writer*. give* a fairlv digested Hiuimmry of the individual history of 

 onoli Hpecie* ... T. M. H.. Hull. \ntt o'rnilli. t'tub. Vol. II., pp. '24 25, 

 I mi iiar >. 1877. 



1H77. 



BAHKOWH, \V. B. Catalogue of the Alrid;r contained in Museum of 

 the Boston Society of Niitural History, with a review and proposed 

 classification of the Family. By W. B. Barrows. 1'roc. Boston Soc. 

 Nat. Hist., Vol. XIX., pp. ISO 165. November, 1*77. 



. . . .The true aftinities of the species ho (Mr. Harrows ) believes can 

 onlv be determined by a thorough study ot their embryological develop- 

 ment. The character of this paper indicates that in Mr. Harrows we 

 have a valuable accession to our corps of ornithological students. 

 J. A. A., Hull, Xutl. Ornilli. Club, Vol. III., p. 8li, April, 1*78. 



BKXDIKK, CHAKLE.S E. Notes ou some of the Birds found in South- 

 eastern Oregon, particularly in the Vicinity of Camp Harney, from 

 November, 1874, to January, 1877. By Captain Charles Bendire, 

 U. S. Army. Proc. Boston .SV. Nut. /Jist., Vol. XIX., pp. 109-149, 

 Nov., 1877. 



....a list embracing one hundred and ninety-one species and 

 varieties .. Aside from some former notes by the same author.... we 

 have here our first detailed information respecting the ornithology of 

 the immediate region under consideration . . The list is enriched with 

 copious biographical notes, including descriptions of the breeding- 

 habits, nests, and eggs of a large number of the less well-known species, 

 and forms a most important contribution to the ornithology of the West. 

 J. A. A., liult. Suit. Ornitli. Ctub. Vol. III., p. HI, April. 1878. 



BritKouuHs, JOIIN. Wake-Kobiu. By John Burroughs. Second Edi- 

 tion, corrected, enlarged and illustrated (cut). New York: Pub- 

 lished by Hurt! and Houghton. Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 

 1877, IGtuo. , pp. 1-256, frontispiece and wood cuts. 



Hurd and Houghton have reprinted Mr. John Hurnmghs's charm- 

 ing little volume Wake-Robin." wherein the wild wood-life of the 

 birds, from Washington to the Adirondacks is picturesquely sketched. 

 Mr. Burroughs has a keen eye and a loving heart towards the birds 

 ^-E. I.. Bull. Suit. Orn'itlt. Club, Vol. II., pp. 4*, !!, April, 1877. 



ELLIOT, D. G. Review of the Ibidina-, or Subfamily of the Ibises. 

 By D. G. Elliot, F.R.S.E., F.L.S., etc., etc. '/'roc. Zodl. Soc. 

 London, 1877, pp. -477 510, pi. li. 



....Mr. Elliot treats the Ibises and Spoonbills as subfamilies of 

 one family, for which lie adopts the name Ibiiliiln: After a short resnmf 

 of the literature of the subject lie gives a key to the nineteen genera 

 (three being new). amoiiL' which he distributes his twenty-live species 

 Then follows a systematic review of the species, with their principal 

 Hvnonomy, and various critical and descriptive remarks with generally 



a short account of their habits and geographical distribution - 



J. A. A., Hull. Xvtt. Ornith. t'bih. Vol. III., p. 1H-J, October. 1878. 



