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SHUFELDT, Robert W. [Editorial on] 

 The Water Ouzel or Dipper. By E.N. 

 Lowe. 



Great Divide, XI, No. 7, Denver, Colo., 

 July, 1894, p. 176. 

 The figure of "The American Dipper" is 

 by Dr. Shufehlt, being a copy of the one given 

 by Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway in their "His- 

 tory of North American Birds." A brief de- 

 scription of the bird, its nest, and its habits 

 are given, and the author's former opinion as 

 to its aflinities are restated, to the effect that 

 in so far as anatomical structure seems to indi- 

 cate, the nearest American ally of Oinclus is 

 the Oven bird {Siurus). 



The American Barn Owl. Some 



peculiar nesting sites. 



Great Divide, xi, No. 7, July, 1894, pp. 176- 

 177. One figure in text. 

 ' Points out that neither Audubon or Wilson 

 described the breeding habits of this owl (Strix 

 pratincola), but that this has been very fully 

 done by more recent writers. Gives instances 

 of their breeding in burrows in the ground, and 

 also the case cited by Bendire from the account 

 of Mr. Emerson, of Hay wards, Cal., where a 

 pair of these owls laid twenty-four eggs on the 

 tin roof of a house, where, completely unpro- 

 tected, they spoiled. An excellent and reduced 

 copy of Brehm's figure of this bird is presented. 



[Review of] Bird-nesting in North- 

 west Canada. By Walter Raine. Illus- 

 trated. Hunter, Rose & Co., Toronto : 



1892. 



Auk, XI, No. 3, New York, July, 1894, 

 pp. 247-248. 



An adverse view of the work of a now no- 

 torious swindler in his traffic with museums 

 and collectors of the eggs of birds, especially 

 those of North America. The book is full of 

 errors, and apparently was written to give 

 scientific coloring to the unprincipled dealings 

 of its author. 



Many of the misstatements in tbe volume 

 were detected by studies of the unrivaled 

 collection of eggs of the birds of this country 

 in the U. S. National Museum. 



Lectures on biology. No. 3 (con- 

 tinued). Its value as a study. 



Am. Field, XLII, No. 5, New Tork and Chi- 

 cago, Saturday, Aug. 4, 1894, pp. 104-105. 



Lectures on biology. No, 3 (con- 

 tinued). Its value as a study. 



Am. Field, xlii. No. 6, New York and Chi 

 cago, Saturday, Aug. 11, 1894, pp.128-129. 



— — Lectures on biology. No. 4. Its 

 growth and future inlluence. 



Am. Field, No. 7, New York and Chicago, 

 Saturday, Aug. 18, 1894, pp. 151-153. 



SHUFELDT, Robert W. Lectures on 

 biology. No.4 (coutiuued). Its growth 

 and future influence. 



Am. Field, No. 8, New York and Chicago, 

 Saturday, Aug. 25, 1894, pp. 177-178. 

 This lecture concludes the series. The lec- 

 tures were subsequently printed in full, with a 

 historical "Preface." 



On the osteology of Cranes, Rails, etc. 



pp. 1, 2, Aug., 1894. 



Keprinted from Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., Mar. 

 20, 1894, pp. 250-251. 



This is simply a brief abstract from the au- 

 thor's original MSS. giving an account of tlie 

 osteology and affinities of this group of birds. 

 It is based upon a study of the material in his 

 priv.ite collection and also that of the U. S. 

 National Museum. 



A scheme of classification is presented that 

 divides the suborder PaludicoliB primarily into 

 two superfamilies, viz : the Gruoidea and tlie 

 Kalloidea. The first named contains the fam- 

 ily Gruid;c, represented by the genus Gr^is; 

 and the family Aramidas by Aramus. Tbe 

 Ralloidea, with the single family Eallidse, is 

 made to contain the genera Jtallus, Crex, For- 

 zana, lonornis, GalUnula, and Fulica. 



Giants among Woodpeckers. 



Great Divide, x. No. 8, Aug., 1894, p. 189. 

 One figure in text. 

 A brief account of the Ivory-billed "Wood 

 pecker, calling attention to tlie fact that by 

 the misinformed the Pileated Woodpecker is 

 frequently mistaken for the Ivory-billed, in 

 those parts of the country where both species 

 occur together. A good copy of Brehm's fig- 

 ure of the bird illustrates this article. 



The introduction of birds. 



Great Divide, xi. No. 8, Denver, Colo., 

 Aug., 1894, p. 189. One figure in text. 

 Gives a brief and popular account of many 

 of the birds tliat Jiave been introduced into tho 

 United States from foreign countries, and in- 

 vites especial attention to the introduction of 

 the Capercally, of wliich species a figure of 

 the cock and hen illustrates tbe article. Mount- 

 ed specimens of this bird are to be found iu the 

 exhibition series of the Museum, and these 

 were made use of in describing the appearance 

 of the two sexes. 



Notes on some western animals. 



Great Divide, xi, No. 9, Chicago, Sept., 

 1894, pp. 218-219. 

 Makes brief reference to quite a number of 

 western manim.als and birds, describing their 

 habits and geographical range. Figures are 

 given of the Round-tailed Muskrat (A'eo/ffeer 

 Alleni), after True's drawing in the Proceed- 

 ings U. S. N.itional Museum ; of the Wood- 

 chuck (A. monax) ; and of the Canada Porcu- 

 pine {E d. dursatus). 



