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"924" the system is trinominal The work evinces the eier- 



cise of the utmost care in its preparation. J. A. A., JiuM. Mull. OrnilL 

 Club, Vol. VI., pp. 164 -171, July, 1881. 



RIDGWAY, ROBERT. A Revised Catalogue of the Birds ascertained to 

 occur in Illinois. By Robert Ridgway. Illinois Slate Laboratory 

 of Natural History. Bulletin No. 4. Bloomington, 111., May, 1881. 

 8vo., pp. 161-208. 



....based primarily upon the same author's "Catalogue of the 

 Birds ascertained to occur in Illinois," published ... .in 1874, but adds 

 :<l species. . . .341 now enumerated, besides 11 additional varieties. . . . 

 The species known to breed (213 in number) arc distinguished by an 

 asterisk The nomenclature is that of Mr. llidgway's recently pub- 

 lished " Catalogue of North American Birds " . . Illinois takes the lead 

 among the States in respect to number of species of birds . . . J. A. A., 

 Hull. Nutt. Orniih. Club, Vol. VI , pp. 171, 172, July, 1881. 



ROBERTS, THOMAS S. The Winter Birds of Minnesota. By Thomas 

 S. Roberts. Ninth Ann. Rep. Geol. and Nat. Hist. Surv. Minn., 

 for 1880, 1881, pp. 373-383. 



... .treats. .. .of 52 species known to occnr in the State in winter 

 . . . .the information given conveying a good idea of the bird-fauna at 



that season of the year E. C., Hall. Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. VII., 



p. 47, January, 1882. 



SEEBOHM, HENRY. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 

 Vol. V. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching Birds in the 

 British Museum. Cichlomorphce : Part II., containing the family 

 Turdidse (Warblers and Thrushes). By Henry Seebohm. Lon- 

 don, 1881. 8vo., pp. xvi, 426, pll. xviii. 



. . . .this group is denned in Mr. Sharpe's scheme of classification, 

 with limits rather different from those usually assigned to it ...we 

 admire most heartily his [Mr. Seebohm's] thorough treatment of the 

 subject in hand and the philosophic spirit in which he has approached 



his task J. A. A., BiiU. Null. Ornith. Club, Vol. VIII., pp. 99-104, 



April, 1883. 



SHARPS, R. BOWDLER. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 

 Vol. VI. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or Perching Birds, in 

 the collection of the British Museum. Cichlomorph;c : Part III., 

 containing the first portion of the family Timeliidie (Babbling 

 Thrushes). By R. Bowdler Sharpe. London, 1881. 8vo., pp. 

 xiii, 420, pll. xviii. 



... .In respect to the classification followed in these volumes, Mr. 

 Sharpe states that it is based on that of the late Professor Sundevall. 

 . . ... J. A. A., Jiull. XvM. Orniih. Club, Vol. VIII. , pp. 104, 1C5, April, 1883. 



SHUFELDT, R. W. Osteology of Speotyto cunicularia var. hypogsea. 

 By R. W. Shufeldt, [First Lieutenant and] Assistant Surgeon, 



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