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der the inspection of any other investigator in the same field. In these 

 papers we have the results of much hard and patient study, and while 

 experts in the same field may differ from him in respect to minor points 

 of classification and nomenclature, no one can question the fact of his hav- 

 ing immensely advanced our knowledge of this large and difiicult group. 

 We trust that he will soon be able to give us further instalments of his 

 work on this family, and that eventually we may have the whole reissued 

 connectedly in a well-rounded monograph of the American Falconidce. — 

 J. A. A. 



Recent Ornithological Articles in American Journals.* — 

 Among the varied contents of the last and current volumes of the "Amer- 

 ican Naturalist," f we note the following original articles relating to birds. 

 The number for January, 1876 (Vol. X) contains a note on the " Proper 

 Specific Name of the Song Sparrow" (pp. 17, 18), by David Scott, who 

 claims for this species the name /asczato, Gmelin, 1788, in place of melodia, 

 Wilson, 1810, the probable tenability of which had been previously sug- 

 gested by other writers. Also an article on the "Availability of Certain 

 Bartramian Names in Oriuthology" (pp. 21 -29), by J. A. Allen ; a note 

 on the extinction of the Great Auk at the Funk Islands (p. 48), by the 

 same ; on the occurrence of Bewick's Wren in the Atlantic States, and 

 the breeding of ihis ordi at Camp Harney, Oregon (p. 48), by Dr. Elliott 

 Coues ; on the Early Nesting of the Anna Humming- Bird (pp. 48 - 50), 

 by Dr. J. G. Cooper ; and on the occurrence of the European Tree Spar- 

 row (Pyrgita montana) at St. Louis, Mo. (pp. 50, 51), — where it has been 

 introduced with the P. do7nestica, — by Dr. J. C. Merrill. The February 

 number (same volume) contains notes on the " Summer Birds of the AVhite 

 Mountain Region " (pp. 75 - 80), by H. D. Minot ; an article on " Califor- 

 nian Garden Birds" (pp. 90-97), by Dr. J. G. Cooper ; a reply to Mr. 

 Allen's article in the preceding number on Bartramian names (pp. 98 - 

 102), by Dr. Elliott Coues ; also, by the same, notes on the " Breeding 

 Range of the Snowbird," J"w?ico hyemalis (p. 114) ; on "Protective Resem- 

 blance in the Yellow-Bird," Chrysoniitris tristis (p. 115), by Henry Gill- 



[* In addition to notices of papers published in the transactions of different 

 scientific societies, or as special works, it is intended to note in the Bulletin all 

 original ornithological articles appearing in various periodicals (beginning with 

 the year 1876), thereby making the Bulletin a complete i-ecord of North Ameri- 

 can ornithological literature. Owing to limited space, it will be impracticable 

 to give generally more than the titles of articles. The record here begun will 

 be continued in future numbers. — Eds.] 



+ The American Naturalist. Edited by Dr. A. S. Packard, Jr. Boston : 

 H. 0. Houghton & Co. ; New York : Hurd and Houghton. Vol. X and Vol. 

 XI, January to June. (The departments of Ornithology and Mammalogy are 

 now in charge of Dr. Elliott Coues.) 



