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Forbush, Edward H., and Charles E. Fernald. The Gypsy Moth, Por- 

 thetria disfar (Linn.). A report of the work of destroying the insert in 

 the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, together with an account of its 

 History and Habits, both in Massachusetts and Europe. Mass. State Board 

 of Agriculture, Boston, 1S96, Svo, pp. xii -+- 496 -f- c, with numerous plates 

 and cuts. 



Hartert, Ernst. On ornithological collections, made by Mr. Alfred 

 Everett, in Celebes and on the islands south of it. (Novitates Zool., Ill, 

 June. 1S96, pp. 148—183. 



Holland, A. II. Field-notes on the Birds of the Estancia Sta. Elena, 

 Argentine Republic. — Part III. With Remarks by P. L. Sclater. (Ibis 

 July, 1S96, pp. 315-318.) 



Homeyer, E. F. von. Museum Homeverianum. Verzeichniss der orni- 

 thologischen Sammlungen. Svo, pp. 36. 



Judd, Sylvester D. Four Common Birds of the Farm and Garden. 

 (Year-book U. S. Dept. of Agric. for 1895, pp. 405-41S.) 



Loomis, Leverett M. California Water Birds, No. Ill, South Farallon 

 Island in July. (Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., Ser. 2, Vol. VI. pp. 353-366.) 



Lucas, F. A. Osteological and Pterylographical Characters of the 

 Procniatida?. (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XVIII, No. 1077, pp. 505-507.) 



Merriam, Florence A. How Birds affect the Farm and Garden. i6mo, 

 Sept. 1896. Forest and Stream Publishing Company. Price 5 cts. 



Montgomery, Thomas II. Extensive migration in Birds as a check 

 upon the production of Geographical Varieties. (Am. Nat., June, 1896, 

 pp. 458-464.) 



Nehrling, H. North American Birds. Pts. XIV and XV. 



Oberholser, Harry C. Descriptions of two new Subspecies of the 

 Downy Woodpecker, Dryobates jmbescens (Linn.). (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 

 XVIII, No. 1080, pp. 547-550.) 



Palmer, T. S. Bird Day in Schools. (Circular No. 17, U. S. Dept. of 

 Agriculture, Division of the Biological Survey. Svo. pp. 4, Jul}', 1S96.) 



Ridgway, Robert. (1) Characters of a New American Family of Pas- 

 serine Birds. (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XYIII, No. 1076, pp. 449, 450.) (2) 

 On Birds collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott in the Seychelles, Amirantes, 

 Gloriosa, Assumption, Aldabra, and adjacent Islands, with notes on 

 Habits, etc., by the Collector. (Ibid., No. 1079, pp. 509-546.) 



Richmond, Charles W. (1) Catalogue of a Collection of Birds made 

 by Dr. W. L. Abbott in Kashmir, Baltistanand Ladak, with notes on some 

 and a description of a new species of Cyanecula. (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 

 XVIII, No. 107S, pp. 451-503.) (2) Catalogue of a Collection of Birds 

 made by Dr. W. L. Abbott, in Eastern Turkistan, the Thian-Shan Moun- 

 tains, and Tagdumbash Pamir, Central Asia, with notes on some of the 

 specie's. (Ibid., No. 10S3, pp. 569-576.) (3) Description of a New Species 

 of Ant Thrush from Nicaragua. [Ibid., No. 1090, pp. 625, 626.) (4) 

 Partial List of Birds collected at Alta Mira, Mexico, by Mr. Frank B. 

 Armstrong. (Ibid., No. 1091, pp. 627-632.) 



