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ls7c*. [WiLLAKD.S. L.] The Cow-bird [Molothius atei] a Poly-^iuiiist. <CTheOolo- 

 (jist, iv, No. 1, Mar., 1878, p. 7. 



1878. [ WiLLAKD, S. L. J A Nondescript Egg. The Oiiloyist, May, 1878, pp. 17-19. 



Suppo.sed to be the produce of Ttirdua migratorius X Quiscalun ixn-piirevji! 



1879. Bkkwei:, T. M. Tlie Cow-Blackbird of Texas and Arizona (Molotbrus obscurus). 



< BitU. Xittt. Oniitlt. Club, iv, No. 2, Apr., 1879, p. 1'2:?. 



Dr. J. C. Merrill's correetion of "a grave error" of the writers respecting the eggs of this 



bird. 

 1879. [Ch.^pmax, W. L. ] Albino.s [8colecopbagus cyanocephalu.s ?]. <^Forcist and 



Stream, xiii, Dec. 18, 1879, p. 907. 

 1879. DUG^S, E. [Flocking of Molothrus ater (var. obscnrus?).] <Cfhe Oologint/iv, 



No. 10. May, 1879, p. 84. 

 Quoted from a letter to the Sniitli.sonian Institution, published by S. F. Baird in Harper's 



Weekly: refers to a certain flight .supposed to have been 1_',000 yards in length, six yards 



wide, and probably over a yard deep, estimated to contain 9 or 10,000,000 individuals. 

 1879. Editc)1!Ial. [Eggs of Molothrns ater in Nests of Turdus migratorins and Quis- 



caln.s versicolor. ] < The Oiilogist, iv, No. 10, May, 1879, pp. 78, 79. 

 Two untitled paragraphs, fiom Rev. J. Walton and C. W. Strumberg, with editorial com- 



ment. 

 1879. Gray, A. F. Albino Bol)olink [Dolicbouyx oryzivorns]. < Science JYist/;*, i, No. 



19, Aug. 1,1878, p. 304. 

 1879. Ingersoll, E. Breeding Habits of the Hooded Oriole [Icterus cucullatns]. 



< The Oolo(jht, iv, No. 7, Feb., 1879, pp. 49, 50. 



From advance sheets of his " Xests and Eggs of American Birds." 

 1879. IXGERSOLL, E. Breeding Habits of obscure Amei-icau Birds. The Hooded Ori- 

 ole [Icterus cucullatus]. < The Field (London), liv, No. 1,394, Sept. 13, 1879, 

 p. 374. 

 1879. Rathbun, F. R. Golden Bird of Silver Song [i. e., Icterus baltimore]. <^Auhurn 

 (K T.) Daily Advertiser, May 21, 1879. 

 Popular account of habits. 

 1879. Sexxett, G. B. The Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus macrurus). < The Oolo- 

 gist, iv. No. 7, Feb., 1879, pp. 53, 54. 



Quoted from his paper in Bvll. 11. S. Oeol. and Geogr. Surv. Terr., iv, No. 1, 1878, pp. 1-66; 

 relating to the habits of the bird as obser\"ed in Texas. 

 1879. [WiLLARD,S. L.] Two Nests of Icterus baltimore. < TAe Oologist, iv, No. 6, 



Jan., 1879, p. 42. 

 1879, [WiLLARD, S. L.] [Eggs of Molothrus ater in nest of Turdus migratorius.] 



< The Oologist, iv, No. 9, Apr., 1879, p. 65. 



