No. 4.] COUES'S ORNITH. BIBLIOGRAPHY MNIOTILTID^. 549 



JTIniotiltidae. 



1818. Rafinesque, C. S. Further Accouut of Discoveries iu Natural History, in tlie 

 Western States, . . . <iAmer. Monthly Mag., i\., 1818, pp. 39-42. 



No other bird-matter than liimamphus eitrinus. g. sp. n., p. 41, (Cf. Hartl., R. Z. viii, 1845, 

 p. 343; Baird, B. N. A., 1858, p. 264. See also Joum. de Phys.. Ixxxviii 1819, p. 418, where the 

 genus and species reappears, along with Helmitheros migratorius, g. .sp. n.) 



1840, TowNSEND, J. K. Description of a New Species of Sylvia [tolmoei], from the 

 Columbia River. <^Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Yiii, 1839, pp. 149, 1.50. (Read 

 Apr. 2, 1839; vol. not pub. tiU 1840.) 



1840. TowNSEND, J. K. Note on Sylvia Tolmoei. <^Jowrn. Acad. Nat. Sci. Fhihi., viii, 

 1839, p. 159. (Read Sept. 10, 1839; vol. pub. 1840.) 



Claims priority for the name over that of S. macgillivrayi And., Orn. Biog., v. 1839, p. 75; 

 but actual priority of publication is with the latter. (See Baird, B. N. A., 1858, p. 245.) 



1842. Leib, G, C. [Note on Parus leucotis, Giraud. ] < Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., i, 

 1842, p. 140. 

 Identified as Setofaga (sic) rubra. The bird is the Cardellina (Ergaticus) rubra of late 

 authors. 



1842. Storer, D. H. [Note on Sylvia formosa.] <^Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., i, 

 1842, p. 55. 



1844. McCuLLOCH, T. On the importance of habit as a guide to accuracy iu Syste- 



matical arrangement, illustrated in the instance of the Sylvia petechia [Deu- 

 droeca fyalmarum Baird] of Wilson, and all subsequent writers. < Joum. Bosi. 

 Soc. Nat. Hist., iv, pt. iv, 1844, pp. 406-410. 



Taking habit as his guide, makes the bird out to be a Seiurus. The article is in effect an 

 argument against the importance of habit as a guide to classification, unless checked by inves- 

 tigation of physical characters. 



1845. Cabot, S., Jr. [Occurrence of Silvia agilis at Brookline, Mass.] <C.Proc. Eost. 



Soc. Nat. Hist., ii, 1845, 63. 



1845. Hartlaub, G. Notes ornithologiques. <C Eevue Zoologiqiie, ^^ii, 1845, pp. 342, 

 343. 



1. Sous la dcacviption de Rimamphus citrinus de Rafluesque (Am. Month. Mag., iv, 1818, p. 

 41; Joum. de Phys., Ixxxviii, lgl9, p. 418) Tauteur croit reconnaitre la Motacilla [Dendroeca] 

 cestiva des auteurs; et par consequent le genre Rhimamphus serait identique avec Syl»icola. 

 Sw., 1827. — 2. Helmitheros migratorius 'Ra.f. (loc. cit) estdeclar6 par Rafinesque meme comme 

 identique avec la Syloia vermivora de Latham, pour laquelle Swainson et Audubon ont cr66 

 les genres Vermivora (1827) et Helinaia (1839) : et Tauteur croit devoir r6clamer la priority en 

 faveur de Rafine.sque. 



1852. Baird, S. F. Description of a new Species of Syhacola [kirtlandi]. <^ Jnw. 

 Lye. Nat Hist. Neio York, v, 1852, pp. 217, 218, pi. vi. 



1855. Bryaxt, H. [Notice of the occurrence in Massachusetts, iu January, of Sylvi- 

 cola corouata and S. parus.] <^Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., v, 1855, p. 142. 



1855. GuNDLACH, J. Description of a New Species of Bird of the Genus Sylvicola 



[pityophiia] Swainson. <^Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, vi, 1855, pjj. 160, 161. 



1856. Brewer, T. M. [Observations on a nest of the Nashville Warbler (Vermivora 



rubricapilla) discovered by Mr. George Wells, at Lynn, Mass. With remarks 

 on nests and eggs of other New England Sylvicolidse. ] < Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. 

 Hist., vi, 1856, pp. 4-6. 



1859. Brewer, T. M. [On the Distribution and Habits of the Summer Yellow-bird, 

 Dendroeca aistiva.] \Proc. Bosi. Soc. Nat. Hist., vii, 1859, pp. 21, 22. 



With special reference to the building of "two-story" nests by this species, to obviate 

 incubation of egg of Molothrus pecoris. 



