786 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. [Vol.Y. 



1878. Pennock, C. J. Eelaying of Hawks in the same Nest wlieu robbed. <^ Bull. 

 Xutt. Onuth. Chib, iii, No. 1, Jan., 1878, p. 41. 



1878. Stearns, R. E. C. A Strange Flight of Hawks [in California]. <^ Am. Nat, 

 xii, No. 3, 1878, pp. 185, 186. 



1878. Wood, W. The Birds of Connecticut. No. 4. White-headed Eagle: Bald 

 Eagle. Haliaetus leucocephalus (Linn.) Sav. ■^Familiar Sci. and Fancier' a 

 Journ.,Y, No. 4, Apr., 1878, pp. 73-75. 



1878. Wood, W. The Birds of Connecticut. No. 5. Fish Hawk : Osprey. Pandion 



haliaetus, (Linn.) Sav. <^FamiUar ScL and Fancier's Journ.,Y, No. 5, May, 



1878, pp. 93, 94. 



1879. Anon. Notes on the Nesting Habits of the Sparrow Hawk (Falco Sparverius). 



< The Oologist, iv. No. 8, Mar. , 1879, p. 58. 

 1879. Anox. Nesting of Accipiter fuscus. <[ The Oologist, iv. No. 10, May, 1879, p. 76, 



pi.— ,f.4. 

 1879. Anon. The Caracara Eagle [Polyborus tharus auduboni]. <^ The Oologist, iv, 

 No. 10, May, 1879, p. 83. 

 Compiled notice of its habits. 

 1879. Anon. The Marsh Harrier (Circus hudsonius). <^Tempei-ance Vedette (news- 

 paper of Terrill, Texas), Nov. 22, 1879. 

 A few paragraplis on the habits of this species. 

 1879. BOAEDMAN, G. A. Capture of Two Escaped Prisoners. <[ Forest and Stream, 

 xiii, Nov. 27, 1879, p. 848. 



Notes shooting of specimen of Haliaetus leucocephalus with a steel trap attached to its leg, 

 and of ' ' gray dack " ( ? Ghaulelasmns strcperus) with a string tied to its leg. 



1879. Brewer, T. M. A Mistake Con-ected. <^ Forest and Stream, Oct. 9, 1879. 



Respecting date of first publication of Buteo albocaudatus as a bird of the United States, in 

 op. cit. of July 11, 1878, not in The Country bf July 13, 1878. 



1879. COUES, E. A Correction. < Bull. Xntt. Ornith. Cluh, iv, No. 4, Oct. , 1879, p. 242. 



Of his mistake ia proposing to substitute the name Buteo aquilinus for Falco borealis Gm. 

 1879. Davis, F. J. Nesting of Buteo pennsylvanicus in a Hemlock Tree. <^ The 



Oologist, iv. No. 7, Feb., 1879, p. 51. 

 1879. [Fitch, E. H.] The Swallow-tailed Kite [Elanoides forficatus]. <^ The Journ. 

 of Sci. (Toledo, Ohio), 2d ser., i. No. 12, Mar., 1879, cut. 

 Popular biography, with a figure. 

 1879. [Gilbert, E. S.] The Hawk's Spiral Flight. <5deHceiVet(;s,i,No. 11, Apr. 1, 



1879, pp. 171,172. 



Digest of observations of C. Darwin and J. B. Holder. 

 1879. Gurney, J. H. Note upon Three American Raptorial Birds apparently new to 

 Science.. <^ Ibis, 4th ser., iii, Apr., 1879, pp. 171-178, pi. iii. 

 Micrastur amaurus, p. 173; Morphmis tceniatus, p. 176, pi. 3 ; Buteo poecilochrous, p. 176. 

 1879. [INGERSOLL, E.] [On the Breeding Habits of Butco liueatus.] <^ Science Netvs, 

 i. No. 9, Mar. 1, 1879, p. 138. 



Editorial report of a meeting of the Linnaean Society of New York, Jan. 25, 1879, giving 

 the observations of S. 1). Osborne on the subject. 



1879. Johnson, F. E. Capture of the Golden Eagle [Aquila chrysaetus] at Graves- 

 end, L. I. < Bull. Xutt. Ornith. Club, iv. No. 3, July, 1879, p. 189. 



1879. PuRDiE, H. A. MacFarlane's Gerfalcon (Falco gyrfalcosacer) in Maine. <^Bull. 

 Xutt. Ornith. Club, iv, No. 3, July, 1879, pp. 188, 189. 



1879. Sale, C. J. Early Nesting of Eagles. <:!^ Forest and Stream, xn,Maj 8, 1879, -p. 

 265. 



Nest ot Haliaetus leucocephalus completed Jan. 20 in Virginia. 



1879. Stevens, F. Nesting of Buteo zonocercus in New Mexico. <[ Bull. Nutt, Ornith. 

 Club, iv, No. 3, July, 1879, p. 189. 



