976 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. [Foi.v. 



1876. " Upper Des Moines." Brant and Geese. < Itod mid Gun, vii, Fob. \2, 1876, p. 



306. 

 Habits, nesting, etc., in Iowa. 



1877. Abbott, C. C. Leaves from my Note-Book. The Wood Duck [Aix sponsa] and 



Her Yoimg. < The Country, i, Dec. 29, 1877, p. 11.5. 

 Fledglings caiTied down from nest to water on shoulders of the mother. 

 1877. Akhurst, J. Capture of tbe Egj^itian Goose [Chenaloiiex segyptiacus] on Long 



Island. < Bull. Nutf. Ornith. Club, ii, No. 2, Apr. , 1877, p. 52. 

 1877. Anon. The Canada Goose [Bemicla canadensis]. <^ Forest and Stream, viii, 



Feb. 15, 1877, p. 17. 



1877. Anon. A Proof of Instinct. <^ Forest and Stream, viii, Mar. 22, 1877, p. 96. 



"Wild Geese supporting a wounded one in the air. 

 1877. Anon. Tame Wild Geese. <] Forest and Stream, viii, June 7, 1877, p. 280. 



Keprinted from St. Louis "Kepublican."' 

 1877. Anon. Shells in red head duck's [Fuligula americana] craw. <^ Forest and 



Stream, ix, Dec. 20, 1877, p. 380. See pp. 266, 285, 327. 

 1877. Anon. What our Ducks Eat [on North Atlantic coast]. <^ Forest and Stream, 



ix, Nov. 29, 1877, p. 327. See p. 380. 

 1877. Anon. What Red Head Ducks [Fuligula americana] Eat [Ruppia maritima, 



etc. ]. <^ Forest and Stream, ix, yip. 266, 285. See pp. 327, 380. 

 1877. "Audubon." Domesticated W'ild Geese [Bemicla canadensis]. <^ Forest and 



Stream, viii, Mar. 1, 1877, p. 50. See pp. 96, 177. 

 1877. Coues, E. Note on the Cinnamon Teal (Querquedula cyanoptera [in Colorado] ). 



< Bull. Xutt. Ornith. Club, ii. No. 2, Apr., 1877, p. 51. 



1877. [Coues, E. ] Birds. < The Min-or (Baltimore, Md. ), Dec. , 1877. 



Notices of certain Xorth American Anatidce, from "Birds of the Northwest." 



1877. "G. P." Habits of Domesticated Wild Geese [Bemicla canadensis]. <^ Forest 



and Stream, viii, March 22, 1877, p. 96. See pp. .50, 177. 

 1877. Gurney, J. H. Note on the Polish Swan [Cyguus immutabilis]. <iP- Z. S., 



June 19, 1877, pp. 579, 580. 

 1877. Gurney, J. H., Jr. [Letter on the Trache;p of certain Auatidie.] <^Ibis, 4th 



ser.,i, July, 1877, pp. 395, 395. 

 1877. "H. H." Domestication of the Canada Goose [Bemicla canadensis]. <^ Forest 



and Stream, viii, April 26, 1877, p. 177. See pp. 50, 96. 

 1877. Lawrence, G. N. Occurrence of the Barnacle Goose (Bernicla leucoi^sis) on 



Long Island, N. Y. < Bull. Xutt. Ornith. Cluh, ii. No. 1, Jan., 1877, p. 18. 

 Covering a letter from J. R. Kendall. Inchading note by E. Deane. 

 1877. Le Baron, J. F. Habits of the Whistler [Bucephala americana]. <1 Am. Nat., 



xi. No. 1, Jan., 1877. p. 44, 45. 

 1877. "P." Brant [Bemicla brenta] in Texas. <[ Forest and Stream, ix, Dec. 27, 1877, 



p. 397. 

 1877. "Recapper." [T. S. Abbott.] The Dusky Duck [Anas obscura]. < TAe 



Country, i, Dec. 8, 1877, p. 74. 

 1877. "R. H." Domesticated Wild Geese [Bernicla canadensis] Breeding. <^Forest 



and Stream, viii, July 5, 1877, p. 360. 



1877. Rowley, G. D. Somateria [Camptoltemus] labradoria (J. F. Gmelin). (The 

 Pied Duck.) < Uonl. Orn. Misc., ii, pt. vi, Jan., 1877, pp. 205-224, pi. Iv, and 

 five others, not numbered. 



A very complete monogiaph of tliis rare and apparently moribund species, including a list 

 of 33 known specimens. PI. 55 ligures the bird, both sexes, in colors. The other five plates 

 show stemums, heads, and feet of various Eiders. 



