D'HAMONVILLE, J. C. L. T. Cutiilogiie ties Oiseaux d'Europe, ou 

 enumeration des especes et races d'oiseaux dont la presence, soit 

 habituelle soit fortnite, a etc" dument constah'e dans lea limites 

 geographiques de 1'Europe, par J. C. L. T. D'Hamonville. 8vo., 

 pp. 74. Paris, 1876. 



. . . .deserves more than a mere mention on account of the admira- 

 bly comprehensive manner in which it has been prepared. the 

 Baron makes the whole number (i58, .... T. M. B., KM. Null. Ornitlt. 

 Club, Vol. II., pp. 10(5, 107, October, 1877. 



GAUROD, A. H. On some Anatomical Characters which bear upon the 

 Major Divisions of the Passerine Birds. By A. H. Garrod. Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. London, 1876. 



....He concludes his paper with a tabular arrangement of the 

 larger groups of the Passeres, expressive of his views of their affinities. 

 J. A. A., Bull. Null. Or nllli. Club, Vol. II., p. '23, January, 1877. 



GENTRY, THOMAS G. Life- Histories of the Birds of Eastern Pennsyl- 

 vania. By Thomas G. Gentry. (In two volumes.) Vol. I: 

 Philadelphia, 1876. 12 mo., pp. xvi., 309. 



... .a most welcome volume of biographies of the birds of Eastern 



North America The author's style is unostentatious and simple, 



at times lapsing into carelessness . . .The present volume includes the 

 Song-birds as far as the Corvida; of Dr. Coues's arrangement ... 

 J. A. A., Bull. Null. OrnitL Club, Vol. I., pp. 49, 50, July, 1876. 



HKNSHAW, H. W. Annual Report upon the Geographical Surveys 

 West of the One Hundredth Meridian, etc. By George M. 

 Wheeler, First Lieutenant of Engineers, U. S. A. Being Appen- 

 dix J J of the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1876. 

 Washington: Government Printing Office, 1876. Report on the 

 Ornithology of the Portions of California visited during the Field 

 Season of 1875. By Mr. H. W. Henshaw. Pp. 224-278. 



.... Among the more important results are the extension, either 

 southward or westward, of the previously recorded range of mauy spe- 

 cies of birds ...The biographical annotations are often full and 

 always exceedingly interesting . . . W. B., Bull. Null. Ornilk. Club, Vol. 

 III., pp. 136, 137, July, 1878. 



JORDAN, DAVID STARR. Manual of the Vertebrates of the Northern 

 United States, including the District east of the Mississippi 

 River, and north of North Carolina and Tennessee, exclusive of 

 Marine Species. By David Starr Jordan, M.S., M.D. , etc. 

 Chicago, 1876. 12mo., pp. 342. 



. . . .Several of the analvtical tables of different groups of birds a'e 

 based on or taken directly from Coues's Key, and the latest and best 

 authorities are followed for the other classes . . . On the whole the author 

 is to be congratulated on the success he has achieved in this difficult 

 undertaking, combining in a work of convenient size and moderate 



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