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1873. MERRIAM, C. H. Report on the Mammals and Birds of the Expedi- 

 tion [Hayden's, of 1872, which surveyed portions of Montana, Idaho, 

 Wyoming, and Utah]. < Sixth Annual Rep. U. S. Geological Survey 

 of the Territories for 1872, 1873, pp. 661-715. 



Birds at pp. 670-715. A systematic list of the species, with tables of speci- 

 mens procured, annotated extensively with field-notes, to p. 704. Follows a 

 similar article on the nests and eggs collected, to p. 712. Succeeded by separate 

 nominal lists of species found in Idaho and "Wyoming respectively, pp. 712, 713. 

 Concluded with a compiled nominal list of all the species known to occur in 

 Utah, 176 in number. The determinations are understood to have been made 

 under Smithsonian supervision. 



1873. MONTEBELLO, G. DE. Sur quelques aiiiinaux de 1'Ame'rique du Nord. 

 Extrait d'une lettre adresse"e a M. A. Geoffrey Saint-Hilaire. 



< Bull. Soc. Acclim., 2 e s^r., x, 1873, pp. 381-384. 



Traite presque entierement de divers Oiseaux, Tetrao cnpido, T. umbellus, 

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1873. N[EWCOMB], R. L. [Rare birds on the Massachusetts coast.] 



< Forest and Stream, i, Dec. 11, 1873, p. 278. 



1873. PURDIE, H. A. Notes on some of the Rarer Birds of Massachusetts. 



< Am. Nat., vii, 1873, pp. 692, 693. 

 Mention of about 25 spp. 



1873. RIDGWAY, R. The Prairie Birds of Southern Illinois. < Am. Nat., 

 vii, 1873, pp. 195-203. 



95 spp. observed in two visits; about 140, of which 25 are water birds, breed 

 in the locality. 



1873. RIDGWAY, R. The Relation between the Color and the Geographical 

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Chiefly controversial, being a rejoinder to E. Coues's criticism, op. cit., pp. 415- 

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1873. RIDGWAY, R. On some New Forms of [chiefly North] American 

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CatherpesmexicanusvSiT. conspersus, p. 603; Helminthophagacclatav&r. lute-^cens, 

 p. 606 ; Dendroica vieillotii var. bryanti, p. 606 ; Dendroica dominica var. albilora 

 "Baird", p. 606; Dendroica gracice var. decora, p. 608; Myiodioctes pusillus var. 

 pileolata (ex Pallas), p. 608; Collurio ludovicianus var. robustus "Baird" [ ele- 

 gans Bd., nee Sw.], p. 609; Certhiola newtoni "Baird", p. 611; C.caboti, C.barba- 

 densis, C. frontalis Baird, p. C12; Junco aikeni, p. 613 [in type before, but not 

 described, from Ridgway's MSS., Pr. Bost. Soc., xv, 1872, p. 201]; Peuccea cesti- 

 valis var. arizonce, p. 616, are the new species or varieties. Analytical synopses 

 of Certhiola, Junco, and Cardinalis are introduced, the former being by S. F. Baird. 

 These novelties are those then about to appear in the Hist. N. A. Birds, the 

 notices being anticipatory, to secure priority ; the article is virtually continued in 

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1873. RIDGWAY, R. Notes on the Bird-fauna of the Salt Lake Valley and 

 the adjacent portions of the Wahsatch Mountains. <^ Bull. Essex 

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Based on the same material that was afterward fully elaborated in Clarence 

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1873. RIDGWAY, R. The Birds of Colorado. < Bull. Essex Inst., v, No. 11, 

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An elaborate paper, giving a resume of our present knowledge. 1. Eastern 

 species found in Colorado, 30. 2. Others found at more western points, not yet 



