22 i NATUBAL IIISTOKY COLLECTIOXS IN ALASKA. 



ISGO. C'oiNDE (Jean Paul). Notice sur la i'auue oriiithologiqne de I'ile tie Saint-Paul suivie de I'dnumdration de 

 quelques cspeces d'iusectes (Co](?oi)tferes) des AlfSoutiennes et du KamtscLatka ; par J. P. Coiude, zoologiste. 

 lu Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliqu^e, 2d series, vol. xii, pp. 390-405, Paris [1860], 8^. 

 16G1). Baird (Spencer Fullerton). Ou Additions to the Bird-Fauna of North America, made Ijy the Scientific 

 Corps of the Knsso- American Telegraph Expedition. By S. F. Baird. 



In Chicago Academy of Sciences, Trans., vol. i, part ii, pp. 311-325, plates sxvii-xxsiv, Chicago, 18C9, 8 '. 

 In this jiaper rhijUopncnste l;enuicotli, Troglocli/lcs alasccnsis, ryrrhula coceinea var. cassiTiii, Lciicosticte Hi- 

 toralis, and Sicrna cilcutica are described as new to science. 



1869. Dale (William Healey) and Bannister (Heni-.y Martyn). List of the Birds of Alaska, with Biographical 



Notes, by Wni. H. Dall and H. M. Bannister. 



In Chicago Academy of Sciences, Trans., vol. i,part ii, pp. 2G7-310, Chicago, 1869, 8-. 

 This important paper was the first list of the birds of Alaska published in English, and iu addition to 

 naming several species new to the North American fauna it gives biographical notes concerning 

 many species but little known at the time. 



1870. Dall (William Healey). Alaska and its Resources. By William H. Dall, Director [etc., two lines]. Boston: 



Lee and Shepard. 1870. 



Pp. i-xii, 1-628, S'^, map and 15 plates. 



A nominal list of 212 species, iu the appendix. 



1871. Haeting (James Edmund). Catalogue of au Arctic Collection of Birds presented by Mr. John Barrow, F. R. S., 



to the University Museum at Oxford; with Notes on the Species. 



In Zoological Society of London, Proc, vol. xxxix, pp. 110-123, London [1871], S^. 



EimjnorkjjHchus pygmaius a,m\ JEgialitis mongolicus -weio noted from the head of Kotzebue Sound, where the 

 Franklin search party, that secured the specimens, wintered. 



1871. Tristram (Henry Baker). Notes on some Passerine Birds, chiefly Pauearctic. By H. B. Tristram, L. L. D., 



F. R. S. 



In The Ibis, a Quarterly Journal of Ornithology, 3d series, vol. i, pp. 231-234, London, 1871; 8 . 



The paliearctic forms obtained by Dall and Bannister in Alaska furnish the subject of some of Mr. Tris- 

 tram's notes, the specimens having been sent to him for comparison. Mr. Tristram accompanies 

 his remarks with a brief synopsis of the nine species of P;in-hi(la. 



1872. FiNscH (Otto). Zur Omithologie Nordwest-Amerikas 



In Naturwissenschaftlicher Vereiu zu Bremen, Abhaudlungen, vol. iii, pp. 17-86, Bremen, 1873, 8-. 

 A review of previous literature, with summary. 



1873. Dall (William Healev). Notes ou the Avi-fauna of the Aleutian Islauds, from Unalashka eastward. 



In California Academy of Sciences, Proc, vol. v, pp. 25-35, San Francisco, June, 1875, 8^. Also printed 



in advance, February 8, 1873. 

 This paper is an annotated list of 53 species observed by the author during a winter passed in the eastern 



part of the Aleutian chain. Reissued by the Naturalists' Agency, Salem, Mass. 



1874. Dall (William Healey). Notes on the Avifauna of the Aleutian Islands, especially those West of Unalashka. 



In Califorma Academy of Sciences, Proc, vol. v, pp. 270-281, San Francisco, June, 1875, 8°. Also 



printed iu advance, March 14, 1874. 

 Valuable notes ou 45 species observed during the season of 1873. Reissued by Naturalists' Ageucy, 



Salem, Mass., 1874, pp. 1-12. 



1874. RiDGWAY (Robkbt). Birds new to the fauna of North America. 



In American Naturalist, vol. viii, pp. 434-435, Salem, Mass., 1874, S-. 

 Records " Falco gyrfalco Linn.," Numenius femoralis Peale. 



1875. Coues (Elliott). Ornithology of the Pribylov Islands. (Based on Mr. H. W. Elliott's manuscripts and 



collections.) 



In Elliott (Henry W. ), A report upon the condition of affairs in the Territory of Alaska, by Henry W. Elliott, 

 special agent, Treasury Department, pp. 168-212, Washington, Government Printing Office, 1875,8°. 

 This important p.ipcr forms chapter ix of the report, and the birds of the Far Seal Islands are treated in 

 a very thorou;;li iii.inuer. Charadrius fulvus is first announced here as occurring in America, and 

 Tringa 2>tiIocHc>nis is described. 

 1875. Harting (James Edmund). The fauna of the Prybilov Islands, abridged from the ' ' Report on the Prybilov Group 

 or Seal Islauds of Alaska," by Henry W. Elliott; with an Appendix on the Ornithology by Dr. Elliott Cones. 

 London : Reprinted from the natural history columns of " The Field " for private circulation. 1875. 

 Pp. 1-33, 12^ 1 plate. 

 1878. Adams iSm-geon E.). Notes on the birds of Michaelaski (Saint Michaels), Norton Sound. 



In The Ibis, a Quarterly Journal of Ornithology, 4th series, vol. ii, pp. 420-442, London, 1878, 8^. 

 An annotated list of 49 species, in which is announced the first capture of Cyanetula suecica on this con- 

 tinent. These notes were made in 1850, while Dr. Adams was on one of the Franklin Search Expe- 

 ditions. 

 1878. Nelson (Edward William). The Rock Ptarmigan {Lagopus rupestris) in the Aleutian Islands. 

 In Nuttall Ornithological Club, Bull., vol. iii, p. 38, Cambridge, Mass., 1878, 8°. 

 This bird has been described since as Lagopus rnpestris nelsoni Stejueger. 



