7 A. 2 Recent Literature. [October 



Grant. Ibid., No. 25, Jan. 13, p. 4S5. — On the wholesale slaughter of 

 Terns at this point for millinery purposes by C. E. Cahoon, of Taunton, 

 Mass., during the season of 18S6. 



1198. Avian Tuberculosis in the Ruffed Grouse. By Morton Grinnell, 

 M. D. Ibid., No. 26, Jan. 20, p. 503. 



1 199. Migrating Meadozv Larks. By J. H. D. Ibid., No. 26, Jan. 20, 

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Publications Received. — Berlepsch, Hans von. Systematisches Ver- 

 zeichniss der von Herrn Ricado Rohde in Paraguay gesammelten Vogel 

 und Appendix Systematisches Verzeichniss der in der Republik Paraguay 

 bisher beobachteten Vogelarten. (Separat. aus Journ. f. Orn., 18S7, pp. 

 134 etseq. ) 



Blakiston, T. W. Water-Birds of Japan. (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1886, 

 pp. 652-660.) 



Bryant, Walter E. (1) Description of a new subspecies of Petrel from 

 Guadalupe Island. (Bull. Cal. Acad. Sci. II, No. 8, 1887.) (2) Discovery 

 of the nest and eggs of the Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertina~). 

 (Ibid.) (3) Unusual Nesting Sites. (Ibid.) 



Emerson, W. Otto. Ornithological Observations in San Diego County. 

 (Bull. Cal. Acad. Sci. II, No. 7, 1SS7.) 



Harvie-Brown, J. A., J. Cordeaux, R. M. Barrington, A. G. More and 

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Lawrence, G. N. Descriptions of New Species of Birds of the Families 

 Sylviidit, Troglodytida* and Tyrannidae. (Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., IV, 

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Langdon, F. W. Birds. A Lecture delivered before the Cincinnati 

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Menzbier, Michael v. (1) Die Zugstrassen der Vogel im Europaeis- 

 chen Russland. Mit zwei Karten. (Bull. Soc. imp. d. Nat. de Moscow. 

 18S6, No. 2.) (2) Notiz iiber einen neuen Griinspecht, Gecinus flaviros- 

 tris, n. sp. (Ibid.) 



Merriam, C. Hart. Report of the Ornithologist [to the Department of 

 Agriculture] for the year 1887. (Ann. Rep. Dept. Agr., 1886.) 



Naroudnoi, N. Oiseaux de la Contree Trans-Caspienne. Avec pre- 

 face de M. Menzbier. (Ibid., 1S85, No. 2.) 



Nazarow, P. S. Recherches zoologiques des Steppes des Kirguiz. Avec 

 carte et preface de M. Menzbier. (Ibid., 1866.) 



Reichenow, A. Dr. Fischer's Ornithologische Sammlungen wahrend 

 der letzten Reise zum Victoria Njansa. (Journ. f. Orn., Jan. 1887.) 



Ridgway, R. A Manual of North American Birds. Roy, 8vo, pp. 631, 

 pll. 124. Philadelphia, 18S7. 



Shufeldt, R. W. (1) Notes on the Visceral Anatomy of certain Auks. 

 (Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 18S7, pp. 43-47.) (2) A Critical Comparison 

 of a series of skulls of the Wild and Domesticated Turkeys. (Journ. Com. 



