740 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL APPENDIX. 1878 []74 



1878. BREWSTER, W. Descriptions of the First Plumage in Various Species 

 of North American Birds. < Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, iii, No. 1, Jan. , 

 1878, pp. 15-23 ; No. 2, April, 1878, pp. 56-64 ; No. 3, July, 1878, pp. 

 115-123; No. 4, Oct., 1878, pp. 175-182. 



An important contribution, describing the first plumages, some of wh'ch 

 were before unknown, of various species. I. This portion of the article handles 

 Turdidce, Sylviidce, Paridce, Sittidce, Troglodytidce, Sylvicolidce. II. Sylvicolidce 

 continued, Tanagridce, Hirundinidce, Ampelidce. III. Vireonidce, Laniidce, Frin- 

 gillidce. IV. Icteridce, Tyrannidce, Oaprimulgidce, Cueulidce, Pitidce ; in all, 98 sp p. 



1878. B[REWSTER], W. Ornithology of the Wheeler Expeditions of 1876 

 and 1877. < Bull Nutt. OrnUh. Club, iii, No. 3, July, 1878, pp. 136-138. 



Review of Hensbaw's papers in the publication referred to in the title. 

 1878. BROWN, N. C. A List of Birds observed at Coosada, Central Alabama. 



< Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, iii, No. 4, Oct., 1878, pp. 168-174 : to be 

 continued. 



This part of the paper treats of 40 spp., annotated. 



1878. BROWNE, F. C. Spring Migration of Birds. <[ Forest and Stream,*, 

 Mar. 7, 1878, p. 76. 



Tabular exhibit of dates of arrival of 20 common spp. in Eastern Massachu- 

 setts from 1853 to 1877. 



1878 ? BURROUGHS, J. Wake-Robin 



I hear of an edition of about this date, perhaps 1877, which, however, I have 

 never seen. See the orig. ed., 1871. See 1877, I[NGERSOLL], E. 



1878. "BUSHWHACKER." Brant and quail [various species] in Texas. ^For- 

 est and Stream, ix, Jan. 31, 1878, p. 489. 



1878. CARNIFEX, JOHN (pseudonyme). Some Western Sparrows [and other 

 birds]. < The Country, July 20, 1878. 



Various Fr< ngillidce, as Plectrophanes spp. , Passerculus bairdi, Calamospiza 

 bicolor; also, Anthus spraguii. Notes on their habits, largely derived from Coues. 



1878. CfLARKE],S. C. Notes on the Birds of Halifax Inlet, East Florida. 



< Forest and Stream, x, 1878, pp. 255. 



1878. COE, W. W. Spring Notes [at Portland, Ct.]. < Forest and Stream, x, 



April 4, 1878, p. 156. 

 1878. COOPER, W. A. Notes on the breeding habits of Huttdn's Vireo (Vire;> 



huttoni) and the Gray Titmouse (Lophophanes inornatus), with a 



description of their Nests and Eggs. < Bull Nutt. Ornith. Club, iii, 



No. 2, April, 1878, pp. 68, 69. 

 1878. COUES, E. Field-Notes on Birds observed in Dakota and Montana 



along the forty-ninth parallel during the seasons of 1873 and 1874. 



< Bull' U. S. Geol. and Geogr. Surv. Terr., iv, No. 3, July, 29, 1878, pp. 

 545-661. 



The author was attached to the TJ. S. Northern Boundary Commission, which 

 in 1873 and 1874 surveyed the Boundary Line on the -9th parallel from the Red 

 River of the North to the Rocky Mountains, a distance of 850 miles along the 

 northern borders of the Territories of Dakota and Montana ; and this paper pre- 

 sents at considerable length the results of his actual observations in the field. 

 There are tabular lists of the specimens collected, with dates, localities, measure- 

 ments, &c. ; pretty full biographies of some of the species, and shorter notes on 

 the rest ; preceded by a comparison of the faunal characteristics of different por- 

 tions of the country examined, and concluded with a slight special bibliography. 

 A much more elaborate presentation of the subject was contemplated, but this 

 paper is doubtless the only outcome of the affair we shall have. Also published 

 separately, 200 copies, " author's edition ", being merely oversheets, same title 

 and pagination. 



