614 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. [Tol.Y. 



1875. "C. S. W." [IxGERsoLL, E.] [Information as to the different birds in whose 



nests Molothnis ater has lieeu observed to lay.] <^ Forest and Stream, v, Dec. 



16, 1875, p. 292. 

 1875. Davis, F. J. The Rusty Blackbird. (S[colecophagns]. ferrugiueus.) <^Oolo- 



gist, i, pt. 5, 1875, pp. 37, 38, with figure. 

 1875. Dubois, A. Descriptious de quelques Oiseaux Xouveaux. <^ Bull. Acad. Roy. 



Belgique, 2" ser., xl, No. 12, Dec, 1875, pp. 1:3-17. 

 Only seen separate. — Of Icteridte there are here deseribed: Icterus virescem, p. 15, Mexico; 



Icterus xanthornus var. dubiisii, p. 16, Panama ; and I. x. var. marginalia, p. 17, Panama. The 



article also describes Cyanodtta yucatanica, sp. n., p. 13. 



1875. F[reemax], C. M. The Baltimore Oriole [Icterus baltimore]. <^ Oologist, i, 



1875, p. 4(i. 



1875. SCLATER, P. L. [Remarks on exhibition of the typical specimen of Centropsar 

 mirus. ] <^P.Z.S., June 1, 1875, p. 380. 



Genus fictitum; avis artefacta, capite Icteri (audubonii), candA Agelcei phcenicei, pedibu8 

 Eremophilce alpestrii, instructa. Cf. J.f. O., xsii, 1874, p. 458. 



1875. Axon. A Word for the Birds [Icteridje]. <^i?orf rtwrf r^«H, ^^, Sept. 11, 1875, p. 



364. 



Eeprint from Boston "Advertiser" concerning utility of Blackbirds in destroying army 

 ■worms. 



1876. Fowler, H. G. Asylums of the Cow-bird [Molothrus ater]. <^ Forest and Stream, 



vii, Aug. 10, 1876, p. 4. 



List of birds in whose nests eggs of this species have been found ; to which is added editorial 

 [LsGEUSOLL, E.] note. 



1876. "Frank." Black Birds [Icteridai of New York State]. <C_Bod and &K«,viii, 



July 15, 1876, p. 244. 

 1876. iNGpRSOLL, E. A Summer Bird [Icterus baltimore]. <^ Harpefs Xeiv Monthly 



Mag. , liii , p. .574-578 ; illustration of nest. 

 1876. Ragsdale, G. H. Nesting of the Hooded Oriole [Icterus cucullatus] in Cooke 



County, Texas. <^ Oiilogist, ii. No. 8, 1876, p. 57. 



1876. Anon. A Golden Robin [Icterus baltimore]. <^Bod and Gun, viii, Aug. 19, 



1876, p. 325. 



Successful amputation of wild oriole's leg. Froni "Boston Post". 



1877. Brewer, T. M. [Remark on the eggs of Molothrus bonariensis. ] <^Proc. 



Boston Soc. Xat. Hist., xix, 1877, p. 76. 

 1877. W[iELCOx], J. Crow Blackbirds [Quiscalus versicolor] eat fish. <^ Forest and 



Stream, viii. Apr. 5. 1877, ji. 129. 

 1877. Merrill, J. C. Notes on [the habits of] Molothrus seneus, Wagl. <[ Bull. Nutt. 



Ornith. Club, u. No. 4, Oct., 1877, pp. 85^7. 

 1877. Ragsdale, G. H. The Nesting of the Hooded Oriole [Icterus cucullatus] in 



Cooke Co., Texas. < Forest and Stream,xii, Feb. 1, 1877, p. 404. 

 From Oologigt, ii, 1876, p. 57. 



1877. WiLLCOX, J. On the [ fish-eating] Habits of Quiscalus purjiureus. < Proc. Phila. 



Acad. Xal. Sci., 1877, p. 38. 



1878. Bailey, T.S. That Nondescript Egg. < T/ie Od7o^i-?<, iv. No. 4. June, 1878, p. 25. 



Decided to be that of Quiscalus purpureus. The article also gives an account of a hybrid 

 between Gallus bankivi var. and Numida meleagris. 

 1878. Bailey, T. S. A Stray Egg. < The Oologlst, iv. No. 3, May, 1878, p. 19. 



Of Molothrus ater, in nest o{ Spizclla pttsilla. 

 1878. Barber, E. A. Ornithological Notes. < J?>i. Xat., xii. No. 7, July, 1878, pp. 

 477, 478. 

 On peculiarities in oviposition of Molothrus ater and StumeUa magna. 



1878. [WiLLARD, S. L.] Flocking of Qui.scalus purpureus. < TAe Odlogist,\\, No. 2, 

 Apr., 1878, p. 1.5. 



