612 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. [Yol.Y. 



1868. McLaughlin, W. J. The Yellow-lieaded Blackbird (Xauthocei^halus icteroce- 



plialus Baird). < Am. Nat., ii, 1868, pp. 493, 494. 

 BiograpMcal note from Centralia, Kansas, with editorial note on geographical distribution. 



1869. Kedne Y, H. S. The Cow Bunting [ Molothrus ater] . < Am. Nat. , iii, 1869, p. 550. 



Plural eggs of Moluthrus ater in nests of Zonotrichia leucophrys and Oontopus virens. 



1869. ["F. W."] The Crow Blackbird [Quiscalus versicolor] a Eobber. <^ Zoologist, 

 2d ser., iv, 1869, pp. 1603, 1604. 

 rrom 'American lifaturalist, ' Aug., 1868, p. 326. 

 1869. RiDGWAY, R. Notices of certain obscurely known species of American Birds. 

 • <[ Proc. Acad. Nat. Sd. Phila.,xxi, 1869, pp. 125-135, woodcc. 



III. The Smaller QuiscaU of the United States, pp. 133-135, flgg. 1-3 ; 3 spp. — Q. cenens, 

 sp. n., p. 134, f. 2. 



The article also treats of species of I. Hylocichla and II. Pyranga. (See under Turdidce and 

 TanagridCB.) 



1869. Sternberg, C. Zur Fortpflanzungsgeschichte des Viehstaares, Molobrus seri- 

 ceus (Licht. ). < J.f. 0. , xvii, 1869, pp. 125-136. 

 Mit Bemerkungen vom Herausgeber. 



1869. [Sternberg, C] Fortpflanzung des Viehstaares (Molobrus sericius [lege seri- 

 ceus]). <^ Alls der Natur, xlix, oder n. F., xxxvii, 1869, pp. 595-597. 

 Xach C. Sternberg's Artikel in J. f. O., 1869, pp. 125-136, mitgetheilt. 



1869. Trippe, T. M. The Cow Blackbird [Molothrus ater]. < Am. Nat., iii, 1869, pp. 



291-294. 



An extended notice of the habits of this species, with special reference to the birds in the 

 nests of which its eggs have been found. 



1870. COUES. E. The Cow Bird [Molothrus ater]. < Jm. Nat.,iY, 1870, p. 58. 



Inquires whether the eggs of Molothrus ater vary in any way connected with the character 

 of the eggs of different birds selected as foster parents, with reference to A. Newton's ob- 

 servations to this effect-in case of Guculus eanorus. 



1870. CoUES, E. The Natural History of Quiscalus major. <^J6is, 2d ser., vi, 1870, 

 pp. 367-378. 



A full account of the habits of the bird as observed by the writer at Fort Macon, North 

 Carolina. 

 1870. Howell, R. Blackbirds [Icteridaj] in Winter. <^Am. Nat., iv, 1870, \>. 52. 

 Molothrus ater and Scolecophagus ferrugineus in Tioga Co., N. T. 



1870. Saussure, H. de. Los Tordos [Icteridte]. <Xffi Naturaleza, i, 1870, pp. 352- 



358. 



Sobre las costumbres. "Con esta nombre [tordo] designaron los Espanoles un grupo inte- 

 resante de aves americanas, por tener algunas de sus especies semejanza en cuanto al color, 

 con los tordos de Europa [Stumidse?], de los que sin embargo son de g6neros enteramente 

 distintos." 



1871. Brewer, T. M. [Remarksonexhibitionof a nest of Icterus baltimore.] <^Proc. 



Boston Soc. Nat. mst.,:s.iii, 1871, pp. 411, 412. 

 1871. CouES, E. The Yellow-headed Blackbird [Xanthocephalus icterocephalus]. 

 < Am. Nat.v, 1871, pp. 195-200, with a fig. 

 Extended biography of this species, with allusions to various other birds observed in Kansas. 

 1871. CouES, E. Bullock's Oriole [Icterus buUocki]. < Am. Nat. , v, 1871, pp. 678-682, 

 fig. 120. 

 Extended biography. 



1871. CouES, E. Singular albino [of Dolichonyx oryzivorus]. <^ Am. Nat., y, 1871, 



p. 7,33. 

 1871. Gillman, H. Albino Swam^D Blackbird [Agelseus phceniceus]. <^Am.Nat.,Y, 



1871, p. 2.51. 

 1871. Newman, E. On the Occurrence of the American Meadow Lark (Alauda [Stur- 



nella] magna of Wilson) in Great Britain. < ZooZo</is*, 2d ser., vi, 1871,pp. 



2557-2560. 



