570 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. [Vol.Y. 



1878. Fisher, A. K. Robins' [Turdus migratorius] Eggs, Spotted. <^Bull. Nutt. 

 Ornith. Club, iii, No. 2, Apr., 1878, p. 97. 



1878. HuYXER, A. I. A Case of Instinct [of Turdus migratorius]. < Science News, i, 



No. 2, Nov. 15, 1878, p. 32. 

 1878. Gray, A. F. Robin [Turdus migratorius] Nesting Upon the Ground. <iForest 



and Stream, ix, Jan. 31, 1878, p. 489. 

 1878. [Grinnall, G. B.] An Albino Thrush [Turdus pallasi]. <^ Forest and Stream, 



X, Feb. 28, 1878, p. 55. 

 1878. Ingersoll, E. The nesting habits of rare American thruslies [Harjtorhynchua]. 



< The London Field, li, Apr. 20, 1878, p. 453. 



Treating all the United States species of tlie genus excepting S. rvfus. 



1878. Lawrence, G. N. Characters of a supposed new Species of South- American 

 Thrusli [Turdus bruuneus]. < His, 4th ser. , ii, Jan., 1878, p. 57, pi. i. 



2^. B. There is more than one Tardus brunneus of earlier authors. The present belongs 



to the section of the genus including T. leucomelas, albiventris, &c. If a proper Turdus, stet 



Turdus lawrencii, nobis, hoc loco, species renovata. 



1878. Lyle, D. a. The Robin's [Turdus migratorius] Food. <^hi. Nai., xii, No. 7, 



July, 1878, pp. 448-453. 



Detailed account of the euonnous quantity and variety of food consumed by a captive Robin. 



1878. Read, M. C. Variations in Robins' [Turdus migratorius] Nests. < Science N&ivs, 

 i. No. 2, Nov. 15, 1878, p. 32. 



1878. Turner, H. W. Nesting of the Robin [Turdus migratorius] on the Ground. 



<^»(. Nat., xii. No. 1, 1878, p. 53. " 



1879. Allen, J. A. Odd Beha^dor of a Robin [Turdus migratorius] and a Yellow- 



Warbler. < Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, iv, No. 3, July, 1879, pp. 178-182. 



The curious case given by Miss O. C. Coolidge is here amplified, with account of similar 

 doings of Dendroeca cestiva. 



1879. Anon. Nesting of Swainson's Thrush (Tiu'dus swainsoni). <^ The Oologist, iv, 

 No. 12, summer, 1879 (an extra number), pp. 93-95, cut. 

 In Herkimer Countj^ N. T. Extended original observations, with cut of nest and eggs. 



1879. Boardman, G. A. Interesting Note on Albinism. <^ Forest and Stream, xiii, Aug. 

 7, 1879, p. 525. 

 Note on albino Hirundo horreoruin, and on melanotic Turdus migratorius. 

 1879. Coues, E. Le Conte's Thrasher (Harporhynchus lecontii). <^ The Oologist, iv, 

 No. 12, summer, 1879 (extra number), pp. 99, 100. 

 Quoted from the Birds of the Colorado Valley, pt. i, 1878, p. 72. 



1879. [Coolidge, iSfissO. C] A Robin's [Turdus migratorius] Persistency. K^Waterr 

 town (N. Y.) Daily Times, May 24, 1879. 



In tapping for several days at a window. See full account of the same case, and another 

 instance of the same behavior in the case of Dendroeca cestiva. Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Olub., iv, 

 1879, p. 178. 



1879, Henshaw, H. W. Remarks upon Turdus pallasi and its Varieties. <^ Bull. 

 Nutt. Ornith. Club, iv, No. 3, July, 1879, pp. 134-139. 

 CarefuUy distinguishing T. nanus and T. auduhoni from T. pallasi projjei'. 



1879. Holmes, Mary E. Another Lesson from the Robin [Turdus migratoiius]. 



< Science Neivs, i. No. 10, Mar. 15, 1879, pp. 155, 156. 



Refeiring to M. C. Read's article of similar title (torn, cit, pp. 117, 118), the writer gives her 

 own experiences with a Robia in captivity. 



1879. HOLZAPPEL, J. [Occupation hj Turdus mustelinus of a nest of Cardinalis vir- 

 giuianns] < The Oologist, v. No. 1, July, 1879, p. 3. 



1879. [Ingersoll, E.] Nest and Eggs of the Texas Thrasher (Harporhynchus rufus 

 var. longirostris. ) < T/ie Oologist, iv. No. 10, May, 1879, pp. 75, 76, pi. (not num- 

 bered), fig. 3. 

 Editorial extracts from the published observations of G-. B. Sennett and J. C. Men-ill. 



