752 BULLETIN" UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. [Tol.Y. 



187C. RiDGWAY, R. The Geuus Glancidiuni. < Ibis, M ser.. vi, Jau., 187f), pp. 11-17, 

 pi. i. 



Cf. Eidway, Proc. Bost. Soc, xvi, 1873, pp. 91-106, and Shaipp, Ibis, .3d ser., v, Jan., 1875, pp. 

 3.'5-,'59; the latter being a review of the former. "The prcsentpaper represents the con elusions 

 arrived at after a careful reconsideration of the subject, with much additional material, and the 

 benefit of Sliarpe's monograph, . . ." The author here allows GG. gnoma, jardini, nanum, 

 ferrugineum, pumiluin, and siju, all of which are analyzed, and siiveral of which are described 

 at length, with synonymy. The plate gives O. jardini, in its two phases of coloration. 



1876. [Salvix, O.] [Notice of Sliarpe's Catalogue of the Striges in the British 

 Mnseuiii.] <^Ibis, 3(1 ser., vi, Apr., 187(i, pp. 27.'^, 274. 



1876. Sharpe, R. B. On the Geographical Distribution of Baru Owls. <^IiowL Oru. 



Misc. , pt. iv, May, 1876, pp. 269-298, 3 maps ; pt. v, Oct. , 1876, pp. 1-21. 



• 

 In this article Mr. Sharpe goes much further into the subject of the distribution, local 

 names, etc., of Strix jlammea and its allies, than he did in the Brit. Miis. Cat, ii, pp. 294-296, 

 where his general conclusions are stated. He divides the birds into the true Bam Owls and 

 the Grass Owls, of which Latter two African and Asiatic species are known. Map I shows 

 the distribution of the different races of /Stria; Jlammea; Map- II tlie ranges of .S. novce hoi- 

 landiccf, S. tenebricosa, and S. castanops ; M.ap III, of S. Candida, S. capensis, and .S'. thomen- 

 «is— these three being the Grass Owls. 



1876. Sharpe, R. B. [Remarks on Exhibition of a British-killed specimen of Surnia 



nlnla. ] < P. Z. S. , Apr. 4, 187G, p]). 334, 335. 



1877. Anon. [Nyctea nivea on its southward migration invariably accompanied by 



Ptarmigans.] <^ Forest and Stream, viii, Feb. 22, 1877, p. 33. 



1877. Brewer, T. M. A new Form of Surnia [nlula] to New England. <^ Bull. Xntt. 

 OrnitJi. Club, ii, No. 3, July, 1877, p. 78. 



1877. CoALE, H. K. Notes on [occurrences, etc., of] Nyctale acadica. <^BhU. Xuit. 

 Oniiih. Club, ii. No. 3, July. 1877, pp. 83, 84. 



1877. De.\ne, R. Probable Breeding of the Acadian Owl (Nyctale acadica) in Massa- 

 chusetts. < Bull. Xuit. Ornith. Club, ii, No. 3, July, 1877, p. 84. 



1877. Deane, R. Unusual al)undance of the Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) in New 

 England. < Bull. Xutt. Ornith. Club, ii, No. 1, Jan., 1877, p. 9-lL 



1877. Frazar, a. M. The Mottled Owl [Scops asio] as a Fisherman. < Bull. Xutt. 



Ornith. Club, ii. No. 3, July, 1877, p. 80. 

 1877. Ragsdale, G. H. An Inquiry [concerning identity of supposed Speotyto cunic- 



ularia var. hypogtea, Cs. ]. <C Forest and Stream, viii, Feb. 22, 1877, p. 33. 

 1877. "R. T. G." \_and Editor]. A tough owl [colliding with railway train]. 



< Forest and Stream, vii, Feb. 1, 1877, p. 405. 

 1877. [ScLATER, P. L.] [Note on the abundance of Nyctea nivea in Europe and 



America in the winter of 1876-77. ] < F. Z. S. , Jan. 2, 1877, p. 1. 

 1877. [ScL.\TER, P. L.] [On addition of a Mexican Eared Owl (Asio mexicauus) to 



the Society's Menagerie.] < P. Z. S., Mar. 6, 1877, pp. 159, 160. 

 Important synonymatic note on the name here used. 



1877. [ ScLATER, P. L. , and Salvin, O. ] Irruption of Snowy Owls [Nyctea nivea] from 



the North. < Ibis, 4th ser., i, Jan., 1877, pp. 131, 132. 

 Occurring in the TTnited States. 



1878. Anon. The Acadian Owl [Nyctale acadica]. < The Oologist, iv, No. 5, July, 



1878, p. 38. 

 Note of its habits as observed in Central New York. 



1878. Abbott, C. C. The Itarn owl. < The Country, \, Mar. 2, 1878, p. 260. 

 1878. Allen, C. A. The Pygmy Owl (Glaucidinm californicum). < BuJl. Xutt. Ornith. 

 Club, iii, No. 4, Oct., 1878, p. 193. 

 Note of habits. Mobbed by small birds. 

 1878. [Pitch, E. H.] The Great Grey Owl. (Syrnivim cineronm.) <^The Journ.of 

 Sci. (Toledo, Ohio), 2d ser., i. No. 5, Aug., 1878, cut. 

 Popuhar biography, with .an excellent figure. 



