711 Recent Lileyatnre. [July 



1235. [T/ic Jarduic Col/ccfioH.] //>/</., No. 23, June 5, p. 535.— The 

 collection of birds formed by the lute Sir William Jardine to be sold at 

 auction. 



1236. Birds of Plumage. Editorial. Ibid., No. 24, June 12, p. 533. — 

 Noting a decrease in the demand for birds for millinery purposes. 



1237. The Fauna of Miitnesoia — Their Traverses aud Routes of Mi- 

 gration. By Charles Ilallock. Ibid., No. 25, June 19, p. 5S3. — Minnesota, 

 intersected by lines of migration running north and south, east and west, 

 considered to possess an unusually rich fauna. 



1238. The Mechanics of Soaring. By I. Lancaster. Ibid., No. 26, 

 June 26, p. 607. — An attempt to explain, by mechanical laws, the soaring 

 of birds. 



1239. The Drumming of the Raffed Grouse. 15y C. H. Prescott. Ibid 

 Vol. XXVI, No. 2, July 10, p. 31. " 



1240. \The Messina ^uail in Maiue.~\ By Frank Henshaw. Ibid., 

 No 2, July 10, p. 32. — One seen near Thome's Corner, Maine. 



1241. Mallards Breeding in Confinement. By A. A. Bogen. Ibid., 

 No. 3, July 17. 



1242. Habits of Southern Cranes. By C II. Wood. Ibid., No. S, 

 Aug. 21, p. 175. — On the breeding of Herons at Moss Point, Miss. 



1243. The Wild Turkey — Its Domestication and Hybridization. By 

 John Dean Caton. Ibid., No. ii, Sept. 11, p. 247. 



1244. They are to be Worn. Editorial. Ibid., No. 15, Oct. 9. p. 337. — 

 Wings and tails of birds to be used on bonnets instead of whole biids. 



1245. Domestication of the Wild Turkey. By W. C. A. (Greensbor- 

 ough, Ala.) Ibid., No. 15, Oct. 9, p. 343. 



1246. Wild Ducks for Domestication. By Junius P. Leach (Rush- 

 ville. 111.). Ibid., No. 17, Oct. 23, p. 391. — A letter asking for assistance 

 in procuring wild Ducks to domesticate. 



1247. Economic Ornithology. Ibid., No. iS, Oct. 30, p. 415. — On the 

 work of the Division of Economic Ornithology, Dept. of Agriculture, in 

 procuring data concerning the relations to man of Passer domesticns and 

 Dolichonyx oryzivorus. 



1248. \_Wild Pigeons.'} Ibid., 'No. iS, Oct. 30, p. 415.— "Only two 

 droves are known to exist in the United States today, one in Pennsylvania 

 and one in Indian Territory." 



1249. "lAn Albino Night ha-ivk.} By W. A. Strother. Ibid., No. iS, 

 Oct. 30, p. 415. — A perfect albino taken at Lynchburg, Va. 



1250. The Mocking Bird. From the 'Macon, Ga., Telegraph.' Ibid., 

 No. 22, Nov. 27, p. 510. — Deploring its wanton destruction in the South. 



1251. Encysted Eggs in Birds. By A. J. W. ' Ibid., No. 22, Nov. 27, 

 p. 510. — Passage of the egg from the oviduct being prevented, it is soon 

 surrounded by membranes, and thus becomes firmly fixed at the point of 

 detention. "Such a state of affairs will greatly disturb the physical econ- 

 omy of a bird, causing all the phenomena of fever and its debilitating 

 effects. " 



1252. \^Explosion of an Egg.} Ibid., No. 22, Nov. 27, p. 510. — Dr. 



