' Recent Literature. 45 



XII, p. 285. — Capture of "Ibisfalcinellus var. ordi " (= Plegadis falcinellus) 

 and " Nyctiardea grisea var. ncevia." The communication is dated " Silver 

 Peak, Nevada," to which locality the note would appear to relate, consid- 

 ered aside from its title. 



10. ^ List of Birds taken in Southern Wyoming. By S. W. Williston. 

 With supplementary notes by the Natural History editor [George B. 

 Grinnell]. Ibid., XII, pp. 306, 307, May 22, 1879 ; pp. 325, 326, May 29, 

 1879; p. 365, June 12, 1879; p. 385, June 19, 1879.— An annotated list 

 of 109 species, under joint authorship, as above (Mr. Grinnell's additions 

 being distinguished by brackets), based mainly on observations made in 

 the vicinity of Como, between April 20 and July 1, 1878. The paper in- 

 cludes a letter by E.. Ridgway (1. c, p. 307) on an interesting variety of 

 Siurus hCBvius, in which Mr. R. says: "The specimen in question evi- 

 dently bears to .S. ncevius exactly the same relation that Geolldypis rostra- 

 tus does to G. tricJias ; and if I were called upon to fix the habitat of the 

 specuuen, I should, judging merely from analogy in the foregoino- and 

 other cases, say it was from some island off the coast." 



11. Migration of some Warblers through Summit, N. J., during the last 

 Spring [1879]. By George Lawrence Nichols. Ibid., XII, p. 464, July 

 17, 1879. — Notes on 18 species of the family Mniotiltidm. 



12. Grand Menan Notes. Summers of ] SI 7 and 1878. By R. F. Pear- 

 sail. Ibid., XIII, p. 524, Aug. 7, 1879. — Notes on 43 species, recording 

 many facts of much interest. 



13. Habitat of Shai-p-tailed Grouse. By S. C. C. Ibid., XIII, p. 705, 

 Oct. 9, 1879. "In 1840-45 this species was abundant in Southern 

 Wisconsin and Northern Illinois as far south as Chicago (lat. 42°), always 

 frequenting the timber, which gave it the local name of Burr-Oak 

 Grouse." An interesting confirmation of its former extension to Northern 

 Ilhnois. Compare Coues, Birds of the Northwest, pp. 409-411; Nel- 

 son, Bull. Essex Inst., VIII, p. 121. 



14. Capture of a Stcan in Rhode Island. By Newton Dexter. Ibid., 



XIII, p. 848, Nov. 27, 1879. — A Cygnus americaiius taken, and another 

 wounded, at Quonocontaug Pond, southern coast of Rhode Island, Nov. 9, 

 1879. 



In " Science News" — a fortnightly jom'nal, which, it is greatly to be 

 regretted, closed its existence with the issue of the twenty-fourth number — 

 have appeared several original ornithological articles of much value, be- 

 sides numerous lesser notes of interest, of which we may here note the 

 following : — 



15. I'he Rearing of Wild Birds in Confinement. By M. C. Read. 

 Science News, pp. 29, 30, Nov. 15, 1878. — Pleasantly written notes on 

 the food and traits in confinement of several of our native birds. 



16. Later Notes on Texan Birds. By George B. Sennett. — A series 

 of five short papers on the rarer species observed by Mr. Sennett in South- 

 western Texas, in 1878, appearing as follows : Ibid., pp. 57 -59, Dec. 15 



