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Nat. Sci. Philad., 1874, 104 (habits).— Lawrence, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 no. 4, 1876, 27 (Tehuantepec City, Oct.).— Botjcard, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond., 1878, 64 (San Jos4 and Cartago, Costa Rica). — Stephens, Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, iii, 1878, 94 (Gila, New Mexico). — Ridgway, Norn. N. Am. 

 Birds, 1881, no. 312; Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, ii, 1884, 92 (crit.); Orn. 

 Illinois, i, 1889, 345. — American Ornithologists' TTnion, Check List, 

 1886, no. 452.— Cooke, Bird Migr. Miss. VaL, 1888, 148 (Mississippi Valley 

 range, etc.; breeding in Concho and Tom Green counties, and at Houston, 

 Texas, and north to at least lat. 45° in Minnesota; Manitoba). — Chapman, 

 Auk, V, 1888, 272 (Gainesville, Florida, breeding). — Brewster, Auk, v, 



1888, 389 (Winchendon, Massachusetts, breeding).— Faxon, Auk, vi, 1889, 

 44 (Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, breeding) .^Allen (F. H.), Auk, vi, 1889, 

 78 (Moultenboro, New Hampshire, breeding). — Merriam, Lull. Nutt. Orn. 

 Club, vi, 1881, 231 (Lewis Co., New York, breeding).— Brown, Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 40 (Boerne, Kendall Co., s. w. Texas, 1 spec, Mar. 30). — 

 Batchelder, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 149 (New Brunswick, 6 m. e. 

 of Houlton, Maine, 1 pair breeding). — Nehrling, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 

 1882, 169 (Houston, etc., s. e. Texas, breeding; habits); Our Native Birds, ii, 

 1896, 344, pi. 33, fig. 1.— Salvin, Cat. Strickland Coll., 1882, 315 (Mexico; 

 Pennsylvania). — Berlepsch, Journ. fiir Orn., 1884, 277 (Bucaramanga, 

 Colombia), 303 (do.; crit.).— Bicknell, Auk, ii, 1885, 254 (notes).— Cory, 

 Auk, iii, 1886, 241; Birds West Ind., 1889, 128.— Seton, Auk, iii, 1886, 320 

 (Lake Winnipeg and Lake Manitoba, rare). — Thompson, Auk, iii, 1886, 453 

 (Carl)erry, Manitol)a); x, 1893, 50 (Winnipeg. Manitoba, 3 specs.; Carberry, 

 several). — Lloyd, Auk, iv, 1887, ]92 (Tom Green Co., w. Texas, breeding). — 

 Scott, Auk, vi, 1889, 319 (breeding at Tarpon Springs, and wintering at 

 Punta Rassa and Key West, Florida); ix,]892, 208 (Fort Myers and Punta 

 Rassa, Florida, iuAvinter). — Sala'in and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, ii, 



1889, 87 (Soto la Marina, Tamaulipas; Cayo, British Honduras; etc.). — Cory, 

 Birds West Ind., 1889, 128; Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 108.- Bolles, Auk, 

 vii, 1890, 288 (as to use of snakes' skins in nests). — Scott, Auk, ix, 1892, 213, 

 218 (Caloosahatchie R., Florida, breeding). ^Attwater, Auk, ix, 1892, 236 

 (San Antonio, Texas, breeding). — Cherrie, Auk, ix, 1892, 251 (San Jose, 

 Costa Rica, transient, wintering on both coasts). — Richmond, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., xvi, 1893, 507 (Rio Escondido, Nicaragua, Oct.). — Bendire, 

 Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii, 1895, 259, pi. 2, figs. 8, 9 (eggs).— Woodworth, 

 Auk, xii, 1895, 311 (St. Albans, Vermont, common). ^ — Wayne, Auk, xii, 

 1895, 365 (Wacissa R., Florida, breeding).— Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 

 xii, 1898, 137 (Santa Marta, Colombia); Auk, xviii, 1901, 363 (Divala, Pan- 

 ama, Nov., Dec; crit.). — Carroll, Auk, xvii, 1900, 345 (Refugio Co., Texas, 

 breeding). — Allen, Auk, xvii, 1900, 364 (Bonda, Santa Marta, Colombia, 

 Nov. to Feb.); Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., xiii, 1900, 142 (do.).— Fleming, Auk, 

 xviii, 1901, 39 (Beaumaris, n. Ontario, common). ^ — Howell, Auk, xviii, 

 1901, 341 (Mount Mansfield, Vermont). — Bailey (Florence M.), Handb. Birds 

 W. U. S., 1902, 252.— Allen (G. M.), Proc. Manchester Inst., iv, 1902, 119 

 (New Hampshire, up to 1,500 ft.).— Widmann, Auk, xix, 1902, 234 (Emmet Co., 

 Michigan). — Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xvii, 1904, 29 (monogr.). — Cur- 

 rier, Auk, xxi, 1904, 36 (Leech Lake, Minnesota). — Williams (R. W., Jr.), 

 Auk, xxi, 1904, 456 (Leon Co., Florida, breeding).— Allison, Auk, xxi, 1904, 478 

 (West Baton Rouge, Louisiana, breeding). — Wood and Frothingham, Auk, 

 xxii, 1905, 48 (Oscoda Co., n. Michigan, June, July). — Stockard, Auk, xxii, 

 1905, 155 (Mississippi, breeding). — Mills, Wilson Bull., no. 53, 1905, 116 

 (Fulton Co., Georgia, breeding). 



