No.4.] COUES'S OKNITH. BIBLIOGRAPHY FRINGILLID^. 645 



1879. Brewster, W. Notes on the Habits and Distribution of tlie Rufous-crowned 

 Sparrow (Pencea ruficeps). <^BuU. Nittt. Ornith. Club, iv, No. 1, Jan.. 1879, 

 pp.47, 48. 

 From the observations of C. A. Allen of Nicasio, Cal. 

 1879. Cady, W. B. Curious Death of a Bird [.SpizoUa socialis]. <^Scietice Xms, i, 

 No. 15, June 1, 1879, p. 240. 

 Strangled by a thread from the nest. 



1879. COUES, E. Southward Range of Centrophanes lapponica. <^ Bull. Xuit. Ornith. 

 Club, iv. No. 4, Oct., 1879, p. 238. 

 Port Smith, Arkansas. 



1879. CouES, E. Nest and Eggs of the Clay-colored Bunting [Spizella i^allida]. 



< The Oologlst, iv. No. 7, Feb., 1879, p. 50. 

 Quoted from the " Birds of the Northwest." 



1879. CouES, E. Nest and Eggs of the Chestnut-collared Bunting [Plectrophanes or- 

 natus]. < The Oologist, iv, No. 10, May, 1879, p. 79. 

 Quoted from " Birds of the Northwest.'' 



1879. CoUES, E. History of the Evening Grosbeak [Hesperiphona vespertina]. 



< Bull. Xutf. Ornith. Club, iv, No. 2, Apr., 1879, pp. 0.5-75. 



By permission, from advance MS. of Birdu of the Colorado Valley. Part II. Very full on 

 the geographical distribution and habits of the species, as well as its appearance in previous 

 literature of the subject, the record of which is given, together with a copious synonymy. 



1879. [CouES, E.] nest and Eggs of the Chestnut-collared Bunting [Plectrophanes 

 ornatus]. <^ The Temperance Vidette (newspaper of Terrell, Texas) of Sept. 

 20, 1879. 

 Quoted from The Oologist, iv, No. 10, May, 1879, p. 79. 



1879. Davis, F.J. Yellow-winged Sparrow [Coturniculus passeriuus]. <C The Oolo- 

 gist, iv. No. G, Jan., 1879, j). 47. 

 Notes on the nest and eggs of this species. 

 1879. Deane, R. Record of the Breeding of Crossbills [Loxia cnrvirostra americana] 

 in Northern Vermont in 1790. < Bull. Xutt. Ornith. Club, iv. No. 2, Apr., 1879, 

 pp. 121, 122. 



Interesting record respecting io2;ia curvirostra americana, from "The Eural Magazine; 

 or, Vermont Eepository," vol. ii, 1796, p. 475, by Thomas Tolman. 



1879. Deane, R. Nesting of the Black-throated Bunting (Euspiza americana) in 

 Massachusetts. < Bull. Xutt. Ornith. Club, iv, No. 2, Apr., 1879, pp. 122, 123. 



1879. Henshaw, H. W. Melospiza meloda and its Allies. <^ Bull. Xutt. Ornith. Club, 

 iv. No. 3, July, 1879, pp. 155-100. 



A very full discussion of the intricate forms of this stock, distinguishing 8 varieties : MM. 

 meloda, fallax, heermanni, samuelis, m,exicana, gattata, rufina, and insignis. 



1879. Jeffries, W. A. ^giothus esiliiies in Massachusetts. <^ Bull. Xutt. Ornith. 



Club, iv, No. 2, Apr., 1879, p. 121. 

 1879. Jeffries, W. A. The Ipswich Sparrow (Passerculus princeps, Maynard). 



< Bull. Xutt. Ornith. Club, iv, No. 2, Apr. , 1879, pp. 103-10(i. 

 Treated as not specifically distinct from P. savanna. 



1879. Pearsall, R. F. Notes on the Purple Finch [Carpodacus purpureus]. <^Bull, 

 Xutt. Ornith. Club, iv. No. 2, Apr., 1879, p. 122. 



1879. Peckham, B. J. [NestingofPipilo erythrophthalmus off the Ground.] < T/ie 

 Oologist, iv, No. 6, Jan., 1879, p. 43. 



1879. Ragsdale, G. H. Song of Cassin's Finch [Peuctea cassiui]. <:i Science Xews,i, 

 No. 9, Mar. 1, 1879, pp. 134, 135. 



1879. Ragsdale, G. H. Pensile Nests of the Painted Bunting [Cyanospiza ciria]. 



< Science Xews, i. No. 17, July 1, 1879, p. 272. 



1879. Ragsdale, G. H. Nesting of the Snowbird [ Junco hyemalis] in Eastern Ten- 

 nessee. < Bull. Xutt. Ornith. Club, iv. No. 4, Oct. , 1879, pp. 238, 239. 



