112 Recent Literature. 



it has been begun it can scarcely fail to take the highest rank among the 

 few publications of its kind which this country has produced. — W. B. 



Minor Ornithological Papers. — 141. Food of the Great Blue Heron. 

 By Wm. P. Neild. Forest and Stream. XV. p. 7. — Large snakes and 



fish. 



142. A Captive Woodcock. Editorial. Ibid.. XV. p. 27. — Account of a 

 caged specimen kept for some weeks in confinement and fed on earth- 

 worms. 



143. Mocking Bird in Canada. Ibid.. XV, p. 67. — Record of its appear- 

 ance at Strathrov. Canada, on the authority of L. II. Smith, in the Strath- 

 rov "Age." 



1 44. Kingbirds catch Fish. By Milton P. Pierce. Ibid.. XV, p. 85. — 

 Kingbirds catchings minnows. 



145. Crows as Fruit Thieves. By F. C. Brown[e]. Ibid.. XV. p. 85. 

 — Destruction of ripe apples by these birds. 



146. An unlucky Crow. Editorial, on the authority of George C. Cole. 

 Ibid.. XV, p. 85. — Crow caught by a Goshawk. 



147. Owls. By S. B. Buckley. Ibid.. XV. p. 104. — '• Screech Owls'' 

 inhabiting a Wren-box, and capture of a Snowy Owl (Nyctea nivea) near 

 Austin. Texas. 



14S. Another Captive [Wood'] Cock. By A. E. Godeffroy. /bid.. XV, 

 p. 14N. 



149. Breeding Quail in Confinement (title covering a communication 

 by Dr. Bradley Hull, and two pseudonymous ones. Ibid.. XV, p. 166. — 

 Accounts of attempts to raise Q^iails in confinement. See also Tame 

 Quail, Ibid.. XV, p. 186. 



i^o. European Ruff in Massachusetts. Editorial. Ibid.. XV, p. 186. 

 — Its capture at Chatham, Mass., Sept. 11. 18S0, with references to pre- 

 \iouslv recorded New England captures of this species. 



151. More Quail Bred in Confinement. By I>. F. Concklin. Ibid., 

 XV, p. 206. — Eggs hatched under bantam hens, and the young successfully 

 reared. 



152. Death of the Woodcock Dick. By F. P. Magoun. Ibid.. XV. p. 

 286. — Further history of the captive specimen previously recorded, (1. c, 

 XV. p. 27; see above No. 142). 



153. Our Waterfowl. Editorial [G. B. Grinnell]. Ibid.. XV. pp. 285, 

 286, 306. 307, 327. 345. 365. 3S5. 406, 425, 465. A popular general account 

 of North American Anatida?. 



154. Late Stay of Swallows. By F. C. Browne. Ibid.. XV, p. 307. — 

 "One or two thousand" White-bellied Swallows {Tachycineta bicolor) at 

 Clark's Island. Plymouth. Mass.. Oct. 13. 1880. 



155. Trigger and Reel on Martha's Vineyard. By E. A. D. Ibid., XV. 

 pp. 306, 307. — Contains the following important reference to Cupidonia 

 cupido (p. 306) : "In no other part of Massachusetts, and I know not if 

 in any of the Eastern States besides, can be found the gamy and toothsome 

 prairie chicken, which abound [s] here in quite large numbers and retain [s] 



