BOOKS ON ORNITHOLOGY 



of Capt. David Buchan, R.N., 1818; to which is added 

 a summary of all the early attempts to reach the Pacific 

 by way of the Pole. By Capt. F. W. Beechey. Pub- 

 lished by authority of the Lords Commissioners of the 

 Admiralty. London, Richard Bently, 1843. ix, 351 pp. 

 front., illus. 23 cm - 



BEECHEY, FREDERICK WILLIAM. The Zool- 

 ogy of Capt. Beechey's voyage; compiled from the 

 collections and notes made by Capt. Beechey, the 

 officers and naturalists of the expedition, during a 

 voyage to the Pacific and Behring's Straits performed 

 by His Majesty's ship Blossom, under command of 

 Capt. F. W. Beechey, in the years 1825, '26, '27, and 

 '28. By J. Richardson [Mammalia], N. A. Vigors 

 [Ornithology], E. T. Bennett (etc.). Illus. with up- 

 wards of 50 finely col. pi. by Sowerby. London, Henry 

 G. Bohn, 1839. xii, 180 pp. col. pis. 



BELDING, LYMAN. Land birds of the Pacific 

 district. By Lyman Belding. San Francisco, Cali- 

 fornia academy of sciences, 1890. 2 pp., I., 274 pp. 



BENDIRE, CHARLES. The Cowbirds. By Maj. 

 Charles Bendire. 589-590 pp. 2 pi. 22^ cm< 



BENDIRE, CHARLES. The Cowbirds. By 

 Charles Bendire. The Common Crow of the United 

 States, by Walter B. Barrows and E. A. Schwarz. 

 General report: Walter B. Barrows. Report on Insect 

 food: E. A. Schwarz. Washington, Government 

 Printing Office, 1895. v. p. illus., front. 24 cm> 



BENDIRE, CHARLES. Description of the nest 

 and eggs of the California black-capped Gnat-catcher 

 (Polioptila californica, Brewster). By Capt. Chas. 



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