872 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. [Vol.V. 



1873. [Appi.etok, G. L.] A Lai'ge Woodcock [wcij^lit nine ounces]. <^ Forest and 

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



It is not impossible that this and some similar records of unusually laige Woodcock shot 

 in the United States have actual reference to the European Scolopax rusticola. 



1878. Brewtir, T. M. The Stilt Sandpiper (Micropalama himantopus). < Bull. NiUt. 

 Oniith. Club, iii, No. 3, July, 1878, p. 148. 

 Its frequent occurrence on Long Island, according to observations of G. N. Lawrence. 

 1878. Brewer, T. M. Eggs of the Solitary Sandpiper (Rhyacoi^hilus solitarius Bp.). 

 ■ < Bull. XhU. Orniih. Club, iii, No. 4, Oct. , 1878, p. 197. 



Important as being doubtless the first description of an authentic egg of this species. The 

 supposed egg had occasionally been reported before, but never with positive identification, 

 that of Tringoides macularius or ^gialitis vocif«ra having been usually mistaken for it. 



1878. Brewer, T. M. Notes on the Occurrence of Micropalama himantopus in New 

 England. <^Proc. Bost. SocNat. Hist., xix, for Oct. 3,1877, pub. Jan. Feb., 

 1878, pp. 252-256. 

 This is quite an extensive paper, giving the particulars of various occurrences. 



1878. Brown, N. C. The Stilt Sandpiper (Micropalama himantopus) at Portland, 

 Maine. < Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, iii. No. 2, Apr. , 1878, p. 102. 



1878. [Chubb, J.] Early Snipe [Gallinago wilsoni, at Cleveland, Ohio]. <l Forest 

 and Stream, x. Mar. 28, 1878, p. 135. 



1878, Head, J. F. Breeding of the Woodcock [Philoliela minor] in Georgia. <^BhU. 

 Xuft. Ornith. Club, iii. No. 3, July, 1878, p. 151. 

 Communicated by E. C[oues] ; comment by W. Brewster on its breeding in Florida. 

 1878. "J. M. W." Woodcock [Philohela minor] killed by Telegraph Wires. <^Fami- 



liar Sci. and Fanciers' Journ., v. No. 5, May, 1878, p. 94. 

 1878. [WiLLARD, S. L.] "*rix)-np" [Tringoides macularius]. <^The Oologist, \\, 

 No. 3, May, 1878, pp. 22, 23. 

 Xotice of its habits, mostly quoted from Coues's "Birds of the Xorthwcst." 



1878. Wood-Mason, J. On the Structure and Development of the Trachea in the 



Indian Painted Snipe (Rhynchica capensis). <^ F. Z. S., June 18, 1878, pp. 

 745-751, ligg. 1, 2, pi. xlvii. 



Peculiarlj- convoluted trachea in the ? . This sex oifers reversal of secondary sexual cha- 

 racters and instincts — being larger and more richly colored than the d", having the trachea 

 tortuous instead of simple, deputing the duty of incubation to the d, and doing the courting 

 business herself. The parts in mention are figured. 



1879. Brewer, T. M. The Eggs of the Curlew Sandpiper (Tringa subarquata). 



< Bull. Xuft. Orn ith. Club, i v. No. 3, July, 1879, p. 190. 



Doubtless a mistake. In Ibis, 1879, p. 375, Dr. Brewer makes the same statements. H. 

 W. Feilden criticizes the statements in Ibis, 1879, p. 468 ; and the case is reviewed at length 

 by J. E. Hartiug, Zool., Mar., 1880, p. 104. The bird may have been Tringa canutus or Pha- 

 laropus fulicarius. Authentic eggs of Tringa subarquata continue to be unknown. 



1879. COUES, E. Letters on Ornithology. No. 19. — The Ciulews [Numenius spp. ] of 

 North America. <^ Tlie Chicago Field, Apr. 26, 1879. 

 Matter rearranged from accounts of three species in "'Birds of the Northwest." 



1879. CouES, E. Letters on Ornithology. No. 25.— The Solitary Tattler; Wood Tat- 

 tler. Totauus Solitarius. <^ The Chicago Field, 3 nwQ 21, 1879. 

 From "Birds of the Northwest.'" 

 1879. CouES, E. Letters on Ornithology. No. 26. — Semipalmated Tattler, Willet, 

 Stone Snipe. (Totauus Semipalmatus. ) <^ The Chicago Field, June 28, 1879. 

 From "Birds of the Northwest. " 



1879. CouES, E. Letters on Ornithology. No. 27. — Bartramian Sandpiper or Tattler; 

 Upland Plover. Aciiturus Bartramius. <^ The Chicago Field, July 5, 1879. 

 From "Birds of the Northwest." 

 1879. CouES, E. Letters on Ornithology. No. 28. — The Buff-Breasted Sandpiper. 

 Tryngites Rulescens. <^ The Chicago Field, July 12, 1879, p. 348. 

 From "Bii-ds of the Northwest." 



