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1874. PiLLEY, J.B. Landrail [Crex prateusis] iu January [iu Great Britain]. <^ Zo- 

 ologist, 2d ser., ix, 1874, p. 3953. 



1874, SCHOMBURGK, R. [Coiumuuication from, containing an account of the nesting- 

 habits of FuUca australis]. < P. Z. «., xlii, 1874, p. 129. 



1874. Sucker, A. Ipseudon.l [Occurrence of Porzana noveboraceusis at Centralia, 



111. ] -C -3t/«. Sjjortsman, iv, 1874, p. 45. 



"Sucker" is a local vulgarism for a native of Illinois, said to liavf originated from some 

 necessity early settlers were under of fluding water in holes in tlie prairie so deep that they 

 were obliged, as it were, to suck it up in drmking. However apt or otlierwise eligible the 

 slang pseudonyms of sporting wi'iters may seem to them at the time when they "wi-ite 

 for the newspapers, " such nonsense wears a very unbecoming air when it comes to be set 

 forth formally in Bibliography. 



1875. BuLLER, W. L. [On Rallus modestus. ] <^ Trans, and Proc. Xeic Zealand Inst, for 



1874, vii, 1875, Proc. Wellington Phil. Soc, 1x511. 

 Prof. Newton's determination of the validity of the species. 



1875. CoRBiN, G. B. Coot [Fulica atra] near Ringwood. <^ Zoologist, 2d ser., x, 

 May, 1875, pp. 4458, 4459. 



1875. "R." Singular Freak of a Coot [Fulica americana]. <^ Forest and Stream, v, 

 Oct. 7, 1875, p. 131. 



1875. Ramsay, E. P. Description of the Eggs and Young of Rallina tricolor, from 

 Rockingham Bay. < P. Z. S., Nov. 16, 1875, pp. 603, 604. 



1875. Whitman, G. P. The Purple Gallinule [Porphyrio martiuica, in Eastern Mas- 

 sachusetts]. >\ Forest and Stream, iv, Apr. 22, 1875, p. 167. 



1875. Whitman, G. P. The Purple Gallinule [Por^jhyrio martiuica, iu Massachusetts]. 



< Am. Xat.,ix, No. 10, Oct., 1875, p. 573. 



1876. BOYES, F. Is the Common Waterhen [Gallinula chloi?opus] Migratory or not ? 



<^ Zoologist, 2d ser., xi. Mar., 1876, pp. 4845, 4846. 

 1876. Garrod, a. H. On the Anatomy of Aramus scolopaceus. <^ P. Z. S., Mar. 7, 

 1876, pp. 275-277, figg. 1-3. 



Important ; with special reference to the systematic position of the genus, which is con- 

 sidered to be most Latimately related to (}rus, in view of many of its anatomical characters. 

 The skull is figured in three views. 



1876. [Gervais, p. ] (A. H._) Garrod : Sur I'auatomie de I'Aramus scolopaceus. (Proc. 



zool. Soc. London, 1876, p. 275). < Gerr. Journ. de Zool. , v, 1876, pp. 439, 440. 

 See last title. 

 1876. [Grinnell, G. B.] A Word or two abottt some of our Rails [North American 



RalUdse]. <^ Forest and Stream, vii, Nov. 9, 1876, p. 212. 

 1876. GURNEY, J. H., Jr. Little Crake [Porzana minuta] at Hastings. <^Zoologist, 



2d ser., xi, Oct., 1876, p. 5126. 

 1876. Gurney, J. H., Jr. Little Crake [Porzana minuta] at Hastings. <^ Zoologist, 



2d ser., xi,Nov., 1876, p. 5167. 

 1876. Hudson, W. H. Notes on the Rails [Rallidas] of the Argentine Republic. 



< P. Z. S., Jan. 18, 1876, pp. 102-109. 



Very interesting, and including many notes on other birds of the same region, as Aramus, 



Parra, Ibis, Milvago, and some Passeres. 

 1876. Jeffrey, W. The Common Waterhen [Gallinula chloropus] Migratory. <^Zo- 



ologist, 2d ser., xi, Apr., 1876, pp. 4882, 4883. 

 1876. Mathew, G. F. Baillon's Crake [Porzana bailloni] at Braunton Burrows. 



< Zoologist, 2d ser., xi. Mar., 1876, pp. 4844, 4845. 



1876. Newman, E. White Spotted Crake [Porzana maruetta]. <^Zoologist, 2d ser., 



xi. Mar., 1876, p. 4845. 

 1876. NlCUOLLS, R. P. Spotted Gallinule [Porzana maruetta] near Kiugsbridge. 



< Zoologist, 2d ser., xi, Jan., 1876, p. 4763. 



