694 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL APPENDIX. 1873 [l28 



1873. [ANON.] Bail or Ortolan. < Am. Sportsman, iii, 1873, p. 141. 



Dolichonyx oryzivorus and Porzana Carolina known as "Ortolans ", but shown 

 to be distinct from the true Ortolan (Emberiza hortulana). 



1873. [ANON.] [Birds of Florida.] < Am. Sportsman, iii, 1873, p. 165; see, 

 also, iv, 1874, p. 41. 

 Advance notice of C. J. MAYNARD'S Birds of Florida. 



1873. [ANON.] The Buds of Florida. < Forest and Stream, i, Oct. 16, 1873, 

 p. 158. 

 Review of first two parts of The Birds of Florida, by C. J. Maynard. 



1873. [ANON.] [Instances of albinism.] < Forest and Stream, i, Dec. 4, 



1873, p. 263. 

 1873. [ANON. HALLOCK, C.] Migrations of Birds and the Telegraph. 



< Forest and Stream, i, Dec. 24, 1873, p. 312. 



1873. [ANON.] Introduction of European Birds in the United States for 

 Economic Purposes. < Zoologist, 2d ser., viii, 1873, p. 3696. 

 From Nature, Aug. 14, 1873. 



1873. BAIRD, S. F., and RIDGWAY, R. On some new Forms of American 

 Birds. < Bull. Essex Inst., v, No. 12, Dec., 1873, pp. 197-201. 



"Continued from the October number of the American Naturalist, vii, 1873." 

 We have here the original preliminary notices, published to secure priority, of 

 various spp. ostensibly described as new in the History of North American Birds, 

 which appeared very shortly afterward. The paper was prepared by the junior 

 author, and the following new names are his, with three exceptions : Leucosticte 

 tephrocotis var. australis Allen, Ammodromus maritimus var. nigrescens, Zono- 

 trichia leucophrys var. intermedia, Pooapiza belli var. nevadensis, Dolichonyx ory- 

 zivorus var. albinucha, p. 198 ; Perisoreus canadensis var. capitalis Bd., P. cana- 

 densis var. obscurus, Cyanocitta ultramarina var. arizonce, O. Jloridana var. sumi- 

 chrasti, Canace obscura \ar.fuliginosa, Cupidonia cupido var. pallidicincta, p. 199; 

 Strix flammea var. guatemalce, Syrnium nebidosum var. sartorii, Scops asio var. 

 floridanus, S. asio var. enano Lawr., MS., p. 200 ; Falco communis var. pealei, F. 

 columbarium var. suckleyi, p. 201. See 1873, RIDGWAY, R. 



1873. BATTY, J. H. The U. S. Geological Survey. < Forest and Stream, i, 

 Aug. 28, 1873, p. 35. 

 Some rare birds of Colorado. 



1873. BREWER, T. M. The Avifauna of Colorado. < Am. Nat, vii, 1873, 

 pp. 631, 632. 



Reply to E. Coues's criticism of his editorship of the paper on this subject, 

 Proc. Bost. Soc., xv, 1872, pp. 193-210. See 1872, HOLDEN, C. H. 



1873. BREWER, T. M. Description of some Nests and Eggs of Arizona Birds. 

 < Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xvi, 1873, pp. 106-111. 



From Lieut. C. Bendire's collection. 14 spp., several described for the first 

 time. For " Myiadestes townsendii" read Phcenopepla nitens ; for " Carpodacua 

 cassinii " read C.frontalis. Cf. COUES, Am. Nat., viii, Sept., 1874, p. 542. 



1873. BRUHIN, T. A. Zoologische Mittheilungen aus Wisconsin. < Zool. 

 Gart., xiv, 1875, pp. 431, 432. 



Mentions a very few birds. 



1873. COUES, E. A | Check List | of | North American Birds. | | By | El- 

 liott Coues. | | Salem. | Naturalists' Agency. | 1873. 8vo pamph. 

 2 p. 11., pp. 1-137 + 2 11. 



The body of the list was printed, and some early copies were distributed, in 

 Dec., 1873; but its full publication was held over until 1874, to insert in an ap- 



