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'•Containing a List of [Si] Birds we may reasonably expect to take in the 

 Slate," is given in conclusion. Several of the species here mentioned hold 

 a rather doubtful place, and others might obviously be included, while 

 two have before l:)een given in the body of the work. The list is well 

 printed, with but few typographical errors, and its author is to be con- 

 gratulated on having inaugurated a movement to thoroughly investigate 

 llie avifauna of this most interesting State.— F. M. C. 



Minor Ornithological Publications. — The 'American Field,' Vols. XXIII 

 to XXVIII, 1885-18S7, contains, in addition to articles from the 'American 

 Naturalist,' 'The Auk," -Popular Science Monthly,' etc., the following 

 (Nos. 1200-1286) : — 



1200. The Genus Helminthophaoa. By Dr. Morris Gibbs. American 

 Field, Vol. XXIII, No. i, Jan. 3, 1885, p. 8.— A review of the four species 

 of this genus wiiich have been recorded from Kalamazoo County, Mich. 



1 201. T/tc Crow. By F. L. Paine. Ihid.. No. i. Jan. 3, p. 9. On its 

 ilestructiveness to crops. 



1202. Mii^ratioii in the Mississippi Valley. By W. W. Cooke. Ibid., 

 No. 2, Jan. 10. p. 32. — A call for observers of the migration in the region 

 mentioned. 



1203. Cagin<r Quails. By A. Scherer. Ibid.. No. 2. Jan. 10, p. -i^z. 



1204. Arrival of Chinese Game Birds. From the 'Portland Oregon- 

 ian.' Ibid., No. 3, Jan. 17, p. 57. 



1205. Hoxv to Identify Birds. By Everett Smith. Ibid.. Na. 6. Fch. 

 7, p. 127. — An oiler to name specimens forwarded for examination. 



1206. The Loiroerhcid Shrike in Vir<rinia. By Plover [John S. Wise]. 

 Ibid., No. 7, Feb. 14, p. 152. 



1207. The Genus Virco in Michii^an. By Dr. Morris Gibbs. Ibid., No. 

 9, P'eb. 2S. p. 200. — A review of the six species which occur in the State. 



120S. What the Crow Eats. By E. S. Stark. Ibid., 'Ho. ii,Mjirch 

 14, p. 248. (See also note under same heading by N. Ferguson.) •"*' 



1209. Inheritance in Birds. By E. Haugh. /A/V/. , No. 12, March 21, 

 p. 272. — A Canary imitates the call of a young chicken. 



1 2 10. The European Sparrozv. Ibid., No. 13, March 28, p. 295. — A 

 letter from Robert Ridgway to Captain W. McK. Heath, condemnatory 

 of Passer doniesticas and approving of its complete extermination. 



1211. What the Cro-cv Eats. By Frank Felkman. //^^V/. . No. 16, April 

 18. p. 367. 



1212. A Hybrid Duck. By G. Frean Morcom. Ibid., No. t6, April 

 18, p. 368. — Anas boschas -f Anas obscnra. 



1213. The Family Picidce in Michigan. By Dr. Morris Gibbs. Ibid.. 

 No. 18, May 2, p. 415. — A review of the nine species recorded from the 

 State. (See also No. 19, May 9, p. 43S.) 



1 214. The Merciless War upon the Birds. By Charles Aldrich. Ibid., 

 No. 20, May 16, p. 463. — On the destruction of birds for millinery pur- 

 poses and the necessity of passing stringent laws for their protection. 



1 2 15. ^uail. Partridge, Grouse. By Julius P. de Conine. Ibid., No. 

 2;^. June 6, p. 536. — On their correct vernacular names. 



