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 Abstract of the Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New York. 
 No. 6, 1894, pp. 47-99. 
 
 A CONSIDERATION OF SOME ORNITHOLOGICAL LITERATURE, 
 WITH EXTRACTS Ftp CURRENT CRITICISM, 
 
 I. 1876 TO 1883. 
 
 ii- 1884 xo ises. 
 
 BY L. S. FOSTER. 
 
 1876 to 1883. 
 
 Under the heading, " Recent Literature," in the volumes 
 of the Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, published 
 from 1876 to 1883, are reviews of numerous publications 
 which, I hold, pretty fairly represent the ornithological 
 literature of this important period, particularly so far as 
 North America is concerned. 
 
 A hasty survey of this literature might, perchance, con- 
 vey the idea of individual effort rather than combined ex- 
 ertion, but, summarized, it shows an advanced movement 
 along a series of lines which, at the close of the period, 
 interlaced and formed the firm foundation upon which has 
 been erected the solid superstructure of The American 
 Ornithologists' Union. 
 
 The more prominent features of the time and those 
 which will permanently characterize it, seem to be as 
 follows : 
 
 The appearance of the first volume of the Catalogue of 
 the Birds in the British Museum ; 
 
 The revisionary work of Mr. Ridgway and Dr. Stej- 
 neger on certain orders and genera ; 
 
 The organization of The Linnaean Society of New York, 
 together with the publication of the first volume of its 
 Transactions ; 
 
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 The publication of Biologia Ccntrali-Americana ; 
 
 The appearance of Mr. George N. Lawrence's "General 
 Catalogue of the Birds noted from the Islands of the Lesser 
 Antilles" ; Stearns and (Jones's " New England Bird Life"; 
 Dr. Merriam's " Review of the Birds of Connecticut "; Dr. 
 Wheaton's "Report on the Birds of Ohio"; Dr. Coues's 
 series of four bibliographical papers and his check-list of 
 1882 ; Mr. Ridgway's nomenclature of 1881 ; and the be- 
 ginning of John Burroughs'* charming series of out-of- 
 door books with therepublication of "Wake-Robin" in 1877. 
 
 In clearing the way for the A. O. U. check-list, the work 
 on nomenclature which was done by Mr. Ridgway and Dr. 
 Stejneger was not only necessary but eminently workman- 
 like. In these years, the battle for trinomialism in North 
 America was fought and gallantly won. 
 
 Especially will this period be notable as the epoch in 
 which serious work was begun in recording facts of migra- 
 tion ; the Germans, the English, and, in this country, 
 I'rof. \V. \Y. Cooke, accomplished much. 
 
 [The continuation of this paper, as read, consisted of 
 numerous examples of the criticisms which follow :] 
 
 TITI.KS AND CRITICISMS 01- 
 SOMK OKNJTHOI.OCICAI. LITKRATI/RK, 
 
 1876 TO 1883. 
 
 IM7O. 
 
 Cooi'Eit, J. G. New Facts relating to Culiforuian Ornithology. No. 1. 
 By Dr. J. G Cooper. Proc. Gal. Aoui. Sci., 1876. 14 pages. 
 
 ....Aliout fifty species are noticed. .. .The paper is replete with 
 interesting matter, and forms a valuable contribution to our knowledge 
 of California!! Ornithology. J. A. A.. Hull. Xtttt. Orniih. Club, Vol. 
 II.. p. 7>. -Inly, 1*77. 
 
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 D'HAMONVILLE, J. C. L. T. Cutiilogiie ties Oiseaux d'Europe, ou 
 enumeration des especes et races d'oiseaux dont la presence, soit 
 habituelle soit fortnite, a etc" dument constah'e dans lea limites 
 geographiques de 1'Europe, par J. C. L. T. D'Hamonville. 8vo., 
 pp. 74. Paris, 1876. 
 
 . . . .deserves more than a mere mention on account of the admira- 
 bly comprehensive manner in which it has been prepared. the 
 Baron makes the whole number (i58, .... T. M. B., KM. Null. Ornitlt. 
 Club, Vol. II., pp. 10(5, 107, October, 1877. 
 
 GAUROD, A. H. On some Anatomical Characters which bear upon the 
 Major Divisions of the Passerine Birds. By A. H. Garrod. Proc. 
 Zool. Soc. London, 1876. 
 
 ....He concludes his paper with a tabular arrangement of the 
 larger groups of the Passeres, expressive of his views of their affinities. 
 J. A. A., Bull. Null. Or nllli. Club, Vol. II., p. '23, January, 1877. 
 
 GENTRY, THOMAS G. Life- Histories of the Birds of Eastern Pennsyl- 
 vania. By Thomas G. Gentry. (In two volumes.) Vol. I: 
 Philadelphia, 1876. 12 mo., pp. xvi., 309. 
 
 ... .a most welcome volume of biographies of the birds of Eastern 
 
 North America The author's style is unostentatious and simple, 
 
 at times lapsing into carelessness . . .The present volume includes the 
 Song-birds as far as the Corvida; of Dr. Coues's arrangement ... 
 J. A. A., Bull. Null. OrnitL Club, Vol. I., pp. 49, 50, July, 1876. 
 
 HKNSHAW, H. W. Annual Report upon the Geographical Surveys 
 West of the One Hundredth Meridian, etc. By George M. 
 Wheeler, First Lieutenant of Engineers, U. S. A. Being Appen- 
 dix J J of the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1876. 
 Washington: Government Printing Office, 1876. Report on the 
 Ornithology of the Portions of California visited during the Field 
 Season of 1875. By Mr. H. W. Henshaw. Pp. 224-278. 
 
 .... Among the more important results are the extension, either 
 southward or westward, of the previously recorded range of mauy spe- 
 cies of birds ...The biographical annotations are often full and 
 always exceedingly interesting . . . W. B., Bull. Null. Ornilk. Club, Vol. 
 III., pp. 136, 137, July, 1878. 
 
 JORDAN, DAVID STARR. Manual of the Vertebrates of the Northern 
 United States, including the District east of the Mississippi 
 River, and north of North Carolina and Tennessee, exclusive of 
 Marine Species. By David Starr Jordan, M.S., M.D. , etc. 
 Chicago, 1876. 12mo., pp. 342. 
 
 . . . .Several of the analvtical tables of different groups of birds a'e 
 based on or taken directly from Coues's Key, and the latest and best 
 authorities are followed for the other classes . . . On the whole the author 
 is to be congratulated on the success he has achieved in this difficult 
 undertaking, combining in a work of convenient size and moderate 
 
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 cont H text-book of the Vertebrate Animal* of tho Northeastern StRtes 
 reliable in character and Hufflciently extended to guide the student with 
 tolerable enno to the mime 1 of any Hpecien ho iniiy (bianco to have in 
 hand. J. A. A., 7fuW. .V. Ornith. Club, Vol. I., pp. 3, 'J4, November, 
 187C.. 
 
 Kii'i-ri: J. II. Coiitriluitions to the Natnnil FltHtory of Kerguelen 
 Inland. By J. H. Kiddor. M.D. Edited by Dr. Elliott COUCH, 
 U.S.A. II. O.ilogy, pp. 6 20. Hull. (?. S. N<il. Mus., No. 3. 
 Washington, 1870. 
 
 . . . .nti account of tin? Oniony of tin- island, including detailed de 
 KoriptioiiH and measurements of the eggs, together with an account of 
 the brooding liabits of all the species found breeding tin-re. . . . - J. A. 
 A.. //'/. \M. Ornitli. CM,, Vol. 1 , p. 4H July, IHTH. 
 
 Kii'iTi;. J. H. Contributions to tlu^ Natural History of Kerguelen 
 Island. IJy J. H. Kiddor, M.D. Edited by Dr. Elliott Cones, 
 U. S. A. II., pp. 85-110. A Study of Hiionis minor. Bull. U. S. 
 Nat. Mus., No. :i Washiugton, 176. 
 
 This e^sfty opens with a n'siunt'- of the literature of the species 
 Then follows a description of its anatomy, including an account of its 
 myology. of the viscera and the skeleton ; of its habits, general appear- 
 ance in life, and external characters J. A. A., Bull. Suit. Ornitli. 
 
 Club, Vol I., pp. 48, -I'.), July, 187<>. 
 
 LAWKENCE, GEORGE N. Description of a New Species of Jay of the 
 Genus Cyanocitta ; also of a supposed New Species of Cyanocorax. 
 By George N. Lawrence. Annuls of the Lyceum of Nnt. Hist. 
 N. F., Vol. XL, pp. 163-1G5. [Published Feb., 1878.] 
 
 . . . .(Oyanocitta pnlchra) being from Ecuador and the other (Cyano- 
 cnrnx ortoni) from Northern Peril. J. A. A., HidL Xull. Ornith. Club, Vo'. 
 I., p. 47, July, 187G. 
 
 LAWUENCE, GEOHOE N. Birds of Southwestern Mexico collected by- 
 Francis E. Sumichrast. Prepared by George N. Lawrence. Buil. 
 U. S. Nat. Must., No. 4. Washington. 1870. 
 
 . The list embraces three hundred and twenty-one species, with 
 valuable and occasionally quite copious field-notes by the collector . . . 
 - J. A. A., Hull. Xutt. Ornitli. Cmb, Vol. I., p. 915, November, 1876. 
 
 MAKSH, O. C. -Extinct Birds with Teeth. By Professor O. C. Marsh. 
 Am. Jour. Sci. und Arts, June, 1870, pp. 509-511. 
 
 These interesting forms ...combine in a peculiar manner many 
 reptilian characters with others truly avian. J. A. A., Jin'l. JVwM. Ornitli. 
 Club, Vol. I., p. 41), July. 1*7<>. 
 
 RIDUWAY, ROBKKT. Second Thoughts on the Genus Micrastur. By 
 Robert Ridgway. Tlx- Ibis, 187(5. pp. 15. 
 
 RIDOWAY, ROBERT. Studies of the American Falconidiu : Monograph
 
 5 
 
 of the Polybori. By Robert Ridgway. Bull. U. S. Geol. and 
 Geogr. Surv. of Terr., Vol. I, No. 6, pp. 451-473, plates xxii.- 
 xxvii., Februarys, 1876. 
 
 RIDGWAY, ROBERT. Studies of the American Falconickc. By Robert 
 Ridgway. Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geogr. Surv. of Terr., Vol. II., 
 No. 2, pp. 91-182, plates xxxi., xxxii., April 1, 1876. 
 
 SAUNDERS, HOWARD. On the Stercorariimo or Skua Gulls. By 
 Howard Saunders, F.L.S. &c. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1876, 
 pp.317-332, pi. xxiv. 
 
 Mr. Saunders recognizes six species, all of which he refers to one 
 genus for which he adopts the name Stercorarius . . . . J. A. A., Bull. Null. 
 Ornith. Club, Vol. II., pp. '23, 24, January, 1877. 
 
 SAUNDERS, HOWARD. Ou the Steruinye, or Terns, with Descriptions 
 of three new Species. By Howard Saunders, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 
 Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1876, pp. 638-672, pi. Ixi. 
 
 ... Of the forty-eight species recognized, thirty-eight are placed 
 under S'erna J. A. A., Hull. Null. Ornuh. Club, Vol. II., p. '24, Jan- 
 uary, 1877. 
 
 ....We have here in condensed and convenient shape the main 
 results of a protracted study, representing much laborious and faith- 
 ful application; the author has evidently worked with care, and fully 
 availed himself of the unusual facilities he has enjoyed. .. .1 regard 
 the paper as the most authoritative one we possess on this subject. 
 .The colored plate illustrates the heads of three species of Anous . . . 
 Elliott Coues, Bull Null. Qrniih. Club, Vol. III., pp. 140-144, July, 1878. 
 
 SCLATER, P. L. and SALVIN.OSBERT. On new Species of Bolivian Birds. 
 By P. L. Sclater, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S.,'and Osbert Salvin, M.A., 
 F.R.S. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1876, pp. 352-358, pll. xxx- 
 xxxiii. 
 
 SCLATER, P. L. and SALVIN, OSBERT. Revision of the Neotropical 
 Anatida). By P. L. Sclater and O. Salvin. Proc. Zool. Soc. 
 London, 1876, pp. 358-412, pi. xxxiv. 
 
 ... a most valuable synopsis of the Ducks and Geese of Middle and 
 Southern America, and embraces also a large proportion of the species 
 of North America, including as it does all that reach Tropical America 
 in their migrations . . The paper closes with a very convenient tabular 
 synopsis of the geographical distribution of the genera and species. 
 -J. A. A., Bull. Xult. Ornith. Club, Vol. IL, p. 24, January, 1877. 
 
 VENNOR, HENRY G. Our Birds of Prey; or the Eagles, Hawks, and 
 Owls of Canada. By Henry G. Vennor, F.G.S. Of the Geological 
 Survey of Canada. With 30 Photographic Illustrations by Wm. 
 Notman. Montreal: Published by Dawson Brothers. 1876. 4to., 
 pp. i-viii and 1-154, 30 mounted photographs of birds. 
 
 ....The text, which is largely compiled from the notes of other 
 
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 writer*. give* a fairlv digested Hiuimmry of the individual history of 
 onoli Hpecie* ... T. M. H.. Hull. \ntt o'rnilli. t'tub. Vol. II., pp. '24 25, 
 I mi iiar >. 1877. 
 
 1H77. 
 
 BAHKOWH, \V. B. Catalogue of the Alrid;r contained in Museum of 
 the Boston Society of Niitural History, with a review and proposed 
 classification of the Family. By W. B. Barrows. 1'roc. Boston Soc. 
 Nat. Hist., Vol. XIX., pp. ISO 165. November, 1*77. 
 
 . . . .The true aftinities of the species ho (Mr. Harrows ) believes can 
 onlv be determined by a thorough study ot their embryological develop- 
 ment. The character of this paper indicates that in Mr. Harrows we 
 have a valuable accession to our corps of ornithological students. 
 J. A. A., Hull, Xutl. Ornilli. Club, Vol. III., p. 8li, April, 1*78. 
 
 BKXDIKK, CHAKLE.S E. Notes ou some of the Birds found in South- 
 eastern Oregon, particularly in the Vicinity of Camp Harney, from 
 November, 1874, to January, 1877. By Captain Charles Bendire, 
 U. S. Army. Proc. Boston .SV. Nut. /Jist., Vol. XIX., pp. 109-149, 
 Nov., 1877. 
 
 ....a list embracing one hundred and ninety-one species and 
 varieties .. Aside from some former notes by the same author.... we 
 have here our first detailed information respecting the ornithology of 
 the immediate region under consideration . . The list is enriched with 
 copious biographical notes, including descriptions of the breeding- 
 habits, nests, and eggs of a large number of the less well-known species, 
 and forms a most important contribution to the ornithology of the West. 
 J. A. A., liult. Suit. Ornitli. Ctub. Vol. III., p. HI, April. 1878. 
 
 BritKouuHs, JOIIN. Wake-Kobiu. By John Burroughs. Second Edi- 
 tion, corrected, enlarged and illustrated (cut). New York: Pub- 
 lished by Hurt! and Houghton. Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 
 1877, IGtuo. , pp. 1-256, frontispiece and wood cuts. 
 
 Hurd and Houghton have reprinted Mr. John Hurnmghs's charm- 
 ing little volume Wake-Robin." wherein the wild wood-life of the 
 birds, from Washington to the Adirondacks is picturesquely sketched. 
 Mr. Burroughs has a keen eye and a loving heart towards the birds 
 ^-E. I.. Bull. Suit. Orn'itlt. Club, Vol. II., pp. 4*, !!, April, 1877. 
 
 ELLIOT, D. G. Review of the Ibidina-, or Subfamily of the Ibises. 
 By D. G. Elliot, F.R.S.E., F.L.S., etc., etc. '/'roc. Zodl. Soc. 
 London, 1877, pp. -477 510, pi. li. 
 
 ....Mr. Elliot treats the Ibises and Spoonbills as subfamilies of 
 one family, for which lie adopts the name Ibiiliiln: After a short resnmf 
 of the literature of the subject lie gives a key to the nineteen genera 
 (three being new). amoiiL' which he distributes his twenty-live species 
 Then follows a systematic review of the species, with their principal 
 Hvnonomy, and various critical and descriptive remarks with generally 
 
 a short account of their habits and geographical distribution - 
 
 J. A. A., Hull. Xvtt. Ornith. t'bih. Vol. III., p. 1H-J, October. 1878.
 
 FEILDEN, H. W. List of Birds observed in Smith Sound, and in the 
 Polar Basin during the Arctic Expedition of 1875-76. By H. W. 
 Feilden. The Ibis, Fourth Series, Vol. I., pp. 401-412, October, 
 
 1877. 
 
 . . . .enumerates twenty-four species observed. ..." in Smith Sound 
 and northward between the seventy-eighth and eighty-third degrees of 
 north latitude,". .. .The quite detailed notes respecting the species of 
 this list render it a paper of unusual interest. J. A. A., Bull. Null. 
 Ornith. Club, Vol. III., p. 86, April, 1878. 
 
 GENTRY, THOMAS G. Life-Histories of the Birds of Eastern Penn- 
 sylvania. By Thomas G. Gentry. Vol. II., 8vo., pp. 336. The 
 Naturalist's Agency, Salem, Mass., 1877. 
 
 ... .It abounds in original observations, combined with much that 
 is gleaned from other authors. . . .Despite some faults of execution, the 
 work before us contributes much of value respecting the habits of our 
 birds, and records many interesting points in their history not given 
 by previous writers. J. A. A., Bull. Nutt. Ornilh. Club, Vol. III., pp. 
 36, 37, January, 1878. 
 
 HARVIE BROWN, J. A. On the Distribution of Birds in North Russia- 
 Part I. On the Distribution of Birds of the Lower Petchora, in 
 Northeast Russia. Part II. Longitudinal Distribution of Species 
 North of 64 30' N. lat., or the Northern Division. Part III. 
 On the Longitudinal Distribution of the Birds of the Southern 
 Division (between 64^ N.and58-60 N.). By J. A. Harvie- 
 Brown. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, April, July, 
 and September, 1877. 
 
 .... By means of a system of symbols the range of each of the two 
 hundred and eighty-one positively identified or authentic species is 
 given in tables, in such a way as to indicate the abundance or scarcity 
 of the species in each of the several districts ...It is good work in a 
 most important direction . . .The nurnberof circumpolar species (nearly 
 fifty) embraced in these lists render these papers of special interest to 
 students who commonly confine their attention to the birds of the 
 North American Kegion. J. A. A., Bull. 3 7 u. Ornith. Club, Vol. III., pp. 
 35, 36, January, 1878. 
 
 HENSHAW, H. W. Annual Report upon the Geographical Surveys 
 West of the One-Hundredth Meridian, etc. By George M. 
 Wheeler, First Lieutenant of Engineers, U. S. A. Being Appen- 
 dix NN of the Annual Report of Engineers for 1877. Washing- 
 ton: Government Printing-Office, 1877. Report on the Ornitho- 
 logy of Portions of Nevada and California. By Mr. H. W. Hen- 
 shaw. Pp. 1303-1322. 
 
 ....following is a systematic and very able consideration of the 
 fau-nal provinces of the United States. . . .The full results of the season's 
 work are given in two detailed lists, entitled, respectively, "List of 
 Birds observed near Carson City, Nevada, from August 25 to Septem- 
 ber 1(5, and from November 10 to November 20, 1876, with Notes," 
 
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 and " Lint of Hirdx observed on tin- Eastern Slope of the Sierras, near 
 ('union City. Nevada, from September 1C, to No\embrr 7, with NoteH." 
 The genus rd.i.irrrlla in again overhauled.... -W. K, HH//. ^\W. 
 Ornith. Clul>, Vol. Ill , pp. 137, 138, July, 1878. 
 
 LANOOON, FRANK W. A Catalogue of the Birds of the vicinity of 
 Cincinnati, with Note*. By Frank W. Langdon. Salt-in, Mass. 
 The Naturalist's Agency, 1877, 8vo., pp. 18. 
 
 ... embrace** two bundled niiil seventy-nine species, about one 
 third of which are marked as known to breed in tin- vicinity... The 
 list in evidently prepared with care, and given a convenient and un- 
 doubtedly trustworthy summary of the Avian Fauna of the Iccalitv of 
 which it treats.- J. A. A., Bull. Atf. Oniilli. Club, Vol. III., p. 34, Jan- 
 uary, 1878. 
 
 LA WHENCE, GEOHOE N. DeecriptiouH of New Species of Birds from 
 the Island of Dominica. By George N. Lawrence. Ann. N. Y. 
 Acad. Sci., Vol. I., pp. 46-49. Issued Dec., 1877. 
 
 The important explorations by Mr. F. A. Ober in some of the 
 smaller West India Islands (Lesser Antilles'bave been rich in interest- 
 ing results relating to birds. The collections and observations made 
 by Mr. Ober have been made the basis of several recent papers by Mr. 
 George N. Lawrence, in which no less than fourteen species supposed 
 to be new have been described . J. A. A., Hull. Xull. Urnith. Club, 
 Vol. IV., pp. 48, 4'.l, January, 187i>. 
 
