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1875. BREWER, T. M. Catalogue of the Birds of New England, with brief 

 notes indicating the manner and character of their presence ; with 

 a list of species included in previous catalogues believed to have 

 been wrongly classed as Birds of New England. < Proc. Boat. Soc. 

 Nat. Hist., xvii, 1875, pp. 436-454. Also sep. pub. 8vo pamph., 1875, 

 pp.21. 



336 spp., fully annotated ; followed by a critical commentary on the claims of 

 29 more to be included in the fauna of New England. The writer eliminates 

 from the New England list 29 spp. which had been admitted by other writers, 

 especially Coues ; these being " in his judgment" not entitled to place. A very 

 few species are given additional to Coues's List of 1868. Stragglers are marked 

 by asterisk. " It has been my sole aim to furnish a list that shall be reliable so 

 far as it goes. I may have omitted some that are entitled to a place. Be it so ; 

 I had rather omit ten .that may be found, than include one that never has been." 

 Such stringency is unfavorable to a scientific method of compiling a local avi- 

 fauna. Cf. The Independent (newspaper), Oct. 7, 1875. 



1875. BREWSTER, W. Some observations on the Birds of Ritchie County, 

 West Virginia. < Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., xi, 1875, pp. 129-146. 



Very fully annotated, and an extensive list, containing some valuable informa- 

 tion. 



1875. BROWN, N. C. Ornithological Notes from Portland, Maine. < Rod 

 and Gun, vi, May 8, 1875, p. 81. 



Notes upon deformity in Plectrophanes nivalis ; occurrence of Passerculus prin- 

 ceps and Ardea egretta ; also, note on H. egretta, by Ruthven Deane. Bead before 

 Nuttall Ornith. Club, April 24, 1875. 



1875. BRUHIN, T. A. Die Vogel von New Coeln im Staate Wisconsin. 

 < Zool. Gart., 1875, p. 414. 



Not seen title from Zool. Sec. "A bare list of about a hundred species 

 with a few notes giving the time of year in which some of them were observed." 



1875. BURROUGHS, J. Birds and Seasons of New England. < cri&wer' 

 Monthly, xi, 1875, p. 293. 

 Review of Wilson Flagg's Birds and Seasons of New England. 



1875. CHICKERING, J. J. Notice of White Mountain [N. H.] Birds and 

 Insects. < Field and Forest, i, No. 6, Nov., 1875, p. 48. 

 Mere mention of some half dozen species. 



1875. COOPER, J. G. New Facts relating to Californian Ornithology. <^Proc. 

 Cala. Acad. Nat. Sci., Dec. 6, 1875, pp. . Also, repaged over- 

 sheets, 8vo, pp. 14. 



Critical commentary on about 50 spp., with special reference to latest informa- 

 tion secured respecting them. 



1875. COPE, [E. D.] On an Extinct Vulturine Bird. < Proc. Phila. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci., 1875, p. 271. 



Vultur umbrosus, formerly described as Cathartes umbrosus, now referred to 

 Vulturidce. 



1875. COUES, E. A Report | upon the | Condition of Affairs | in the | Terri- 

 tory of Alaska. | | By | Henry W. Elliott, | Special Agent Treas- 

 ury Department. | | Washington : | Government Printing Office. | 

 1875. 1 vol. 8vo. pp. 277. > Chapter IX. Ornithology of the 

 Prybilov Islands. By Dr. Elliott Coues, U. S. A. pp. 166-212. 



A reprint verbatim of the original which formed the Ornithological Appendix 

 of Elliott's 4to "portfolio " ed. of the same work, 1873, q. v. 



