1 88 Recent Literature. [Api-i! 



Bv Charles Hallock. Ibid., XX, No. lo, Sept. 8, 1883, pp.320, 221.— 

 Canada Geese, Red-heads, and Mallards "breed there bj myriads." Their 

 breeding liaunts described. 



566. Our Goatsuckers and Opossums. By R. Ibid.,^o. 11, Sept. 15, 

 18S3, p. 249. — Defence of Audubon against "Kit Killbird," respecting the! 

 breeding of the Night Hawk in Louisiana. 



567. T7ie Length of Time a ^uail sits. By R. T. C. Ibid., XX, No. 13, 

 p. 298. — Found to be twenty-one days. 



568. The Power of Flight. By Charles Codman. Z^-/^., XX, No. 17, 

 p. 394. — "Electricit}'" believed "to be the sustaining power by which a 

 bird flies" ! 



569. Bird Migration. By W. W. Cook and Otto Widmann. Ibid., 

 XX, Nos. 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, pp. 513, 514, 536, 537, 560, 561, 584, 585, 610, 

 611. (Continued in Vol. XXI,). — A detailed record of observations made 

 at Jefferson, Wise, and St, Louis, Mo., begun Jan. i, 18S3, ^'^^ continued 

 through the spring migration. 



'Science,' Vols. I and II, 1883, contains the following: — 



570. Cleafiing Birds. Bj' J. Amory JeftVies. Science, Vol. I, No. i, 

 p. II. 



571. Domestic ducks that fy abroad like pigeons. By F. H. Storer. 

 Ibid., No. 2, p. 67. 



572. A caterpillar-eating hen-kazvk \_Buteo pennsylvanicus'\. By F. H. 

 Storer. Ibid., No. 6, p. 168. 



573. Domestic ducks that fiy abroad like pigeons. By Joseph LeConte. 

 Ibid., No. 9, p. 249. 



574. Intelligence of the crotv. By S. Kneeland. Ibid., No. 13, p. 359. 

 — On Crows carrying stones into the air in their claws and dropping 

 them upon intruders. 



575. The least Bittern in Neufoundland. By C. Hart Merriam. M. D. 

 Ibid., No. 16, p. 457. 



576. Robins, sparrorvs and earth-vjorms. By. F. H. Storer. Ibid., 

 No. 16, pp. 457, 458. — English Sparrows stealing worms from Robins. 



577. Intelligence of the crozv. By Jos. M. Wade. Ibid., No. 16, p. 

 458. — Tame Crows and Ravens observed to use their beaks and not their 

 claws in transporting objects. 



578. Intelligence of the crozv. By J. A. Allen. Ibid., No. 18, p. 513. 



579. Precocity in a chicken. By Redducs. Ibid., No. 20, p. 574. 



580. Intelligence of the crozv. By C. C. Abbott. Ibid., No. 20, p. 

 576. — Carrying mussels into the air in their beaks and dropping them on 

 stones. 



581. Impregnation in Jhe turkey. By Edward M. Shepard. Ibid., 

 No. 20, p. 576. — Young' hatched from eggs laid in confinement without 

 any connection of the female with a Turkey-cock. 



581 bis. Impregnatio7i in the turkey. By W. Mann. Ibid., Vol. II, No. 

 25, p. 105. — One connection with a male bird found to be sufficient to 

 impregnate a whole clutch of eggs. 



582. {^Absence of^ Szvallotvs in Boston. By Carl Reddots. Ibid., 

 No. 26, p. 135. 