 McCAfLEY, C. A. H. Notes on the Ornithology of the Region about 
 the Source of the Red River of Texas, from Observations made 
 during the Exploration conducted by Lieutenant E. H. Ruffuer, 
 Corps of Engineers, U. S. A. By C. A. H. McCauley, Lieutenant 
 Third United States Artillery. Annotated by Dr. Elliott Coues, 
 U. S. A. Bull. U. S. Geol. and (ieoyr. Surv. of Terr., Vol. III., 
 No. 3, pp. 655-095, May 15, 1877. 
 
 . . . The paper includes notices of al out one hundred species, with 
 quite copious notes respecting the habits of a considerable proportion 
 of them, with, in some cases, descriptions of their nests and eggs. . . 
 J. A. A , Bull. Suit. Ornith. Club, Vol. II., pp. 7(i, 77, July, 1877. 
 
 MEKKIAM, C. HAKT. A review of the Birds of Connecticut, with 
 Remarks on their Habits. By C. Hart Merriam. Trans. Conn. 
 Acml. of Arls and Sciences, Vol. IV., pp. 1-150, July -Oct. , 1877. 
 
 . . . .Since the appearance of LiusK-y's "Catalogue of the Birds of 
 Connecticut" in 1843, no detailed enumeration of the birds of that State 
 has been published. Hence the advent of Mr. Merriam's paper must 
 b<- hailed with interest by all engaged in the study of Nt-w England 
 Ornithology. The author gives in all two hundred and ninety-two 
 species . In the careful elaboration of interesting details culled from 
 personal experience and the note-books of well-known and trustworthy 
 field collectors, this paper is most rich....- W. 15., Hull. Suit. Oniilli. 
 Club, Vol. II., pp. 107. 108, October, 1877. 
 
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 MINOT, H. D. The Land-birds and Gitine-birds of New England, with 
 descriptions of the birds, their nests and eggs, their habits and 
 notes. With illustrations. By H. D. Mi not. 
 
 " To him who in the love of Nature holds 
 "Communion with her visible forms, she speaks 
 " A various language ;" 
 
 Bryant's Thauatopsin. 
 
 Salem, Mass. Naturalists' Agency. Boston : Estes & Lauriat. 
 1877. 8vo., pp. i-xvi and 1-456, frontispiece and woodcuts. 
 
 ....the descriptions, however, are tersely original... the most 
 prominent and most original features of the work are the artificial 
 "keys.".... E. C., Bull. Null. Ornith. Club, Vol. II., pp. 49, 50, April, 
 1877. 
 
 . . . the book has never been reviewed on its merits, and things 
 which should have been severely censured have passed nearly unchal- 
 lenged up to the present time . . leaving out the faulty portions, which 
 in nearly all cases relate to abstract points similar to those just cited 
 [careless methods of work and identification], the pages bear the im- 
 press of accurate observation and original thought, while no one who 
 loves the out-door side of Nature can fail to sympathize with the 
 autbor's sentiment or to be impressed by the truth and beauty of many 
 of his passages It is a pity that one who writes so delightfully will 
 mar his work by a persistent adhesion to false principles. William 
 Urewster, Bull. Nvtt. Ornith. Cluh, Vol. VI., pp. 242-244, October, 1881. 
 
 NELSON, E. W. Birds of Northeastern Illinois. By E. W. Nelson. 
 Bull. Essex InsL, Vol. VIII. , pp. 90-155, April, 1877. 
 
 It is not, however, from the simple enumeration of species that 
 this list derives its chief value and interest, but from the imusually 
 complete and satisfactory character of the biographical annotations, 
 which embrace good descriptions of the habits of many birds previously 
 but little known ... W. B., Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. Ii., pp. 68, 
 69, July, 1877. 
 
 NELSON, E. W. Notes upon Birds observed in Soiithern Illinois, be- 
 tween July 17 and September 4, 1875. By E. W. Nelson. Bull. 
 Essex List., Vol. IX., pp. 32-65, June, 1877. 
 
 . . . contains much information respecting the distribution, habits, 
 and relative abundance of the summer birds of the southern portion of 
 the ...State J. A. A., Bull. Null. Ornith. Club, Vol. III., p. 36, Jan- 
 uary, 1878. 
 
 RATHBUN, FRANK R. A Partial Catalogue of the Birds of Central 
 New York, from observations taken in the Counties of Cayuga, 
 Seneca, and Wayne by Mr. H. G. Fowler, of Auburn, N. Y., and 
 from the Cabinet of Skins of New York Birds collected by Mr. 
 J. B. Gilbert, of Penn Yan, Yates County. Divided and arranged 
 in accordance with the "Check List of North American Birds," 
 by Elliott Coues, M.D., U. S. A., and dedicated to the Cayuga 
 Historical Society. By Frank B. Rathbun. Auburn Daily Ad- 
 vertiser (newspaper) of August 14, 1877. 
 
 ....The list contains one hundred and ninety-one species, with 
 brief notes on their relative abundance, times of migration, etc. The 
 
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 lit bear* evidence of trustworthiness. . . J. A. A., Itull. Knit. Ornilli. 
 CMi. Vol. III., pp. 31. 3f, January, 1878. 
 
 UEIOIKNOW, ANTON. -SyBtemntischo IVbersicht der Sclireitviigel 
 (GreHHure.s). einer nntiirlichen, <li< % M>id:r, (!iconiid:e. Plm'nicop- 
 tcriilic. Soopidir. i:.il . ni.-ipid:i . uiiil Ardeidir urafnsHentlen Ord- 
 nung. Von Dr. Ant. Reiehcnmv, AsHi.sient am kgl. xoolog. 
 Museum in Berlin. Journal fur Ornitholtir/ir, XXV Jahrgang, 
 pp. li:i 171, '."jr. '27S. pll. i, ii. April and July, 1K77. 
 
 ....He also tlirows fiver all " barbarous " names, whether specific 
 or generic, all names ol erroneous signification, and all classical mimes 
 improperly constructed I'nder tho-e restrictions many long-entab 
 li-dicd and familiar designations tall, to lie replaced l.y the next (inl)r 
 Koichenow'n view) unobjectionnhlo name. In default of any such our 
 author proceeds to supply the deficiency. . NNhile differing from Dr. 
 Heichenow respecting importnnt principles of nomenclature, and on 
 various points of classification, we can but accord to his paper a high 
 importance, an it evinces laborious and careful research, and embraces 
 a vast amount of information, succinctly and lucidly presented, that 
 will be of ^roat service to future workers in the same field. J. A. A., 
 IMl. .\titt. Ortiilh. Chili. Vol III., pp. 1S3 1H5, October, 1878. 
 
 KID<;\V.\Y, HOIIEKT. Keport of Geological Explorations of the Fortieth 
 Parallel. Clarence King, Geologist in Charge!. Vol. IV., Tart 
 III., Ornithology. By Robert Ridgway. 4to., pp. :jo:-}-(7<). 1877. 
 
 ... .a thorough and exhaustive account of the ornithology of an 
 interesting belt of country. The observations were mainly limited to 
 thai portion of the Great lla.sin included between the thirty-ninth and 
 forty-second parallels and extending from the Sierra Nevada to the 
 Wahsatch Mountains... in joint of nomenclature it represents the 
 author's later views - J. A. A , Hull. Xutt. Omilli. <'lul>, Vol. III., pp. 82, 
 83 April, 1878. 
 
 ROOSEVELT, THEODOKE, ,Tu., and MIXOT, H. D. The Summer Birds 
 of the Adirondaeks in Franklin County, N. Y. By Theodore 
 Roosevelt, Jr., and H. D. Minot. Svo., jip. 4, 1K77. 
 
 ... .a very acceptable list of the summer birds of the Adirondaeks 
 embracing ninety-seven species. . - J. A. A., L'nll. ^'ntt Omitlt. Chili. 
 Vol. III., p. 3(>. January, 1S78. 
 
 Hv fur the best of these recent (local) lists which I have seen. . . . 
 C. H. M., Hull. Xtttt. On.itli. Clnl,. Vol. Ill , p. 85, April, 1878. 
 
 ROWLEY. G. I). Soniateria labradoria (J. F. Gineliw). The Pied 
 Duck. By G. D. Rowley, M.A., F.L.H.. F.Z.S., etc., etc. Ornith- 
 ological Miscellany, Vol. II., Part VI., pp. JOo-'J'JU, with 5 plates, 
 1H77. London: B. ^hiaritch, 1"> Piccadilly, W. ; Triibner <t Co., 
 Ludgate Hill, E. C. ; H. II. Porter. (1 Tenterden St., Hanover 
 Stjuare, W. 
 
 ... a timely and exhaustive contribution to the history of a species 
 Vlieved to be rapidly approaching extinction .... Mr. Kowley here gives
 
 II 
 
 not only the literary history of the species, but discussen its relation- 
 ship to the Eiders J. A. A., Bull. Suit. Ornilh. Club, Vol. III., pp. 
 
 79. 80, April, 1878. 
 
 SALVIN, OSUEHT. Salvin on the Procellariidso. Rowley's Ornitholog- 
 ical Miscellany. Part IV. London, 1887. 
 
 ... This paper is in two parts. The first is devoted to an exami- 
 nation of the unpublished ''Banks' drawings," and the manuscripts of 
 Dr. Solauder, so far as they relate to the Petrels . . .Mr. Salvin's second 
 paper is a careful examination of the new species of Petrels obtained by 
 Dr. H. H. Giglioli during the voyage of the Italian corvette " Magenta " 
 
 round the world T. M. B, Jhi'l. Auti. Ornitk. Club, Vol. II., pp. 
 
 fit), 70, July, 1877. 
 
 SHARPE, It. BOWDLER. Catalogue of the Birds of the British Museum. 
 Vol. III. Catalogue of the Colioinorphaj, containing the families 
 Corvid;u, Paradiseidju, Oriolithe, Dicruridfu, and Prionopidjo. By 
 R. Bowdler Sharpe. 8vo., pp. xiii., 344, pll. xiv. 1877. 
 
 In the third volume Mr. Sharpe enters upon the great series of 
 Passerine Birds The species here described by Mr. Sharpe number 
 three hundred and sixty-seven. ... We are sorry to see several in- 
 stances ot the use of the same name in a generic and specific sense for 
 the same species. . . . J. A. A., BuH. NM. Ornith. Club, Vol. III., pp. 78, 
 79, April, 1878. 
 
 STREETS, THOMAS H. Contributions to the Natural History of the 
 Hawaiian and Fanning Islands and Lower California, made in con- 
 nection with the United States North Pacific Surveying Expedi- 
 tion, 1873-75. By Thos. H. Streets, M.D., Passed Assistant 
 Surgeon, U. S. Navy. D>M. U. S. Nit. j\f>^., No. 7, 8vo., (Birds, 
 pp. 9-33), Washington, 1877. 
 
 ... includes notes on about fifty species of birds, of which rather 
 more than one-half were collected on the coast of Lower California and 
 adjoining portions of the Mexican coast. The author acknowledges his 
 indebtedness to Dr. Elliott (Joues, U. IS. A., for the identification of the 
 birds, and adds that he has "kindly furnished the notes accompanying 
 that portion of the ornithological collection from the Californian Penin- 
 sula ''. . . .there are many valuable biographical and other notes on sev- 
 eral hitherto little known species. J. A. A., Bull. Nutt. Ornitk dub, Vol. 
 III., pp. 80, 81, April, 1878. 
 
 WILLARD, S. L. A List of the Birds of Central New York. Utica, 
 N. Y., 1877. By S. L. Willard, Esq. 16 pp. 
 
 The author's remarks in the way of a prelude are thus briefly ex- 
 pressed : " The following is a complete list of the birds of Central New 
 York, with notes on their abundance." This might lead one to expect 
 a valuable contribution to our science, but a perusal of the '-List'' 
 proves this supposition to be erroneous.... C. H. M., hull. Au'<'. 
 Ondth. Club, Vol. 111., pp. 83, 84, April, 1878. 
 
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 AM. is. J. A A Lint of tin- Birds of Massachusetts, with Annotations, 
 l>y J. A. Allen. Hull. K*SM />/., Vol. X.. pp. :', 37, April, 1H7H. 
 
 It i- SI-I.IIIMI t h.it one meets with H l<u:/il eatologuo more thoroughly 
 satisfactory in all essential respects than tin? present on*> ...tliiH list 
 presents the names of three hundred ami sixteen species of ascertained 
 occurrence in Massachusetts, not one of which can lie challenged.... 
 ouo hundred and thirty-live are marked as breeding within the State 
 . Thirty-five North American hirds have been added to the Massa- 
 chtirfetts list since 1867. -T. M H., Hull \utl. Ornilh. Club, Vol III., pp 
 138-HU, July, 1878. 
 
 AroiiRY, SAMTEL. Notes on the Nature of the Food of the Birds of 
 Nebraska. By Professor Samuel Aughey, of Lincoln, Neb. 
 First Ann. Reft. U. S. Knt. Comm. for th* Yenr 1S77. Appendix II., 
 pp 13 0-2. 1878. 
 
 ....The list numbers two hundred and fifty species, and hence 
 includes a pretty largo proportion of the birds that visit the State, and 
 as the list relates ostensibly to only locust-eating species, our first feel- 
 ing i* one of surprise that it should be so large Although Mr. 
 Aughey's paper bears especially upon the subject of birds as grass- 
 hopper destroyers, it forms at the same time a valuable faiinal list of the 
 birds of Southern Nebraska, containing notes relating to the relative 
 abundance and season of most of the species.- J. A. A , Hull Nntt. 
 Ontith. Club, Vol. IV , pp. 110, 111, April, 187'.>. 
 
 ACUUEY, SAMi'Eij. Some facts and considerations concerning the 
 beneficial work of birds. By Professor Samuel Aughey, of Lin- 
 coln, Neb. First Ann. Ri>i>. U. N. Ent. Comm. /or the Yenr 1877, 
 pp. 338-3, r )0, 1878. 
 
 ....a special communication on the general subject of the useful- 
 ness of birds, with particular regard, however, to the locust question 
 ... .he concludes that even the majority of Raptorial birds should be 
 protected ... He believes that sooner or later the protection of useful 
 birds should become not only a national, but an international matter, 
 .... J. A. A., Ii>ill. Xutl. Urnilli, Club, Vol IV., pp. Ill, 112, April, 
 1879. 
 
 BREWEH, T. M. Notes ou certain Species of New England Birds, 
 with Additions to his Catalogue of the Birds of New England. 
 By T. M. Brewer. I 1 rue. Huston Soc. N<it. Hist., Vol. XIX., pp. 
 301-309, April, 1878. 
 
 This paper adds twenty-one species to the "Catalogue; of the Birds 
 of New England," published by this author in 1N75, and contains notes 
 on twenty-seven other species of rare occurrence iu New England. The 
 whole number of " recogni/.ed forms " now admitted by him as having 
 been taken in New England is three hundred and fifty-six . J. A. A., 
 liuli. Sutt. Ornitlt. Ciub. Vol. III., p. 185, October, 17 % H. 
 
 BUBKAU, Louis. De In Mue du Bee et des Onieuients 1'alpebraux du
 
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 Macareux arctique, Fratercula arctica (Lin.) Steph., apros la saison 
 des amours. Par le Docteur Louis Bureau. Extrnit du Bulletin 
 (/e la ISociete Zooloyique da France, 1877. 8vo. Paris, 1878. Pp. 
 1-21, pll. iv., v. 
 
 The remarkable changes which the bill and eyelids of the Common 
 Puffin undergo after the breeding season have been hitherto unknown 
 The author's exposition of the matter reveals a phenomenon as yet 
 unparalleled among birds The author concludes this remarkable 
 paper with some pertinent and suggestive observations on otlier spt-cies 
 < f Fratercula and on Lunda c'm-hata. - Elliott Coues, Bull. Xutl. Ornilk. 
 Club, Vol. III., pp. 87-91, April 1878. 
 
 COKY, CHARLES B. A Naturalist in the Magdalen Islands ; giving a 
 Description of the Islands, and List of the Birds taken tliere, with 
 other Ornithological Notes. By Charles B. Cory. Illustrated 
 from Sketches by the Author. Boston, 1878. Small 4to. Part 
 II., Catalogue of Birds taken or observed in the Magdalen 
 Islands, with Notes regarding those found breeding, etc., etc. 
 Pp. 33-83. 
 
 In a sumptuous little quarto Mr. C. B. Cory has given an account 
 of a summer trip to the Magdalen Islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 
 . . . .Part I. consists of a general account of the Islands . and direc- 
 tions how to reach the Magdalen group, etc. Part II. gives a list of 
 one hundred and nine species observed and taken by the author . . 
 The annotations relate mainly to the habits and relative abundance of 
 the species . . . J. A. A., Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. IV., p. 171, July, 
 1879. 
 
 COUES, ELLIOTT. Birds of the Colorado Valley. A Repository of 
 Scientific and Popular Information concerning North American 
 Ornithology. By Elliott Coues. Part First. Passeres to Lani- 
 idso. Bibliographical Appendix. Seventy illustrations (wood- 
 cuts). 8vo. Pp. xvi., 807. Washington: Government Printing 
 Office, 1878. " Miscellaneous Publications, No. 11," of the 
 United States Geological Survey of the Territories, F. V. Hayden, 
 U. S. Geologist-in- Charge. 
 
 In point of completeness, mode of execution, and general useful- 
 ness, the bibliography here under notice far excels any natural history 
 bibliography known to us, and deserves to rank with the best bibliog- 
 raphies of any department of literature, and may well serve as a model 
 for future workers in similar fields. . . .As regards the general work, or 
 the "Birds of the Colorado Valley" as a whole, no more important 
 contribution to the siibject of North American Ornithology than this 
 promises to be has for a long time appeared, and none covering all 
 points of the field here taken ;.... J. A. A.. Bull. Xutt. Ornilh. Club, 
 Vol. IV., pp. 54-57, January, 1879. 
 
 COUES, ELLIOTT. Field Notes on Birds observed in Dakota and Mon- 
 tana along the Forty-ninth Parallel during the Seasons of 1873 and 
 1874. By Dr. Elliott Coues, U. S. A., late Surgeon and Naturalist 
 
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 II. 8. Northern Ilonndary (' munis-ion. It nil. I'. S. d'l-ol. Surrey 
 n/thr Territories, Vol. IV., No. ,'J, pp. 545 Wit. July 2i>, 1878. 
 
 Tin 1 observations relate m.iinly to the country . . from 1'embina on 
 lip KVil Uii'T t tin* Hooky MoiintniiiH. . . .11 distance of about eight 
 hundred anil tilty mii<>H. Dr. Cones in his preliminary reinarkH divides 
 the country traversed into three regions, whidi In- terms respectively 
 tin- " Ucl Hivcr Region." tli<> "Missouri K'-gion." uii>l tin; Kocky 
 Mountain Region " The phynical and zoological characteristics ol these 
 ii-giniis arc briefly <l< tailed, to which is added n tabular enumeration of 
 Home of the more conspicuous birds of tin- three regions. Then followH 
 it copiously iiiinotutiMl list of all the species observed . . J. A. A., Bull. 
 \ntt. Oritilh. L'lulf. Vol. IV.. pp. 411, 5u, January. IHT'.i. 
 
 JOKDAN, DAVIH STAKU Manitul of the Vurtel)riiti!.s of the United 
 States, inchiilinK the District east of the Mississippi River, and 
 north of North Carolina and Tennessee, exclusive of Marine Spe- 
 cies. By Diivid Starr Jordan, Ph.D., M.D.,etc. Second Edition, 
 revised and enlarged. Chicago: McClnrg & Co. , 1878. 12mo. , 
 pp. 407. 
 
 . . .the second i-dition has not only been to some extent "revised," 
 but enlarged l>y the addition of upwards of fifty pages of new matter. 
 . .The account of the fishes has been entirely re-written ...- J. A 
 A., Hull. Xtt. Orniilt. ChA, Vol. III., pp. 145, 146, July, 1878. 
 
 LAWRENCE, GEOHGE N. Desciiptions of Seven New Species of Birds 
 from the Island of St. Vincent, West Indies. By George N. Law- 
 rence. Ann. N. Y. Acrid. Set., Vol. I., pp. 14*5-152. Issued Mny- 
 September, 1878. 
 
 LAWRENCE, GEORUE N. Descriptions of Suppo-ed New Species of 
 Birds from the Islands of Grenada and Dominica, West Indies. 
 By George N. Lawrence. Ann. JV r . Y. Acai/. Sci., Vol. I., pp. 
 160-163. Issued May-September, 1878. 
 
 MAYNAKD, C J. The Birds of Florida, with the Water and Game 
 Birds of Eastern North America. By C. J Maynard. Illustrated. 
 4to. Part IV., pp. ND-112, and one IMute. C. J. Mayuard & Co., 
 Newton ville. Mass , 1878. 
 
