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1678. Jaspek, T. The Barred Owl (Syriiiuiii iRbulosum). <C^Thv Odlo(jisl,'\y,'So.Z, 

 Miiy, 1878, pp. 21,22. 

 A notice of the habits of this spucius, from liis ' Biiils of Noitli Ainciica, ' Part 6. 



1878. Lawkexck, G. N. On the Mciuliersi of the Genus Gymnoglaux. <^ Ihin, 4th ser., 

 ii, Ai>r., 1878, pp. 184-1H7. 



The author maiutains "three well marked species," — nudipcs IJaud., from Porto Rico; 

 newtoni Lawr., from St. Croix aiul St. Thomas; and laivrencei, S. and S., from Cuba, — which 

 aie described and compared. Editors incline to differ. 



1878. KlDGWAY, R. A Review of the Anierieuii Species of the (ienn.s .Scops. <^ I'roc. 

 U. S. Xat. Mhh. , i, 1878, pp. 85-117. 



This is an elaborate article, in which the several American species are described at full 

 length and critically discussed, upon mort* inateiial than apjjfars to have been commanded 

 by previous writers. The six species recognized are thrown into three groups, according 

 to the feathering of the feet. —A, aS'. nudipes alone, with toes and lower half or more of 

 tarsus bare ; B, with SS. brasilianug, barbarns, and /lammeolus, with t<ie8 alone, or merely 

 lower end of tarsus, completely naked ; C, JSS. agio and cooperi (n. sp., p. 116), with toes 

 strongly biistled, sometimes densely feathered, at base. ,S. nudipes stands alone, without 

 subspecies. Of S. hrasllianits are recsognized subspj). branlianut!, atricapilluH, u»tus, guate- 

 malce, and cassini (sub.sp. n., p. 102). i',!)'. barbarus and jtatMneolun have no sub.species. Of 

 S. asio are recognized subspp. asio, inaccalli, kennicotti, Jloridanus, and inaxwellice. S. coo- 

 peri has no subspp. Besides these six distinct forms, with their several races, the author 

 treats S. trichopsis, Wagl., as a doubtful form. The descriptions given are very elaborate, 

 and the synonymy is copious. Cf. Ibis, 1879, p. 209. 



1876. [ Scott, W. E. D. ] [Attacks by Scops asio upon human beings. ] <^ The Country, 



i, Feb. 2:i, 1878, p. 245. 

 1878. [ScoTT, W. E. D. ] AVinter Notes. Owls. < The Country, i, 1878, pp. 229, 244. 

 1878. "SUB.SCRIBEH." [Attack npon a man by] Another Vicious Owl. <^Fore8t and 



Stream, x. Mar. 14, 1878, p. 95. 



1878. WiLLiSTOX, S. W. The Prairie Dog, Owl [Speotyto cunicularia hypogjea] and 



Rattle.snake. < Am. Xat. , xii, No. 4, Apr. , 1878, pp. 20:3-208; 



1879. Axon. [Cooper, J. G.?] The Great Gray Owl [Syruium cinereum]. <^ Pacific 



Rural Press, xvii, No. 1, Jan. 4, 1879, p. 9, lig. 



Compiled account of the species, and a very good tigure, from Baird, JJiewer and Kidgway'a 

 Hist. N. A. Birds. 



1879. Ballou, W. H. Does the Snowy Owl [Nyctea nivea] Breed in the United 

 States ? <^ Am. Xat., xiii, No. 8, Aug., 1879, pp. 524, 525. 



Asserting as a fact that the bird is seen aJong Lake Ontario throughout the year, and that 

 in the "North Woods " of New York the writer once saw a young Snowy Owl not nearly full- 

 fledged. 



1879. Cooper, W. A. Notes on the Breeding Habits of the California Pygmy Owl 

 (Glaucidium californicum), \vith a Description of its Eggs. <^ Bull. Xutt. 

 Ornith. Club, iv. No. 2, Apr., 1879, pp. 8tj, 87. 



Note by J. A. A[llen] refers to Pr. Bast. Soc. Xat. Hist, xix, 1877, p. 232, as the only pre- 

 vious account of the eggs of this species, based on the same specimens as here described. 



1879. Deaxe, E. Capture of a Third Specimen of the Flammulated Owl (Scops flam- 

 meola) in the United States, and first Description of its Nest. <^Dull. Xutt. 

 Ornith. Club, iv, No. .3, July, 1879, p. 188. 

 1879. Ha WES, C. A. Ne.sting of the Barred Owl (Syrnium nebulosum). < The Oolo- 

 (jist, iv. No. 10, May, 1879, pp. 77, 78. 

 From original observations made near Boston, Mass. 

 1879. KiXG, M. B. A. A Family Arrangement [Bul)o virginianus]. <^ Science Xetvs, 

 i. No. 16, June 15, 1879, p. 256. 

 Occurrence of five young, apjiarently of different ages, in one nest. 

 1879. ["Wood, C. S.] Scops ilammeola. <^ Colorado Springs (7«ce^/(' [daily newspaper], 

 Sept. :3, 1879. 



First publication of the exhibition by C. E. Aiken of the fourth specimen of this species 

 known from the United States. 



