624 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. [Voiv. 



Fring^illidse. 



(With EmbcHzidcv.) 



1740. LiXNyKUS, C. Doctor Carl Limia'i Beskrifning pa Sno-Sparfven. <^Eongl. Srensk. 

 Vetensk.-Akad. Handl.,i, 1740, pp. 368-374, tab. i, figg. 9-11. 



This, whicli I have not seen, is the original description of the subsequent Emhcriza nivalig 

 L. (Plectrophanes nivalis). (Vol. 1, for 1839-40, was pub. 1841.) 



1743. LiNNyEUs, C. Beskrifning iia Sn6-sparf\ven. <:^ Eonr/I. Swcnsk. Wctens. Acad. 

 Handl., i (1740), 1743, pp. 302-368, pi. i, ligg. 9-11. 



This Is «mply the original description of Emberiza nivalis in the later edition of the 1st vol. 

 of the Handlingar. 



1749? LixxiEUS, C. Besclircibung riuos Schueesperlings. <^Abha)idl. d. Schtved. 

 Akad. auf <1. Jahr. 1740, 1749 .' pp. 134-141, taf. i, figg. 9-11. 



This, which I have not seen, is the same description of the subsequent Emberiza nivalis 

 in the German version (Kaatner) of the Handlingar. 



1749 ? SuNDius, P. B. C. D. | Surinam('n.sia Grilliaiia | [ . . . ] | ciiriosis cxaminaiida 

 sistit I Aliiumiis Oxeiistieruiauus | Petrns Suuditis Nic. lil. | Stockholmiensits. 

 I In audit. Carol. Maj. d. xviii Jimii | Aiini MDCCXLIIX [sic] | H.A.M.C. 

 I — I Holmi;c, | Tyi)is Laurontii Salvii. | sm. 4to, l.p. 1., pp. 1-24,1 pi. 



Classis II, Avcs, p. 10. Solum de Emberizce specie tractatur, Passer caeruleofuscus, Sloano, 

 Jam. 11, p. 311. 



1750. LiNN^Us, C. Ell ludianisk Spari". Ellor Fringilla cajiito ciernli'o, dorso viridi, 

 abdoiuino fulvo. <^ Eongl. iSrciisk. Vetcnsk.-Acad. Handl., xi, 1750, pp. 278-280, 

 pi. vii. lig. 1. 



This is the original description of the subseijucnt Emberiza cim L. (^=Cyanospiza ciris 

 Baird), erroneously considered as a bird of India. 



1750. Lixx.EUS, C. Beschroibimg cines iudiauisclien Sperlings, Fringilla, capite cae- 

 ruleo, dor.so viridi, al)domiue fulvo. <^Ahhandl.d. Schtved. Akad. ant d.Jahv 

 1750, pp. 287, 288. 



The same description of the subsequent Emberiza ciris L. {Cyanospiza ciris Bd.) in theGer- 

 man version of the HandlinQar. 



1757. ScHONBERG, A. Anmavkiiiiigar Oin Svanska Papegojau, Loxia [euucleator], 

 linca alarum duplici alba. Faun. Sv. N. 176. <] KoikjI. Svensk. Vetcnsk.-Acad. 

 Handl, xviii. 1757, pp. 139-143. 



1757, SCHOXBERG. A. Aiiuiorkungcn iiber den sclivrediscben Papagey (Loxia [euu- 

 cleator]).. <^AbhandL d. ,Schwed. Akad., anf d. Jahr. 1757, pp. 132-135. 

 The German version, not seen by me, of the original Swedish. 



1773. Ax'ON. Le Pie-gri6che noire de la Caroline [Pipilo erytliroplathalmus]. <^Journ. 



Observ. de Phys., ii, 1773, pj). 570, 571. 



ITot seen : the article is anonymous, nor have I been able to discover the author ; whoever 

 he may be, he is not '' Le Piegriche" whom Giebel invented In his Bibliography, p. 139. 



1774. GtJNTHER, D. F. C. Vorliiufige Nachriclit von dcm sebr selteueu Nest uud den 



Eyern de.s Kreuzvogels, oder des Krummschnabels [Loxia curvirostra]. <^Der 



2^att(rforschvr, ii, 1774, pj). 66-75. 

 1778. Otto, — . Abbandlung von den Abarten der Kreutzschnabel [Loxia curvirostra], 



nebst einigeu Anraerkungen iiber die Anordnung der Tlii^re. <^ Der Natiir- 



forscher, xii, 1778, pp. 92-99. 

 1785-1787. KuHX, — . Von demKriinitz oder Kruinscbnabel (Loxia curvirostra,). <^Der 



Xaturfor.scher, xxi, 1785, p. 197; xxii, 1787, j). 142. 

 1796. TOJLMAX, T. Account of the Crossbill Bird [Loxia ctu'virostra amcricana]. 



<[ The Bnral Magazine; or, Vermont Eepository, vol. ii, 1796, p. 475. 

 Seen only in the reprint, by R. Dcaue, Bull. Nutt. Club, Iv, No. 2, Apr., 1876, p. Hi. The 



breeding of the species in wintor is recorded : "they lay their eggs and hatch their young in 



the middle of winter." 