 ... .is wholly devoted to the family //im////!</<'-. of which fourteen 
 species are described . . .It is illustrated with a tine colored plate of the 
 Ipswich or Pallid Sparrow (Pos.vercw/w.s pri/icp/is), representing the adult 
 in spring. To original, somewhat detailed descriptions of the different 
 phases of plumage of the various species treated the author adds shoit, 
 verv pleasantly written descriptions of their habits . . .- J. A. A., Piull. 
 .\n'tl. Oririlh. Clul>, Vol. Ill , p. Ho, July, 187*. 
 
 RIIXIWAY, ROHKRT. Studies of the American Herodiones. Parti. 
 Synopsis of the American genera of Ardeidn- and Ciconiida- ; in- 
 cluding descriptions of three new genera, and a monograph of (lit 1 
 
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 Amei'ican species of the genus Ardea. By Robert Ridgway. 
 Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geogr. Surv. of Terr., Vol. IV., pp. 219-251, 
 February 5, 1878. 
 
 The first of a series of papers here begun deals mainly with the 
 and Ciconiida; . . . The A. wilrdemannl of Baird, which has been 
 a puzzle to ornithologists for twenty years is considered to be the 
 "blue phase " of A. o'-e,idenlnlis . J. A. A., Hull. .\utl. Ornilh. Club, 
 Vol. III., pp. 182, 183, October, 1878. 
 
 SAUNDEBS, HOWARD. On the Larinai. By Howard Saunders. Proc. 
 Zool. Soc. London, 1878, pp. 115-212. 
 
 The whole number of species recognized in this paper is forty-nine, 
 of which number twenty maybe counted as North American ...Mr. 
 Saunders's paper evinces a remarkable success in disentangling the 
 complicated web of European Gulls ...and the service rendered by 
 Mr. Saunders cannot fail to be appreciated by all who have experienced 
 its need. T. M. B., Bull. Null. Ornilh. Club, Vol. III., pp 185-ls7, 
 October, 1878. 
 
 SENNETT, GEORGE B. Notes on the Ornithology of the Lower Rio 
 Grande of Texas, from Observations made during the Season of 
 1877. By George B. Senuett. Edited, with Annotations, by Dr. 
 Elliott Coues, U. S. A. Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geogr. Surv. of Terr., 
 Vol. IV., pp. 1-66, February 5, 1878. 
 
 ... .on one hundred and fifty-one species of birds observed on the 
 southern border of Texas.... Mr. Sennett certainly collected under 
 many annoyances, but intensely hot days. . . .did not prevent his secur- 
 ing some five hundred birds, one of which is new to science, ramely, 
 Sennett's Warbler (Parulu nigri'ora). The paper is most carefully com- 
 mentated by Dr. Coues . . . H. A. P., Bull. Xull. Orrdlh. Club, Vol. III., 
 pp. 144, 145, July, 1878. 
 
 STEVENSON, H. Adams's Notes on the Birds of Alaska. By H. 
 Stevenson. The Ibis, 4th Series, Vol. II., pp. 420-442, Oct., 1878, 
 
 Some twenty-eight years ago (October, 1850) Mr. Edward Adams, 
 a surgeon in the British navy . . .was sent to the Redoubt of Michalaski. 
 on the shores of Norton Sound, Alaska. He remained there until late 
 ia the following June, and made some very interesting and valuable 
 notes on the birds of the region. His collections were given to the 
 British Museum, to Mr. John Gould, and to the late Mr. G. R. Gray. 
 The latter dedicated to him the Colymbus adamsi . . These early obser- 
 vations of Alaskan species... have intrinsic interest and are well 
 worthy of attention. T. M. B., Bull. Xull. Ornih. Club, Vol. IV., pp. 
 52, 53, January, 1879. 
 
 WILSON, ALEXANDER, and BONAPARTE, CHARLES LUCIAN. American 
 Ornithology ; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United 
 States. Illustrated with plates engraved from drawings from 
 Nature. By Alexander Wilsou and Charles Lucian Bonaparte. 
 Popular edition. Philadelphia : Porter and Coates. Three vol- 
 umes in one. 
 
 It claims to be an exact reproduction, minus the atlas of colored 
 plates, of the $100, three-volume edition issued by the same lirm some 
 
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 years ago. No onn can help rejoicing nt any effort to disseminate more 
 widely nn ui-.|u uiitiiurr with \L \>ui.|. r Wilson and Ins charming and 
 painstaking work. . . . Hut simply to reprint Wilson, even with Bonaparte 
 added, at $7.- r 0, pointing out none of the errors nor supplementing 
 tho shortcomings is, to Hay the legist, utterly unnecessary to the ad- 
 vancement of tho science. E. I , Hull, .\tttt. Ornilli. Uul>, Vol. IV., pp 
 53, 54, January, 1879. 
 
 1879. 
 
 BKLDINO, L. A Partial List of the Birds of Central California. By 
 L. Uelding, of Stockton. Edited by R. Ridgway. J'roc. U. S. 
 N<it. MHS., Vol. I.. April, 187!), pp. 388-449. 
 
 ... It is based, . . upon observations extending through about 
 twenty years' residence in California, and upon collections made chiefly 
 during the last two years, which have from time to time, been forwarded 
 by Mr. Belding to the National Museum The number of species, 
 exclusive of the wading and swimming birds, is 15H . . In respect to 
 the designation of incipient species, Mr. Itidgway uniformly adopts the 
 system advocated by him in his paper on the use of trinomials in 
 zoological nomenclature in the present number of the Bulletin . . As 
 already stated. Mr. Kidgway was the first to adopt the system of pure 
 trinomiids, and we regret to note his divergence therefrom . . . . J. A. A., 
 Hull JV. Ornith. Club. Vol. IV.. pp. 1C.7-171, July, 187'J. 
 
 BREWER, T. M. Some Additional Notes upon Birds observed iu New 
 England, with the Names of Five Species not included iu his 
 Previous Lists of New England Birds. By T. M. Brewer. Proc. 
 Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. XX., pp. 263-277. Published Decem- 
 ber, 1879. 
 
 .... It forms a second supplement to his ' Catalogue of the Birds of 
 New England," published in 187-T. and adds five species to the number 
 previously recogni/.ed by him as New England birds, raising the whole 
 number to 3fil . These "Notes" form a convenient and connected 
 record of recent discoveries in relation to many of the rarer New 
 England birds, and add more or less that is new respecting some of 
 them. J. A. A., Jhdl. ~\ntt. Ormih. Cmb, Vol. V., pp. 108, 10'., April, 1880. 
 
 COUES, ELLIOTT. On the Present Status of 1'anser domes! icus iu 
 America, with Special Reference to the Western States aud 
 Territories. By Dr. Elliott Cones, U. S. A. Bull. U. S. Geol. 
 and Geoyr. Surv. of Tan:, Vol. V., pp. 175-193, Sept. 0, 1879. 
 
 ....a partial bibliography of. what is commonly termed the 
 "Sparrow-War in America '' in which are given tho titles of most of the 
 papers relating to this troublesome question, usually with a short digest 
 of the papers mentioned. ... J. A. A., Ihill. Xxtt. Ornith Club, Vol. V., 
 p. 41, January, 1880. 
 
 COVES, ELLIOTT. Second Instalment of American Ornithological 
 Bibliography. By Dr. Elliott Cones, U. S. A. Hull, i* N. dVW. 
 and Geogr. Surr. of Terr.. Vol. V., pp. 'J3D-330, September 6, 
 1879. 
 
 . . . .This part gives the titles of " Kaunal Publications'" relating to 
 Central and South America, or that portion oi America forming the 
 
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 so-called "Neotropical Region." ....Beginning with Marcgrave in 
 1648, the list of titles is brought down to include most of those which 
 appeared in the first half of the year 1879 Of the laborious re- 
 search and care displayed in the preparation of this work, too great 
 praise can scarcely be accorded. J. A. A., liuiL Null. Oriiitli. Club, Vol. 
 V., pp. 4", 41, January, 1880. 
 
 DAKTT, MAUY. On the Plains and ainoug the Peaks; or, How Mrs. 
 Maxwell made her Natural History Collection. By Mary Dartt. 
 Philadelphia : Claxtou, Remseu, and Haffelfinger, G24, G26, 628 
 Market Street, 1879. 8vo., pp. 237. 
 
 Among the many wonderful "exhibits" at the recent Centennial 
 Exposition in Philadelphia, few things attracted such general attention 
 or created more surprise. . . than Mrs. M. A. Maxwell's collection of the 
 animals of Colorado. This little book before us, devoted mainly to a 
 very intelligent and pleasantly written pccount of how Mrs. Maxwell's 
 work was accomplished, was prepared by a sister of that lady-naturalist. 
 The main text of the work is intended for the general public, ; but 
 in an "Appendix" of twenty pages are given annotated lists of the 
 mammals and birds represented in the collection, the former by Dr. 
 Coues and the latter by Mr. Kidgway. . . .The list of birds numbers 234 
 species The annotations relate mainly to an enumeration of the 
 specimens reprf^ented, but occasionally to facts of distribution and 
 locality of occurrence. J. A. A., Hull. Suit. Ornith. Club, Vol. IV., pp. 
 113, 114, April, 1879. 
 
 ELLIOT, DANIEL GIUATJD. A Classification and Synopsis of the 
 Trochilid;e. By Daniel Giraud Elliot, F.R.S.E., etc. Wash- 
 ington City : Published by the Smithsonian Institution. March, 
 1879. 4to., pp. xii., 277, figg. 127 (wood-cuts in the the text). 
 
 ....Mr. Elliot's concise and comprehensive "Synopsis" ...forms 
 a most welcome aid to the student of this intricate group Four 
 hundred and twenty-8'x species are admitted as valid, distributed among 
 one hundred and twenty genera The leading characters of very 
 nearly all the genera are represented by outline figures of the hend, 
 wing, and tail, and the species are described in sufficient detail for 
 their easy recognition . . The work closes with an appendix, giving an 
 analytical key to the genera, and separate indexes to the generic and 
 specific names. . . It will doubtless form a reference work for the group, 
 not to be soon superseded, either in point of completeness or of iiseful- 
 ness. J. A. A, Bull. A"M Ornith. Club, Vol. IV., pp. 230-232, October. 
 1879. 
 
 GIBBS, MOERIS. Annotated List of the Birds of Michigan. By Dr. 
 Morris Gibbs. Bull, of the U. S. Geol. and Oeogr. Surv. of Terr., 
 Vol. V., No. 3, pp. 481-497, November 30, 1879. 
 
 Although several prior lists of the birds of Michigan have appeared, 
 the present one is a welcome addition to our knowledge of the ornitho- 
 logy of that State. Mr. Gibbs's list enumerates 310 species and sub- 
 species, and contains brief notes < n their relative abundance, breeding, 
 times of migration, etc . . . Although mainly based on the observations 
 of the author, he expresses his indebtedness to other sources of informa- 
 tion J. A. A., Ball. Null. Ornith. Club, Vol. V., p. 110, April, 1880 
 
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 HALLOOK, OH ABLKS. The Sport man 'M Gazetteer ami General Guide. 
 Fifth edition. By Charles Hallock. 
 
 . . . .TliiH hook luiH become a recogni/ed authority on nil subjects of 
 which it treats, having been H I ready republished in Kngland, France, 
 and Germany... The ornithological portions were, w<- believe, pre- 
 pared by Mr. George H. Grinnell.- .1. A. A., Bull. Ax//. Ornilli. Club, 
 Vol. IV., p. 175, July, 18?y. 
 
 HAKVIE-BKOWN, JOHN A. Ornithological Journal of the Winter of 
 1878-71), with Collected Notes regarding its Effects upon Animal 
 Life, including Remarks on the Migration of Birds in the Autumn 
 of 1878, and the Spring of 1879. By Mr. John A. Harvie-Brown, 
 F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. /'roc. Nnl. Hist. Hoc. G/w/vir, 1879, pp. 123- 
 190. 
 
 . . . .Tbe winter of 1878-79 proved of unusual severity, and its effect 
 upon animal life, and especially upon bird life nttracto<l the attention 
 of many careful observers, Mr. Harvie-Brown giving a list of more than 
 a dozen published papers relating to the subject. These with his own 
 observations and the collected notes of his many < orraspondents, form 
 the basis of the paper above cited, . . . nearly fifty pages being devoted 
 to birds . J. A. A., Bull. Null. Ornitk. Club, Vol. V., pp. 23IJ, '234, 
 October, 1880. 
 
 HAIJVIE BKOWN, JOHN A. The Capercaillie in Scotland. By J. A. 
 Harvie-Brown, F.Z.S., Member of the British Ornithologists' 
 Union, etc. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1870, 8vo., pp. i-xv, 
 1-155, map and pll. 
 
 . . . .Mr. Harvie-Brown treats the general subject of the Capercaillie 
 in Scotland exhaustively. Beginning with such prehistoric evidence 
 as is afforded by the bone-caves and Kitchen-middens. . . .Ho then pre- 
 sents its history prior to extinction, followed by that of its restora- 
 tion, ant! a detailed account of its increase and extension, illustrated 
 by a map He later discusses the influences which govern its increase, 
 its relation to the decrease of Black Game, its damage to forests and 
 grain, etc. Of special interest also are his chapters on the derivation, 
 significance, and proper orthography of the word Capercaillie. In 
 short, every point of the subject is elaborated with the utmost thorough- 
 ness, the work forming a model of its class. J. A. A., Hull. Xutt. Ornith. 
 Club, Vol. V., pp. 110, 111, April, 1880. 
 
 JNGEKSOLL, ERNEST. Nests and Eggs of American Birds. By Ernest 
 Ingersoll. S. E. Cassino, Naturalists' Agency, Salem, Mass. (No 
 date.) Large 8vo. Part I., pp. 1-21, pll. i, ii., March, 1879. 
 
 .. .treats often species of Thrushes, and gives illustrations of 
 their eggs. The text includes, not only descriptions of the nests and 
 eggs of the species treated, but a full and pleasantly written account of 
 their habits and breeding range . . . We wish that wt- conld speak in 
 terms of equal commendation ot the chromo-lrthographic plates, which 
 are sadly defective in point of faithfulness to nature and in artistic ex- 
 icution. J. A. A., Butf. Sutt. Ormth. Cmh, Vol IV., p. 17'2, July. 17 ( .) 
 
 Part II., pp. 25-18, pll. iii, iv., published August. 1879. 
 
 ... .we regret to perceive that the parts continue to appear with- 
 out dating, or any indications whatever of the time of their publication ; 
 
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 and that textual references to the figures of the plates are still insuffi- 
 ciently explicit . . .Mr. Ingersoll has his subject well in hand now; he 
 confines himself strictly to the announced scope of ,the treatise, and 
 holds his subject fairly abreast of the information we have acquired re- 
 specting it. E. C., Ball. Xult. Ornitk. Club, Vol. V., pp. 38, 39, January. 
 1880. 
 
 Part. III., pp. 49-72, pll. v., vi., published October, 1879. 
 
 KRIDER, JOHN. Forty Years' Notes of a Field Ornithologist, by John 
 Krider, Member of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences 
 and author of Krider's Sporting Anecdotes, Philadelphia. Giving 
 a description of all birds killed and prepared by him. Philadel- 
 phia, 1879, 8vo., pp. i-xi., 1-84. 
 
 ....Mr. Krider has "endeavored to describe and give the history 
 of only those species of birds of the United states " which he has " col- 
 lected and mounted," and whose nests have come under his personal 
 observation . . But a casual glance through the pages of his work is 
 enough to show that these opportunities have been sadly neglected. . . 
 In short, it is only too evident that Mr. Krider's "Notes" are the off- 
 spring of a fading memory rather than the carefully kept data of a sys- 
 tematic worker. . . .Of the literary execution of the present work we can 
 say nothing favorable. . . . W. B., Hull. Aluit. Oridlh. Club, Vol. VII., pp. 
 49, 50, January, 1882. 
 
 KUMLIEN, LUDWIG. Contributions to the Natural History of Arctic 
 America, made in Connection with the Howgate Polar Expedition, 
 1877-78. By Ludwig Kumlien, Naturalist of the Expedition. 
 Bull. U, S. Nat. Mus., No. 15, 1879. Birds, pp. 69-105. 
 
 ... Of the 84 species noted, seven or eight relate to localities not 
 Arctic, being species that visited the ship while off Newfoundland and 
 neighboring points. Of the remainder only about twenty are land 
 birds. The notes respecting many of the species are quite extended, 
 and embrace many points of interest. . . . J. A. A., JJad. Nult. Urnitk. 
 Club, Vol. V., pp. 1U9, 11U, April, 1880. 
 
 LAWRENCE, GEOKGE N. Catalogue of the Birds of Dominica, from. 
 Collections made for the Smithsonian Institution by Frederick A . 
 Ober, together with his Notes and Observations. By George N. 
 Lawrence. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. I., 1879, pp. 48-69. 
 
 LAWRENCE, GEORGE N. Catalogue of the Birds of St. Vincent, from 
 Collections made by Mr. Frederick A. Ober, under the Directions 
 of the Smithsonian Institution, with his Notes thereon. By 
 George N. Lawrence. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. I., 1879, pp. 
 185-198. 
 
 LAWRENCE, GEORGE N. Catalogue of the Birds of Antigua and Bar- 
 buda, from Collections made for the Smithsonian Institution, by 
 Mr. Fred. A. Ober, with his Observations. By George N. Law- 
 rence. Proc. V. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. I., 1879, pp. 232-242.
 
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 LAWRENCE, GEORGE N. Catalogue of tho Birds of Grenada, from u 
 Collection made by Mr. Fred. A. Ober for the Smithsonian Insti- 
 tution, including others seen by him, but not obtained. By 
 George N. Lawrence. Proc. U. S. N<it. Mus., Vol. I., 1879, pp. 
 2G5-278. 
 
 LAWRENCE, GEOHOE N. Catalogue of the Birds collected in Mar- 
 tinique by Mr. Fred. A. Ober for tho Smithsonian Institution. 
 By George N. Lawrence. Proc. U. 8. Nut. Mus., Vol. L, 1871), 
 pp. 349-3GO. 
 
 LAWRENCE, GEOHOE N. Catalogue of a Collection of Birds obtained 
 in Guadeloupe for the Smithsonian Institution, by Mr. Fred. A. 
 Ober. By George N. Lawrence. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. , Vol. I. , 
 1879, pp. 449-462. 
 
 LAWRENCE, GEOBOE N. A General Catalogue of the Birds noted from 
 the Islands of the Lesser Antilles visited by Mr. Fred. A. Ober ; 
 with a Table showing their Distribution, and those found in the 
 United States. By George N. Lawrence. I' roc. U. S. Nat. Mua., 
 Vol. I., 1879, pp. 48G-488. 
 
 ... .he has concluded bis series of reports upon Mr. Ober's collec- 
 tions, made at various points of the Antillean chain (see above). 
 The birds reported from Antigua and Harbuda number respectively 
 42 and 3i) species, of which one. . . .from Antigua, is described as now. 
 . . . .The list of birds from the island of Grenada numbers 54 species, 
 . The birds reported from Martinique number 40 species ..The 
 Guadeloupe species number 45 ... J. A. A. , Ball. NuU.OrnUh. Club, Vol. 
 IV., pp. '228 '230, October, 1879. 
 
 LANGDON, FRANK W. A Revised List of Cincinnati Birds. By Frank 
 W. Langdon. Journ. Cincinnati Sac. Nat. I fist., Vol. I., No. 4, 
 January, 1879, pp. 167-193. 
 
 . . . .The 256 identified species are of the following categories : Con- 
 stant residents, 27 ; summer residents, (i'2 ; winter visitants, 10 ; regu- 
 lar migrants, 82 ; irregular migrants, 37 ; casual visitants, 31 ; species 
 that have disappeared within forty years, 7 . It is a very good piece 
 of work, based in greatest part on original personal observations, very 
 carefully elaborated, with attention not only to the material facts pre- 
 sented, but to those niceties of workmanship which are too often neg- 
 lected. . . . We are glad to see, especially turning our younger writers on 
 ornithology, evidence of increased attention to details of execution. . . . 
 an article may be made a contribution to letters as well as to science. 
 It is even worth while to spell correctly. E. C., .Hull. Sutt. Orniih. Club, 
 Vol. IV., pp. 112, 113, April, 1879. 
 
 MEARNS, EDGAR A. A List of the Birds of the Hudson Highlands, 
 with Annotations. By Edgar A. Mearus. Hull. J-'xst-.c Institute, 
 Vol. X., pp. 166 179 (Introduction and Turdus mif/rtiforins to 
 Pants atricaj>ilfus, inclusive), October December. 1878. 
 
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 MEARNS, EDCIAK A. A. List of the Birds of the Hudson Highlands, 
 with Annotation?. By Edgar A. Mearns. Bull. Essex Institute, 
 Vol. XI., pp. 43-52 (Sitta carolinensis to Dendrveca ccerulescens) , 
 January-March, 1879. 
 
 Bull. Essex Institute, Vol. XL, pp. 154-168 (Dendrwca ccerulea 
 to Myiodioctes mitruta), July- September, 1879. 
 -Bull. Essex. 'Institute, Vol. XL, pp. 189-204 (M. canadensis to 
 
 Loxia curvirostra,), October- December, 1879. 
 
