ZOOLOGY, ETC. Dae 
cellaneous Publications—No. 3. Birds of the Northwest: a handbook of the 
ornithology of the region drained by the Missouri river and its tributaries. By 
Elliott Coues, captain and assistant surgeon U.S. army. Washington: Govern- 
ment printing office. 1874. 8vo, pp. i-xi, 1-791. 
An exceedingly valuable contribution to North American ornithology. Excel- 
lent synonymatic lists, useful to every working ornithologist. It contains refer- 
ences to 231 species as occurring in Kansas, quotations being from: 
(1). Baird, S. F. Birds of N. America, in vol.-IX, P. R. R. Surveys. 1858. 
(2). Coues, E. Am. Naturalist, vol. V, 1871, p. 195. 
(3). Allen, J. A. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zodlogy, vol. III. 12872. 
(4). Snow, F.H. Birds of Kansas, 2d edition. 1873. 
1874. B[enson], F.S. The Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta). From 
Forest and Stream, vol. II, no. 9, p. 134. 
1874. Snow, F. H. Birds of Kansas. From Observer of Nature (newspaper } 
for April, 1874. 
Adds six species to the list of 1872, five of which are first announcements: 
Colymbus nigricollis californicus, Larus delawarensis, Helmitherus vermivorus, 
Dendroica striata, and Dendroica maculosa. 
1874. Wriutsron, S. W. The Prairie-dog, Owl, and Rattlesnake. From Am. 
Naturalist, vol. VIII, April, 1874, p. 203. 
1874. Snow, F.H. Birdsof Kansas. From Am. Naturalist, vol. VIII, 1874, 
p. 757. 
Same six species given in the citation above. 
1874. Barrp, S. F., Brewer, T. M., and Ripaway, R. A History of North 
American Birds, by S. F. Baird, T. M. Brewer, and R. Ridgway. Land Birds. 
Illustrated by 64 colored plates and 593 woodcuts. Vol. I[-III]. Boston: Lit- 
tle, Brown & Co., 1874. 3 vols., small 4to., pp —. 
Numerous Kansas references. 
1874. B[Enson], F.S. What Some Birds Eat. From Forest and Stream, vol. 
II, no. 22, July 7, 1874, p. 341. 
Observations made in Russell county. Food habits of about thirty-five spe- 
cies. List of birds that eat only insects; also a list of rare birds taken in that 
locality. Adds to the Kansas list Sterna hirundo, Numenius borealis, Piranga lu- 
doviciana, and Pipilo maculata arctica. 
1875. Snow, F. H. Birds of Kansas. From Transactions Kan. Academy 
of Science for 1874. pp. 30, 31. Pamph. Topeka, 1875. 
Adds nine species to the bird fauna. Six have been cited above. The Bohe- 
mian waxwing here given as an addition is based on the Fort Riley specimen 
taken by Doctor Hammond and reported in Baird, 1858. The new birds are Mi- 
cropalama himantopus and Calidris arenaria. 
1875. Snow, F. H. Birds of Kansas. From Observer of Nature, vol. IT, 
March 24, 1875. 
Contains first record for ASgiothus linaria. 
1875. Gaumer, G. F. Ornithological Notes. From Observer of Nature, 
March 24, 1875. 
Notes on several Kansas birds and a list of birds seen March 13, 1875. 
1875. Snow, F. H. New Birds in Kansas. From Am. Naturalist, vol. IX, 
no. 8, August, 1875, p. 470. 
Adds Dendroica palmarum. 
