3Q4 Recent Literature. [October 



1519. Food of California Birds. By Walter E. Bryant, Charles A. 

 Keeler, Harry R. Taylor. Ibid. — A request for material and observations 

 bearing on the subject. 



1520. Wild Pigeon in Massachusetts. By H. J. Thayer. Ibid., p. 2SS. 



— A pair said to have nested in Plymouth, Mass., in 1SS9 



1521. Woodcock in Town. By S. E., Duplex, and H. ]. G. Ibid., 

 Nov. 7, p. 302; Nov. 14, p. 324. 



1522. A Tame Wild Duck. By H. C. Newell. Ibid, Nov. 7, p. 303. 

 — Anas, obscura. 



1523. Migration of Ducks. By J. W. C. Ibid. — Oidemia deglandi in 

 Blizzard's Bay and Vineyard Sound. 



1524. Out-of-door Papers. A Question of Taste. By Fannie Pearson 

 Hardy. Ibid., Nov. 14, p. 323. — On food habits of Sphyrapicus sarins, 

 Merula migratoria, Carpodaeus purpureas and Pinicola enucleator. \ I y 



1525. Wild Turkeys in Neva England. By C. II. Ames. Ibid., p. 325. 



1526. Annual Congress of Ike A. O. U. Ibid.. Nov. 21, pp. 343-344. 



— A detailed narrative of the seventh congress of the Union. 



1527. A Tamed Ruffed Grouse. By E. M. Stillwell. Ibid., p. 344. 

 1S2S. Wild Turkeys in Nezv England. By Milton P. Peirce. Ibid., 



p. 346. —Reports of their occurrence about Mt. Tom and Mt. Holyoke in 

 Massachusetts thirty years ago. 



1529. Bears, Birds and Fishes. By T. H. B[ean?J. Ibid., p. 348. 



1530. Gunning down by the Sea. By James M. Scovel. Ibid., Nov. 

 2S. pp. 362-363. — Contains some notes on nesting of Pandion kaliaetus 

 carolinensis. 



1531. Out-of-door Papers. Winter Risking. By Fannie Pearson 

 Hardy. Ibid., p. 363. — Notes on a few winter birds in Maine, especially 

 Paries atricapillus. 



1532. Came in Town. By C G., Milton P. Peirce and Medicus. Ibid.. 

 p. 364. — Notes on Bonasa umbellus, Colinus virginiauus, and Mclau- 

 erpes erytkrocepkalus. 



1533. Rare Birds in Rhode Island. By Newton Dexter. Ibid. — 

 Crus canadensis and lonornis martiuiea. 



1534. Ruffed Grouse Plumage. By G. W. Z. Ibid. 



1S3V The Snowy Ozvl in New Jersey in November. /SScp. By L. S. 



Foster. Ibid. 



1536. Snowy Ozvl in Pennsylvania. By W. K. P. Ibid. 



1537. Notes on the Suozvy Ozvl. By Osceola. Ibid., Dec. 5, p. 3S4. 



1535. Suozvy Ozvls in Maine. By W. D. U. Ibid. 



1839. Weight of Grouse. By Rudolph von Ohl. Ibid., Dec- 12, p. 402. 

 — Bonasa umbellus and Colinus virginiauus. 



1540. Snowy Owl in Massachusetts. By C. W. C[hamberlain ?]. Ibid.. 

 p. 405. 



1541. Suozvy Owl in Connecticut. By John H. Sage. Ibid- 



1542. Grouse Not,es. By Jay Beebe. Ibid., Dec. 19, p. 422. — Bonasa 

 umbellus. 



1543. A December Robin's Nest. By A. C. Kirkpatrick. Ibid. 



1844. Weight of Grouse. By Robert T. Morris, M. D. Ibid., p. 433. 



— Bonasa umbellus. 