 The first part . appeared early in 1879, and three later instalments 
 carry the list through the geuus Loxia. . . . while^the writer draws mainly 
 from his own experience, he occasionally indulges in quotations from 
 other authors, his notices of some of the species amounting to nearly 
 complete biographies . . .Two important features of the paper are the 
 dates of arrival and departure, ... The future instalments of Mr 
 Mearns's highly praiseworthy memoir may well be anticipated with 
 interest.-J. A. A., Bull.'Nutt. Ornilh. Club, Vol. V., p. 175, July, 1880. 
 
 McCHESNEY, CHARLES E. Notes on the Birds of Fort Sisseton, 
 Dakota Territory. By Chas. E. McChesney, Acting Assistant 
 Surgeon, U. S..A. Bulletin U. S. Geol. and Geogr. Surv. Terr., 
 Vol. V., pp. 71-104, February 28, 1879. 
 
 .... form a valuable contribution to the ornithology of a little 
 known portion of the Northwest, namely, the elevated plateau in Da- 
 kota, known as the " Coteau des Prairies." . . .The " Notes " are based 
 on an experience of three years in the neighborhood of Fort Sisseton, 
 and record 157 species, respecting most of which there are copious and 
 interesting annotations. . . .Dr. McChesney's report was transmitted to 
 Dr. Coues for publication, and appears to have had the benefit of his 
 revision J. A. A., Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. V., pp. 42, 43, Jan- 
 uary, 1880. 
 
 McCHESNEY, CHARLES E. Report on the Mammals and Birds of the 
 General Region of the Big Horn River and Mountains of Montana 
 Territory. By Charles E. McChesney, U. S. A. Being Appendix 
 SS 3 of the Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1879. 
 
 ....proves an interesting addition to the faunal records of the 
 West ... The list of 100 species of birds is the result of less than a 
 month's investigation from August 15 onward . . . .The notes, though 
 brief, are usually sufficient to indicate the occurrence of each species, 
 and, as in the greater number of cases they result directly from the 
 author's own observations, they carry with them the value of perfect 
 authenticity. . . contains the name of not a single exclusively Eastern 
 
 species H. W. H. , Bull. Null. Ondtk. Club, Vol. V., pp. 107, 108, 
 
 April, 1880. 
 
 MERRILL, JAMES C. Notes on the Ornithology of Southern Texas. 
 Being a List of Birds observed in the Vicinity of Fort Brown, 
 Texas, from February, 1876, to June, 1878. By James C. Merrill, 
 Assistant Surgeon U. S. Army. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. I., 
 1879, pp. 118-173. 
 
 .... Two hundred aud fifty-two species and varieties are given in 
 all, and the character of their presence is in most cases satisfactorily de-
 
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 lined ...the nests, eggs, and breeding babitH of Texan birds receive 
 the larger share of attention, and much of th matter pertaining thereto 
 is as valuable as it is new . . .Numerous notes b\ Mr. It id g way and Dr. 
 Brewer occur throughout the paper and greatly enhance its value ... In 
 a few details of arrangement the paper is open to adverse criticism . . . 
 Altogether, however, the paper is a most excellent one, and its contents 
 supply a fund of information the lack of which has been long felt. - 
 W. K, Bull. Xutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. IV., pp. 50 -52, January, 187'J. 
 
 RATHBUN, FRANK It. A Revised List of Birds of Central New York. 
 Based on the Observations of Frank R. Etathbuu, H. Gilbert 
 Fowler, Frank S. Wright, Samuel F. Rathbun, in the Counties of 
 Cayuga, Ouondaga, Seneca, Wayne, and Yates. Collated and 
 prepared for Publication by Frank R. Rathbun. Auburn, N. Y. : 
 Daily Advertiser and Weekly Journal Book and Job Printing 
 House, April 17, 1879. 
 
 ... .in the present "Kevised List" are enumerated '236, showing an 
 addition of 4(! species . . .In conclusion, it is but just to say that " The 
 Ornithological Four" have in their "Revised List of Birds of Central 
 New York," not only done themselves great credit, but have made a 
 contribution to our science which must long remain authority concern- 
 ing the region of which it treats. I consider it the best list of the birds 
 of any part of this State that has appeared for many years.- C. H. M., 
 Bull. Autt. Ornith. (M.Vol. IV., pp. 172-175, July, 1879. 
 
 RTDGWAY, ROBERT. On a new Humming-bird (Atthis ellioti) from 
 
 Guatemala. By Robert Ridgway. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. , Vol. 
 
 I., 1879, pp. 8-10. 
 RIDGWAY, ROBERT. A Review of the American Species of the Genus 
 
 Scops, Saviguy. By Robert Ridgway. Proc. U. S. Nat. J/>/s. , 
 
 VoL I., 1879, pp. 85-117. Author's separates issued August 6, 
 
 1878. 
 RIDGWAY, ROBERT. Description of Several New Species and Geo- 
 
 graphical Races of Birds Contained in the Collection of the United 
 
 States National Museum. By Robert Ridgway. Proc. U. S. 
 r Nat. Mus., Vol. I., 1879, pp. 247-252. Author's separates issued 
 
 December 10, 1878. 
 RIDGWAY, ROBERT. Descriptions of Two New Species of Birds from 
 
 Costa Rica, and Notes on other Rare Species from that Country. 
 
 By Robert Ridgway. Proc. U. S. Nnt. Mu*., Vol. I., 1879, pp. 
 
 252-255. Author's separates issued December 10, 1878. 
 
 RIDGWAY, ROBERT. Descriptions of New Species and Races of Amer- 
 ican Birds, including a Synopsis of the Genus Tyraunus, Cuvier. 
 By Robert Ridgway. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., Vol. I., 1879, pp. 
 466 i86. Author's separates issued April 25, 1879. 
 
 These (five) papers all notably evince Mr. Itidgway's well-known 
 
 nd diag- 
 Januaiy, 
 
 ese (ve papers a noay evnce r. gways we-n 
 acuteness of discrimination and critical care in description and diag- 
 nosis ____ J. A. A., hull. Xntl. (h-nitk. Club, Vol. V., pp. 41, -i'2, Janu 
 
 1880. 
 
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 ROOSEVELT, THEODORE. Notes on some of the Birds of Oyster Bay, 
 Long Island. By Theodore Koosevelt. 8vo., 1 p. March, 1879. 
 
 This is a brochure of a single leaf, containing notes on seventeen 
 species, observed at the above-named locality, by Mr. Theodore Koose- 
 velt ... J. A. A., Bull. Null. Oniitk. Club, Vol. IV., p. 171, July, 1879. 
 
 SENNETT, GEORGE B. Further Notes on the Ornithology of the Lower 
 Rio Grande of Texas, from Observations made during the Spring 
 of 1878. By George B. Sennett. Edited, with Annotations, by 
 Dr. Elliott Cones, U. S. A. Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geogr. Surv. 
 of Terr., Vol. V., No. 3, pp. 371-440, November 30, 1879. 
 
 The report of Mr. Sennett's three months' work (in April, May, and 
 June) in 1878. near Hidalgo, Texas, adds greatly to our knowledge of 
 the life-histories of many species of which we previously knew but little. 
 ... .In addition to the notes on the habits of the birds observed, which 
 in the case of the less known species amounts in some instances to full 
 biographies, the author presents us with extended tables of measure- 
 ments, gives detailed descriptions of nest and eggs, and occasionally 
 discusses points of relationship and nomenclature. .. .The "Notes" 
 relate to 168 species, and altogether form one of the most valuable of 
 the many recent contributions to local ornithology. J. A. A., Bull. Null. 
 OrnUh. Club, Vol. V., p. Ill, April, 1880. 
 
 SHARPS, R. BOWDLER. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 
 Vol. IV. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching Birds, in 
 the British Museum. Cichlomorphee : Part I., containing the 
 families Campophagidffi and Muscicapidfo. By R. Bowdler 
 Sharpe. London, 1879. 8vo., pp. xvi., 494, pll. xiv. 
 
 Of the Campophagidte 148 species are described, of the Muscicapida; 
 391. In style of treatment and general character this volume is similar 
 to the earlier ones, . . . J. A. A., Bull. Nuti. Ornilh. Club, Vol. VIII., p. 
 99, April, 1883. 
 
 VOGT, M. C. L'Archseopteryx macroura. Un intermediaire entre 
 
 les oiseaux et les reptiles. Par M. C. Vogt. La Revue Scienti- 
 
 fique, 2e Series, 9e Annee, No. 11, 13 Sept. 1879, pp. 241-248, 
 figg- 18-21. 
 
 This specimen was found by M. Haeberlein in the same slates as 
 the first. .. .From what Professor Vogt has discovered by a cursory 
 examination there can be no doubt that much of great interest will be 
 learned when this fossil is properlv worked out from the matrix. J. A. 
 Jeffries, Hull. Xidt. Ornilh. Club, Vol. VI., pp. 107-109, April, 1881. 
 
 1880. 
 
 BELL, ROBERT. List of Birds from the Region between Norway 
 House and Forts Churchill and York. [By Robert Bell. ] Geolog- 
 ical Survey of Canada. Report of Progress for 1878-79 (1880). 
 IV., Appendix vi., pp. 676-706. 
 
 an annotated list of 55 species, of much interest from the 
 
 localities of observation J. A. A., TJie Auk, Vol. II. , p. 209, April, 
 
 1885. 
 
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 BHAYTON, ALEMBBKT W. A Catalogue of the Birds of Indiana, with 
 Keys and Descriptions of the Groups of greatest Interest to the 
 Horticulturist. By Alembert W. Bray ton, B.S., M.D. 7Vn- 
 action* of the Indiana Horticultural Society for 1879, pp. 89-1GG. 
 Indianapolis, 1880. 
 
 ... is intended as a " practical hand-hook" of the Hirds of Indiana, 
 and seems well calculated to meet this requirement. It is avowedly a 
 compilation. .. .we note little in Dr. Uraytou's paper that is new to 
 ornithologists, hut much that is given fro'm good authorities. Short 
 notes arc added relative to the ahundance, habits, and * canon of 
 occurrence of the 30(> species enumerated . The paper closes with an 
 index to the names of the genera and higher groups, with their deriva- 
 tions, a "glossary" of the specific names, and an index of English 
 mimes. ... J. A. A., Hull. Null. OrniUi. Club, Vol. V., pp. 174, 175, 
 July, 1880. 
 
 BKBWEB, T. M. Notes ou the Nests and Eggs of the Eight North 
 American Species of Empidonuces. By T. M. Brewer. /'roc. 
 U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. II., 1880, pp. 1-10. Author's separates 
 issued April 29, 1879. 
 
 . . . Following the measurements and descriptions of the nests and 
 eggs of these eight species are several pages devoted to a consideration 
 of the nests and eggs of E. flanventrin ... J. A. A., Hull. Xult. Omilh. 
 Club, Vol. IV., p. '232, October, 1871). 
 
 COOPER. J. G. On the Migrations and Nesting Habits of West-Coast 
 Birds. By J. G. Cooper, M.D. Proc. U. S. Nat. 3/.s , Vol. II., 
 1880, pp. 241-251. Author's separates issued Jan. 20, 1880. 
 
 . . . .Dr. Cooper has tabulated a large amount of valuable information 
 respecting the times of arrival, departure, and nesting of many of the 
 common West-Coast land birds, based mainly on his own observations 
 . . . .The number of species tabluated is 73. ... Dr. Cooper has here be- 
 gun a good work in a praiseworthy way,. . . . J. A. A., Jiult. Xutl. Urnlth. 
 Club, Vol. V., p. 23-2, October, 1880. 
 
 CORY, CHARLES B. Birds of the Bahama Islands; containing many 
 Birds new to the Islands, and a Number of uudescribed Winter 
 Plumages of North American Birds. By Charles B. Cory, Author 
 of "A Naturalist in the Magdalen Islands," etc. Illustrated. 
 Boston : Published by the Author, 8 Arlington Street, Boston. 
 1880. 4to., pp. 350, with 8 colored plates. 
 
 . . . .forms a valuable addition to our knowledge of the birds of these 
 islands. Of the 149 species recorded, all but about 3D wore met with by 
 Mr. Cory, ...In addition to the short descriptions of the species, the 
 relative abundance and distribution of the species is noted, to which is 
 frequently added a short account of their habits ... -I. A. A., Jiull. 
 Xutl. Ornilh. Club, Vol. V., p 107, April, 18SO. 
 
 COITKS, ELLIOTT. Third Instalment of American Ornithological Bib- 
 liography. By Dr. Elliott Coucs, U. S. A. Hull. U. S. (lc,,l. 
 
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 and Geogr. Surv. of Terr., Vol. V., No. 4, 1879, pp. 521-1,066. 
 Published Sept. 30, 1880. 
 
 . . .is by far the largest of the three, . . . .and completes his " Bib- 
 liography of Ornithology so far as America is concerned"... The 
 present third instalment consists of a selection of titles belonging to the 
 "systematic" department. . . .In reference to the character of the work, 
 it is enough to say that it is fully up to the high standard of excellence 
 of the previous instalments . . Its utility no working ornithologist can 
 fail to highly appreciate, while it will form an enduring monument to 
 the author's patience, industry, and thoroughness of research. J. A. A., 
 Bull Null Ornilh. Club, Vol. VI., pp. 44 46, January, 1881. 
 
 COUES, ELLIOTT. Fourth Instalment of Ornithological Bibliography: 
 being a list of Faunal Publications relating to British Birds. By 
 Dr. Elliott Coues, U. S. A. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. II., 
 1880, pp. 359-476. Published May 31, 1880. 
 
 This "Fourth Instalment" is of the same character as the first two, 
 and attempts to do for British Birds what those did for American Birds 
 . . . As it is, being accurate as far as it goes, it will prove of great use- 
 fulness, and is entitled to the cordial welcome it will doubtless receive. 
 J. A. A., Bull NM. Ornith. Club, Vol. VI., p. 46, January, 1881. 
 
 FOKBES, S. A. Studies of the Food of Birds, Insects, and Fishes, 
 made at the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History, at 
 Normal, Illinois. By S. A. Forbes. Illinois State Laboratory of 
 Natural History Bulletin, No. 3, November, 1880, 8vo., pp. 1-160. 
 
 . . a further report of his studies, about seventy pages of which 
 relate to birds .... The species of birds investigated are, as before, the 
 
 Thrushes and the Bluebird -J. A. A., Bull. NuU. Ornith. Club, Vol. 
 
 VI., p. 110, April, 1881. 
 
 FKEKE, PERCY EVANS. A Comparative Catalogue of Birds found in 
 Europe and North America. By Percy Evans Freke. Dublin, 
 1880. 8vo., pp. 44. From the Scientific Proceedings of the Royal 
 Dublin Society. 
 
 ....forms an important contribution to geographical ornithology, 
 About 225 North American species are enumerated .... Of about 100 
 species that may be considered as merely stragglers from one continent 
 to tbe other, fully four-fifths are North American .... Despite a few typo- 
 pographical errors .... the paper gives evidence of careful preparation 
 and admirably fills a long-standing gap in ornithological literature. 
 J. A. A., Bull. Xutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. V., pp. 173, 174, July, 1880. 
 
 (JENTKY, THOMAS G. Illustrations of Nests and Eggs of Birds of the 
 United States, with Text, by Thos. G. Gentry. Philadelphia . 
 J. A. Wagenseller, Publisher, No. 23 North Sixth Street. Copy- 
 right by J. A. Wagenseller, 1881. 4to., parts 1-25, pp. 1-300. 54 
 colored chromo-lithographs and chromo-portrait frontispiece of 
 ihe author. 1880-82. 
 
 .... the plates were executed by Mr. Edwin Sheppard, "subject to 
 the suggestions and dictations of the author." The title is misleading 
 
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 for instead of treating of all the species found in the United States it 
 deals with but fifty . . The typography and prr HK work are good, but 
 the platen fall far short of deHcrving the sunn- praise. . . .of most of the 
 plates. . . .the perspective is very bad . . . .and . . nearly all havtt the ap- 
 pearance of cheap chromo-lithographs. . . .the work does not contain 
 anything approaching a complete ' detailed account of the habits" of 
 a single species ...instead of becoming an authority ... .Mr. Gentry's 
 book on nests and eggs must inevitably find its level alongside such 
 unreliable and worthless productions as Jasper's "birds of North 
 America". . . . C. H. M., Jittll. Xult. Ornith. Club, Vol. VII., pp. '240 -2-18, 
 October, 1882. 
 
 GitEou, W. H. Revised Catalogue of the Birds of Chenmng County, 
 New York. By W. H. Gregg, M.D., Elmira, X. Y.: O. H. 
 Wheeler. 1880. 
 
 ... .we have a list of the birds of a locality to which little attention 
 has been paid by ornithologists. The list of which this is a revision 
 was issued ten years ago ... In all. 217 species are enumerated .... A few 
 lines of notes accompany each name ... E. I., Ball. Xult. Ornith. Club, 
 Vol. V., p. 173, July, 1880. 
 
 HARVIE-BROWN, J. A. The Capercaillie in Scotland. By J. A. 
 Harvie-Brown, F.K.S. Scottish NtiturnUst, July, 1880. 
 
 . . . .Mr. Harvie-Brown published last year an exhaustive little work 
 on the Capercaillie in Scotland The present paper is a continuation 
 of the Appendix of that work, giving an account of its extension in 187!), 
 with a few additional references to early records of its presence in 
 Scotland and Wales. J. A. A., Hull NutL Ornith. Club, Vol. VI., p. 4B, 
 January, 1881. 
 
 HARVIE-BBOWN, JOHN A., and CORDEAUX, JOHN. Report on the Mi- 
 gration of Birds in the Autumn of 1879. By John A. Harvie- 
 Brown and John Cordeaux. Zoologist, May, 1880, pp. 1G1-204. 
 
 . . . two well-known British ornithologists, have set themselves 
 seriously at work in the matter of collecting exact data respecting the 
 movements of birds during their migrations along the coasts of Great 
 Britain .... Observations made at other points are incidentally incor- 
 porated, including Herr Giitke's report from Heligoland. The work so 
 earnestly begun .... should be a stimulus to concurrent action on the 
 part of others, and nowhere are the conditions more favorable for sys- 
 tematic work than in the United States. J. A. A., Hull. Xuli. Ornith. 
 Club, Vol. V., pp. 175-177, July, 1880. 
 
 HARVIE-BROWN, JOHN A. - Second Report on Scottish Ornithology 
 October 1, 1879, to September 30, 1880. Compiled by Mr. John 
 A. Harvie-Brown, F.R.S.E., etc. Proc. N.tl. Hint. Soc. of Glas- 
 gow, Vol. IV., Part II., April, 1880, pp. 291-326. 
 
 .... The report gives a " Journal of the Winter of 1879-80 " . . the 
 report gives observations on some 65 to 70 species. .. .The report 
 abounds with especially suggestive observations in relation to little 
 understood points of bird-life. . . . J. A. A., Hull. Stitt Ornith. Club. Vol. 
 VI., p. 174, July, 1881. 
 
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 HENSHAW, IT. W. Ornithological Report upon Collections made in 
 Portions of California, Nevada, and Oregon. By H. W. Henshaw. 
 Annual Report of the U. S. (feof/r. Survei/s west of the Hundredth 
 Meridian, for 1879. Appendix L of the Report of the Chief of 
 Engineers, February, 1880, pp. 282-"3o. 
 
 Mr. H. W. Hensbaw's " Ornithological Report" for the field seasons 
 of 1877 and 1878 is much more than a record of field observations for 
 the seasons named, treating as it does most ahly, though briefly, of the 
 relationships of the members of several of the most puzzling groups of 
 North American birds. In addition to having access to a large amount 
 of material, much of which the author collected himself, he is able to 
 bring to bear upon the questions at issue an intimate knowledge of the 
 birds in life, and of the varying conditions of environment which sur- 
 round the forms treated ... In relation to the habits of the species men- 
 tioned, the Report contains much that is new, . . . J. A. A., Bu.ll. Nutt. 
 Ornith, Club, Vol. V., pp. 105-107, April, 1880. 
 
 LANGDON, FRANK W. Ornithological Field Notes, with five Additions 
 to the Cincinnati Avian Fauna. By Frank W. Langdon. Journ. 
 Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist., July, 1880, pp. 121-127, 1 pi. 
 
 These notes . . .virtually form a supplement to the same author's 
 excellent "Revised List of Cincinnati Birds" published in 187'J.... 
 They relate to 40 species . . Among the points of special interest are 
 the capture of two specimens (male and female) of Rutland's Warbler 
 ( Dendrceca klrtlandi ) near Cleveland, May 4 and 12, 1880.... The paper 
 is preceded by Dr. Langdon's description of a new species of Hdminiho- 
 phaga J. A. A., Bull. Nail. Ornith. Club, Vol. V., pp. 232, 233, Octo- 
 ber, 1880. 
 
