426 Messrs. Salvin and Sclater's Index of the 



included in the volume for that year. 89 species arc here men- 

 tioned, with short accompanying notes. 



3. Notes on the Fauna of the Upper Missouri. Am. Nat. iii. 



pp. 294-299. 

 Enumerates a number of birds observed in this district. 



Cooper, J. G. See Whitney. 



CouES, Elliott. 



1. The Natural History of Quiscalus major. Ibis, 1870, pp. 

 367-378. 



A full account of the range, habits, and affinities of this 

 species. 



2. The Clapper-Rail. Am. Nat. iii. pp. 600-607. 

 An excellent and amusing account of Rallus crepitans. 



3. Sea-side Homes ; and what lived in them. Am. Nat. iii. 

 pp. 337-349. 



Describes popularly the breeding-haunts of Terns and Plovers 

 on the coast of Carolina. 



CouLON, Louis. 



Bull. Soc. Neuch. 1870, p. 476. 



A short account of a nearly perfect skeleton of the Moa [Di- 

 nornus crassus) recently acquired for the Museum at Neuchatel. 



Cunningham, Robert 0. 



Notes on some Points in the Anatomy of three Kingfishers (Ceryle 

 stellata, Dacelo gigas, and Alcedo ispida). P. Z. S. 1870, 

 pp. 280-283, plate xxiv. 

 Some peculiarities in one of the superficial muscles of the back 

 of the neck [hiventcr cervicis), in Ceryle stellata, as observed by 

 the author in the Straits of Magellan, and an examination of 

 the same muscles in Dacelo gigas and Alcedo ispida, form the 

 chief subject matter of this paper. The distinction between the 

 tongues of the three species is also examined, and attention is 

 drawn to the difference between the lacrymal bones of Dacelo 

 and those of Alcedo and Ceryle. A plate and a woodcut illus- 

 trate the points of anatomy discussed. 



Ball, William H. 



An afternoon in Nicaragua. Am. Nat. iii. pp. 35-39. 

 Details an excursion into the woods near Greytown. Several 



