iSS6.] Recent Literature. 27 1 



1009. The Roseate Spoonbill in Florida Rookeries. [Bj ¥. T. Jencks.] 

 Ibid., No. 3, p. 4, No. 5, pp. 4, 5, No. 6, p. 4.— A detailed account 

 of a collector's experience with the Spoonbills in Brevard County, Florida, 

 near Indian River Inlet, in 1874. Describes the nest, eggs, and habits of 

 the bird, with notes incidental!}' on various other species. 



loio. A New Bird for Rhode Island and the Second for Nexv England. 

 " [By F. T. Jencks.] Ibid., No. 5, p. 8. and No. 6, p. 3.— A male Protho- 

 notary Warbler, killed in South Kingstown, R. I., April 21, 1884, by 

 R. G. Hazard, 2d. 



loii. A iVonparril Passerina ciris in Rhode Island. [By F. T. Jencks.] 

 Ibid., No. 5, p. 8. — Shot in Scituate, R. I., "duringthesummer of 1882," by 

 Daniel Seamans, who also shot, at the same place, a Richardson's Owl, 

 "during the following winter." 



1012. Am English Corn Crake in Rhode Island. [By F. T. Jencks.] 

 Ibid., No 6, p. 3.- — Taken at Cranston, R. I., about 1857. Recorded on 

 the authority of Mr. Newton Dexter, who obtained the bird while still in 

 the flesh. 



1013. Crreat Gray Ozvl. Spectral Ozvl. Strix cinera (sic). [By 

 F. T. Jencks.] Ibid., No. 7, p. 3. — Record of a specimen killed "late in 

 the winter of 1882 and 'S3," on Fox Island, near Wickford, R. I. Reference 

 is made to another specimen in the collection at Brown University, "said 

 to have been taken in Seekonk, Mass., some twenty years ago," but 

 apparently not previously recorded. 



1014. \_Nest of the Marsh Hatvh.^ By G. S. A. Ibid., p. 7.— Refer- 

 ence to the character of five nests found in the season of 18S4. 



1015. Valuable Notes from Vermont. [By F. T. Jencks.] Ibid., No. 

 8, p. 3. — Gives some notes contributed by Mr. C. W. Graham, which 

 include a record of the capture of a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher {Mivulus 



fbrfcatus) at St. Johnsburg, Vt., soine time previously. The specimen 

 "now reposes in Dartmoutii College." Also refers to the recent captm-e 

 near the same place of the Kittiwake Gull and the Stilt. 



1016. [ Great Horned Oxvl appropriating the Nests of the Bald Eagle.^ 

 By Frank H. Allen. Ibid., p. 4. 



1017. Feathered Engineers. What a Couple of Baltimore Orioles 

 did by Setting Then- Wits to Work. Ibid.. No. 9, p. 4. (From the 'New 

 York Sun.'; 



lOiS. [^ Blacii Vulture in Vern?ont.'\ By [C. W.] Graham. Ibid., 

 p. 4. — Record of a specimen shot at Woodbury, Vt., about Jidy 10, 18S4. 



1019. \_A Prolific Pair of Song Sparrozus.'\ ByJ. N.Clark. Ibid., 

 No. 10, p. 3. 



1020. Remarks on the Migration of Birds in North America. By 

 C. Hart Merriam, M. D. Ibid., No. 12, pp. 3-5. — Brief i-eport of the 

 work of the A. O. U. Committee on Bird Migration for the year 1884, 

 giving dates respecting the spring migration of five species. 



1021. INotes on the Sharp-shinned Havjk.'\ ByJ. N. Clark. Ibid.. 

 p. 10. 



1022. A Ne-jj Wrinkle in Taxidermy. By William Brewster. Ibid., 

 Vol. II, No I, p I. — How to easily turn a mounted bird into a skin. 