 MARSH, OTHNIEL CHARLES. Odontornithes : a Monograph on the 
 Extinct Toothed Birds of North America ; with thirty-four Plates 
 and forty Wood-cuts. By Othuiel Charles Marsh, Professor of 
 Palaeontology in Yale College. 1 vol. 4to. Pp. i-x., 1-201, 
 figg. 1-40, pll. i-xxxiv., each with 1 explanatory leaf. Forming 
 Vol. VII. of the Reports of the Survey of the 40th Parallel. 
 
 ... .It is the first of a series of monographs designed to make known 
 to science the extinct vertebrate life of North America, in the investiga- 
 tion of which the author has passed the last ten years. It is unques- 
 tionably the most magnificent contribution ever made to our knowledge 
 of extinct birds ... It is safe to say that no single memoir on fossil birds 
 hitherto published can be compared with this in accuracy of detail, in 
 beauty of illustration, and in value of results attained . . .The present 
 volume is based on the remains of more than one hundred different 
 individuals of the OdontorniUie.t procured in the Cretaceous deposits of 
 the West during the last ten years . . .The work of Professor Marsh, as 
 a whole, is an unmeasured advance upon all previously obtained 
 knowledge of Cretaceous birds. The present volume is divided into 
 two parts, the first treating of llesperornis, the second of Ichthyornis and 
 Apatornis, the entire skeleton of typical species being described with 
 elaborate detail, and figured in the most perfect manner .. The Ap- 
 pendix presents a synopsis of the nine genera and twenty species of 
 American Cretaceous Birds. . . . E. C. , Ball. ^'utt. Ornilh. Club, Vol. V., 
 pp. 234-236, October, 188U. 
 
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 MAYNARD, C. J. The Birds of Florida, with the Water and Game 
 Birds of Eastern North America. By C. J. Mayuard. Illustrated. 
 Published by C. J. Mayuard & Co., Newton villo, Mass. 
 
 . . . .the eighth part has just been received Tin: text is by far the 
 most satisfactory part of the work, and contains much of interest, 
 though, perhaps, too much space is given to the ImbitH of some species 
 as observed in New England and elsewhere ...Certain changes are 
 made in nomenclature and classification, notably raising the Kingfish- 
 ers and Nighthawks to the rank of orders . . . 1'lates i., ii., iii., and xii. 
 arc passable, . . . lint the others are extremely poor, Plate vii., in 
 Part vi., has figures of sixty-six eggs of sixty-four species. . . . - J. C. M., 
 Bull. NuiL OrnUk. Club, Vol. IV., pp. 114, 115, April, 1879. 
 
 MAYNARD, C. J. The Birds of Eastern North America, with original 
 Descriptions of all the Species which occur east of the Mississippi 
 lliver between the Arctic Circle and the Gulf of Mexico, with full 
 Notes xipon their Habits. By C. J. Maynard. Containing thirty 
 Plates drawn on Stone by t.he Author, C. J. Maynard & Co., 
 Newtonville, Mass. 4to. (Thirteen Parts issued.) 
 
 See above, same work under another title. 
 
 ... the peninsula (of Florida) has never received so much atten- 
 tion at the hands of any one ornithologist, not excepting Audubon, as 
 from Mr. Maynard. It is a matter for regret that the later plans of the 
 work had not been its original one. Had such been the case, the author 
 would have been spared the necessity if indeed it be a necessity of 
 repeating verbatim in the "Bir.ls of Eastern North America" many 
 pages of descriptive matter and biography which appeared in the 
 " Birds of Florida". . . .In his classification Mr. Maynard has departed 
 in many particulars from beaten paths, the basis for most of his 
 changes being anatomical . . .It is evident that the " Birds of Eastern 
 North America'' was written more with a view of striking the popular 
 taste than as a hand-book for the systematic ornithologist, . . In con- 
 clusion, we may be permitted to express the feeling that the portions 
 of the work now before us do not by any means represent the author's 
 best efforts, and that in certain particulars, but especially as regards 
 the plates, he is capable of placing the work on a far higher plane than 
 can at present be accorded it. H. W. H., Hull. -YuM. Orn'dh. Vlub, Vol. V., 
 pp. 170-173, July, 1880. 
 
 MEAKNS, EDGAR A. A List of the Birds of the Hudson Highlands, 
 with annotations. By Edgar A. Mearns. Bull. Essex. Institute, 
 Vol. XII., pp. 11-25 (dEgiothus linuria to Qttiscalus purpureus), 
 January-June, 1880. 
 
 -Bull. Essex. Institute, Vol. XII., pp. 109-128 (Cor vusfru g ivor us 
 
 to Ortyxvirginiana], July- September, 1880. 
 
 The high praise accorded the earlier instalments is equally 
 merited by those now under notice, Mr. Mearns's "List of the Birds of 
 the Hudson Highlands " ranking easily among the best of our long lisi
 
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 of contributions to local ornithology. . . .In respect to nomenclature, the 
 list is abreast with the latest well-grounded innovations. J. A. A., Bull. 
 Null. Ornilh. Club, Vol. VI., p. 172, July, 1881. 
 
 MINOT, H. D. The Diary of a Bird. By H. D. Minot. Boston: A. 
 Williams & Co., 1880, 8vo., pp. 38, cuts. 
 
 This entertaining and pleasantly written piece of bird-gossip is re- 
 presented to be a translation of a " Diary" of a "Black-throated Green 
 Warbler, M and recounts, among other things the doings of "a grand 
 mass meeting" of the birds to discuss "The Destruction and Extermi- 
 nation of Birds; how caused and how to be prevented." in which various 
 members of the great bird convention relate their grievances. .. .The 
 object of this attractive little brochure is to awaken popular interest in 
 the general subject of the better protection of our birds, not only 
 against the professional market gunner, but from their wholesale de- 
 struction to meet the demands of the milliner. J. A. A., BuH Knit. 
 Ornilh. Club, Vol. V., p. 112, April, 1880. 
 
 NEHULING, H. Ornithologische Beobachtungen aus Texas. I. Von 
 H. Nehrling. MonatsschriftdesDeutschen Vereins zum Schutze 
 der Vogelwelt, V Jahrgang, No. 7, Juli, 1880, pp. 122-139. 
 
 These observations consist of a running commentary on the more 
 common birds met with by Dr. Nehrling in March, April, and May, 
 1879. in Lee and Fayette Counties, Texas. It is apparently the first of 
 a series of papers on the birds of Texas. . . .with, incidentally, notes on 
 the mammals, the plants, and the general character of the country. . . . 
 J. A. A., Bull. Nutl. OrnWi. Llub, Vol. VI., p. 109, April, 1881. 
 
 OBEK, FREDERICK A. Camps in the Caribbees: The Adventures of a 
 Naturalist in the Lesser Antilles. By Frederick A. Ober. Boston: 
 Lee and Shepard. New York: Charles T. Dillingham. 1880. 
 8vo., pp. xviii, 366, with 34 illus. 
 
 ....The general text introduces a good deal of ornithological 
 matter, which will be found of interest and value, and the appendix is 
 entirely devoted to this subject. It gives Mr. Lawrence's summary list 
 of the species, 128 in number. .... and also reproduces the original de- 
 scriptions of all the new species discovered by the energetic and suc- 
 cessful explorer. E. C., Bull. Null. Ornilh. Club, Vol. V., p. 179, July, 
 1880. 
 
 REICHENOW, ANTON, and SCHALOW, HEEMANN.-- Compendium der neu 
 beschriebeueu Gattungeu und Arten. Von Anton Reichenow und 
 Hermann Schalow. Journal fur Ornilhologie, 1879, pp. 308-329, 
 420-437; 1880, pp. 97-102, 194-209, 314-324. 
 
 The authors of the "Compendium" are placing ornithologists 
 under a debt of gratitude in prom ply bringing together the diagnoses 
 of the new genera and species of current ornithological literature. The 
 last instalment apparently covers the first half of the year 1880, and the 
 families from Caculidfi: upward through the Oscines . . . . J. A. A., Bull. 
 Nult. Ornilh. dub, Vol. VI., p. Ill, April, 1881. 
 
 RKICHENOW, ANTON, and SCHALOW, HERMANN. -Zoologischer Jahres- 
 bericht fiir 1879. Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station 
 
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 7.u Neapel. lledigirt von Prof. J. Victor CuriiH (W. Englemann, 
 Leipzig). , r >. Aves. Bd. II., pp. 1108-11G1. Keferenteu Dr. 
 Aut. Iti-iohenow mul H. Schalow. 
 
 . . . .Tho report appears to be very carefully and satisfactorily pre- 
 pared, the annotations briny sulHciently full and explicit. J. A. A., 
 Hull. Xutt. Ornlth. Club, Vol. VI , p. Ill, April, 1881. 
 
 ROHKKTS, THOMAS S. Tho Convolutions of the Trachea in the Sand- 
 hill and Whooping Cranes. By Thomas S. Huberts, M.D. A mer- 
 ican Natnralint, Vol. XIV., February, 1880, pp. 108-114, figg. 
 
 . . . Mr. Roberts has given an admirable presentation of the tracheal 
 characters of our two larger species of Cranes, illustrated with cuts 
 J. A. A., Bull. Xutt. OrnUh. Club, Vol. V., pp. 170, 180, July, 1880. 
 
 STKAKNS, WINFHID A. List of Birds of Fishkill on Hudson. N. Y. 
 By Win f rid A. Stearns. 8vo., pp. 1C, without date or publisher's 
 impress. Published July 10, 1880. 
 
 This is n briefly annotated list of about 130 species, based on ten 
 months' observations by the author in the vicinity of Fishkill .... the 
 list, though very incomplete, is doubtless trustworthy . . -J. A. A., 
 Hull. Xutt. OrnUh. Club, Vol. V , p. 233, October, 1880. 
 
 SFKERE, J. B. A List of the Mammals and Birds of Ann Arbor and 
 Vicinity. By Professor J. B. Steere. 8vo., pp. 8, 1880. 
 
 This briefly annotated list of 111 species (of birds) is good as far as 
 it goes "... .with the exception of a few, given upon the authority of 
 labeled specimens iu the Museum, it is the result of about three years' 
 collecting and observation in this vicinity." J. A. A., Bxll. Null. Ornith. 
 Club, Vol. VI., p. 46, January, 1881. 
 
 1881. 
 
 BAILEY, H. B. "Forest and Stream" Bird Notes. An index and 
 summary of all the ornithological matter contained in "Forest 
 and Stream," Vols. I -XII. Compiled by H. B. Bailey. New 
 York : F. & S. Pub. Co., :59 Park How, 1881. 8vo., paper, pp. 
 iv., 195. 
 
 His work is more than a mere alphabetical list of names, fol- 
 lowed by reference figures ; for it includes . . a summary of each article 
 indexed . . .The Index also includes author's names, and among these 
 the authorship of many pseudonyms and initial signatures are for the 
 first time properly exposed. The summation of the bird -matters seems 
 to be quite complete and is certainly extensive. . . E. C., Hull. Xutt. 
 Ornith. Club, Vol. VII., pp. 17"), 17(>, July, 1882. 
 
 FREKE, PERCY EVANS. On Birds observed in Amelia County, Virginia. 
 By Percy E. Freke. Scientific Proc. Royal Dublin Society, Vol. 
 III. Part III. [Read February 21, 1881. | 
 
 . . . Mr. Freke has done good service in publishing the results of 
 six years' observations in Amelia County, at a point about thirty 
 
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 miles south of Richmond. His list, which is freely annotated, includes 
 112 species . . .The author has evidently fallen into some confusion re- 
 garding the spotted -breasted Thrashes of the genus Tnnlua. . . .will be 
 read with interest, not only as an exponent of the ornithology of a pre- 
 viously unworked section, but also as embo lying a foreigner's pleas- 
 antly told impressions of many of our familiar birds W. Jd., Jiall. 
 Null. Ofn'tth Club, Vol. VII., p. 48, January, 1882. 
 
 FREKE, PERCY EVANS. North American Birds crossing the Atlantic. 
 By Percy Evans Freke. 8vo., pp. 11. Scientific Proc. Royal 
 Dublin Society, Vol. III., 1881. 
 
 This paper is based on the author's "Comparative Catalogue of 
 Birds found in Europe and North America". . . of which it may be re- 
 garded as in part a summary, as also a most valuable rc'suim' of the 
 general subject of North American birds occurring in Europe. The 
 number of species is 69 ; the total number of occurrences, 494 . . . - 
 J. A. A., 1ML Null. Ornith. Club, Vol. VIII., pp. 114, 115, April, 1883. 
 
 FREKE, PERCY EVANS. On European Birds observed in North 
 America. By Percy E. Freke. Zoologist, September, 1881. 
 
 The total number of species included in this list is 56, of which 9 
 are regarded as artificially introduced. . . .The list seems to have been 
 most carefully worked out, and may deservedly stand as a companion 
 piece to Mr. J. J. Dalt?leish's "List of Occurrences of North American 
 Birds in Europe," published in Volume V. of this Bulletin .... J. A. A. , 
 Hull. Null. Ornith. Club, Vol. VIII., p. 115, April, 1883. 
 
 GARROD, ALFRED HENRY, and FORBES, W. A. In Memoriam. The 
 Collected Scientific Papers of the late Alfred Henry Garrod, M.D., 
 F.B.S., etc. Edited, with a biographical memoir of the author, 
 by W. A. Forbes, B.A., etc. London : B, H. Porter, 6 Tenter- 
 den Street. 1881. 1 vol., 8vo., pp. xxvi., 538, pll. 33, frontis- 
 piece (portrait) and many cuts in text. 
 
 . ..Of the anatomical papers in the present volume, some 73 in 
 number, more than half relate to birds, describing conditions of the 
 osseous, nmscular, respiratory, vascular, digestive, and nervous systems 
 . . . .and discussing in candid and scientific spirit . . the bearing of the 
 anatomical points upon classification. Of the accuracy and high rate of 
 reliability of these papers there can be no question among them is 
 an entirely new classification of birds, based primarily upon the am- 
 
 biens [muscle] E. C., Ball. Kail. Ornith. Club, Vol. VII., pp. 43, 
 
 44, January, 1882. 
 
 GODMAN, F. DrcANE, and SALVIN, OSBERT. Biologia Centrali- 
 Americana ; or, Contributions to the knowledge of the Fauna 
 and Flora of Mexico and Central America. Edited by F. Ducane 
 Godman and Osbert Salvin. Zoology, Parts I-X. Aves, by O. 
 Salvin and F. D. Godmau, pp. 1-152, pll. i x. -Ito. London : 
 Published for the Editors by R. H. Porter, 10 Chandos Street, 
 
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 Cavendish Square, W., and Dnlau & Co., Soho Square. Septem- 
 ber, 1879 April, 1881. 
 
 ... .AH the title indicate**, the work treat** of tlie fauna and Hora of 
 Mexico and Central America .. .The ornithological portion is \>y the 
 editors ..Of each species a short Latin description is given, and all 
 the more important references to the literature are duly cited. . .The 
 ten plates thus far published contain figures of '2 > hitherto unfigured 
 species . . .The importance and usefulness of the present work cannot 
 ... .be easily overestimated. . . .The execution of the " Uiologia" as re- 
 gards typography and illustrations. . . is excellent . . ..I. A. A., Hull. 
 A'wtt Crnlth. CM, Vol. VII., pp 174 176, July, 1881. 
 
 HARVIE-BROWN, JOHN A., CORDEAUX, JOHN, nud KERMODE. PHILIP. 
 Report on the Migration of Birds in the Spring and Autumn 
 of 1880. By John A. Harvie-Browu, F.L.S., F.Z.S., John Cor- 
 deaux, and Philip Kerniode. London : W. S. Sounenscheiu 
 & Allen, 15, Paternoster Square. 1881. 8vo., pp. 120. 
 
 .... we now .... call attention to several late reports and papers on 
 the same subject [migration of birds]. The report for 1880 terms a 
 pamphlet of 120 octavo pages ...printed schedules and letters of in- 
 struction were sent to 39 stations . . .on the east coast of Scotland . 
 to 44 on the east coast of England ; to 38 on the west coast of Scotland 
 . . . .and to 3y on the west coast of England, or to 160 stations in all. 
 from 106 of which reports were received .... The report for 1881 is of 
 similar scope and character.... J. A. A., Bull. Xutt. Ornilh. Club, Vol. 
 VIII., pp. '228, 229, October, 1883. 
 
 HARVIE-BROWN, JOHN A. Paper on the Migration of Birds upon our 
 British Coasts, read before the Stirling Field Club, on Tuesday, 
 13th December, 1881, by J. A. Harvie-Brown, F.R.S.E., F.Z.S., 
 etc. Stirling : Printed at the Journal and Advertiser Office. 1881. 
 12mo., pp. 12. 
 
 HATCH, P. L. A List of the Birds of Minnesota. By Dr. P. L. 
 Hatch. Ninth Ann. Rep. Geol. find N<it. Hist. Xurv. Minn., for 
 1880. 1881, pp. 361-372. 
 
 a list of 281 species, briefly annotated . . . E. C., Bull, Null. 
 
 Ormth. Club, Vol. VII., p. 47, January, 1882. 
 
 HOLTERHOFF, G., JR. A Collector's Notes on the Breeding of a few 
 Western Birds. By E. [i. e., G.J Holterhoff, Jr. American 
 Naturalist, March, 1881, pp. 208-219. 
 
 ... .The observations here recorded were made in Southern California 
 in the spring of 1880 and have reference to some 40 species ... 
 J. A. A., Bali. Null. Ornilk. Club, Vol. VI., p. 173, July, 1881. 
 
 HOFFMAN, W. J. Annotated List of the Birds of Nevada. By W. J. 
 Hoffman, M.D., Hull. V. S. Geol. and (ieor/r. S>trr. of TVr., 
 Vol. VI., No. 2, Sept. 19, 1881, pp. 203-256, and Map. 
 
 .. ..The list is based partly upon the writer's personal experience 
 in the field during the season of 1871, but mainly upon . . previously 
 
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 published reports ...It hence partakes largely of the nature of a com- 
 pilation, although the author's original notes are by no means few or 
 uninteresting . . .The paper . . . closes with a bibliographical list of the 
 chief publications relating to the region considered, and an excellent 
 map of the State. . . .Dr. Hoffman's paper . . .should find a place in the 
 hands of every working ornithologist. W. 15., Hull. Null. Ornith. Club, 
 Vol. VII. , p. 51, January, 1882. 
 
 KRUKENBERG, C. FB. W. Die Farbstoffe der Federn, in (lessen 
 vergleichend-physiologischeStudien. Vou Dr. C. Fr. W. Kruken- 
 berg. I Reihe, V Abth., 1881, pp. 72-92. Plate iii. 
 
 This paper, the first of a series, seems to be the product of more 
 careful work than previous publications on the subject [coloring matter 
 
 of feathers] -J. Amory Jeffries, Ball. Null. Ornitli. Club, Vol. VII., 
 
 pp. 114, 115, April, 1882. 
 
 LANGDON, F. W. Field Notes on Louisiana Birds. By Dr. F. W. 
 Langdon. Journ. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist., July, 1881, pp. 145- 
 155. 
 
 .... "a record of. . . .the month ending April 17, 1881 at 'Cinclaire' 
 
 in the parish of West Baton Rouge". . . .the paper will be welcomed 
 
 as an acceptable contribution to our knowledge of a region which has 
 been nearly a terra incognito to ornitbologists since the days of Audubon. 
 W. B., Bull. Null Ornitli. Club, Vol. VII., pp. 40, 49, January, 1882. 
 
 LANGDON, F. W. Zoological Miscellany, edited by Dr. F. W. 
 Langdon. Jour. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. IV., Dec., 1881, 
 pp. 336-346. 
 
 .... "facts. .. .respecting the structure, the life history, or the 
 geographical distribution of the various species of animals constituting 
 the Ohio Valley Fauna." The part before us includes sections on 
 mammalogy, ornithology, herpetology, ichthyology, conchology, and 
 entomology .... the editor contributes a short but useful paper on the 
 " Introduction of European Birds" . .. W. B., Hull. Null. Ornith. Club, 
 Vol. VII., pp. 50, 51, January, 1*82. 
 
 LAWRENCE, GEORGE N. Description of a New Subspecies of Loxigilla 
 from the Island of St. Christopher, West Indies. By George N. 
 Lawrence. Proc. U. S. Nat, Mus., Vol. IV., 1882, pp. 204, 205. 
 
 ....Mr. Lawrence describes a new subspecies of Loxigilla (L. por- 
 toricensis var grandls). . . . J. A. A., Bull. Null. Ornith Club, Vol. VIII., 
 p. 114, April, 1883. 
 
