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field, Mass., between May 20 and 25, 187G— Fred. H. Keyes. vii., 1, 

 4— Arrived at Nicasio, Cal., March 19, 1876— C. A. Allen, vii., 26, 

 404— Noticed in Southeastern Wyoming June 1, 1876— A. G. Brackett. 

 viii,, 8, 84— Very common in sununer at Webster, N. H., breeds iji 

 large communities in the river banks — Chas. F. Goodhue, viii., 12. 

 177— A|)pc;ir on the Coteau des Prairies, Dakota, May 18, m consider- 

 able numbers ; breed and disappear about July 20— Chas. E. McChes- 

 ney. viii., 17, 201 — Found in Michigan — "Archer" (G. A. Stock- 

 well), viii., 17, 268— Found near Washington, D. C— (R. F. Boi- 

 seau). X., 19, 359— Arrived at Lebanon, 111., April 13, 1878— "Ptar- 

 niigan." xii., 6, 105 — Found in Nova Scotia building in the banks 

 of "the inland lakes and rivers— J. Matthew Jones, xii., 17, 325 — 

 Several seen at Como, Wyoming— Geo. Bird Grinnell. 



Cow Buntingr. See Molothrxis ater. 



Crane. Sand-hill, See Orus canadensis. 



Craae. Whooping', See Orus americanus. 



" Croaker." Local name of Tringa maculata on the New Jersey coast. 



Creeper. Blaek and White, See Mniotilta varia. 



Creeper. Brown, 8eo Cej-thia familiaris. 



Crested Grebe. See Podiceps cristatus. 



Ci'ex prat/nsis. European Corn Crake. — vii., 14, 212 — Only an accidental 

 visitor from Europe in the United States— Editors. 



Crossbill. Red, Sec Loxia curmrostra americana. 



Crossbill. White- wiug'ed. See Loxia leucoptera. 



(^row. See Corvus americanus. 



Crow Blackbird. See Quiscalus purpureua. 



Crow. Clark's, See Picicorvus columbiamis. 



Crow, Fish, See Corcus ossifragus. 



Crying' Bird. Sc'c Aramus scolopaceus giganteus. 



Cuckoo. Black-biiled, See Coccyzus eiytliropMhalmus. 



Cuckoo. Yellow-billed, See Coccyzus amencanus. 



Cupidonia CMjiido. Prairie Hen; Pinnated Grouse, i., 2, 28— Some of 

 their habits and places to find them — Editors, i., 6, 83 — Account of 

 a shooting trip after Prairie Hens — T. S. i., 7, 98 — Account of a trip 

 in Indiana for "Chickens" — "Amateur." i., 8, 117— Account of a 

 shooting trip in Kansas — H. i., 15, 235 — Very common at Lake 

 Mills, Iowa — John Krider. i., I9, 289 — This species from the Texan 

 plains is var. pallidicinctus, and differs from those of Illinois and 

 Louisiana in being lighter and more slender, the same as the Quail — 

 Robert Ridgway. i., 22, 347 — Common in the Neosho Valley, Kans- 

 as, i., 26, 404^A verj' few still to be found in parts of New Eng- 

 land— F. B. ii., 1, 2— Found at Humboldt Bay, Cal — "Monmouth " 

 (Aug. K. Egbert).* ii., 1, 8 — Note by the Editors on several consign- 

 ments that have been sent to England, and never having been heard 

 from, were probably not a success, ii., 2, 22 — One in the possession of 

 J. Wallace, N. Y. . pure white excepting tail and a few blotches on the 

 back and upper tail coverts, which are in normal plumage — "Ornis" 

 (Geo. Bird Grinnell). ii., 2, 26— Note by the Editors on introducing 

 them into England, ii., 5, 75 — Thirty brace from Iowa have been turned 

 out on Long Island by W. E. Newton, of Smithtown, and are doing 

 well ; several packs of young birds having been seen in the summer 

 of 1873. ii., 6, 89— A plan advocated by "Homo" (Chas. S. West- 



■ This not^ probably refers to PeAicPcetes pha.<iianelhiA columhiantm, as there Is, so 

 far as we know, no good eviaence that C. cupido has ever been found In the Yellowstone 

 basin. 



