No. 4.] COUES'S ORNITH. BIBLIOGRAPHY TYRANNID^. 585' 



1876. Lawrence, G. N. Note on Muscipeta iucanescens, Wied. <^Ibis, 3dser., vi,. 

 Oct., 1876, pp. 497,498. 



Wied's type, now in Amer. Mas. Nat. Hist. New York, examined and found to be very dif- 

 ferent from Ornithion imberbe, which Sclater (P. Z. S., 1873, p. 576) had nnited with it. 



1876. PURDIE, H. A. The Nest and Eggs of Traill's flycatcher [Empidonax trailli], 



as observed in Maine. <^BulL Xiift. Orniih. Clith, i. No. 3, Sept., 1876. pp. 

 7.5, 76. 



1877. "G. G. H., Jr." The great crested flycatcher. Myiarchus crinitus — Calamis 



[f. e., Cabanis]. <^ Forest and Stream, ix, Aug. 23, 1877, p. 44. 

 Ohservations on nidiflcation. 



1877. ''Guyon" [ ]. Migration of Kingbirds [Tyraunus carolinensis]. 



<^ Forest and Stream, viii. May 17, 1877, p. 224. 



1877. JuDSON, E. Z. C. A Plea for the King Bird [Tyrannns carolinensis]. <^ Forest 

 and Stream, ix, Aug. 9, 1877, p. 5. 

 Protection afforded to farm-yard by Tyrannus carolinensis through its enmity to hawks. 

 1877. [Sclater, P. L., and SAL^aN, 0.] Lawrence on a new Pitangus [gabbii]. 



< lUs, 4th ser., i, Oct., 1877, p. 481. 



Notice of the paper in Am.. Lye. N. T., xi, Nov., 1876, pp. 288-290. 



1877. White, W. H. King Birds [Tyrannns carolinensis] and Bees. <^ Forest and 



Stream, ix, Oct. 4, 1877, p. 186. 

 Kingbirds insatiable devourers of honey-bees. 



1878. Allen, J. A. Late Capture of the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher [Empidonax flavi- 



ventris] in Massachusetts. <^BuU. Nntt. Ornitli. Cliii, iii, No. 2, Apr., 1878, 

 pp. 101, 102. 



1878. Anon. The fork-tailed fly-catcher. Milvulus Tyrannus (L.) Bp. <^ Familiar 



Science and Fanciers' Journ., i (new series), Feb., 1878, p. 30. Illustrated. 

 1878. [Fitch, E. H.] The Wood Pewee [Contopus virens]. <^ The Journ. of Sci. 

 (Toledo, Ohio), 2d ser., i, No. 2, May, 1878; cut. 

 Popular biography, with a figure. 

 1878. Ingersoll, E. The Linnean Society. < The Country, i, Apr., 20, 1878, p. 371, 

 See vol. ii, p. 9. 

 Secretary's report of meeting ; many facts concerning nidiflcation of Tyrannidce. 



1878. Ingersoll, E. Linnean Society. < The Country, ii, Apr. 27, 1878, p. 9. . 



Report of meeting, and letter from H. A. Purdie concerning breeding of Empidonax trailli. 

 1878. [Ingersoll, E.] Linnean Society. <^ Forest and Stream, x, Apr. 25, 1878, p. 

 216. See p. 255. 



Report of proceedings, and letter from H. A. Purdie in regard to breeding of Empidonax 

 trailli. 



1878. Merrill, J. C. The Occitrrence of Myiarchus crinitus var. erythrocercus, 

 Sclat., at Fort Brown, Texas. < Bull. Nntt. Orniih. Cluh, iii. No. 2, Apr., 1878, 

 p. 99, 100. 



With an editorial note respecting priority of the discovery ; and a note by T. M. Brewer 

 on the eggs of the same bird. 



1878. Nicholas, G. L. Perseverance of Pewees [(Sayornis fuscus) in nest-building]. 



< Forest and Stream, xi, Dec. 12, 1878, p. 379. 



Nest of a pair of Sayornis fuscus rebuilt seven times in the same place in one season. 

 1878. Osborne, S. D. The Nesting of the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax 

 flaviventris). <^m/?. Nntt. Ornitli. Club, iii. No. 4, Oct., 1878, pp. 187, 188. 



Coniirming H. A. Purdie's description, op. torn. ciL, pp. 166-168, both as to situation and' 

 structure of the nest, and as to the eggs being spotted. 



1878. Peckham, B. J. Nesting of Contopus virens. <^The Oologist, iv, No. 5, July, 



1878, p. 34. 

 1878. Purdie, H. A. Trail's Flycatcher [Empidonax trailli]. < Forest and Stream, x, 



May 9, 1878, p. 255. See p. 216. 

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