 MACOUN, JOHN. Extract from a Report of Exploration by Pr'ofessor 
 John Macoun, M.A. , F.L.S. Report of Department of Interior 
 (Ottawa, 1881 ?) 8vo., pp. 48. 
 
 chiefly (pp. 8-40) of Professor Macoun's own report of his 
 
 explorations during the summer of 1880. . . .north of our territories of 
 Dakota and Montana. . . .the present paper possesses decided value, as
 
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 the observer appeared to have paid special attention to the distribution 
 of birds in the wide area traversed. After a ri-Htiuu- of the leading 
 ornithological features of the region is presented an annotated list of 
 the species secured. 10U in number . . . \Ve feel at liberty to call atten- 
 tion to some manuscript alterations made by the author in our copj'. 
 For Coturniciilua pttsaerinus read Zoiiotricfi'm alb'taMi* ; for Mytarcitus 
 crinUits, read Tyranmm reiticalis; lor Archibuteo lii<i<ip"s. read A. Jtrru- 
 t/ineus . . . for Tritvjn canutus read 7*. bnirdi ; for Podtlymbtu poilictps, rea<l 
 Podiotps califarnicus. . . E C., Bull. Au. (JniilL Club, Vol. VII , p. 113, 
 April, 1882. 
 
 UATHBUN, FRANK R. Bright Feathers or some North American 
 Birds of Beauty. By Frank R. Buthbuu. Illustrated with Draw- 
 ings from Nature, aud carefully colored by hand. Auburn, N. Y. 
 Published by the Author, 1880. 4to. Part I., pp. i-viii, 9-24, 
 colored Plate and colored Vignette. 
 
 ... .is an attractive piece of book making; the drawing of the plate 
 is passable, and the coloring is not more highly exaggerated than in 
 many plates by authors of reputation for accuracy. The text more 
 clearly betrays the baud of inexperience . . The author is evidently 
 not wanting in knowledge of his subject; the faults of style he will 
 doubtless be able to overcome as the work proceeds. . J. A. A., Bull. 
 Nutt. Ornilk. Club, Vol V., p. 234, October, 1880. 
 
 Part II. 
 
 Part II. of this work is devoted to the Rose-breasted Grosbeak 
 
 (Gonlaphea ludociciana. ) The colored plate illustrates the adult male 
 and female, but the sixteen quarto pages (pp. 25 40) of text leave the 
 history of the species still unfinished. In noticing Part I . . we were 
 compelled to speak unfavorably of the literary execution of the work, 
 and regret that the present issue will not permit of a more favorable 
 notice . .. J. A. A., Bill. Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. VI., pp. 172, 173, July, 
 1881. 
 
 RIDGWAY, ROBERT. Revisions of Nomenclature of certain North 
 American Birds. By Robert Ridgway. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
 Vol. III., 1881, pp. 1-16. Author's separates issued March 27, 
 1880. 
 
 ....Mr. Ridgway takes as a starting-point Dr. Coues's "Check 
 List" published in 1873, and formally notices many of the changes from 
 the nomenclature there adopted . . .and proposes many additional ones, 
 the whole number here receiving attention amounting to upward of 
 
 eighty J. A. A., Bull. Nad. UrnitL Club, Vol. V., pp. 177, 198, July, 
 
 1880. 
 
 RIDGWAY, ROBERT. Nomenclature of North American Birds chiefly 
 contained in the United States National Museum. By Robert 
 Ridgway. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 21. Published under the 
 direction of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington : Gov- 
 ernment Printing Office, 1881. 8vo., pp. 1-94. 
 
 ....its publication marks an epoch in North American ornitho- 
 logy. . . .The actual number of names . . .in the present catalogue (.1881), 
 
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 "924" the system is trinominal The work evinces the eier- 
 
 cise of the utmost care in its preparation. J. A. A., JiuM. Mull. OrnilL 
 Club, Vol. VI., pp. 164 -171, July, 1881. 
 
 RIDGWAY, ROBERT. A Revised Catalogue of the Birds ascertained to 
 occur in Illinois. By Robert Ridgway. Illinois Slate Laboratory 
 of Natural History. Bulletin No. 4. Bloomington, 111., May, 1881. 
 8vo., pp. 161-208. 
 
 ....based primarily upon the same author's "Catalogue of the 
 Birds ascertained to occur in Illinois," published ... .in 1874, but adds 
 :<l species. . . .341 now enumerated, besides 11 additional varieties. . . . 
 The species known to breed (213 in number) arc distinguished by an 
 asterisk The nomenclature is that of Mr. llidgway's recently pub- 
 lished " Catalogue of North American Birds " . . Illinois takes the lead 
 among the States in respect to number of species of birds . . . J. A. A., 
 Hull. Nutt. Orniih. Club, Vol. VI , pp. 171, 172, July, 1881. 
 
 ROBERTS, THOMAS S. The Winter Birds of Minnesota. By Thomas 
 S. Roberts. Ninth Ann. Rep. Geol. and Nat. Hist. Surv. Minn., 
 for 1880, 1881, pp. 373-383. 
 
 ... .treats. .. .of 52 species known to occnr in the State in winter 
 . . . .the information given conveying a good idea of the bird-fauna at 
 
 that season of the year E. C., Hall. Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. VII., 
 
 p. 47, January, 1882. 
 
 SEEBOHM, HENRY. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 
 Vol. V. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching Birds in the 
 British Museum. Cichlomorphce : Part II., containing the family 
 Turdidse (Warblers and Thrushes). By Henry Seebohm. Lon- 
 don, 1881. 8vo., pp. xvi, 426, pll. xviii. 
 
 . . . .this group is denned in Mr. Sharpe's scheme of classification, 
 with limits rather different from those usually assigned to it ...we 
 admire most heartily his [Mr. Seebohm's] thorough treatment of the 
 subject in hand and the philosophic spirit in which he has approached 
 
 his task J. A. A., BiiU. Null. Ornith. Club, Vol. VIII., pp. 99-104, 
 
 April, 1883. 
 
 SHARPS, R. BOWDLER. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 
 Vol. VI. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching Birds, in 
 the collection of the British Museum. Cichlomorph;c : Part III., 
 containing the first portion of the family Timeliidie (Babbling 
 Thrushes). By R. Bowdler Sharpe. London, 1881. 8vo., pp. 
 xiii, 420, pll. xviii. 
 
 ... .In respect to the classification followed in these volumes, Mr. 
 Sharpe states that it is based on that of the late Professor Sundevall. 
 . . ... J. A. A., Jiull. XvM. Orniih. Club, Vol. VIII. , pp. 104, 1C5, April, 1883. 
 
 SHUFELDT, R. W. Osteology of Speotyto cunicularia var. hypogsea. 
 By R. W. Shufeldt, [First Lieutenant and] Assistant Surgeon, 
 
 [8 1
 
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 U. S. Army. Bull. U. S. Gol. and Geogr. Surv. of Terr., Vol. 
 VI., No. 1, February 11, 1881, pp. 87-117, pll. i-iii. 
 HIUJFELDT, 11. W. Osteology of Eremophila alpestris. By R. W. 
 SliutVl.lt. [First Lieutenant and] Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Army. 
 Hull. U. S. Geol. and Geogr. Surv. of 7Vrr., Vol. VI., No. 1, 
 February 11, 1881, pp. 119-147, pi. iv. 
 
 As memoirs of descriptive osteology these papers merit high praise, 
 and may well be welcomed as valuable contributions in a little worked 
 field. --J. A. A., BidL Null. Ornilh. Club. Vol. VI., pp. 109, 110, April, 
 
 1881. 
 
 SHUFELDT, R. W. -Osteology of the North American Tetraonidoo. 
 By Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, U. S. A. Hull. U. S. Geol. and Geogr. 
 Surr. of Terr., Vol. VI., No. 2, pp. 309-350, pll. v-xiii. 
 
 . . .so far as we know, the most complete of any [paper] on American 
 birds of one group .. J. Amory Jeffries, Jfull. Null. Ornilh. Club, 
 Vol. VII., pp. 44, 45, January, 1882. 
 
 SHUFELDT, R. W. Osteology of Lanius ludoviciunus excubitoroides 
 By Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, U. S. A. Bull. U. 8. Geol. and Geogr. 
 Surv. of Terr., Vol. VI., No. 2, pp. 351-359, pi. xiv. 
 
 The description .. .is short, concise, and maybe summed up in 
 the statement that the skeleton of this bird is strictly Passerine. J. 
 Amory Jeffries, Jiull. Null. Orniih. Club, Vol. VII., p. 45, January, 1882. 
 
 SHUFELDT, R. W. The Claw on the Index Digit of the Cathartida). 
 By R. W. Shufeldt, M.D. American Nalnralist, November, 1881, 
 pp. 906-908. 
 
 ....this paper contains such important errors, both in regard to 
 structure of birds and the literature of the subject that some rectifica- 
 tion seems necessary. Dr. Shufeldt describes the claw at the end 
 of the first finger of Calharista alrata as a new discovery, considering 
 that claws outside of the Ostrich groups have not hitherto been de- 
 scribed, and also states that it is a point of distinction between the Old 
 and New World Vultures. .. .the claw on the first finger is anything 
 but an unknown object ...That the claw is absent iu the Old World 
 Vultures is also an error if we may trust the high authority of Nitzsch. . . 
 as a rule the claws are much more conspicuous in young than in adult 
 birds. J. Amory Jeffries, Hull. Null. Ornilh. L'tuli, Vol. VII., pp. 46, 47, 
 January, 1882. 
 
 STEARNS, WINFRID A , and COUES, ELLIOTT. New England Bird Life, 
 being a Manual of New England Ornithology, revised and edited 
 from the manuscript of Wiiif rid A. Stearns, Member of the Nuttall 
 Ornithological Club, etc., by Dr. Elliott Coues, U. S. A., Member 
 of the Academy, etc. Part I.-Osciues. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 
 Publishers. New York: Charles T. Dilliiigham. 1881. 8vo., pp. 
 324, numerous woodcuts. 
 
 ... .we at length have a work on New England Birds of which no 
 ornithologist need feel ashamed . . . The main body of the work com- 
 
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 prises two hundred and seventy pages and treats .... tbe whole order 
 Oscines. . . .The claims of each species to be considered a member of the 
 New England Fauna are critically examined. . . .the design being to give 
 a thoroughly reliable list of the Birds, with an account of the leading 
 facts in the life-history of each species. The plan of the work includes 
 brief descriptions of the birds themselves, enabling one to identify any 
 specimen . . .To say that the book is exceedingly well-written would be 
 doing it scant justice. Dr. Coues's brilliant talents in this respect are 
 already well known, but we have perhaps uever had so striking a proof 
 
 of them as is afforded by the present volume Mr. Stearns may be 
 
 congratulated on his wise choice of an editor. W. B., JiiUl. Natt. Ornitk. 
 Club, Vol. VI., pp. 23(5-240, October, 1881. 
 
 1882. 
 
 BICKNELL, EUGENE PINTARD. A Review of the Summer Birds of a 
 part of The Catskill Mountains, with prefatory remarks on the 
 fitunul and floral features of the region. By Eugene Pintard 
 Bioknell. Transactions of the Linncean Society of New York. 
 Vol. I., pp. 113-168, December, 1882. 
 
 ....is based on observations made "during brief explorations of 
 the more southern Catskills in three successive years, from June ti-15, 
 
 1880; 12-18, 1881; 24-27, l82 Twenty-five of the total fifty-six 
 
 pages are devoted to prefatory remarks. . . .Mr. Bicknell evidently has 
 a penchant for the analysis and comparison of fauna:, and his remarks 
 in the present connection are decideUly interesting . . The list proper 
 includes eighty-nine species and varieties. It is very fully annotated. 
 W. B., Bull. Nutt. OrnUh. Club, Vol. VIII., p. 53, January, 1883. 
 
 BLASIUS, RUDOLPH. V. Jahresbericht (1880) des Ausschlusses fur 
 Beobachtungs-stationeu der Vogel Deutschlands. Journal fur 
 Ornithologie, XXX Jahrg., Heft I, Jan., 1882, pp. 18-110. 
 
 The fifth annual report of the German observers for the year 1880 
 ... is presented in the lorm of an annotated list of 280 species, com- 
 piled from the reports of the various observers . ..The notes relate to 
 nesting of many of the species, as well as to their migrations .... There 
 are . . . reports from no less than 36 stations, and the resume of the obser- 
 vations taken forms a paper of great interest and value. J. A. A., Hall. 
 Suit. OrnUh. Club,\o\. VIII., pp. 2'2 1 J, '^30, October, 1883. 
 
 BROWN, NATHAN CLIFFORD. A Catalogue of the Birds known to occur 
 ill the vicinity of Portland, Me. [etc. ] By Nathan Clifford 
 Brown. Proc. Portland Soc. Nat. Hist., Dec. 4, 1882. 
 
 This excellent local list is stated to be prepared from notes sys- 
 tematically taken during the past twelve years, and to contain the 
 names of scarcely any species which have not passed under the author's 
 personal observation, its reliability is therefore evident. The number 
 of species given is 250 . . .The annotations, though nut extensive, are to 
 the point and seem judiciously adapted to convey a fair idea of the part 
 each species plays in the composition of the Avifauna. .. E.G., 
 Hull. Suit. Ornitk. Club, Vol. VIII., pp. 112, 113, April, 18S3. 
 
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 CHAMNEHLAIN, MONTAGUE. A Catalogue of the Birds of New Bruns- 
 wick, with brief notes relating to their migrations, breeding, rela- 
 tive abundance, etc. By Montague Chamberlain. Bulletin of the 
 Natural History Society of New Bruntwick. No. 1, pp. 23-G8. 
 Published by the Society. Saint John, N. B., 1882. 
 
 . .This paper . . .comprises some forty-three pages, which are di- 
 vided into two sections ; "Section A" being restricted to species which 
 occur in St. John aud King's Counties; while " Section B" embraces 
 " species which have not been observed in Saint John or King's Counties 
 but which occur in other parts of the Province." The former division 
 treats of a region to which the author lias evidently paid special atten- 
 tion, and the text, being mainly based on his personal observations or 
 investigations, includes many interesting and several important notes 
 and records. .. Section B is almost wholly compiled .. Mr. Chamber- 
 lain's work, so far as it has t>one, has evidently been done carefully 
 and well. . . .in many respects it lacks the completeness that is desirable 
 
 in a paper of its kind W. B., Hull. Xuft. Ornitti. <'lnb, Vol. VII., pp. 
 
 176, 177, July, 1882. 
 
 COLLINS, J. W. Notes on the Habits and Methods of Capture of vari- 
 ous species of Sea Birds that occur on the Fishing Banks off the 
 Eastern Coast of North America, and which are used as bait for 
 catching Codfish by New England Fishermen. By Capt. J. W. 
 Collins. Ann. Rej). of the Comm. of fish and Fisheries for 1882, 
 pp. 311-338, pi. i. 
 
 .... particularly welcome, not only for the information they convey 
 on these points [sea-birds captured and used as bait], but also respect- 
 ing the relative abundance of the sea-birds met with on the fishing 
 banks, their habits, seasons of occurrence, and migrations. . . . The spe- 
 cies captured in largest numbers is the Greater Shearwater (Pvfflnus 
 major).... 3. A. A., The Auk, Vol. I., pp. 38C, 381, October, 1884. 
 
 COUES, ELLIOTT. The Coues Check List of North American Birds, 
 revised to date and entirely rewritten under direction of the 
 author, with a Dictionary of the Etymology, Orthography and 
 Orthoepy of the scientific names, the Concordance of previous 
 lists, and a Catalogue of his Ornithological Publications. Boston : 
 Estes and Lauriat. 1882. 1 vol. Royal 8vo., pp. 165. 
 
 ... it is much more than a catalogue of North American birds .... 
 the erudition and scholarly research involved in this undertaking must 
 be apparent to the most casual reader. The practical value of the work 
 is equally plain. . . .The total number of species and varieties enumer- 
 ated is eight Imndred and eighty-eight .. . W. B., Jiull. yutt. Ornitti. 
 Club, Vol. VII., pp. Ill, 112, April, 1882. 
 
 ....The purpose of the present 'Check List' is, First to present 
 a complete list of the birds now known to inhabit North America, north 
 of Mexico and including Greenland . . Secondly to take each word. . . . 
 explain its derivation, significance, and application, spell it correctly 
 and indicate its pronunciation. . . Concerning the whole work we can 
 say nothing stronger than that it is in every way worthy of its brilliant 
 and distinguished author, who has evidently made it one of his most 
 
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 mature and carefully studied efforts .... it fills a field of usefulness 
 peculiarly its own ..... W. B., Hull. Xutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. VII., pp. 
 242-246, October, 1882. 
 
 DUBOIS, ALPHONSE. De la Variabilito des Oiseaux du genre Loxia. 
 Par M. Alph. Dubois, Conservateur au Musee royal d'histoire 
 naturelle de Belgique. Extrait du Bulletin du Musee royal 
 naturelle de Bclyique. Tome I. Oct., 1882. 
 
 . . . .These varieties, races, or subspecies, he holds to be the result 
 of the action of climate, food, or other "fortuitous causes" upon size 
 and coloration, and states that his morphological studies have demon- 
 strated that species are variable in proportion to the extent of their area 
 of dispersion ..... J. A. A., Bull. Null. Ornill,. Club, Vol. VIII., p. 170, 
 July, 1883. 
 
 DUTCHER, WILLIAM. Is Not the Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus Wil- 
 son) a winter as well as a summer resident at the northern limit 
 of its range ? By William Dutcher. Transactions of the Linncean 
 Society of New York. Vol. I., pp. 107-111, December, 1882. 
 
 ... .is short, occupying less than three pages. . . .The evidence cited 
 is apparently conclusive. .. . W. B., Ball. XM. Ornith. Ciub, Vol. VIII., 
 p. 54, January, 1883. 
 
 FORBES, S. A. The Regulative Action of Birds upon Insect Oscilla- 
 tions. By S. A. Forbes. Bull. No. 6, Illinois State Laboratory of 
 Nat. Hist., Dec., 1882, pp. 1-31. 
 
 Our best authority upon the insect food of birds has continued his 
 observations upon the subject ...The paper is very carefully worked 
 up to show how effectively birds may restore a disturbed balance of life 
 ....We trust Professor Forbes will not desist from his good work. 
 Such exact data as these are just what is required for the solution of the 
 general problem which is offered by the relations of the bird-world to 
 agriculture. E. C., Bull. Nu.lt. Ornith. Club, Vol. VIII., pp. 105 107, 
 April, 1883. 
 
 GENTRY, THOMAS G. Nests and Eggs of the Birds of the United 
 States [Pennsylvania] . 4to. 50 colored Plates. 1882. 
 
 Part I. of this new enterprise. .. .has reached us .. The text of 
 this number is meritorious, and the plates are not. . . . E. C., Bull. Nutt. 
 Ornith. Club, Vol. V., p. 179, July, 1880. 
 
 HARVIE-BROWN, JOHN A., CORDEAUX, JOHN, and NEWTOX, ALFRED. 
 Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. J. A. Hurvie-Browu, 
 Mr. John Cordeaux, and Professor Newton, appointed at Swansea 
 " for the purpose of obtaining (with the consent of the Master and 
 Brethren of the Trinity House, and of the Commissioners of 
 Northern Lights) observations on the Migration of Birds at 
 Lighthouses and Lightships, and of reporting on the same, at 
 York, in 18,1." London: Printed by Spottiswoode and Co.. 
 New-Street Square and Parliament Street. [1882.] 8vo., pp. 8. 
 
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 HARVIE-BROWN, JOHN A., [etc.] Report on the Migration of Birds in 
 the Autumn of 1881. By John A. Harvie-Brown, Mr. John Cov- 
 deaux, Mr. Philip M. C. Kermode, Mr. K. M. Barrington, and 
 Mr. A. G. More. London : Printed by West. Newman & Co., 
 54, Button Garden. 1882, 8vo., pp. 101. 
 
 HOFFMAN, W. J. List of Birds observed at Ft. Berthold, D. T., 
 during the month of September, 1881. By W. J. Hoffman, M.D. 
 /'roc. Boston $oc. Nat. Hist., Feb. 1, 1882. 
 
 . . . .the result of some observations made during September, 188! 
 . . . .Fifty-sevon species were identified . The annotations arc usually 
 very brief ... A novel feature of the list is that of the Indian names 
 which are given for many of the common birds . W. 15., Bull. AM//. 
 Ornith. Club, Vol. VIII., pp. 54, 55. January, 1883. 
 
 INGERSOLJ,, ERNEST. Birds'-Nesting : A Handbook of Instruction in 
 Gathering and Preserving the Nests and Eggs of Birds for the 
 Purposes of Study. By Ernest Ingersoll. Salem, 1882. 
 
 This little book is intended for a guide to the beginner. . The 
 book may be summarized as a readable account of the various modes of 
 collecting birds' eggs and nests A long account of the various para- 
 phernalia for blowing and marking eggs is given ... A list of unknown 
 nests. contains faults of admission, though these are not numerous 
 . . . . J. A. J., Bull. Aw//. Ornith. Club, Vol. VII., pp. 179, 180, July, 1882. 
 
 KNOWLTON, F. H. A Revised List of the Birds of Brandon, Yt., and 
 vicinity. By F. H. Knowlton. The Brandon Union (newspaper;, 
 February 10, 1882. 
 
 This is a briefly annotated list of 14'.) species. . . .The chief interest 
 of the list lies in its bearing upon the extent of the Alleghanian fauna 
 in the Champlain valley. . . .Mr. Knowlton has recorded Wilson's Plover 
 
 instead of Wilson's Snipe. C. F. B., Bull. Xutt. Orniik Club, Vol. 
 
