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1859. HEERMANN, A. L. Continued. 



the Pacific Ocean. | Made under the direction of the Secretary of 

 War, in | 1853-6, | according to acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, 

 May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854. | | Volume X. | | Washing- 

 ton : | Beverley Tucker, printer. | 1859. 4to. > Route near the 

 thirty-second parallel, from the Rio Grande to the Pimas Villages, 

 explored by Lieutenant J. G. Parke, Corps of Engineers, 1853-'54. 

 ^> No. 1. Report upon Birds collected on the Survey. By A. L. 

 Heermann, M. D. pp. 9-20 -f- 1 L, pll. i, iv, vi. 



A deferred article, pertaining to a report given in a previous volume. It con- 

 sists of specific chars, of, and field-notes on, 25 spp. PI. i, Hypotriorchis femo- 

 rali*. PI. iv, f. 1, Passerculus alaudinus ; f. 2, Peuccea cassini. PL vi, Actidwrus 

 ncevius. 



1859. HEERMANN, A. L. ^ g^g^ 8 ' j Senate. | ^o^l' I ~ I Re P rt8 ' 

 of | Explorations and Surveys, | to j ascertain the most practicable 

 and economical route for a railroad | from the | Mississippi River to 

 the Pacific Ocean. | Made under the direction of the Secretary of 

 War, in | 1853-'6, | according to Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, 

 May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854. | | Volume X. | | Washing- 

 ton: | Beverley Tucker, printer. | 1859. 4to. > Routes in Cali- 

 fornia, to connect with the Routes near the thirty-fifth and thirty- 

 second parallels, explored by Lieut. R. S. Williamson, Corps of Top. 

 Eng., in 1853. Zoological Report. > Part IV. No. 2. Report upon 

 Birds Collected on the Survey. By A. L. Heermann, M. D. pp. 29-80, 

 pi. ii, iii, v, vii-x. 



A deferred article pertaining to the Report in vol. V of the series, being a por- 

 tion of Part IV of that Report. It consists of extended field-notes on a large 

 number (about 140) of species. Pll. ii, iii, Buteo elegans; pi. v, Myiarchus wtxi- 

 canus (of Baird) ; pi. vii, Strepsilas melanocephalus ; pi. viii, Podiceps calif ornicus / 

 pi. ix, Podilymbus lineatus; pi. x, Phalacrocorax penicillatus. 



1859. HENRY, T. C. Catalogue of the Birds of New Mexico as compiled from 

 Notes and Observations made while in that Territory, during a resi- 

 dence of Six Years. < Proc. Acad. Nat. Sd. Phila., xi, 1859, pp. 

 104-109. 

 198 spp., partially annotated. 



1859. JONES, J. M., WEDDERBURN, J. W., and HURDIS, J. L. The | Natural- 

 ist in Bermuda ; | a sketch of the | Geology, Zoology, and Botany, | 

 of that remarkable group of islands j | together with | meteorologi- 

 cal observations. | By John Matthew Jones, Esq., | (Of the Middle 

 Temple.) | Assisted by | Major J. W. Wedderburn (Late 42nd Roy. 

 Highlanders), and J. L. Hurdis, Esq. | | With a map and illustra- 

 tions. | | [Quotation.] | London : | Reeves & Turner, 238, Strand. 

 | | 1859. 1 vol. 12mo size. pp. i-xii, 1-200, map, 10 cuts in text. 



More than half of this interesting treatise is devoted to birJ.s : it is claimed to 

 contain "the first account ever submitted to the public of the Natural His- 

 tory of the Bermudas", and certainly is the best authority we have on the birds 

 of those islands. Birds occupy pp. 23-97 ; the account consisting of "Notes and 

 Observations on the resident and migratory Birds of the Bermudas", by Major 

 "Wedderburn, pp. 23-56, and "Further Notes and Observations" on the same, by 

 J. L. Hurdis, pp. 56-97. The occurrence of the European Alaudz arvensis makes 

 perhaps the most notable single item ; other European stragglers are Saxicola 



