528 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. [Vol.V. 



1878. [Abbott, L. S.] Hibernation of Birds. <^ llie Country, i, Jan. ID, 1878, p. 

 165. See pp. 55, 133, 181. 

 Invalidating the evidence of hibernation of Swallows given torn, cit, p. 55. 



1878. Anon. Cnrious, If True. < Forest and Stream, x, June 20, 1878, p. 379. 



Account of a horseman attacked and injured by troops of Swallows in Virginia. — Copied 

 from Springfield (Mass.) Union, June 10, 1878. 



1878. Anon. The Purple Martin. (Progne Purpnria. ) <t7b!M-H. o/<S'c!. (Toledo, Ohio), 

 n. 8., i, No. 6, Sept., 1878, cut. 

 Popular account, with a figure. 



1878. Anon. Bank Swallow [Cotyle riparia] — natural size. <^Journ. of Sci. {T6\^Ao, 

 Ohio), n. s., i. No. 6, Sejit., 1878, suppl. sheet, fig., no text. 



1878. Anon. The Barn SpaiTow [sic]. (HirundoHorroornm.) <^Journ. of Sci. (To- 

 ledo, Ohio), 2d ser., i, No. 9, Dec., 1878, cut. 

 Popular biography, with a figure. 



1878. COUES, E. The Eave, Chif, or Crescent Swallow (Petrochelidou lunifrons). 

 < BhZ/. Xutt. Ornith. Chih, iii, No. 3, July, 1878, pp. 105-112. 



Biographical sketch, "by permission, from advance sheets of the 'Birds of the Colorado 

 Valley', vol. i." 



1878. [Ingersoll, E.] Hibernation of Birds, again. < The Country, i, Jan. 5, 1878, 

 p. 133. See pp. .55, 165. 

 Critical notice of alleged torpidity of Swallows in Maine :md Michigan. 



1878. Smith, Everett. Notes on the Hiliernation of Birds. < The Country, i, Jan. 

 26, 1878, p. 181. Sec pp. 55, 133, 165. 



1878. Trotter, S. Description of a Hybrid (Hirundo horreori-lunifrons) between two 



North American Swallows. <^BulJ. Nutt. Ornith. Clui, iii. No. 3, July, 1878, 

 ])p. 135, 136. 



The first instance ol' hyltridity in this family reported in this coimtry. The specimen has 

 since been examined by E. Coue.s. J. A. Alien, and others, who agi-ee that there is no ques- 

 tion that it is a hybrid between Uirimdo horrcorum and Petrochclidon lunifrons. 



1879. Anon. Rough winged Swallow (Hirundo serripennis. ) <^ Jonrn. of Sci. (To- 



ledo, Ohio), 2d ser., i, No. 10, Jan., 1879, cut. 

 Popular biography, with a figure. 



1879. Anon. Migrations of Swallows. < The Chicayo Field, xii, No. 13, Nov. 8, 1879, 

 p. 199. 



Touching also on tlicir alleged hibernation. 



1879. BOARDMAN, G. A. Interesting Note on Albinism [in Hirundo horreorum]. 

 <^ Forest and Stream, xiii, Aug. 7, 1879, j). 525. 

 "With a note on melanism in Turdus migratorius. 



1879. Bryant, Walter E. Cliff-swallows [Petrochclidon lunifions] and their Para- 

 sites. < Science News, i, No. 9, Mar. 1, 1879, p. 144. 



1879. Stannis, J. A. The Rough-winged Swallow [Stelgidopteryx serripennis] in 

 Connecticut. <^Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Chib,iv, No. 2, Apr., 1879, p. 119. 



1879. [WiLLARD, S. L.] [Laying of Cotyle riparia in nest of Ceryle alcyon.] < The 

 Oologist, i\, No. 11, June, 1879, p. 86. 



