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Cary, Merritt. Life Zone Investigations in Wyoming. North Ameri- 

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Childs, John Lewis. Catalogue of the American Natural History- 

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Herrick, Francis H. Audubon the Naturalist. A History of his Life 

 and Time. Two volumes, 8vo, pp. 1-451 and 1^94. D. Appleton & 

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Howser, W. D. Preliminary List of the Birds of Tennessee. Bull. 

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Lawyer, G. A., Bancroft, W. F., Earnshaw, F. L. Game Laws for 1917. 

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Lewis, J. C. Some Considerations on Sight in Birds. (Smithsonian 

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Mathews, Gregory M. The Birds of Australia. Vol. VI, Part V, pp. 

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Meriden Bird Club. Third Report, pp. 1-107, 1916. 



Oberholser, Harry C. (1) A Review of the Subspecies of the Leach 

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Paxson, H. D. The Last of the Wild Pigeon in Bucks County (Penna.). 

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Pearson, T. Gilbert, and others. Birds of America. Vols. I— III, 4to, 

 pp. 1-272, 1-271 and 1-289, numerous colored plates and text figures, 

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Peters, Jas. L. Birds from the Northern Coast of the Dominican 

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Sclater, W. L. On a New South American Jay of the Genus Cyanolyca. 

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Strong, R. M. Some Observations on the Origin of Melanin Pigment 

 in Feather Germs from the Plymouth Rock and Brown Leghorn Fowls. 

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Swarth, H. S. and Bryant, H. C. A Study of the Races of the White- 

 fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) Occurring in California. Univ. of Cal. 

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American Museum Journal, The, XVII, No. 7, November, 1917. 



Avicultural Magazine, (3), VIII, Nos. 11 and 12, IX, No. 1, September- 

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Ardea, VI, No. 2, August, 1917. 



Bird-Lore, XIX, Nos. 5 and 6, September-December, 1917. 



Bird Notes and News, VII, No. 7, Autumn, 1917. 



British Birds, XI, Nos. 4, 5 and 6, September-November, 1917. 



Bulletin, British Ornithologists' Club, No. CCXXVII, October 30, 1917. 



