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1877. PURDIE, H. A. Distribution of New England Birds. A reply to Dr. 

 T. M. Brewer. < Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, ii, No. 1, Jan., 1877, pp. 

 11-17. 



Continuation of the controversy from op. tit., i, pp. 72 and 89. Quiscalu* major, 

 Corvus ossifragus, ^gialitis wilsonia, Nettion crecca, Sula fiber, and others, claimed 

 for New England, on apparently good grounds. 



1877. PURDIE, H. A. Notice of a few Birds of rare or accidental Occurrence 

 in New England. < Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, ii, No. 1, Jan., 1877, 

 pp. 20-22. 

 14 spp., annotated. 



1877. RAGSDALE, G. H. [Notes on Texan Birds.] <^Field and Forest, ii, 

 No. 10, April, 1877, p. 183. 

 Reflecting on Kumlein, op. tit., pp. 127-132. 



1877. RATHBUN, F. R. A Partial Catalogue of the Birds of Central New 

 York, from observations taken in the Counties of Cayuga, Seneca, 

 and Wayne by Mr. H. G. Fowler, of Auburn, N. Y., and from the 

 Cabinet of Skins of New York Birds collected by Mr. J. B. Gilbert, 

 of Penn Yan, Yates County. Divided and arranged in accordance 

 with the "Check List of North American Birds" by Elliott Coues, 

 M. D.,U. S. A., and dedicated to the Cayuga Historical Society. 

 <^A\iburn [N. Y.] Daily Advertiser [newspaper] of August 14, 1877. 

 Annotated list of 191 spp. Anthus ludovicianus given as breeding. " The 

 compiler of this list makes due grace to ' Forest and Stream ', in the columns of 

 which publication it first appeared by instalments, void the classification and 

 occasional notes." Additional note on same, by same, ibid., Sept. 6, 1877. See 

 1876, FOWLER, H. G. 



1877. REYNOLDS, H. S. (Miss or Mrs.) Winter Birds of Arkansas. < Am. 

 Nat., xi, No. 5, 1877, pp. 307, 308. 

 Desultory observations on a few species. 



1877. RHODES, W. Imported Birds for our woods and parks. <[ Forest and 

 Stream, viii, April 19, 1877, p. 165. 

 Narrative of experiments in acclimatization of European birds in Canada. 



1877. RIDGWAY, R. United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth 

 Parallel. Clarence King, Geologist-in-charge. Part III. Ornithol- 

 ogy. By Robert Ridgway. Washington: Government Printing 

 Office. 1877. 4to. 1 cover-!., pp. 303-669. 



The above is the half-title of the ornithological .portion of the Report of the Ex- 

 ploration of the Fortieth Parallel, being Part III of Vol. IV of the series of 

 reports, separately issued in paper cover, but with the original pagination ; the 

 cover-title only differs in beginning "Extract from Vol. IV. Report of", etc. 

 This separate issue is not dated ; the date is 1877, probably December. I got 

 my copy Fob. 25, 1878. See important bibliogr. note on p. 392 of the report. 

 This work, as originally prepared, was stereotyped in 1871-72 (not 1870, as the 

 note just mentioned states), but never published, citations of the work prior to 

 1878 having all been made from proof-impressions. This original draft of the 

 work was suppressed, and the stereo, plates were -melted in 1876. There is a 

 single much mutilated set of proofs in my possession (Feb. 28, 1878K Meanwhile, 

 the report was entirely rewritten, and the various citations of the original sup- 

 pressed report which are extant do not apply to the actual report as published, 

 many changes of nomenclature, and others, having been made. See Bull. Nuttall 

 Club, in, April, 1878, pp. 81-83. 



This important memoir contains a description of the route traversed, physical 

 features of the Great Basin, various local avifauuse of the same, special descrip- 