 VII., pp. 113, 114, April, 1882. 
 
 KRUKENIJERG, C. FR. W. Die Farbstoffe der Federn in Dessen verg- 
 leichend-physiologische Studien. Von Dr. C. Fr. W. Kruken- 
 berg. II Reihe, I Abth., 1882, pp. 151, 171, 
 
 . . . .the author describes the yellow pigment. Coriosulfurin, found 
 in the tarsus of the birds of prey . . . J. A. J.. Hall Xutt. Ornith Club, 
 Vol. VII., pp. 177, 178, July, 1882. 
 
 LAWRENCE, GEORGE N. Description of a New Species of Swift of the 
 genus Chrctura, with Notes on two other little-known Birds. By 
 George N. Lawrence. Ann. New York Acad. Sci., Vol. II., No. 
 8, pp. 247, 248. March, 1882. 
 
 LAWRENCE, GEORGE N. Descriptions of New Species of Birds from 
 Yucatan, of the Families Colitmbid:i> and Formicariidio. By 
 George N. Lawrence. Ann. Neto York Ac<ul. Si-i., Vol. II., No. 9, 
 pp. 287, 288. May, 1882. 
 
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 LAWRENCE, GEORSE N. -Description of a New Specie, of Bird of the 
 
 Family Cypselida*. By George N. Lawrence. Ann. 
 
 Acad. ScL, Vol. II., No. 11, pp. 355, 356. December, 1! 
 LINDEN, CHARi.ES.-On the Domestication of some of our Wild Ducks. 
 
 By Charles Linden. Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. fences, Vol 
 
 No 2, pp. 33-39, 1882. 
 
 theabove-nameaio. uiwr D , Blne-wineed 1 
 
 finement. 
 ber, 1883. 
 
 MERBIAM, CANTON HAKT.-The Vertebrates of the Adirondack Region 
 Northeastern New York. By Clinton Hart Mernam, M.D [Mrs 
 Instalment.] Transactions of the Linnrran Society of 2 
 Vol I pp. 5-106, December, 1882. 
 
 times and manner of breeding, etc., ol many club, Vol 
 
 this paper is an important one . .-- 
 VIII., pp. 50-53, January, li 
 
 r. A., and SAUNDEBS, W. E. List of the Birds of Western 
 
 192-194 November and December, 188 
 
 . . . numbering 236 specie. , . a val uable 
 
 REI ttEN ow ANTON.-ConspectusPsittacorum. Systematische Ueber- 
 s'hte ailt bekannten Papageienarten. Von Dr. Ant. Beichenow 
 8vo., Berlin, 1882, pp. 234. (Sonderabdruck an. Jom-nal fiu 
 Oruitliologie, XXIX Jahrg., 1881, pp. 1-49, US 
 
 337-398.' 
 
 ^NTON.-Die Vogel der Zoologischen Garten. Leitfaden 
 
 ., T ^\ i*.U^,1/^ryio -nil t l"PSOtiQGr6r 13t3rilCKSlC II L<J ^lA^ r* 
 
 liiim clGi* L/riiitnoiogit; mit *j 
 reTin Gefaugenschaft gehalteiien Vi.gc). Em 1 
 
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 Vogelwirthe. You Dr. Aut. Reichenow. In zwei Thoilen. 
 [Theil I.] Leipzig, 1882, 8vo., pp. xxx., 278. 
 
 Dr. Reichcnow's handbook for bird-keepers is designed to furnish 
 . . . .the ineniiH of readily identifying KUch species as nro kept in zoolog- 
 ical gardens, park*, and ivviurirs, and seems to be well adapted to tbat 
 end. The first part . treats of C'.(5 species . . Concise diagnoses are 
 given . . and English and French, as well a German, vernacular names 
 are supplied for the species. As a popular hand book for Gcrn-an 
 readers . . the work seems worthy of generous commendation. J. A. A., 
 Hull. Nutt. Urnith. Club, Vol. VIII., p. 232, October, 18H3. 
 
 REICHENOW, ANTON. Die Enteuvogel der Zoologisehon Giirtett. Von 
 Ant. Reichenow. Ornithologisches Centralblatt, VII Jahrg. , 
 Nos. 1-6. Jau.-May, 1882, pp. 1-5, 17-23, 35-40. 
 
 ....enumerates the species of LameRirostres . . . giving brief diag- 
 noses of the species kept in zoological gardens . . - J. A. A., Jiull. Xult. 
 Ornitk. Club, Vol. VIII., p. 232, October, 1883. 
 
 REICHENOW, ANTON, and SCHALOW, HERMAN. Compendium der ueu 
 beschriebenen Gattungen nnd Arten. Von Anton Reichenow tind 
 Herman Schalow. Journal fur Ornithologie, XXIX Jahrg., 
 1881, pp. 70-102, 417-423; XXX Jahrg., 1882, pp. 111-120, 
 213-228. 
 
 This convenient summary. .. .is still continued. .. .it gives tran- 
 scripts of the original diagnoses, when such are given, and in other 
 cases mentions the types of the genera and the alleged characteristics 
 of the species. J. A." A., Hull. Xutt. Urnith. Club, Vol. VIII. , p. 169, July, 
 1863. 
 
 RIDGWAY, ROBERT. On a Duck new to the North American Fauna. 
 By Robert Ridgway. Proc. U. X. Nat. .!/*., Vol. IV., 1882, pp. 
 22-24. Author's separates issued April 13, 1881. 
 
 ....Mr. Ridgway records an immature male Rufous-crested Duck 
 (Fuli</ula rvfina, Steph. ) supposed to have been shot on Long Island 
 Sound. . In making the record .Mr. Ridgway takes occasion to describe 
 the species in its various phases of plumage, and adds a few critical 
 remarks on the generic synonomy of the group to which it belongs. 
 J. A. A., Suit Xuit. Ornith. Club, Vol. VI., p. 173, July, 1*81. 
 
 RIDGWAY, EGBERT. On Amazilia yucataneusis (Cabot) and A.cervini- 
 ventris, Gould. By Robert Ridgway. Proc. U. X. Nat. Mas., 
 Vol. IV., 1882, pp. 25, 26. Author's separates issued April 13, 
 1881. 
 
 . . . .Comparative diagnoses are given of the two species, with some 
 remarks respecting their distribution. J. A. A., Jiull. Xutt. Ornilh. Club, 
 Vol. VI., pp. 173, 174, July, 1881. 
 
 RIDGWAY, ROBERT. A Review of the genus Centur us, Swaiuson. By 
 Robert Ridgway. I'roc. L'. X. Nit. MH*., Vol. IV., 1882, pp. 93- 
 119. Author's separates issued June 2, 1881. 
 
 This revision is based on an examination of '2'27 specimens, repre- 
 senting 12 of the 14 forms considered as sufficiently distinct for nvog- 
 
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 nition . . . . Each form recognized is described in detail, and the whole 
 subject is treated with Mr. Hidgway's usual care and completeness. 
 J. A. A., Hull. Null. Ornilk. Club, Vol. VIII. , p. 114, April, 1883. 
 
 RIDGWAY, ROBERT. List of Species of Middle and South American 
 Birds not contained in the United States National Museum. By 
 Robert Ridgway. Proc. U. & Nat. Mus., Vol. IV., 1882, pp. 165- 
 203. Author's separates issued Aug. 11 and Nov. 18, 1881. 
 
 . . . .The species wholly unrepresented are very few .... J. A. A., 
 Hull. Nutl. Ornilh. Club, Vol. VIII., p. 170, July, 1883. 
 
 RIUGWAY, ROBERT. List of Special Desiderata among North Ameri- 
 can Birds. By Robert Ridgway. Proc. U. X Nat. Mus., Vol. 
 IV., 1882, pp. 207-223. Author's separates issued Nov. 18, 1881. 
 
 RIDGWAY, ROBERT. Catalogue of Old World Birds in the United 
 States National Museum. By Robert Ridgway. Proc. U. 8. Nat. 
 Mus., Vol IV., 1882, pp. 317-333. Author's separates issued 
 March 8, 1882. 
 
 ....The numeration and classification adopted is that of Gray's 
 well-known "Hand-list," J. A. A., Bull. Null. Ornilh. Club, Vol. VIII., 
 p. 231, October, 1883. 
 
 RIDGWAY, ROBERT. Notes on some Costa Rican Birds. By Robert 
 Ridgway. Proc. U. >. Nat. Mus., Vol. IV., 1882, pp. 333-337. 
 Author's separates issued March 10, 1882. 
 
 RIDGWAY, ROBERT. Description of a new Flycatcher and a supposed 
 new Petrel from the Sandwich Islands. By Robert Ridgway. 
 Proc. U. <?. Nat. Mas., Vol. IV., 1882, pp. 337, 338. Author's 
 separates issued March 29, 1882. 
 
 RIDGWAY, ROBERT. Description of anew Owl from Porto Rico. By 
 Robert Ridgway. Proc. U. *S'. Nat. Mus., Vol. IV., 1882, pp. 366- 
 371. Author's separates issued April 6, 1882. 
 
 RIDGWAY, ROBERT. Description of two new Thrushes from the United 
 States. By Robert Ridgway. Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., Vol. IV., 
 1882, pp. 374-379. Author's separates issued April 6, 1882. 
 
 RIDGWAY, ROBERT. On two Recent Additions to the North American 
 Bird Fauna, by L. Belding. By Robert Ridgway. Proc. U. S. 
 Nat. Mus., Vol. IV., 1882, pp. 414, 415. Author's separates issued 
 April 24, 1882. 
 
 In numerous papers published in the "Proceedings" of the Na- 
 tional Museum for 1881 and 1882, Mr. Ilidgway has described a con- 
 siderable number of new species and races of birds and several ne^v 
 genera, chiefly from North and Middle America. They also contain 
 notes on a few other hitherto little known species. ... J. A. A., Bull. 
 Null. Ornith. Club, Vol. VIII., pp. 168, 16H, July, 1883. 
 
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 SAUNDKRS, HOWAKD. On some Laridrc from the coasts of Peru and 
 Chili, collected by dipt. Albert H. Markhum, K.N., with Remarks 
 on the Geographical Distribution of the Group in the Pacific. By 
 Howard Saunders, F.L.8. , F.Z.S. Proc. Zoo/. Sue. of London, 
 June G, 1H82, pp. .520-530; with colored pint** of Xemafwcalum 
 adult and young. 
 
 ...Fifteen species are represented: among these is a specimen 
 (the third one known) of Xema ftiraitum, . now rediscovered after an 
 interval of forty years' fruitless search Mr. Saunders is one of the few 
 scientific writers who possess the happy faculty of making a technical 
 treatise interesting to the average reader. The present paper., .has a 
 direct value to the student of North American ornithology, for much of 
 its suhject-matter. . . relates to species which are included in the North 
 American Fauna.- W. B., Hull. Null. Ornith. Club,\ol VIII., p. 54, Jan- 
 uary, 1883. 
 
 SHUFELPT, R. W.~ Contributions to the Anatomy of Birds. By R. 
 W. Shufeldt, M.D. [etc.] Author's edition, extracted (in advance) 
 from the Twelfth Annual Report of the late U. S. Geological and 
 Geographical Survey of the Territories (Hayden's). Washington : 
 Government Printing Office, October 14, 1882. 8vo., title and pp. 
 593-806, pll. i-xxiv., many woodcuts in text. 
 
 It includes chapters on the osteology of Kpe(,tylo cui'icvlaria hypofja-a, 
 Eremophil'i alpestris, the North American Telraonklw and the Cathartidii'. 
 These subjects have been already treated by Dr. Shufeldt in previous 
 papers. . . . ; but its subject-matter has been largely, if not entirely re- 
 written, and some unfortunate errors .. .corrected. .. .The paper on 
 the Caihartidu: with its accompanying plates, is entirely new matter. 
 W. B., Bull. Xutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. VIII., p. f,6, January, 1883. 
 
 Under this title a meritorious and very promising ornithotomist 
 has brought together the greater part of what he has thus far accom- 
 plished in the way of avian anatomy. . . It would scarcely be fair, how- 
 ever, to judge their reappearance by their original character, all of them 
 having been carefully revised and to some extent rewritten. . . .The text 
 is a faithful and on the whole an accurate description of the objects 
 under designation, and the fidelity with which the plates are executed 
 is most commendable ... E. C., Jin f l. Suit. Ornith. Club, Vol. VIII. 
 pp. 1G6-108, July, 1883. 
 
 STEJNEGEK, LEONHAKD. Description of two new Races of Myadestes 
 obscurus Lafr. By Leonhard Stejneger. Proc. U.S. Nut. Mus., 
 Vol. IV., 1882, pp. 371-374. Author's separates issued April 6, 
 
 1882. 
 
 ...M. obscurus var. Occident/is, from the highlands ot Southern 
 t Mexico' and Guatemala, an'i M. obscurus var. insiilaris, Irorn the Tres 
 Marias 'islands. -J. A. A., Bull. .\utt. Untitlt. Club, Vol. VIII., p. 170, 
 July, 1883. 
 
 WHEATON, J. M. Report on the Birds of Ohio. By J. M. Wheaton, 
 M.D. Report of the Geofuyicu/ N//r/-v <f Ohio, Vol. IV., pt. i., 
 
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 pp. 188-628. Columbus, Ohio: Nevins & Myers, State Printers. 
 8vo. 1882. 
 
 . ...a treatise on the ornithology of the State so extensive and so 
 systematic that the time its preparation has occupied seems justified it 
 not absolutely required . . Dr. Wheaton's report must at once take 
 place at the head of State Faunas, so far us ornithology is concerned 
 . . Ohioans have here, in fact, a correct history and description of their 
 300 birds, systematically arranged and classified, with diagnoses of the 
 genera and higher groups, a considerable synonomy of each species 
 with special reference to State literature, and a local bibliography. . . . 
 this volume of some 450 pages is no slight nor uncertain addition to our 
 
 ornithological literature E. C., Hull. Xutl. Ornith. Club, Vol. VIII., 
 
 pp. 110-112, April, 1883. 
 
 WHITE, GEOEGE R., and SCOTT, W. L. Commentary on the Bird- 
 Fauna of the Vicinity of Ottawa. By Geo. R. White and W. L. 
 Scott. Report of Ornithological and Oiilogical Branch, Trans. 
 Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club, No. 3, pp. 26-34, and Appendix. 
 
 . .The list is briefly annotated, and contains 169 species .. we are 
 astounded to see in the list Ifaip^rhynckus cinereus! Parus riifescenn .' 
 Vireo pusiltus ! Gliucidium passerinum var. californicum ! This of course 
 puts the whole affair under a cloud as an incompetent and doubtless 
 pretty nearly worthless performance. -E. C. , BuV. Nutt. Ornitli. Club, 
 Vol. VIII., p. 55, January, 1883. 
 
 [ . . .The authors . . .had no opportunity to correct the proof-sheets 
 . ...Ecld.] Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. VIII., pp. 115, 116, April, 1883. 
 
 1883. 
 
 BECKHAM, CHARLES WICKLIFFE. A List of the Birds of Bardstown, 
 Nelson County, Kentucky. By Charles Wickliffe Beckham. 
 Journ. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. VI., pp. 136-147, July, 
 
 1883. 
 
 . . . .the first paper on the birds of Kentucky, as such, which has 
 yet appeared, and relating mainly to the birds of the immediate vicini- 
 ty of Bardstown, "... .no species has been admitted on any but the best 
 of evidence ; out of the one hundred and sixty-seven enumerated, the 
 writer is himself responsible for all but eight of tbem " . . .The list is 
 briefly annotated . .is well printed, and evidently carefully prepared 
 . . . . J. A. A., Bull Null. Ornith. Club, Vol. VIII., pp. 227, 228, October, 
 1883. 
 
 COOKE, W. W. Mississippi Valley Migration. By W. W. Cooke. 
 Ornithologist and Oologitt, Vol. VIII. , Nos. 4-7, April- July, 1883, 
 pp. 25-27, 33, 34, 41, 42, 49-53. 
 
 .... Mr. Cooke's scheme contemplates a large number of observing 
 stations ...he appears to have correspondents at 44 stations ...his 
 matter is pertinent and in most cases well arranged; while his sum- 
 maries respecting the movements of particular species, as given in his 
 later papers, show at a glance what are the results attained. J. A. A.. 
 Kill NM. Ornitli. Club, Vol. VIII., pp. 230, 231, October, 1883.
 
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 COOKE, W. W. Binl Migration in the Mississippi Valley. By W.W. 
 Cooke. Forest anil Stream, Vol. XIX., Nos. 15, Hi, 20, pp. 283, 
 284, 306, 384, November 9 and 16, and December 14, 1883. 
 
 CORY, CHARLES B. Beautiful and Curious Birds of the World. By 
 Charles B. Cory. Published by the Author. Part IV. Elephant 
 folio. Three Plates, with Text. 
 
 ... contains plates of Pne\nlo<)ryphus cidifornimtus . . . ; Camptcla-mus 
 I'tbradorius . . . ; Aatrapia nn/ra, the Incomparable Bird of Paradise. . . - 
 W. B., JMl. Xutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. VIII., pp. 55, 5(5, January, 1883. 
 
 CORY, CHARLES B. Beautiful and Curious Birds of the World. By 
 Charles B. Cory. Published by the Author. Part V. Elephant 
 folio. Three Plates, with Text. 
 
 .... has illustrations of Eirimrichux nw/wtv, the Magnificent Bird of 
 Paradise, Epimachus elliolti, Elliott's Bird of Paradise and Pluvinnua 
 
 n'fjyplius. the .Crocodile Bird of the Nile W. B., Bull. _\u. 
 
 Ornilh. Club, Vol. VIII., pp. 55, 56, January, 1883. 
 
 CORY, CHARLES B. Beautiful and Curious Birds of the World. By 
 Charles B. Cory. Published by the Author. Parts VI. and VII. 
 Elephant folio. 
 
 .... completes the work, which consists of twenty plates, with ac- 
 companying text ... The plates . . are superb illustrations of some of the 
 most striking forms of bird-life .... W. B., 'Jhe Auk, Vol. I., p. 81, 
 January, 1884. 
 
 COUES, ELLIOTT. A Hearing of Birds' Ears. By Elliott Coues. 
 Science, Vol. II., Nos, 34, 38, and 39, pp. 422-424, 552-554, 586- 
 589, Sept. 28, Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 1883, tigg. 9. 
 
 ... .A clear and detailed account of the mechanism of the ear in 
 binls. taking the human ear as the chief basis of comparison . . . . J. A. 
 A., The Auk, Vol. I., p. 182, April, 1884. 
 
 COUES, ELLIOTT, and PRENTISS, D. WEBSTER. Bulletin of the United 
 States National Museum, No. 26. A vi fain a, C >lumbiaua : being 
 a list of Birds ascertained to inhabit the District of Columbia, 
 with the times of arrival and departure of such as are non- 
 residents, and brief notices of habits, etc. The Second Edition, 
 revised to date and entirely rewritten. By Elliott Coues, M.D., 
 Ph.D., Professor of Anatomy in the National Medical College, 
 etc., and D. Webster Preutiss, A.M., M.D. , Professor of Materia 
 Medica and Therapeutics in the National Medical College, etc. 
 Washington : Government Printing Office, 1S8:3. Svo., pp. 133, 
 100 woodcuts, frontispiece, and 4 folded maps. 
 
 The title of this interesting brochure, although explicit, fails to 
 fuilv imply the scope of the work. 4 pages of \vl.u-h are devoted t<> the 
 Literature of the Subject,' 17 to the Locution and Topography rt 
 
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 District,' 5 to the 'General Character of the Avifauna.' 78 to the 'An- 
 notated List of the Birds,' 8 to a 'Summary and Recapitulation,' and 3 
 to the 'Game Laws of the District'. .. .The original 'List'.... pub- 
 lished in 1862, contained 22G species ...The additions made in the 
 twenty-two years which have intervened number 23 .. .The subject in 
 general is treated not only with great fulness, but is very attractively 
 set forth, and in general plan forms an excellent model of what a faunal 
 list should be . . . J. A. A., The Auk, Vol. I., p. 38G, October, 1884. 
 
 GADOW, HANS. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Vol. 
 VIII. Catalogue of the Passeri formes, or Perching Birds. Cich- 
 lomorphsc : containing the Families Paridic and Laniida- (Titmice 
 and Shrikes), and Certhiomorpha; (Creepers and Nuthatches). By 
 Hans Gadow, Ph.D. London : Printed by order of the Trus- 
 tees. 1883. 8vo., pp. i-xiii., 1-386, pll. i-ix., and woodcuts in 
 the text. 
 
 ....Dr. Gadow's volume opens with the Paridio (including the 
 Regulidao auct. ), of which 10 genera and 82 species are recognized 
 . . . .The Laniidas embrace five subfamilies. . . .The family Certhiidas in- 
 cludes the Nuthatches as well as the Tree-Creepers . . .In general, Dr. 
 Gadow inclines to the recognition of comprehensive groups, from 
 families downward. His reduction in genera and species from the 
 hitherto current status is very marked. . . .In method of execution, the 
 present volume is strictly in accord with its predecessors, and is 
 neither less valuable nor less welcome. J. A. A., The Auk, Vol. I., pp. 
 279-281, July, 1884. 
 
