexico By Mr. F. Stephens In 1884; With a Description of a New Species of Ortyx. 196-200.
William Brewster.
Notes on Some Species of Birds Attributed To Point Barrow, Alaska. 200-201.
John Murdoch.
Change of Color In the Wing-Feathers of the Willow Grouse. 201-203.
C. Hart Merriam.

Recent Literature

Gurney's 'List of the Diurnal Birds of Prey,'. 203-205.
R. R.
Newton's 'Ornithology.'. 205-206.
J. A. Allen.
Ridgway on the American Red Crossbills. 206-207.
J. A. Allen.
Ridgway on Various American Birds. 207-208.
J. A. Allen.
Jordan's 'Manual of Vertebrates.'. 208.
J. A. Allen.
Shufeldt on the Osteology of Numenius Longirostris. 208.
J. A. Allen.
Rives on the Birds of Newport, R. I.. 208-209.
J. A. Allen.
Bell on Birds Observed Between Norway House and Forts Churchill and York. 209.
J. A. Allen.
Minor Ornithological Publications. 209-214.
 
Publications Received. 214-215.
 

General Notes

The Wood Thrush In Maine. 215.
Joseph L. Goodale.
The Occurrence of the Catbird (Mimus Carolinensis) on the Farallone Islands, Pacific Ocean. 215-216.
Chas. H. Townsend.
The Yellow-Rumped Warbler Wintering In Maine. 216.
Joseph L. Goodale.
The Migration of the Swallows. 216.
Francis Bain.
Nelson's Sharp-Tailed Finch (Ammodramus Caudacutus Nelsoni) on the Atlantic Coast. 216.
William Brewster.
Wintering of the Swamp Sparrow In Eastern Massachusetts. 216.
Arthur P. Chadbourne.
Cyanocitta Stelleri Frontalis Nesting In Holes In Trees. 217.
N. S. Goss.
The First Nest and Eggs of Eremophila Alpestris Found In Niagara County, N. Y.. 217-218.
J. L. Davison.
The Swallow-Tailed Flycatcher In Manitoba and At York Factory. 218.
Ernest E. T. Seton.
Food of the Hummingbird (Trochilus Colubris). 218-219.
Samuel Wells Willard.
The Chuck-Will's-Widow (Antrostomus Carolinensis) In Massachusetts. 220.
Fletcher Osgood.
The Hawk Owl In Eastern Massachusetts. 220.
F. C. Browne.
The Ptarmigan of Anticosti--A Correction. 220-221.
William Brewster.
A Blue Heron's Meal. 221.
Francis Bain.
Wood Ibis (Tantalus Loculator) In Eastern New York. 221.
A. K. Fisher.
Wilson's Plover In Nova Scotia. 221-222.
N. S. Goss.
The Ocurrence of Chroicocephalus Franklini In Wisconsin. 222.
Samuel Wells Willard.
Rissa Tridactyla Kotzbuei In Washington Territory. 222.
N. S. Goss.

Correspondence

Indian Bird Names. 222-223.
 

Notes and News

Notes and News. 223-224.
 

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