736 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL APPENDIX. 1877-1878 [l70 



1877. STREETS, T. H. Continued. 



1873-75. By Thos. H. Streets, M. D., Passed Assistant Surgeon, 

 U.S. Navy. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1877. 8vo. 

 pp. 172. = Bulletin of the United States National Museum, No. 7. 



Ornithology, pp. 9-33. Identifications of the species ascribed to Dr. Coues by 

 the author. The matter is synonymatic, descriptive, and miscellaneous, includ- 

 ing critical and field notes. The most interesting species noted are Ooriphilus 

 kuhli, QaUinula sandvicensis, Chaulelasmus couesi, and Puflinus nativitatis, sp. 

 n., p. 29. 



1877. TENNEY, S. The Raven [Corvus carnivorus] and the Sooty Tern 

 [Sterna fuliginosa] in Williamstown, Mass. < Am. JVot,xi,No. 4, 

 1877, p. 243. 



1877. THOMPSON, M. Hunting with the long bow. < Harper's New Monthly 

 Mag., pp. 238-255, 13 illustrations. 

 Biographies of waterfowl and other game birds, with exquisite drawings of each. 



1877. VENNOR, H. G. Our Birds of Prey ; or, the Eagles, Hawks, and Owls 

 of Canada. By Henry G. Vennor. Montreal, Dawson Brothers, 

 1877. Roy. 8vo or sm. 4to. pp. 154, with 30 photog. pll. 



Title defective ; from my review of the book, The Nation, xxiv, No. 623, June 7, 

 1877, p. 341 



1877. WARD, L. P. A Congress of Birds. < Field and Forest, ii, No. 7, Jan., 

 1877, pp. 122, 123. 



Gathering of numerous spp. in one spot along Rock Creek, near "Washington, 

 D. C. 



1877. WHEATON, J. M. The Ruff [Philomachus pugnax] and the Purple Gal- 

 liuule [Porphyrio martinica] in Ohio. < Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, ii, 

 No. 3, July, 1877, p. 83. 



1877. WILSON, T. J. Ornithological. < Daily Advertiser (newspaper of Au- 

 burn, N. Y.) of Sept. 6, 1877. 



A few annotations of F. B. Kathbun's list, which appeared in same paper for 

 Aug. 14, 1877. 



1877. " WOLVERENE." Protect the Birds. < Rod and Gun, ix, Jan. 6, 1877, 



p. 216. 



1878. ABBOTT, C. C. Birds' Architecture. < The Country, i, Mar. 9, 1878, p. 



276. 



Discussing "Wallace's Theory of Birds' Nests, and Allen's criticism thereon. 

 1878. ALLEN, J. A. A List of the Birds of Massachusetts, with Annotations. 

 < Bull. Essex Inst., x, 1878, pp. 3-37. 



This may be considered to supersede the various previous tracts on the same 

 subject, both by the same and other authors, as it completely sums our knowl- 

 edge of the subject. The paper opens with summary considerations, followed 

 by a valuable historical resume. 1. Species of authentic occurrence within the 

 State, 317. 2. Extirpated, 4. 3. Of probable occurrence, 24. 4. Hypothetical 

 and doubtf al species, 3 (Mywdioctes minutus, Empidonax pygmceus of Minot, 

 Thaumatias linncei). 5. Introduced un domesticated species, 6. "Considered as 

 fairly entitled to recognition as Massachusetts birds ", 340. Known to breed in 

 the State, about 135. Extremely rare or accidental visitors, 90. North Amer- 

 ican species added since 1867, 35. 



1878. ALLEN, J. A. An inadequate '* Theory of Birds' Nests." < Bull. Nutt. 

 Ornith. Club, iii, No. 1, Jan., 1878, pp. 23-32. 



A critique upon Wallace's well-known essay entitled " Theory of Birds' Nests " 

 (Intellectual Observer, July, 1867, and numerous subsequent reprints) ; its appli- 

 cability tested by reference to the breeding habits of North American birds. 



