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12S6. The Strange Adventurer of a Boh White. By Jolin A. Wells, 

 M. D. Ibid., No. 26, Dec. 24, p. 609.— An exceedingly iiitercstini; history 

 of a Q^iail, which, captiiredand confined after it was fully yrown, learned 

 not only to recognize its master and dog captor, hiil even to evince a ile- 

 ci<k'd alVeetion for both.— F. M. C. 



Publications Received. — Atkinson, George F. Preliminarv Catalogue 

 of the Birds of North Carolina, with Notes on some of I he .Species. 

 (Jom-n. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. pt. 2, pp. 44-87.) 



Bocage, B. du. Note snr la I'//<ros/<iui t//oiiie//sis. (Jorn. Acad, real 

 das Sci. dc Lisboa, iSSS, ]>. 192.) 



Bocage, J. V. du. Sur un Oiseau nou\eau de Si. I'home de la Fam. 

 Fringillidic (Ibid., pp. 14.8-150.) 



Fisher, \Vm. II. (i) The American Crossbill {Loxia ciirvirostra 

 mifior) ; as to some of its Habits and fondness for Salt. (Journ. Cincin- 

 nati Soc. Nat. Ilist., Jan. 1S86, pp. 203, 20.^.) (2) The Canada Grouse 

 {Dendragapiis canadensis). Some Remarks as to its Scarcity , Habits, etc. 

 (Ibid., pp. 205, 206.) 



Pelzeln, A. von, und Dr. L. von Loren/.. Typen dcr ornilliologisehen 

 Sammlungdcs k. k. natiirhislorisehen llofmuseums. W Theil (Schluss). 

 (Ann. des. k. k. naturliisl. llofmuseums, Bd. Ill, 1888, i^j). 37-62.) 



Reichenow, AnI. Berielit iiber ilie Leistungen in der Natnrgeseiiiclile 

 der Vogel withrend des Jahres 1S85. (Arch, fur Naturgseh. 52 Jahr. P.d. 11^ 

 PP- i4.S-^.3--) 



Scott, VV. E. D. Notes on Arizona Birds. New York, L. S. Foster, 

 (Collection of 12 papers published in 'The Auk,' 1S85-S8.) 



Shufeldt, R. W. On the Skeleton in the genus Sfnrnella, with osteo- 

 logical notes upon other North Ameiiean h-terid;e, and the C(>r\ ithe. 

 (Journ. Anat and Phys. XXll, pp. 309-,?5<). pll. xiv, xv.) 



Souza, J. A. de. Fnuincravao das aves eoiiheeidas da llha ile S. Thome 

 • sequida da lista das cpie ezistem dVsta ilha no iMuseu de Lishoa. (Jorn. 

 de Acad, real das Sci. <le Lisboa, 1888, pp. 1151-159.) 



Taylor, W. E. (i) The Migration of the American Magpie to Easlern 

 Nebraska, T\vent\-five years ago. (Am. Nat., Dec. 1887, i>p. 1122, 1125. 

 (2) Missouri River Crow Roosts. (Ibid., pp. 1123, 1124.) 



Turner, L. M. Contributions to the Natural History of Alaska. 4I0. 

 Washington, 1886 (= 18S8). 



Agassiz Record, 1, No. 3, 188S. 



American Field, XXIX, Nos. 12-23, '888. 



American Journ. Sei., XX1\^, Apr.-June, 18S8. 



American Naturalist, X.XII, Mch.-Apr., 1888. 



Audubon Magazine, II, Apr.-June, 1888. 



Bay Slate Oologist, I, Mch.-May, 1888. 



Canadian Record of Science, HI, No. 2, 1888. 



Forest and Stream, XXX, Nos. 10-21, 1SS8. 



Hoosier Naturalist, III, No. 3, May, 1S88. 



Naturalist, The, a Month. Journ. Nat. Hist, for North of England, Nos. 

 153-155, 1888. 



