WORKS AND PERIODICALS REFERRED TO. 



A. C — Avifauna Columbianaj being a list 

 of birds ascertained to inhabit the 

 District of Columbia, etc., by Elliott 

 Coues and D. W. Prentiss. Second 

 edition, 1883. (This includes the first 

 edition, 1861, and the gist of P. L. 

 Jouy's list of 1877.) 



A. O. U.— The American Ornithologists' 

 Union, Check List of North American 

 Birds, 1886. (This is the present 

 standard of nomenclature.) 



AiKltibon.— The Birds of America, by 

 John James Audubon, Vols. I to VII, 

 1840-44. 



Auk.— The Auk, a quarterly Journal of 

 Ornithology. (The ofl&cial organ of 

 the American Ornithologists' Union. 

 Vol. I, No. 1, appeared January, 1884. ) 



B. N. O. C— Bulletin of the Nuttall 

 Ornithological Club. (Vol. I, No. 1, 

 appeared in January, 1876. In 1884 it 

 was continued as the Auk.) 



Bendire.— Life Histories of North Am- 

 erican Birds, with special reference 

 to their breeding habits, and eggs, 

 by Chas. Bendire, 1892. ( Gallinaceous 

 Birds, and Birds of Prey.) 



Birils E. Pa. and ?J. J.— The Birds 

 of Eastern Pennsylvania and New 

 Jersey, by Witmer Stone, 1894. 



Birds 3f . W.— Birds of the North-West, 

 by Elliott Coues, 1877. 



Birds Pa.— Report of the Birds of Penn- 

 sylvania, by B. H. Warren. Second 

 edition, 1890. 



Birds Vas.— A Catalogue of the Birds 

 of the Virginias, by Wm. C. Rives, 

 October, 1890. 



C'hapman. — Handbook of the Birds of 

 Eastern North America, by Frank 

 M. Chapman, 1895. 



Fisher's Hawks and Owls.— The 

 Hawks and Owls of the United States 

 in their Relation to Agriculture, by 

 A. K. Fisher, 1893. 



Forest and Stream. — A weekly Jour- 

 nal of the Rod and Gun . (Vol. XXVI, 

 No. 1, January 27, 1886, is the first 

 number I have access to. Two vol- 

 umes each year. No. 1 bearing date 

 of the fourth Thursday of January or 

 July.) 



Key. — Kej to the North American Birds, 

 by Elliott Coues. Fourth edition, 

 1890. 



Manual.— A Manual of North American 

 Birds, by Robt. Ridgway, 1887. 



O. and <!>.— The Ornithologist and Oolo- 

 gist: Birds, their nests and eggs. (A 

 monthly publication begun in 1S73, 

 issued by several parties, published 

 to Vol. XVIII, No. 10, October, 1893. 



Oolog'ist.- The Oologist, for the student 

 of birds, their nests and eggs. (A 

 monthly publication begun in 1884. ) 



Sniitli. Kept.— Annual Report of the 

 Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 

 Institution (year, not vol.). 



