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1872. Coues, E. Studies of the Tyrannida?. — Part I. Revision of the vSpecies of 

 Myiarchus. < Proc. Ac. Nat. vSc. Phil., June 25, 1872, pp. 56-81. 

 Technical notes on Myiarchus ii)ifrascfns. 



1872. Coues, I{. Key | to | North American Birds | Containing a Concise Ac- 

 count of Every Species of | Living and Fossil Bird | at Present Known from 

 the Continent North of the Mexican | and United States Boundary. | Illus- 

 trated by 6 Steel Plates, and Upwards of 250 Woodcuts. | By | lUliott Coues, 



I Assistant Surgeon United States Army. | | Salem: Naturalists' 



Agency. | New York: Dodd and Mead. | Boston: Estes and Lauriat. | 1872. 

 Imp. 8vo, pp. 4, 1-361, pll. I-VI, figg. 1-238. 



Includes observations as to the status of certain species accredited to California. 



1S72-1873. Ridgway, R. On the relation between Color and Geographical Distri- 

 bution in Birds, as exhibited in Melanism and Hyperchromism. < Am. Journ. 

 Sc, 3rd Ser. IV, December 1S72, pp. 454-460; V, January 1873, pp. 39-44. 



Includes original description of Cyaniira stellcri var. frontalis ( Cyanocilta stelleri 

 frontalis), from the Sierra Nevada: also critical notes on several other California forms. 



1873. Ridgway, R. Catalogue of the Ornithological Collection of the Boston So- 

 ciety of Natural History. Part II. Falconidte. < Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. 

 Hist. XVI, May 1873, pp. 43-72. 



Specimens from various localities in California. 



1873. Ridgway, R. On Some New Forms of American Birds. < Am. Naturalist 

 VII, October 1873, pp. 602-619. 



iMyiodioctes pusillns, var. />ilt'olata i -ll'ilsonia pusilla pilcolata) ; from San F^rancisco. 



1873. Ridgway, R. The Grouse and Quails of North America. Discu.ssed in 

 Relation to their \'ariation with Habitat. <1 Forest & Stream I, December 

 1873, pp. 289-290. 



Includes reference to the races of (>rt'o> ty.v pirtns in California. 



1874. Baird, S. F., Brewer, T. M., and Ridgway. R. A | History | of | North 

 American Birds | by | S. F. Baird, T. M. Brewer, and R. Ridgway | Land 

 Birds I Illustrated by 64 Plates and 593 Woodcuts | \'olume I [-HI]. | 

 [vignette] | Boston | Little, Brown, and Company | 1874. Small 4to; Vol. I, 

 pp. i-xxviii, 1-596, i-vi, cuts. pll. I-XXVI; Vol. II, pp. 1-590, i-vi, cuts. pll. 

 XXVII-L\'I; Vol. Ill, pp. 1-560, i-xxviii, cuts, pll. LVII-LXIV. 



The biographical accounts relative to California Ijirds contained in this great work, altho 

 quite extensive, are based almost entirely on previously publisht material of the various 

 explorers. The .\ppendix at the end of \'olume III, however, inchides a number of 

 Cooper's field observations made after the publication of his "( irnithology of California"; 

 antl some of these are of especial importance. 



1874. Brewer, T. M. [See Baird, Brewer and Ridgway.] 



1874. Cooper, J. G. Animal Life of the Cuyamaca Mountains. < Am. Natur- 

 alist VIII, January 1874, pp. 14-18. 



Brief mention of 84 species of birds observed in the \ icinity of the Cuyamaca Mountains, 

 San Diego County. 