 GILL, THEODOBE. Record of Scientific Progress for 1881. Zoology. 
 By Theodore Gill. Smithsonian Report, 1881 (1883), pp. 408- 
 498. Birds, pp. 481-490. 
 
 ... a partial bibliography of noteworthy papers and works, and a 
 synopsis of about half-a-dozen memoirs . . . . J. A. A , The Auk, Vol. I., 
 p. 84, January, 1884. 
 
 Goss, N. S. A Catalogue of the Birds of Kansas. By N. S. Goss. 
 Published under the direction of the Executive Council. Topeka, 
 Kansas : Kansas Publishing House, 1883. 8vo., pp. iv., 34. 
 
 ... .a carefully annotated list of the birds of the State, prepared at 
 the request and under the direction of the State Executive Council . . . 
 very few species are given on other authority than his own observations 
 . . . .the list includes 320 species and races, 161 of which are marked as 
 known to breed. The annotations are brief but pertinent. . . .the list 
 attains in general a high grade of excellence. .. J. A. A., Bull. 
 Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. VIII., p. 227, October, 1883. 
 
 JEFFRIES, J. AJIORY. The Epidermal System of Birds. By J. Amory 
 Jeffries. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist,, Vol. XXII., pp. 203-240, 
 pll, iv-vi. Dec., 1883. 
 
 . . .reports the results of his studies of the epidermal appendages 
 in birds, with reference to their structure, development, and homolo- 
 gies. . . . J. A. A., Vie Auk, Vol. I., pp. 182, 183, April, 1884. 
 
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 KINO, F. H. Economic Rotations of Wisconsin Birds. By F. H. 
 King. Wisconsin Geological Murray, Vol. I., chap, xi., pp.441 -610, 
 figg. 103-144. Royal 8 vo. 
 
 . . . .Prof King's field-work. . . .was commenced in 1873, and is appar- 
 ently only just concluded- his attention during this long period being 
 steadily and rigidly directed to discovering what and how mucb food 
 Wisconsin birds eat . . . The facts recorded . . were obtained from an 
 examination of the contents of over 1.800 birds ...The Introduction 
 closes with "a Temporary Classification of Wisconsin Birds on an econ- 
 omic basis " . . The body of the report is primarily of the nature of an 
 ordinary -'local list "for the State of Wisconsin, giving in systematic 
 order 25)5 species. . . .The report is well written, giving in many cases 
 extended biographies . . .The numerous woodcuts are chiefly taken from 
 Baird. Brewer, and Kidgway. E. C., Jinll. Null. Ornilh. Club, Vol. VIII., 
 pp. 107-110, April, 1883. 
 
 LAWRENCE, GEORGE N. Descriptions of New Species of Birds of the 
 Genera Chrysotis, Formicivora, and Spermophila. By George 
 N. Lawrence. Ann. New York Acad. .Set., Vol. II., 18S2, No. 
 12, pp. 381-383. Issued June, 1883. 
 
 The species here described are : 1. Chrysotis canifrons. . . .2. Fonni- 
 c'w<>ra grisf.igula . . . . and 3. Sperm* rphtta jxirva ...- J. A. A., The Auk, 
 Vol. I., p. 387, October, 1884. 
 
 MORTON, THOMAS, and ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS, JR. The New En- 
 glish Canaan of Thomas Morton. With Introductory Matter and 
 Notes by Charles Francis Adams, Jr. Boston : Published by the 
 Prince Society. 1883. Srn.4to., pp. vi, 381. Chap. IV. Of 
 Birds and Fethered Fowles, pp. 189-199. With notes by William 
 Brewster and the Editor. 
 
 ....reprinting Thomas Morton's "New English Canaan" (pub- 
 lished originally in 1637), with editorial notes .. .The technical notes 
 on the birds, by Mr. Brewster, form an excellent commentary on the 
 species mentioned by Morton ...Morton's New English Canaan, as 
 thus admirably edited, includes nearly everything of interest bearing 
 upon the natural history of New England contained in these early 
 accounts of New England . . . The work is limited to 250 copies, and in 
 typography and paper is a noteworthy specimen of book -making. 
 J. A. A., The Auk, Vol. I., p. 84, January, 1884. 
 
 NELSON, E. W. Birds of Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean. By E. W. 
 Nelson. Cruise of the Revenue-steamer Corwiu in Alaska and 
 the N. W. Arctic Ocean in 1881. Notes and Memoranda : Medical 
 and Anthropological ; Botanical ; Ornithological. Washington : 
 Government Printing Office. 1883. 1 vol., 4to., pp. 55, 56, 
 56'i-/, 57-118; with 4 colored plates. 
 
 . . . .It is a pity that so valuable and interesting a treatise as this of 
 Mr. Nelson's should not have been more carefully printed ...After 
 some pages concisely descriptive of the region and its avifauna, the 
 author proceeds to treat, in more or less detail, no fewer than 192 spe- 
 cies of birds, North American with few exceptions. .. .it is illustrated 
 
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 with four colored plates, executed by Mr. [Robert] Ridgway, represent- 
 ing Molac'dlu ocularit. Lanius cr'islntns, Eurynorhynckus pytfirunns and Cire- 
 ronia pusilla . . . E. C., 'Hie Auk, Vol. I., pp. 76-81, January, 1884. 
 
 RIDGWAY, ROBERT. A Review of the American Crossbills (Loxia) of 
 the L. curvirostra type. By Robert Ridgway. Proc. Biol. Soc. 
 of Washington, Vol. II., 1883, pp. 84-107. 
 
 .... He recognizes three races of American Red Crossbills, one of 
 which (L. cuvirostra bendirei) is described as new ...In North America 
 the Red Crossbills decrease in size from the north southward . .Th-re 
 are also remarks on other races of Red Crossbills, particu'arly the //. 
 curvirostra and L. pitypsittucus of Europe. J. A. A., T/ie Auk, "Vol. II., 
 pp. 206, 207, April, 1885. 
 
 RIDGWAY, ROBERT Description of Several new Races of American 
 Birds. By Robert Ridgway. Proc. U. #. Nat. Mtu., Vol. V., 
 1883, pp. 9-15. Author's separates issued June 5, 1882. 
 
 RIDGWAY, ROBERT On the genera Harporhynchus, Cabanis, and 
 Methriopterus, Reichenbach, with a description of a new genus of 
 Miminse. By Robert Ridgway. Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mas., Vol. V., 
 1883, pp. 43-46. Author's separates issued June 5, 1882. 
 
 RIDGWAY, ROBERT Critical Remarks on the Tree-creepers (Certhia) 
 of Europe and North America. By Robert Ridgway. Proc. U. 
 S. Nat. Mas., Vol. V., 1883, pp. 111-116. Author's separates is- 
 sued July 8, 1882. 
 
 ... .he proceeds to characterize seven races as susceptible of defini- 
 tion, three of which are for the first time named .... J. A. A. , Hull. 
 Nuii. Ornith. Club, Vol. VIII. , p. 113, April, 1883. 
 
 RIDGWAY, ROBERT Description of some new North American Birds. 
 By Robert Ridgway. Proc. U. X. Nat. Mas., Vol. V., 1883, pp. 
 343-346. Author's separates issued Sept. 5, 1882. 
 
 RIDGWAY, ROBERT Catalogue of a Collection of Birds made in the 
 Interior of Costa Rica, by Mr. C. C. Nutting. By Robert Ridg- 
 way. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., Vol. V., 1883, pp. 493-502. Au- 
 thor's separates issued Feb. 28, 1883. 
 
 The collection reported upon was made partly at Volcan de Irazu 
 
 and partly at San Jose There are brief field-notes by the collector, 
 
 and technical notes on a few species by Mr. Ridgway. J. A. A., The 
 Auk, Vol. I., p. 84, January, 1884. 
 
 RIDGWAY, ROBERT. Description of a New Warbler, from the Island 
 of Santa Lucia, West Indies. By Robert Ridgway. Proc. U. X. 
 Nat. Mus., Vol. V., 1883, pp. 525, 52G. Author's separates issued 
 March 21, 1883. 
 
 Mr. Ridgway separates as a new subspecies the Warbler from Santa 
 
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 I, MI-HI. W. I., hitherto known IIH Demlruica <t<l<'ii<l<r under the name of 
 Deiulroica <ulel(ii<l<t: deliattn - -J. A. A, The Auk, Vol. I., p. 83, Jan- 
 uary, 1884. 
 
 RIPOWAY, ROBERT. Description of n supposed New Plover, from 
 Chili. By Robert Ridgway. Proc. U. N. Nut. Mus., Vol. V., 
 1883, pp. 526, 527. Author's separates issued March 21, 1883. 
 
 (JR'jialites itibidipeclua, sp. nov.) based on a single example from 
 Chili. J. A. A., The Auk., Vol. I., p. 83, January, 1884. 
 
 ItioowAY, ROBERT. On the Genus Tantalus, Linn., and its allies. By 
 Robert Ridgway. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., Vol. V., 1883, pp. 550, 
 551. Author's separates issued March 21, 1883. 
 
 The genus Tonialus Linn., is restricted to T. loculalor, . . J. A. A., 
 The Auk, Vol. I., p. 83, January, 1884. 
 
 RIDGWAY, ROBERT. Description of a New Petrel from Alaska. By 
 Robert Ridgway. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. V., 1883, pp. 656- 
 658. Author's separates issued June 26, 1883. 
 
 . . . . ( CKstrt lut'i fisheri, sp. nov.) from Alaska, a species most nearly 
 allied to (E. defillipiana Mr. Ridgway is inclined to refer also the 
 Petrel taken in Livingston County, N. Y., identified by Mr. Brewster 
 ... .as (E. ijularis, to fK. fishtri J. A. A., The Auk, Vol. I., p. 83, Janu- 
 ary, 1881. 
 
 RIDGWAY, ROBERT. Notes upon some Rare Species of Neotropical 
 Birds. By Robert Ridgway, Curator Department of Birds, 
 United States National Museum. The Ibis, October, 1883, pp. 
 399-401. 
 
 The species considered are Harporhynchus oscellalus Scl., 
 Pyranga erythrocephalus (Sw. ), Zonotrichia quinquestriata Scl. <fc Salv., 
 Contopus ochraceus iScl.it Salv., and Panyptila cayennensis (Gm.), about 
 which there are brief remarks respecting their affinities ... J. A. A., 
 The Auk, Vol. I., pp. 386, 387, October, 1884. 
 
 SEEBOHM, HENRY. A History of British Birds, with colored Illustra- 
 tions of their Eggs. By Henry Seebohm. London : Published 
 for the author by R. H. Porter, 6 Tenterden Street, W., and Du- 
 l*u & Co., Soho Square, W. Royal 8vo., Vol. I., 1883, pp. xxiv., 
 613, pll. 20 ; Vol. II., (Part 1, 1883, Part 2, 1884) pp. xxxiv., 600, 
 pll. 22. 
 
 . . . .The typographical execution of the work is excellent, and the 
 plates are entitled to high praise .... In respect to nomenclature and 
 classification Mr. Seebohm is conservative to a degree approaching ec- 
 centricity, but in respect to the general subject his vi^ws are liberal, 
 philosophic, and progressive. . . . As regards classification Mr. Seebohm 
 seems inclined to ignore all recent progress, ... .In respect to the ' vex- 
 od question of nomenclature' he has throughout his work "set the 
 Rules of the British Association at defiance. ..." His panacea for the evil 
 
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 is... the adoption of im 'aitctarum plurimoruin' rule;... For sub- 
 species he adopts what may be termed a Seebohmian system of trinomi- 
 als first instituted by him in his British Museum Catalogue of the Tur- 
 didie . . . As Mr. Seebohm says : "The real history of a bird is its life- 
 history. The deepest interest attaches to every thing that reveals the 
 little mind, however feebly it may be developed, which lies behind the 
 feathers. The habits of the bird during the breeding season, at the two 
 periods of migration, and in winter ; its mode of flight and of progres- 
 sion ontheground, in the trees, or on the water ; its song and its various 
 call- and alarm-notes ; its food and it* nifans of procuring it at different 
 seasons of the year ; its migrations, the dates of arrival and departure, 
 routes it choosfs, and the winter quarters it selects ; and above all, 
 every particular respecting its breeding, when it begins to build its nest, 
 the materials it uses for the purpose, the number of eegs it lays, the vari- 
 ations in their color, size and shape, all these particulars are the real 
 history of a bird ; and in the account of each species of British birds I 
 endeavor to give as many of them as possible.". . . .Mr. Seebohm'a work 
 abounds in passages which invite comment ... J. A. A., The Auk, Vol. 
 II , pp. 88-91, January, 1885. 
 
 SHARPE, R. BOWDLER. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 
 Vol. VII. Catalogue of the Passeri formes, or Perching Birds. 
 Cichlomorphte : Part IV., containing the concluding portion of 
 the Family Timeliidte (Babbling Thrushes). By R. Bowdler 
 Sharpe. London : Printed by order of the Trustees. 1883. 
 8vo. , pp. i-xvi., 1-698, pll. i-xv., and numerous woodcuts in the 
 text. 
 
 The family Timehida'. an account of which was commenced in the 
 preceding volume [Vol. VI.], is here [Vol. VII. ] completed, with the 
 enumeration and description of 687 species. .. .while many ornith- 
 ologists may not agree with the author in his allocation of certain forms, 
 none, we fancy, can feel otherwise than deeply grateful to him for the 
 very useful monograph lie has placed at their disposal. J. A. A. , The Auk, 
 Vol. I., pp. 278, 279, July, Ib84. 
 
 SMITH, EVERETT. The Birds of Maine. With annotations of their 
 comparative abundance, dates of migration, breeding habits, etc. 
 By Everett Smith. Forest and Stream, Vol. XIX., Nos. 22-2G; 
 Vol. XX., Nos. 1-7 and 10-13. 
 
 . . . .Passing to water birds it is gratifying to find a better quality 
 of work. Mr. Smith is evidently at home here, and proofs of the 
 general accuracy of his information and judgement are numerous and 
 unmistakable... .It is too good a paper to be wholly condemned, too 
 faulty a one to be generously praised ...Its author. .. .has become 
 
 almost an ornithologist W. B., Bull. butt. Ornith. Club, Vol. VIII., 
 
 pp. 164-166, July, 1883. 
 
 STEARNS, W. A. Notes on the Natural History of Labrador. By W. 
 A. Stearns. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. VI., 1883, pp. 111-137. 
 Author's separates issued July 27 to Sept. 20, 1883. 
 
 These " Notes" relate only in part to birds, which occupy pp. 116- 
 123. The list of birds numbers 111 species, and is briefly annotated .... 
 -J. A. A., Ihe Auk, Vol. I , p. 284 July, 1884. 
 
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 STEAHNS, WiNFitin A., and COVES, ELLIOTT. New England Bird Life : 
 being 11 Munual of New England Ornithology. Revised and edited 
 from the manuscript of Winfrid A. SteaniH, Member of the Nnt- 
 tall Ornithological Club, etc. By Klliott Cones, Member of the 
 Academy, etc. Part II. Non-oscine Passores, Birds of Prey, f 
 Game and Water Birds. Boston : Lee \- Shepard, Pnl)lisliers. 
 New York: Charles T. Dilliugham. HS3. MVI. , pp. 409; 8H 
 woodcuts. 
 
 . . . .Dr. Cones has gone bravely on with the task of "editing" Mr. 
 Stenrns's manuscript, and the finished work, now complete in two 
 volumes, is the gratifying result. Much that we said. . . of Part I. will 
 apply equally to Part II. ... Hut among tho Water Birds there are rather 
 frequent evidences of hasty, and often positively incorrect conclusions 
 . . . .New England Bird Life. . . .is, on the whole a wisely-conceived and 
 admirably-executed book by far the best, in fact, which has been so far 
 published on New England birds . .. W. B., Hull.. \ntt. Ornith. Club, 
 Vol. VIII., p. Kil-lG4, July, 1883. 
 
 STEJNEGEH, LEONHAKD. Synopsis of the West Indian Myiadestes. 
 ByLeonhard Stejneger. Proc. U. 8. Not. .!/">., Vol. V., 1883, 
 pp. 15-27, pi. ii. Author's separates issued June 5, 1882. 
 
 Eight species are recognized, two of which ( M. sandfe'ueice , M. 
 dominicanus) are described as new. J. A. A., Hull. Nutl. Ornith. Club, 
 Vol. VIII., p. 170, July, 1883. 
 
 STEJNEGEH, LEONHAIJD. Ou some generic and specific appellations of 
 North American Birds. By Leonhard Stejneger. Proc. U. S. 
 Nat. Mus., Vol. V., 1883, pp. 28-43. Author's separates issued 
 June 5, 1882. 
 
 Proposing to use "the oldest available name in every case" the 
 author shows that many of our current na'nes must give way if the 
 "inflexible law of priority" is to be observed. For ourselves we be- 
 lieve that the surest way out of the nomenclature! difficulties that beset 
 us is to be found in some such simple rule as this . . Sti'l such a paper 
 as this makes us wish.... that some counteractive "statute of limi- 
 tation" could come into operation . . . Stejneger's points seem to be well 
 taken in the main; and.... we presume the restrictions and substitu- 
 tions he proposes are available if not indeed necessary under the 
 priority statute ...E. C., B-dL X>tlt. 'Jrmlh. Club. Vol. VII. .'pp. 178, 179, 
 July, 1882. 
 
 STEJNEGER, LEONHAKD. Outlines of a Monograph of the Cygniuse. 
 By Leonhard Stejneger. /W-. I'. > Xat. .Jfs.. Vol. V., 1883, 
 pp. 174-221, figg. 16. Author's separates issued July 25, 1882. 
 
 Tho external and osteological character-; are given in detail, with 
 diagnoses of the genera and species. . . .the author recognizes four gen- 
 era of Swans, namely Mhenelnx (gen. nov. 1. <.';/<)n>in. <>!<>>, and i.'ltenopsi-i. 
 The two North American species are assigned to Olr. -J. A. A.. Bull. 
 Xutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. VIII., p. 2:U. October. IKS:?. 
 
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 STEJNEGEB, LEONHARD. Remarks on the Systematic Arrangement of 
 the American Turdid;u. By Leonhard Stejneger. Proc. U. S. 
 Nat. Mas., Vol. V., 1883, pp. 449-483, with numerous cuts. 
 Author's separates issued February 13, 1883. 
 
 Dr. Stejneger's synopsis of the family extends only to the 
 
 genera and higher groups as represented in America. The generic 
 synonomy is fully given, and the generic diagnoses are supplemented 
 by general remarks and figures illustrative of the principal generic 
 characters. J. A. A., The Auk, Vol. L, pp. 181, 182, April, 1884. 
 
 TOWNSEND, CHARLES H. Notes on the Birds of Westmoreland County, 
 Penna. By Charles H. Townsend. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila- 
 delphia, 1883, pp. 59-68. 
 
 "The species enumerated represent perhaps not more than two- 
 thirds of the actual birds of Westmoreland County "... .The list, num- 
 bering 136 species, is rather too sparingly annotated . . .but we are led 
 to hope that this may be the forerunner of a fuller report. J. A. A,, 
 The Auk. Vol. I , p. 184, April, 1884. 
 
 TUELON, JAMES A. -List of Birds observed near Bradford, Pa., by 
 James A. Tuelou. Quarterly Jour. Boston Zoo/. Soc., Vol. IV., 
 January, 1883, pp. 8-11. 
 
 As the whole number is only 77, without exception very common 
 and well-known species, and as the annotations are of no special conse- 
 quence, the reason whv the list is printed is not evident. E. C., Ball. 
 Autt. Ornith. Club, Vol. VIII., p. 171, July, 1883. 
 
 TURNER, LUCIEN M. On Lagopus mutus, Leach, and its Allies. By 
 Lucien M. Turner. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. V., 1883, pp. 
 225-233. Author's separates issued July 29, 1882. 
 
 The author believes. . . .that the European birds malus and a'pinus 
 constitute " but a single species having the name Lagopus mutus Leach, 
 while the American bird . . .to be called Lagopus mutus rup'ntris (Gm. ) 
 Ridg. Four races are recognized ...Detailed descriptions and meas- 
 urements are given of a considerable number of specimens of each race. 
 J. A. A., Bull. Autt. Ornith. Club, Vol. VIII., p. 232, October, 18b3. 
 
 WILLARD, S. W. Migration and Distribution of North American 
 Birds in Brown and Outagamie Counties. By S. W. Willard. 
 De Pere, Wis., 1883, 8vo., pp. 20. 
 
 The paper gives evidence of careful observation, and is a valu- 
 able contribution to our knowledge of the manner of occurrence and 
 movements of the birds of the area in question. J. A. A., The Auk, 
 Vol. II, pp. 289, 290, July, 1885. 
 
 NOTE.- Publication of Part II. of this paper is deferred to a succeeding number 
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