2IO Recent Literature. [April 



printed, with additions, from the Amherst 'Record,* June-Aug., 18S3. 

 (See antea, No. 44S, Bull. N. O. C. ; VIII, p. 238.) 



The 'American Naturalist,' Vol. XVIII, 1S84, contains, besides various 

 extracts and abstracts from other publications, the following (Nos. 

 7S3-792) : 



783. The Carolina Wren; a Tear of its Life. By Charles C. Abbott, 

 M. D. American Naturalist, Vol. XVIII, pp. 21-25. 



7S4. Wood Notes and Nest Hunting. By Horace Lunt. Ibid., pp. 

 155-160.— Pleasantly written notes about, chiefly, the Wood Pewee and 

 Ovenbird. 



785. A Labor-Saving- Fish Hazvk. By T. R. Peale. Ibid. , pp. 212, 

 213. — About the nesting of this species. 



7S6. Bam Owls in Missouri. By F. A. Sampson. Ibid., p. 309. 



787. Notes on the Red-xving Blackbird. By Charles Aldrich, Ibid., 

 pp. 309, 310. — On its nesting habits and decrease in numbers through the 

 reclamation of wet lands. 



788. Migration of North American Birds. By C. Hart Merriam. 

 Ibid., pp. 310-31 1. — Circular of the A. O. U. Migration Committee for 

 18S4. 



7S9. On the Shedding of the Clazvs in the Ptarmigan and Allied Birds. 

 By Leonhard Stejneger. Ibid., pp. 774-776. 



790. Does the Crow Blackbird eat Crayfish ? By Clarence M. Weed. 

 Ibid., p. 832. — Part of a crayfish was found in the stomach of a young 

 Crow Blackbird. (See on this subject, antea, Nos. 478.and 4S0.) 



791. Innovations in Nomenclature. Editorial. Ibid., pp. 906-908. — 

 Approves of 'trinomial nomenclature,' but objects to four other recent 

 American 'innovations.' 



792. Note on the Pclz'is in Birds and Dinosaurs. By Dr. J. G. Baur. 

 Ibid., pp. 1 273-1275. 



'Science', Vols. Ill and IV, 1S84, contains the following (Nos. 792-805) : 



792. Barn-owls in southern Ohio. By A. W. Butler. Science, Vol III, 

 p. 31. — Fourteen specimens were taken, in the fall of 1SS3, near Cincin- 

 nati, where it had previously been of rare or accidental occurrence. 



793. Osteology of the Cormorant. By J. A. Jeffries. Ibid., p. 59. — 

 Reply to Dr. Shufeldt (see ante a, Nos. 592-594) on this subject. 



794. Barn-owls in Alissouri. By F. A. Sampson. Ibid., p. 116. — 

 Unusual numbers about Sedalia. 



795. Osteology of the Cormorant. By R. W. Shufeldt. Ibid., p. 143. 

 — In answer to Mr. Jeffries (see No. 793). 



796. Migration of birds in England. Ibid., pp. 158, 159. — From 

 'Nature.' 



797. Rare Vermont birds. By F. H. Herrick. Ibid., p. 216. — Notes 

 on 14 species. Records the capture at Rutland in spring of Oporornis 

 agilis, and the breeding of Recurvirostra americana(T) , Helminthophaga 

 celata{!), Lanius ludovicianus, Loxia leucoptera, Chyrsomitris pinus, 

 Picoides arcticus, and Gall inula galeata at different localities in the 

 State. Notes also the capture of Phalacrocoraot carbo, Sterna fuliginosa. 



