586 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. [FoJ.V. 



1878. PuRDiE, H. A. The Nest aud Eggs of tlie Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empi- 

 donax flaviveutris). <^ Bidl. Nuft. Ornifh. Chib, iii, No. 4, Oct., 1878, pp. 

 166-168. 



Important, being a careful description of an authentic nest and eggs. Much error and un- 

 certaint.^- had prevailed on this subject, even among the leading writers. Both Brewer and 

 Coues had stated the eggs to be white, whereas they are well spotted. 



1878. ScLATER, [P. L. ] [Remarks on Exhibition of the type of Dicrurus marginatus 



Blyth, Ibis, 186.">, p. 46, = Muscipipra vetula Licht.] </*. Z. S.', Mar. 19, 



1878, p. 339. 



1879. A[llex], J. A. Brewer on the Nests and Eggs of Empidouaces. <^BhU. Nutt. 



Oniith. Club, iv, No. 4, Oct., 1879, p. 232. 

 Notice of the paper in Proe. Nat. Mies., ii, Apr., 1879, pp. 1-10. 

 1879. Anox. Nest and Eggs of Empidouax trailii. <^ The Oologist, iv, No. 11, June, 



1879, pp, 8.5, 86. 



1879. Batcheldeu, C. F. Nesting of the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidouax 

 flaviveutris. < Bull. Xtttt. Oritith. Club, iv. No. 4, Oct., 1879, pp. 241, 242. 

 Two cases detailed, with full description of the nests and eggs. 

 1879. Brewer, T. M. Notes on the Nests aud Eggs of the eight North American 

 Species of Empidonaces. < Proc. U. S. jSfat. Mus., ii, Ain-. 29, 1879, pp. 1-10. 



Measurements of all the specimens in the National Museum, in the Coll. T. M. B., and a 

 few others, with dosciiptions of these, aud of various nests. Eggs of £. minim us, obscurui, 

 and harnmondi normally white, unmarked ; of E. flavitentris noniially spotted, sometimes 

 unmarked : of E. trailii, acadicus, pusillus, and diffidlis noi-mally .strongly marked. 



1879. [Coues, E.] The Nest of Empidouax minimus. <[ Temperance Vidctfe (news- 

 paper of Terrell, Texas), Nov. 1, 1879. 

 Quoted fi'om his Birds of the Northwest, 1874, p. 255. 



1879. Cunningham, S. Nest of the Great-crested Flycatcher [Myiarchus criuitus]. 



< The Oiilogist, iv, No. 8, Mar., 1879, p. 59. 

 1879. [Grinne:ll, G. B.] Nests and Eggs of the Genus Empidouax. <^ Forest and 



Stream, xii, July 10, 1879, p. 444. 

 Notice of Dr. T. M. Brewer's paper on The Nests and Eggs of the Eight Noi-th American 



Species of Empidonaces in Pr. U. S. Nat. M%is., ii, 1S79, pp. 1-10. 



1879. Hayward, R. A Spotted Egg of Empidouax minimus. <^ Bull. yutt. Ornilh. 

 Club, iv, No. 2, Apr., 1879, p. 124. 

 Identification of the specimen attested by W. Brewster. 



1879. Osborne, S. D. AuotherNest of the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidouax fla- 

 viveutris). <^Bull. Xutl. Ornith. Club, iv, No. 4, Oct., 1879, pp. 240,241. 



1879. RiDGW.w, R. Descriptious of New Species aud Races of American Birds, in- 

 cluding a Synopsis of the Genus Tyranuus, Cuvier. <; Proc. U. S.Xat. Mus., 

 i, 1878 (pub. May, 1879), pp. 466-486. 



I. The greater part of the paper is occupied with this oxccllont nionography of l)/ranntis, 

 in which the following species are recognized aud fully h-eated, wit h synonymy, diagnosis, 

 habitat, and criticism: TT. magnirostris, rostratus, dominicensis, carolinensis. crassirostris, 

 melancholictts O. coitchi, y. satrapa), albigularis, apolites, niveigularis, verticalis. voci/erans, 

 luggeri (n. sp., p. 481), and aurantio-atrocristatus. — II. lAchenops perspiHUatus, /3. andinut, 

 p. 483 ; Dacnis pulcherrima, p. aurcinucha, p. 484 ; Parus rii/esccng, /3. neglectus, p. 485, sub- 

 spp. nn. 



