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1S77. Brewster, W. Two Undescribed Nests of California Birds. < Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club II, April 1S77, pp. 37-38. 



Carpodacns purpurcn^ var. californiciis (?) and Peucica ynjiceps at Xicasio. 



1877. Cooper, J. G. On Seventy-five Doubtful West-coast Birds. < Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club II, October 1S77, pp. S.S-97. 



Remarks concerning numerous species attributed to California by early writers, but the 

 occurrence of which is now doubtfid. 



1877. Coues, K. Note on Podiceixs dominicus. < Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club II, 

 January 1877, p. 26. 



Refers to (lambel's record as "perhaps erroneous". 



1877. Coues, E. Eastward Range of the Ferruginous Buzzard i Arr/i/hiifro fcr- 

 nigtncns). < Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club II, January 1877, p. 26. 

 Also southern California. 



1877. Elliot, D. G. Remarks on Schisp/ionis al!cii/\ Henshaw. < Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club II, October 1877, pp. 97-102; 2 figg. 



Xomenclatural techniciue: 'froc/iiliis riifits of (ruielin is argued to apply to the recently 

 described S. allcni, while a new name, .V. hriis/umn, is proposed for the rufous-backed 

 species. 



1877. Henshaw, H. W. Description of a New vSpecies of Humming-bird from 

 California. < Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club II, July 1877, pp. 53-58; 2 figg. 

 The original description of Se/asp/ioriis allcni; type locality, Xicasio. 



1877. Henshaw, H. W. Report on the Ornithology of Portions of Nevada and 

 California, by Mr. H. W. Henshaw < Ann. Rep. Geog. Surv. West lOOth 

 Mer. by George M. Wheeler^-App. N N of the Ann. Rep. Chief of Engineers 

 for 1877. Pp. 1303-1322. 



Includes a briefly-annotated list of 09 species observed on the east slope of the Sierras in 

 the vicinity of Lake Tahoe. 



1877. Ridgway, R. United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Paral- 

 lel 1 Clarence King, Geologist-in-charge | — | Part III. | Ornithology. 

 I By I Robert Ridgway. [1877] 4to, pp. 303-669. 



The California bird matter relates to the vicinity of Sacramento and the .Sierras and 

 foothills iumiediately to the eastward. The nominal list of species had been previously 

 publisht in the Proceedings of the Essex Institute for l.S7)-7.S. But in the present report 

 more extended accounts are given together with lists of specimens and notes on them. 



1877. Sharpe, R. B. Catalogue of the Pa.sseri formes, or Perching Birds, in the 

 Collection of the British Museum. ColiomorphcC, Containing the Families 

 Corvidge, Paradiseidac, Oriolid^e, Dicruridse, and PrionopidcC. --^ Cat. Bds. 

 Ill, 1877, pp. i-xiii, 1-343; pll. I-XIV, figg. 



1878. Allen, C. A. An Albino Anna Hunuuing-Bird. < Bull. Nutt. Orn. 

 Club III, October 1878, pp. 192-193. 



1878. Allen, C. A. The Pygmy Owl ( (flaiiridiiim ca I i Jo mining < Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club III, October 1878, p. 193. 

 Xicasio: habits. 



