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ORNITHOLOGIST 



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Some Additions to the List of Birds 

 of Bristol County, Mass. 



BY C. L. PHILLIPS, DIGHTON, MASS. 



In the list of the Birds of Bristol County, by 

 Mr. F. W. Andros, in the September O"! & O., 

 I notice that there are several species that I 

 have seen and collected in Bristol County that 

 are not included in that list, as given below: 



Pine Finch {Chrysomitris pinus). Seen in 

 severe winters. I have taken a great many at 

 various times; they are usually found breeding 

 on birch trees. 



American Titlark (Anthus ludovacianus) . I 

 have seen large flocks of these birds along the 

 bank of the Taunton river. 



[Note. — This species is very common and was 

 accidentally omitted from Mr. Andros' list. — 

 Ed.] 



Connecticut Warbler {Oporornis agilis). I 

 took this specimen September 9, 1885, and one 

 more September 18, 1886. 



Bohemian VVaxwing (Ampelis garrulus). I 

 saw two of these beautiful birds December 26, 

 1885. They were perched in a juniper in an old 

 pasture. Not having my gun I did not secure 

 them. 



Recent Publications. 



The Auk for October closes its fourth volume 

 as the organ of the American Ornithologists' 

 Union. An excellent likeness of the late Prof. 

 Spencer F. Baird serves as a frontispiece. The 

 open article is series third of a paper by W. E. 

 D. Scott on "The Present Condition of Some of 

 the Bird Rookeries of the Gulf Coast of Flor- 

 ida." But one conclusion can be drawn after 

 reading Mr. Scott's interesting journal. "The 

 Pine Finch Spinus pinus breeding at Corn- 

 wall, on Hudson, N. Y.," by J. A. Allen, and 

 "The American Crossbill Loxia curvirostra mi- 

 nor in large numbers at Charleston, S. C." by 

 Mr. Arthur F. Wayne were the titles of two 

 shorter articles of interest. Mr. Wm. Lloyd 

 concluded his list of birds of Tom-Green and 

 Concho counties, Texas, and Chas. W. Beck- 

 ham presented some "Additions to the Air 

 Found of Bayou Sava La.'' A very terse yet 

 comprehensive article upon genus Helmintho- 

 phila was given by Spencer Trotter M. D., 

 which was followed by the usual installment of 

 Mr. C. B. Cory's "Birds of West Indies etc. ;" 

 an extremely technical serial. Mr. Henry K. 

 Coale described a new variety of Junco Jmico 

 hyemalis shufelcUi from New Mexico and gave 



a short account with illustrations of two orni- 

 thological curiosities which he had collected, 

 viz., a Hawk with nine toes and a Bobolink 

 with spurs on its wings. The "General Notes" 

 are rather more limited than usual but possess 

 the greater degree of interest. 



Amei'ican Naturalist. 



Department of Agriculture Report 1887. 



Forest and Stream. 



Ottawa Naturalist. 



Transactions N. Y. Academy of Science. 



The Oologist. 



West American Scientist. 



Scientific American. 



Audubon. 



As I am interested in John James Audubon, 

 the great American naturalist, will you through 

 the medium of The Ornithologist and 

 Oologist, ask that a subscription be formed to 

 raise funds for the erection of a monument to 

 the memory of the great man. For if such is 

 not done a great injustice will be done him. 

 John F. Tennant. 



A Correction. 



United States National Museum, 



Under Direction of 



The Smitsonian Institution, 



Washington, Oct. 24, 1887. 

 Editors Ornithologist and Oologist : 



Will you permit me to call attention to two 

 manifest errors in " O. and O." for April, 

 which I do not find corrected in any of the 

 subsequent numbers. 



Error No. 1. The vei-y interesting article on 

 pages 58 and 59, entitled " The Pinnated Grouse 

 in Colorado," of course refers to the Prairie 

 Sharp-tailed Grouse (Pedioccetes phasianellus 

 campestris.) I say "of course," because the 

 Pinnated Grouse does not inhabit the region in 

 question, where the Praiiie Sharp-tail and, west 

 of the Rocky Mountains, its more western rep- 

 resentative the Columbian Sharp-tail {P. p. col- 

 umbianus), take its place, and are known almost 

 universally as the " Prairie Chicken." 



Error No. 2. The " Large Broad-winged 

 Hawk," described on page 62 as " showing the 

 same measurements as the Red Tail Hawk," is 

 of course 7iot the Broad-wing (Bnteo latissi- 

 mus ;) what it is lam unable to say, without 

 possessing some knowledge as to its coloration. 

 Yours truly, 



R. RiDGWAY, 



Curator, Dep't Birds. 



