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Minor Ornithological Publications. — There ;ue various scientific socie- 

 ties and institutions whose serial publications, though not chiefly orni- 

 thological, yet occasionally contain matter relating to North American 

 birds. The following is a record of such papers, not already noticed 

 in this department, from 1879 '^^ 1890 inclusive, in all of these serials 

 accessible to the compiler. Readers who know of other .similar publi- 

 cations that have contained in these years any contributions to orni- 

 thology, are earnestly requested to send their titles to the Associate 

 Editor. 



Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 

 Since last noticed here (Auk, Vol. II, p. 373) these Proceedings have 

 contained only these (Nos. 2204, 2205). 



2204. Note on the Epidermal System of Birds. By. J. Amory Jeffries, 

 M. D. ^Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History,' Vol. 

 XXIII, March, 1888, pp. 358-360. 



2205. Notes on Some Type Specimens of American Troglodxtidip. in the 

 Lafresnaye Collection. By Robert Ridgvvay. /^/(f., pp. 383-388. — See 

 Auk, VI, 172. 



Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. 



In Vols. IV and V, Nos. 1-3, are these (Nos. 2206-2209). 



2206. Imitative and Ventriloquial Poxver of Birds. By E. E. Fish. 

 '■Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences', Vol. IV, No. i, Julv, 

 1881, pp. 23-25. — A few notes on birds' songs. 



2207. On the Domestication of Some of our Wild Ducks. By Charles 

 Linden. Ibid., No. 2, Jan., 18S2, pp. 33-39. 



2208. Nidification of Birds on the St. Clair Flats. By Rev. J. H. 

 Langille. Ibid., Vol. V, No. i. [Feb. .?], 1S86, pp. 33-39. — Chiefly water 

 birds. 



2209. Ventriloquial and Imitative Pozver of Bir.ds. By E. E. Fish. 

 Ibid., No. 2, [Aug. .?], 1886. pp. 72-80. 



Bulletin of the California Academy of Sciences. 

 In the volumes of this 'Bulletin' so far issued, Vols. I and II ( :=Nos. 

 1-8), 1884-1887, there have been the following (Nos. 2210-2214). 



2210. Additions to the Ornithology of Guadalupe Island. By Walter E. 

 Bryant. '■Bulletin of the California Academy of Sciences,' Vol. II, No. 6, 

 Jan. 5, 1887, pp. 269-318. — See Auk, IV, 154. 



221 1. Ornithological Observations in San Diego County. By W. Otto 

 Emerson. Ibid., No. 7, June 3, 1887, pp. 419-431. 



2212. Discovery of the Nest and Eggs of the Evening Grosbeak (Cocco- 

 thraustes vespertina). By Walter E. Bryant. Ibid., No. 8, July 23, 1887, 

 p. 449. 



2213. Description of a Ne-v Subspecies of Petrel from Guadalupe 

 Island. By Walter E. Bryant. Ibid., pp. 450, 451. — Oceanodroma leu- 

 corhoa macrodactyla. 



2214. Unusual Nesting Sites. I. By Walter E. Bryant. Ibid., pp. 

 451-454- 



