674 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL APPENDIX. 1§66-I§6y [l08 



1866-69. Elliot, D. G.— Continued. 



This work, taking a foremost place among the great illustrated books of N. A. 

 birds, was issued originally in fifteen parts, 1866-69, mostly of five plates each, 

 to be bound in two imp. folio vols., and furnished with 18 additional unpaged 

 leaves, being title-pages. Dedication to "Wilson, List of subscribers, Preface, In- 

 troduction, Explanations, etc., List of plates and species. Parts i, ii, 1866 ; iii-viii, 

 1867; ix-xii, 1868; xiii-xv, 1869. Of. Ibis, 1866, p. 417; 1867, p.376; 1868. p.345; 

 1870, p. 277 ; Zool. liec.for 1866, p. 61 ; 1867, p. 67; 1868, p. .54 ; 1869, p. 47. 



The introduction treats of 114 spp., forming a critical commentary on most of 

 them, and contains 18 woodcuts. According to this, the species figured are as 

 follows : — 



Vol.1, plate 1, Harporhynchus cinereus ; 2, Pants montanvs ; 3, Lophophanes 

 inornatus ; 4, Campylorhynchus affinis ; 5, Helminthophaqa lutdcB ; 6, Dendroeca 

 graeicB; 1 , Yireo plumbeus, V. vidnior, V. swainsoni, V. pusillus ; S, Chrysondtrie 

 lawrencei; 9, Aegiothus exiiipes ; 10, A. fuseescens ; 11, Leucosticte griseinucha ; 12, 

 Passer domesticus ; 13, Passerculus alaudinus ; 14, Zonotrichia belli; 15, Pipilo 

 albigida ; 16, Cardinalisigneus; 17, Cyanuramacrolophus ,- IS, Oontopus pertinax ; 

 19, Mitrephorus fulvifrons ; 20, Nephcecetes niger ; 21 Atthia heloisce,- %i, HeliopcB- 

 dica xantusi ; 23, Stellula calliope; 24, Xenopicus albolarvatus ; 25, Sphyrapicus 

 thyroideus ; 26, Colaptes chrysoides; 27, Scops kennieotti; 28, S. Jlammeola ; 29, 

 Microthene whitneyi. 



Vol. II, plate 30, Falco candicans ; 31, F. islandicus ; 3% F. aurantius ; 33, Buteo 

 zonocercus; 'M, Halicetus pelagicus; 35, H. alMdlla ; 36, Gathartes burrovianus; 37, 

 Scardafella inca ; 38, Meleagris mexicana ; 39, Podasocys montanus ; 40, Macro- 

 rhampkus scolopaceus ; 41, Ereunetes oceidentalis ; 42, Chenalbatus; 43, Ohencaeru- 

 lescens ; 44, Exanthemops (g. n.) rossii; 45, Chloephaga eanagiea ; 46, Bucephala 

 islandica; 47, Lampronetta fischeri; 48, Somateria v-nigra ; 49, Graculus bairdii ; 

 50, G. perspicillatus ; 51, O.cincinnatus; 52, Larits eali/ornieus, L. oceidentalis ; S3, 

 L. brachyrhynchus, L. hutchinsii; 54, Rissa kotzebid, R. nivea; 55, Stercorarius 

 catarractes ; 56, Thalasseus caspius ; 57, Haliplana discolor ; 58, Diomedea chloro- 

 rhynchus; 59, Ossifraga gigantea ; 60, JEstrelata hcesitata ; 61, Cymochorea melania, 

 Halocyptena microsoma ; 62, Nectris amaurosoma, N.fuliginosus ; 63, Oolymbus 

 adamsi; 64, Podiceps califomicus ; 65, Fratcrcitla gladalis; 66, Sagmatorrhina 

 lathami; 67 , Phaleris tetraculn ; 68, P. pusillus ; 69, Ptychorhamphus aleutinis ; 

 70, Ombria psittacula ; 71, Rrachyrhamphus temnAnckii ; 72, B. hypoleucus. But 

 the assignment of plates to species by number, as hero given, ditfersin the '• List 

 of plates and species ", and this again is difierent from the order in which they 

 were published ; so that, the pll. not being numbered on their face, the confusion 

 in citing them becomes complete and endless. 



1867. Allen, J. A. Winter Notes of an Ornithologist. < Jm. Nat, i, 1867, 

 pp. 38-48. 



Eelates to Massachusetts -55 or 60 spp. there in winter, consisting mainly of 

 permanent residents and visitors from the Xorth. 



1867. Allen, J. A. Ornithological Calendars. < Am, Xat., i, 1867, pp. 54 

 [for March], 109 [for April], 160 [for May]. 

 Appearances of migratory birds in Massachusetts in the spring months. 



1867. Allen, J. A. The Birds of Spring. < Am. Nat., i, 1867, pp. 141-144. 



Relates to New England— 280 spp. there at the season named. 



1867. [Anon.] Prodrome of a work on the Ornithology of Arizona Terri- 

 tory. By Elliott Coues, M. D., U. S. A. Philadelphia. 1866. 8vo. 

 pp. 64. < Am. Nat,, i, 1867, pp. 209, 210. 

 A review of this paper, supposed to be by the editors of the journal cited. 



1867. [Anon.] Ornithology and Oology of New England. By Edward A. 

 Samuels. Boston : Nichols & Noyes. 1867. 8vo. Illustrated. 

 < Am. Nat., i, 1867, pp. 318-320. 

 A review of this work, supposed to be by the editors of the journal cited. 



