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1877. BROWNE, F. C. A List of Birds observed on and around 

 Clark's Island, Plymouth, Mass. In : Forest and Stream, 

 viii, Mar. 22, 1877, p. 96. 



1877. GOODHUE, C. F. The Birds of Webster [N. H.] and ad- 

 joining Towns. In : Forest and Stream, viii, 1877, pp. 33, 

 49, 98, 113, 146. 



Annotated list of species. 



1877. MERRIAM, C. HART. A Review of the Birds of Connecticut, 

 with Remarks on their Habits. In : Trans. Conn. Acad., 

 iv, 1877, pp. 1-165. Also separate. I vol. Svo. New 

 Haven, 1877. I p. 1., pp. 1-165+1. 



This is an important article, being the best authority on the Birds of the 

 State. It treats more or less fully of 291 species, with special reference to 

 Linsley's catalogue of 1843. 



1877. MINOT, H. D. The Land-Birds and Game-Birds of New 

 England, with Descriptions of the Birds, their Nests and 

 Eggs, their Habits and Notes, i vol. Svo. Salem and 

 Boston, 1877. pp. i-xvi, 1-456, many illust. 



1877. PURDIE, H. A. Distribution of New England Birds. A 

 reply to Dr. T. M. Brewer. In: Bull. Nuttall Club, ii, 

 No. i, Jan., 1877, pp. 11-17. 



Continuation of the controversy. 



1877. PURDIE, H. A. Notice of a few Birds of rare or accidental 

 Occurrence in New England. In : Bull. Nuttall Club, ii, 

 No. i, Jan., 1877, pp. 20-22. 



Notes on 14 species. 



1877. TENNEY, SANBORN. The Raven and the Sooty Tern in Wil- 



liamstown, Mass. In : Amer. Nat., xi, No. 4, 1877, p. 243. 



1878. ALLEN, JOEL ASAPH. A List of the Birds of Massachusetts, 



with Annotations. In: Bull. Essex Inst, x, 1878, pp. 

 3-37- 



Species authentic in the State, 317; extirpated, 4; of probable occurrence, 

 24; hypothetical species, 3. "Considered as fairly entitled to recognition as 

 Massachusetts birds," 340. 



1878. ALLEN, JOEL ASAPH. The Carolinian Fauna. In: Bull. 

 Nuttall Club, iii, No. 3, July, 1878, pp. 149, 150. 



1878. BREWER, THOMAS MAYO. Notes on certain Species of New 

 England Birds, with additions to his Catalogue of the 

 Birds of New England. In : Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. 

 Hist., xix, Apr., 1878, pp. 301-309. 



Twenty-one species to add to his list of 1875. 



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