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U. S. Army. Bull. U. S. Gol. and Geogr. Surv. of Terr., Vol. 

 VI., No. 1, February 11, 1881, pp. 87-117, pll. i-iii. 

 HIUJFELDT, 11. W. Osteology of Eremophila alpestris. By R. W. 

 SliutVl.lt. [First Lieutenant and] Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Army. 

 Hull. U. S. Geol. and Geogr. Surv. of 7Vrr., Vol. VI., No. 1, 

 February 11, 1881, pp. 119-147, pi. iv. 



As memoirs of descriptive osteology these papers merit high praise, 

 and may well be welcomed as valuable contributions in a little worked 

 field. --J. A. A., BidL Null. Ornilh. Club. Vol. VI., pp. 109, 110, April, 



1881. 



SHUFELDT, R. W. -Osteology of the North American Tetraonidoo. 

 By Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, U. S. A. Hull. U. S. Geol. and Geogr. 

 Surr. of Terr., Vol. VI., No. 2, pp. 309-350, pll. v-xiii. 



. . .so far as we know, the most complete of any [paper] on American 

 birds of one group .. J. Amory Jeffries, Jfull. Null. Ornilh. Club, 

 Vol. VII., pp. 44, 45, January, 1882. 



SHUFELDT, R. W. Osteology of Lanius ludoviciunus excubitoroides 

 By Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, U. S. A. Bull. U. 8. Geol. and Geogr. 

 Surv. of Terr., Vol. VI., No. 2, pp. 351-359, pi. xiv. 



The description .. .is short, concise, and maybe summed up in 

 the statement that the skeleton of this bird is strictly Passerine. J. 

 Amory Jeffries, Jiull. Null. Orniih. Club, Vol. VII., p. 45, January, 1882. 



SHUFELDT, R. W. The Claw on the Index Digit of the Cathartida). 

 By R. W. Shufeldt, M.D. American Nalnralist, November, 1881, 

 pp. 906-908. 



....this paper contains such important errors, both in regard to 

 structure of birds and the literature of the subject that some rectifica- 

 tion seems necessary. Dr. Shufeldt describes the claw at the end 

 of the first finger of Calharista alrata as a new discovery, considering 

 that claws outside of the Ostrich groups have not hitherto been de- 

 scribed, and also states that it is a point of distinction between the Old 

 and New World Vultures. .. .the claw on the first finger is anything 

 but an unknown object ...That the claw is absent iu the Old World 

 Vultures is also an error if we may trust the high authority of Nitzsch. . . 

 as a rule the claws are much more conspicuous in young than in adult 

 birds. J. Amory Jeffries, Hull. Null. Ornilh. L'tuli, Vol. VII., pp. 46, 47, 

 January, 1882. 



STEARNS, WINFRID A , and COUES, ELLIOTT. New England Bird Life, 

 being a Manual of New England Ornithology, revised and edited 

 from the manuscript of Wiiif rid A. Stearns, Member of the Nuttall 

 Ornithological Club, etc., by Dr. Elliott Coues, U. S. A., Member 

 of the Academy, etc. Part I.-Osciues. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 

 Publishers. New York: Charles T. Dilliiigham. 1881. 8vo., pp. 

 324, numerous woodcuts. 



... .we at length have a work on New England Birds of which no 

 ornithologist need feel ashamed . . . The main body of the work com- 



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