•5QO Recent literature. [October 



1719. The Foot of the Wood Duck. By Fred. Mather. Ibid,, Oct. 4, 

 p. 205. — Climbing powers of the young. 



1720. A Captive Grouse. By J. B. Battelle. Ibid., Oct. 25, p. 264. — 

 Bonasa umbellus. 



1721. Economic Ornithology. Ibid., Nov. I, p. 2S4. — Review of -Re- 

 port of the Ornithologist and Mammalogist [of the Department of Agri- 

 culture] for 1SS7.' 



1722. A Rujped Grouse in Town. By Henry J. Thayer. Ibid., p. 285. 



— In Cambridge, Mass. 



1723. Failure of the Woodcock Flight. By E. H. Lathrop. Ibid., p. 

 2S6. — See also Nos. 1725 and 1727. 



1724. Game in Toivn. By von W., J. G. L., J. L. Davison, Blue 

 Ridge, E. T.Johnson and Hub. Ibid., Nov. 15, p. 323; Dec. 13, p. 40S; 

 Dec. 20, p. 435. — Bonasa umbellus, Colinus virgin ia?ius and Philohcla 

 minor. 



1725. The Woodcock Flight. By E. H. Lathrop. Ibid., p. 326. 



1726. Notes from Missouri. By J. B. Ibid., Nov. 22, p. 343. 



1727. The Woodcock Supply. By N. A. Plummer, Notliks, A. B. C. 

 Alfred A. Fraser, Whitt, Sandpiper, H. B. N., C. B., et al. Ibid., p. 

 345; Nov. 29, p. 367; Dec. 13, p. 411 ; Dec. 27, p. 458. 



172S. The Annual Meeting of the A. O. U. Ibid., Nov. 29, p. 363. 



1729. Destruction in Migration. By Ruthven Deane. Ibid., Dec. 6. 

 P- 3S.v — Near Chicago and Racine in May, iSSS. 



1730. Turkey Buzzards and Cowbirds. By Coahoma [=F. G. Dabnr vj. 

 Ibid., Dec. 13, p. 407. 



1731. Range of the Wild Turkey. By Charles F. Batchelder. Ibid. 



1732. Notes on New Mexican Shrikes. By R. W. Shufeklt. Ibid. 

 Lanius borealis and L. I. exenbitorides. 



1733. Chestnut Raffed Grouse. By F. W. Ibid., p. 40S. — Individual 

 variation in Bonasa umbellus. 



1734. Owl and Man. By C H. Ames. Ibid., Dec. 20, p. 435. — A 

 man attacked by a large Owl. 



1735. Nesting of Lcaciis Petrel. By F. H. Carpenter. Ibid., p. 436. 



1736. Massachusetts Killdccr Plover. By Hub. Ibid., p. 437. 



1737. An Interesting Hybrid. Ibid., Dec. 27, p. 455. — From the 'Even- 

 ing Mercury,' St. Johns, N. F. A supposed hybrid between the Black- 

 cock and the Ptarmigan. 



173S. Grasshoppers and Hazvks. By Dr. C. Hart Meiriam. Ibid., pp. 

 455456. — Great numbers of grasshoppers caught by Hawks, especially 

 Bitteo sivaiusoni. 



1739. Mississippi Valley Bird Migration. Ibid., Jan. 5, 18S9, p. 475. 



— Review of Bulletin No. 2 of the Division of Economic Ornithology, 

 Department of Agriculture. 



1740. Jacksnipe in January. By G. C. P. Ibid., Jan. 17, p. 515. — 

 Gallinago delicata (\) at Granville, Ohio. 



1741. Shore Birds of Central New York. By Morris M. Green.* 

 Ibid.. Vol. XXXII, Jan. 31, 1SS9, p. 22. — 34 species recorded. 



