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1859. Heermann, A. L. — Continued. 



the Pacific Ocean. | Made under the direction of the Secretary of 

 War, in | 1853-6, | according to acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, 

 May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854. | — | Volume X. | — | Washing- 

 ton : I Beverley Tucker, printer. | 1859. 4to. ]> Eoute near the 

 thirty-second parallel, from the Rio Grande to the Pi mas Villages, 

 explored by Lieutenant J. G. Parke, Corps of Engineers, 1853-'54. 

 ]> No. 1. Report upon Birds collected on the Survey. By A. L. 

 Heermann, M. D. pp. 9-20 -f 1 1., pU. i, iv, vi. 



A deferred article, pertaining to a report given in a previous volume. It con- 

 sists of specific chars, of, and field-notes on, 25 spp. PI. i, Hypotriorchia femo- 

 ralis. FL iv, f. 1, Passerculus alaudinus ; t. ^, Peuccea cassini. PI. Yi, Actidurus 

 noevius. 



1859. Heermann, A. L. =^|^ geTsfoT' \ ^^'"'^^' \ ^No.^Ts!' I " I ^«P°^*' ' 

 of I Explorations and Surveys, | to | ascertain the most practicable 

 and economical route for a railroad | from the | Mississippi River to 

 the Pacific Ocean. | Made under the direction of the Secretary of 

 War, in | 18.53-'6, | according to Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, 

 May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854. | — | Volume X. | — | Washing- 

 ton: I Beverley Tucker, printer. | 1859. 4to. ]> Routes in Cali- 

 fornia, to connect with the Routes near the thirty-fifth and thirty- 

 second parallels, exj)lored by Lieut. R. S. Williamson, Corps of Top. 

 Eng., in 1853. Zoological Report. > Part IV. No. 2. Report upon 

 Birds Collected on the Survey. By A. L. Heermann, M.D. pp. 29-80, 

 pi. ii,iii, V, vii-x. 



A deferred article pertaining to the Report in vol. V of the series, being a por- 

 tion of Part IV of that Keport. It consists of extended field-notes on a large 

 number (.about 140) of species. PIl. ii, iii, Buteo elegans ; jA. ■v, Myiarchus mexi- 

 canus (of Baird) ; pi. vii, Strepsilas melanocephalus ; pi. viii, Podiceps califomicus ; 

 pi. ix, Podilymbus lineatus; pi. x, Phalacrocorax penicillatus. 



1859. Henry, T. C. Catalogue of the Birds of New Mexico as compiled from 

 Notes and Observations made while in that Territory, during a resi- 

 dence of Sx Years. <^ Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., xi, 1859, pp. 

 104-109. 

 198 spp., partiallj' annotated. 



1859. Jones, J. M., Wedderburn, J. W^and Hurdis, J. L. The | Natural- 

 ist in Bermuda; | a sketch of the | Geology, Zoology, and Botany, | 

 of that remarkable group of islands; | together with | meteorologi- 

 cal observations. | By John Matthew Jones, E.sq., | (Of the Middle 

 Temple.) | Assisted by | Major J. W. Wedderburn (Late 42nd Roy. 

 Highlanders), and J. L. Hurdis, Esq. | — | With a map and illustra- 

 tions. I — I [Quotation.] | London : | Reeves & Turner, 238, Strand. 

 I — I 1859. 1 vol. l2mo size. pp. i-xii, 1-200, map, 10 cuts in text. 



More than half of this interesting treatise is devoted to birJs : it is claimed to 

 contain "the first account ever submitted to the public of the Natural His- 

 tory of the Bermudas ", and certainly is the best authority we have on the birds 

 of those islands. Birds occupy pp. 2.1-97 ; the account consisting of "Notes .and 

 Ob.servations on the resident and migratory Birds of the Bermudas", by M.ijor 

 "Wedderburn, pp. 23-56, and "Further Notes and Observations" on the same, by 

 J. L. Hurdis, pp. .56-97. The occurrence of the European Alaudx arvensis ma'ses 

 perhaps the most notable single item ; other European stragglers are Saxicola 



