640 Eeport of State Geologist. 



EvERMANN, Barton W. Birds of Carroll County, Indiana. The Auk, 

 Vol. V, 1888, pp. 344-851 ; continued in Vol. VI, 1889, pp. 22-30. 



Butler, Amos W. Notes concerning albinism among birds. Journ. 

 Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist., Jan. 1, 1888, pp. 214-21(5. 



NOE, Fletcher M Do English Sparrows protect trees from insect rav- 

 ages? Indianapolis News, June 15, 1888. 



Blatohley, W. S. "A Gnatcatcher's Strategy." Audubon Magazine, 

 March, 1888. Describes a two-story nest of the Blue-gray Gnat- 

 catcher, PolioptUa cirrnlea (Linn.), taken near Bloomington. A 

 Cowbird had deposited an egg in the nest proper and the second 

 story wa8 built over the egg. 



West, F. M. A Cross-billed Woodi)ecker. Ornithologist and Oiilogist, 

 Vol. XI II, p. i)5, .Tune, 1888. Specimen of Melanerpes carolinensis 

 noted from CJreensburg, Indiana. 



Troller, Ja8. S. Correspondence from (Greensburg) Indiana. The 

 Bay State Oiilogist, Vol. I, No. 6, June, 1888, p. 52. Account of 

 nesting of a pair of Bluebirds in the sand pump of a well-driller's 

 outfit. Re[)rinted in the Ornithologist and Oiilogist Annual, Vol. 

 I, No. 1, January, 1889, p. 29. 



Hanger, O. P. Black Vulture (Cathari4a atrata) in Orange County, 

 Indiana. The Curlew, Orleans, Indiana, Vol. I, No. 3, December, 



1888, p. 35. 



1889. 



Langdon, F. W,, M. D. On the occurrence of large numbers of six- 

 teen species of birds. Journ. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. XII, 



1889, pp. 57-()3. Notes the unusual abundance of the Rose-breasted 

 Grosbeak at Brookville, Indiana, in the spring of 1885. 



Evermann, B. W. The Wood Ibis of Indiana. The Auk, Vol. VI, 

 1889, pp. 18(>-187. 



RiDGWAY, RoBKRT. The Ornithology of Illinois. Natural History Sur- 

 vey of Illinois. State Laboratory of Natural History, S. A. Forbes, 

 Director. Part I, Descri])tive Catalogue, by Robert Ridgway, Vol, 

 I, Springfield, 111., 1889, pp. 520-f VIII, pis. XXXII. The present 

 volume ends with Columbio. Contains many references to Indiana 

 birds. 



Barrows, Waltkk B. The English Sparrow {Pa-^ser (loinedicus) in 

 North America, especially in its relation to agriculture. Prepared 

 under the directions of Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Ornithologist, by 

 Walter B. Barrows, Assistant Ornithologist. Bulletin No. 1, U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture, Division of Economic Onithology and 

 Mammalogy, Washington, 1889, pp. 405 and map. A number of 

 Indiana observations noted. 



