612 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. [YolY. 



1868. McLaughlin, W. J. The Yellow-headed Bhickbird (Xaiithocephahis itteroce- 



phahis Baird). < Am. Xat. , ii, 1868, pp. 493, 494. 

 Biograpliical note from Centralia, Kansas, with editorial note on gpographical di.stributiou. 



1869. Kedney, H. S. The Cow Bunting [Molothrus ater]. < Jni. :V^ai.,iii, 1869, p. 550. 



Plural eggs of Molothrus ater in nests of Zonotrichia lexieophrys and Contopus virens. 



1869. [" F. W."] The Crow Blackbird [Qiiiscalus versicolor] a Robber. <[ Zoologist, 

 •2d ser., iv, 1869, pp. 1603, 1604. 

 From 'American Naturalist,' Aug., 1868, p. 326. 

 1869. RiDGWAY, R. Notices of certain obscurely known species of American Birds. 

 <^ Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., xxi, 1869, pp. 125-135, woodcc. 



III. The Smaller Quiscali of the United States, pp. 133-135, flgg. 1-3; 3 spp. — Q. mneus, 

 sp. n., p. 134, f. 2. 



The article also treata of species of I. Hylocichla and II. Pyranga. (See under TurdidcB and 

 Tanagridce.) 



1869. Sternberg, C. Zur Fortpflanzungsgeschichte des Viehstaares, Molobrus seri- 

 ceus (Licht.). < J.f. 0., xvii, 1869, pp. 125-136. 

 Mit Bemerkungen vom Herausgeber. 

 1869. [Sterxberg, C] Fortpflanzung des Viehstaares (Molobrus sericius [lege seri- 

 ceus]). <!^Aus der Xatnr, xlix, oder n. F., xxxvii, 1869, pp. 595-597. 

 Xach C. Steinberg's Artikel in J.f. O., 1869, pp. 125-136, mitgetheilt. 



1869. Trippe, T. M. The Cow Blatkbird [Molothrus ater]. < Am. Nat., iii, 1869, pp. 



291-294. 



An extended notice of the habits of this species, with special reference to the birds in the 

 nests of which its eggs have been found. 



1870. COUES. E. The Cow Bird [Molothrus ater]. < Jm. Xat.,i\, 1870, p. 58. 



Inquires whether the eggs of Molothrus ater vary in any way connected with the character 

 of the eggs of different birds selected as foster parents, with reference to A. Newton's ob- 

 servations to this effect in case of Cuculxis canorus. 



1870. CouES, E. The Natural History of Quiscalus major. <^ /&/.s, 2d ser., vi, 1870, 

 pp. 367-378. 



A full account of the habits of the bird as observed by the writer at P^ort Macon, North 

 Carolina. 

 1870. Howell, R. Blackbirds [Icteridse] in Winter. < Am. Xat..i\\ 1870, p. .52. 

 Molothrus ater and Scolecophagus ferrugineus in Tioga Co., N. Y. 



1870. Sausslre, H. de. Los Tordos [Icteridte]. <^La Xainraleza, i, 1870, pp. 352- 



358. 



Sobre las costumbres. "Con esta nombre [tordo] designaron los Espanoles un grupo inte- 

 resante de aves americanas, per tener algunas de sus especies semejanza en cuanto al color, 

 con los tordos de Europa [Stumidoe?], de los que sin embargo son de gSneros enteramente 

 distintos." 



1871. Brewer, T. M. [Remarksonexhibitionof a nest of Icterus baltimore.] <^Proc. 



Boston Soc. Xat. Hist., xiii, 1871, pp. 411, 412. 

 1871. Coues, E. The Yellow-headed Blackbird [Xanthocephalus icterocephalus]. 



< Am. Xat..x, 1871, pp. 195-200, with a fig. 

 Extended biography of this species, with allusions to various other birds observed in Kansas. 

 1871. CoUES, E. Bullock's Oriole [Icterus buUocki]. < Am. Xat. , v, 1871, pp. 678-682, 



fig. 120. 

 Extended biography. 

 1871. CouES, E. Singular albino [of Dolichonyx oryzivorus]. <^ J/«. JVrtf., v, 1871, 



p. 733. 

 1871. Gillmax,H. Albino Swamp Blackbird [Agel<eus phceniceus]. <^ J»i. A"af., v, 



1871, p. 2.51. 

 1871. Newman, E. On the Occurrence of the American Meadow Lark (Alauda [Stm-- 



nella] magna of Wilson) in Great Britain. < Zoo?o.'7is^, 2d ser., vi, 1871,pp. 



2557-2560. 



