BIBLIOGRAPHY 



BIRDS 



Birds of New England. <A r ew England Farmer (weekly), for Aug. 11, 25, Sept. 22, Oct. 6, 20, Nov. 3, 17, Dec. 



I, 22, 1860; Jan. 5, 26, March 2, May 18, June 15, July 20, Sept. 21, Oct. 26, Nov. 23, 1861; April 26, 

 July 26, Aug. 16, Sept. 13, Oct. 18, 25, Nov. 8, Dec. 6, 1862. Also, published in the same newspaper 

 (monthly), large 8vo, for Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec, 1861, January, March, May, June, July, Sept., Nov., 

 Dec, 1862, and Jan., 1863. 



"Twenty-flve articles in all, taking the birds of New England in order from Accipitres to the middle of the Fringillidse. Popular bio- 

 graphical accounts, written to interest farmers in the feathered life of their fields." — (Cones, "Bibliography of North American Orni- 

 thology," in " Birds of the Colorado Valley," 1878, p. 661.) 



On the Mammals and Winter Birds of East Florida, with an Examination of certain assumed Specific Charac- 

 ters in Birds, and a Sketch of the Bird-Faunae of Eastern North America. <^Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 



II, No. 3, pp. 161-450, pll. iv-viii, April, 1871. 



" Part I, The Topographical, Climatic, and Faunal characteristics of East Florida. (Part II, On Mammals.) Part III, On Individual 

 and Geographical Variation among Birds, considered in respect to its bearing upon the value of certain assumed specific characters — 

 a highly important philosophic treatise upon the general subject, which is discussed at length with force and logical consistency; the 

 author's broad views upon this subject had at once a marked influence upon ornithological thought. Variation in general size and pro- 

 portion of parts, both individual and climatic, are illustrated with numerous tables of measurements. An essay on species and varieties 

 follows. Part IV, List of the Winter Birds of East Florida, with annotations — field notes, measurements, and much synonymy and 

 technical criticism. Part V, On the Geographical Distribution of the Birds of Eastern North America, with special reference to the 

 number and circumscription of the Ornithological Faunae. After general introductory remarks, the natural Provinces of the North 

 American Temperate Region are discussed, and the Ornithological FauDae of the Eastern Provinces are treated. The following FaunsB 

 are laid down and characterized:—!. Floridan. 2. Louisianian. 3. Carolinian. 4. Allegbanian. 5. Canadian. 6. Hudsonian. 7. 

 American Arctic. Various tabular summaries follow, with general remarks on the distribution and migration of the birds of the Eastern 

 Province. A copious bibliography of American Ornithological literature concludes. The plates illustrate the variation in the bill of many 

 species. The article gained the Humboldt Scholarship, and is one of the most important of American ornithological works. Cf. Ibis, 

 1872, pp. 189-191; Zool. Fee. for 1871, pp. 24, 25; Am. Nat., V. 1871, pp. 364-373."— ( Coues, 1. c., p. 686.) 



Notes of an Ornithological Reconnaissance of Portions of Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah.<BwM. Mus. 

 Comp. Zool., Ill, No. 6, pp. 113-183, July 10, 1872. 



Notes on the Natural History of Portions of Dakota and Montana Territories, being the substance of a report 

 to the Secretary of War on the Collections made by the North Pacific Railroad Expedition of 1873, 

 Gen. D. S. Stanley, Commander. <Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist, XVII, 1874, pp. 33-86. Also sepa- 

 rately published, 8vo, Boston, 1874, pp. 1-61. 



" III, Report on the Birds, pp. 44-68. 118 spp., fully annotated, the list preceded by general consideration of the avifauna of the region, 

 and several partial local lists. An important contribution." — ( Coues, I. c., p. 699.) 



The Influence of Physical Conditions in the Genesis of Species/? Radical Review, I, pp. 108-140, May, 1877. 



On the influence of environment in modifying forms of mammals and birds, and discussion of Darwin's theory of the origin of species 

 by natural selection. Reprinted (by request), with slightly modernized nomenclature by the author, in Ann. Rep. Smiths. Institution 

 lor 1905 (1906). 



A list of the Birds of Massachusetts, with Annotations. <^Bull. Essex Inst., X, pp. 3-37, 1878. 



"This may be considered to supersede previous tracts on the same subject, both by the present and other authors, as it completely 

 sums our knowledge of the subject. The paper opens with summary considerations, followed by a valuable historical resume. 1 . Species 

 of authentic occurrence within the State, 317. 2. Extirpated, 4. 3. Of probable occurrence, 24. 4. Hypothetical and doubtful species, 

 3 (Myiodioctes minutus, Empidonaz pygmzus of Minot, Thaumatias linnsei). 5. Introduced undomesticated species, 6. — 'Considered 

 as fairly entitled to recognition as Massachusetts birds,' 340. Known to breed in the State, about 135. Extremely rare or accidental 

 visitors, 90. North American species added since 1867, 35." — ( Coues, 1. c., p. 736). 



Origin of the Instinct of Migration in Birds. <BuH. Nutt. Ornith. Club, V, pp. 151-154, July, 1880. 



Attributed to change of climate at the close of the Tertiary period. "What was at first a forced migration would soon become habitual, 

 and through the heredity of habit give rise to that wonderful faculty we term the instinct of migration" (p. 153). 



The Present Wholesale Destruction of Bird-Life in the United States. ^Science, VII, No. 160, pp. 191-195, 

 Feb. 26, 1886. Also, Bulletin No. 1, of the A. O. U. Committee on Protection of Birds, pp. 1-5, March, 

 1886. 



A Revised List of the Birds of Massachusetts. <BuM. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., I, No. 7, pp. 221-271, July, 1886. 



An annotated list of 340 species, plus 4 species extirpated, 4 introduced, and 19 of probable occurrence. The third and last list of the 

 birds of Massachusetts published by this author. 



On the Structure of Birds in Relation to Flight, with Special Reference to Recent Alleged Discoveries in the 

 Mechanism of the Wing.<7Yans. New York Acad. Sci., pp. 89-100, 1888. 



To What Extent is it Profitable to Recognize Geographical Forms among North American Birds?<AwA:, VII, 



pp. 1-9, Jan., 1890. 



A protest against too fine splitting. 



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