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and Corrections to Waterhouse’s ‘‘ Index-Generum Avium.” (Proc. U.S. 
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Mathews, Gregory M. The Birds of Australia. Vol. VI, Part IV, 
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Mullen, W. H. and Swann, H. Kirke. A Bibliography of British 
Ornithology. Part V. Macmillan and Co., London, 1917. Price 6/-net. 
Murphy, R.C. The Sooty Albatross Group. (The Brooklyn Museum 
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Sclater, W. L. Aves. (Zoological Record for 1915, May, 1917, pp. 
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Shufeldt, R. W. Fossil Remains of What Appears to be a Passerine 
Bird from the Florissant Shales of Colorado. (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 
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Trotter, Spencer. The Life Features of the Coastal Plain and the 
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Avicultural Magazine (3), VIII, Nos. 8, 9, and 10, June-August, 1917. 
Bird-Lore, XIX, No. 4, July-August, 1917. 
Bird Notes and News, VII, No. 6, Summer, 1917. 
British Birds, XI, Nos. 1, 2, and 3, June-August, 1917. 
Bulletin British Ornithologists’ Club, Nos. CCXXV and CCXXVI, 
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Bulletin of the Charleston Museum, XIII, No. 5, May, 1917. 
Bulletin of the Vermont Botanical and Bird Clubs, No. 3, April, 1917. 
California Fish and Game, 3, No. 3, July, 1917. 
Canadian Geological Survey, Summary Report for 1916, 1917. 
Condor, The XIX, Nos. 3 and 4, May—August, 1917. 
Emu, The, XVII, Part I, July, 1917. 
Fins, Feathers, and Fur, No. 10, June, 1917. 
Forest and Stream, LX X XVII, Nos. 7, 8, and 9, July-September, 1917. 
Ibis, The, (10) V, No. 3, July, 1917. 
New Jersey Audubon Bulletin, Nos. 20 and 21, June and September, 
1917. 
Odlogist, The, XXXIV, Nos. 6, 7, and 8, June-August, 1917. 
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