978 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, [Vol.Y. 



1878. [Scott, W. E. D.] Suow Geese [Chen byperboreus aud var. ;ilbatus, at Curri- 

 tuck]. < The Country, i, Feb. 16, 1878, p. '229. 



1878. [Scott, W. E. D.] A Eemarkable Bird. < The Country, i, Jan. 26, 1878, p. 180. 

 See p. 213.. 

 Hybrid, supposed to be between Mallard aud Muscovy. 



1878. Smith, Everett. Eider Ducks [Souiateria mollissima]. < The Country, ii, 

 May 11, 1878, p. 42. 



1878. [Stacy, D.F.] Braut [Beruicla breuta] iu Minnesota. <^Forest and Stream, x, 

 Feb. 28, 1878, p. 55. 



1878. "Tonic." Domesticated Wood Ducks [Aix spousa]. <^Forest and Siream, x, 

 April 18, 1878, p. 196. 



1878. "Witmer, J. M. Domestication of the MaUard Duck [Auas boscbas]. <^Forest 



and Stream, xi, Nov. 14, 1878, p. 300. 



1879. Arny, H. W. Killed by Telegrapb [Wires]. <^ Forest and Stream, xii. May 8, 



1879, p. 265. 

 Cygnus americanus killed by flying against the wires. 

 1879, Berier, L. Capture of the European Widgeon [Mareca penelope] in North 



Carolina. < Bull. Nuit. Ornith. Clui, iv, No, 3, July, 1879, p. 190, 

 1879, Brewer, T. M. The Rocky Mountain Golden-Eye (Bucephala [Claugula] 

 islaudica). < Bull. Xutl. Ornith. Club, iv, No. 3, July, 1879, pp. 148-152. 



Chiefly respecting its geographical distribution ; with description of its eggs. The writer 

 contends that it is not the boreal species it is commonly supposed to be ; very curiously adduc- 

 ing its alpine range in the United States in support of his positien. 



1879. Brewster, W. Additional Notes on the Whistling Swan (Cygnus americanus) 



in New England. < Bull. Xutt. Ornith. Cluh, iv, No. 2, Apr., 1879, pp. 125, 126, 

 1876. CoNKLiN, W. A. Animals at Central Park. Eider Duck [Soinateria mollissima], 



< Bod aud Gun, ix, Nov. 4, 1876, j). 73. 

 1879. CouES, E. Letters on Ornithology. No. 21. — History of the Red-breasted, or 



Cinnamon Teal. — (Querquedula cyauoptera, Cass.) <^ The Chicago Field, May 



17, 1879. 

 From the "Birds of the Northwest." 

 1879. CoUES, E. Letters on Ornithology. No. 22. — The Snow Goose, or White Brant, 



— Anser [Chen] byperboreus, Pall. < The Chicago Field, May 24, 1879. 

 From the "Birds of the Northwest." 



1879, poUES, E. Note on Bucephala [Claugula] islaudica. <^ Bull. Nutt. Ornith. 

 Cluh, iv. No. 2, Apr., 1879, pp. 126, 127. 

 J. B. Gilpin's observations on the trachea of this and Clangula glaucium. 



1879, Dexter, N, Capture of a Swan [Cygnus americanus] in Rhode Island. <[ For- 

 est and Stream, xiii, Nov. 27, 1879, p. 848. 



1879, Editor. [?Hallock, C] A Hybrid Duck. <^Forest and Stream, xii, A\}v. 24, 

 1879, p. 226. 

 Supposed hybrid between Aix sponsa and FuUgula ferina americana. 

 " I did not see skin aud know nothing of it." [G-. B. Grinnell in lit. to E. C] 



1879, Gregg, W. H. Camptobemus l.abradorius. < Jwi. A'rtf., xiii. No. 2, Feb., 1879, 

 pp. 128, 129. 



Interesting note of the occurrence of this now very rare l)ird near Elmira, Chemung County, 

 New York, Dec. 12, 1878. 



1879. [Grinnell, G. B.] On the Golden Eyes or Carrots in Nova Scotia. <^ Forest 

 and Stream, xi, Jan. 23, 1879, p. 502. 

 Notice of J. Bernard Gilpin's paper with this title. 



1879. Henshall, J. A. What are English Ducks, <^Forest and Stream, xiii, Dec. 4, 



1879, p. 867. 

 Refer.s to popular name of Anas boschas in Florida. 



