2 I A. Recent Literature. [April 



488. — In behalf of the Crow, and criticising the wholesale slaughter men- 

 tioned by 'F. L. P.' (see above, No. 841). 



844. The Canada Goose. By A. A. Mosher. Ibid., Dec. 6. p. 537. — 

 Nests in large numbers about Spirit Lake, la. 



845. What the Crow Docs Eat. By M. G. Ellzey, M. D. Ibid., 

 Dec. 13, p. 561. — Strong charges against the utility of the Crow. 



Publications Received. — Gardiner, Edward G. Beitrage zur Kentniss 

 des Epitrichiums und der Bildung des Vogelschnabels. Inaugural-Disser 

 tation, etc. Svo., Leipzig, 1884, pp. 1-50, pll. 2. 



Jordan, David Starr. Manual of the Vertebrates of the Northern 

 United States, etc. 4th ed., revised and enlarged. Chicago, 1884, Svo. . 

 pp. 406. 



Lawrence, George N. Descriptions of supposed New Species of Birds 

 of the Families Tyrannidse, Cypselidse and Columbidae. (Ann. New York 

 Acad. Sci., Ill, No. 5, pp. 156-158, Jan. 5, 1SS5.) 



Meyer, A. B. (1) Ueber neue und ungenugend bekannte Vogel im 

 koniglich zoologischen Museum zu Dresden. (Zeitsch. f. d. ges. Ornithol., 

 I, 1884 (30 pp., repaged, pll. vii-ix.) (2) Notizen iiber Vdgel, Nester und 

 Eier aus dem Ostindischen Archipel, spiciell iiber die durch Herrn C. 

 Ribbe von den Aru-Inseln jiingst erhaltenen. (Zeitschr. f. d. ges. Or- 

 nithol.. I, pp. 269-296, pll. xiv-xviii.) 



Newton, Alfred. Ornithology. (Encyclopaedia Brittanica, ed. 9, Vol. 

 XVIII, pp. 1-50, Dec. 1884.) 



Reichenow, Ant., and Herman Schalow. Compendium der neu bes- 

 chriebenen Gattungen und Arten. (Journ. f. Orn., 1S84, pp. 399-424.) 



Ridgway. Robert. Description of some new Species of Birds from 

 Cozumel Island, Yucatan. (Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, III. 1SS4-85, 

 —4 pp. repaged.) 



Salvadora, Tommaso. Uccelli dello Scioa e della regione fra Zeila e lo 

 Scioa. Genoa, iSS4,8vo.. pp. 269. 



Willard, S. W. Migration of North American Birds in Brown and 

 Ontagamie Counties. (Trans. Wisconsin Acad. Sciences, Arts and 

 Letters. 1SS3 — PP- 2 °> repaged.) 



American Naturalist, Feb., March, April, 1885. 



Bulletin Essex Institute, XVI, Nos. 7-12. 



Canadian Science Monthly, Oct. 1SS4, Jan. 1885. 



Journal Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, No. 4. 



Kansas City Review of Science and Industry, VIII, Nos. 9, 10, 11, Jan., 

 Feb.. March, 1SS5. 



Milwaukee, Second Ann. Report of Board of Trustees of the Public 

 Miiseuni of the City of. Svo., 1SS4. ( 2 ) Circular of the Public Museum 

 of the City of Milwaukee, Nos. 1, 2. 



Naturalist, The. A Journal of Nat. Hist, for the North of England, 

 Nos. 114- , Jan. -March, 1S85. 



Naturalist, The, in Florida, No. 2-4, Oct. i8S4-March, 1885. 



