614 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SUEVEY. [Vol.Y. 



1875. "C. S. W." [IXGERSOLL, E.] [Information as to the different birds in whose 



nests Molothrns ater lias been observed to lay.] <^ Forest and Stream, v, Dec. 



16, 1875, p. 292. 

 1875. Davis, F. J. The Eusty Blackbird. (S[colecophagus]. ferrugineus.) <^0'6lo- 



fjist, i, i3t. 5, 1875, pp. 37, 38, with figure. 

 1875. Dubois, A. Descriptions de qnelqnes Oiseaus Nouveaux. <^ Bull. Acad. Boy. 



Belgique, 2« ser., xl, No. 12, Dec, 1875, pp. 13-17. 

 Only seen separate.— Of Icteridce there are here described : Icterus virescens, p. 15, Mexico ; 



Icterus xanthornus var. dubusii, p. 16, Panama ; and I. x. Tar. marginalis, p. 17, Panama. The 



article also describes Cyanodtta yucatanica, sp. n., p. 13. 

 1875. F[reeman], C. M. The Baltimore Oriole [Icterus baltimore]. <^ Oologist, i, 



1875, p. 46. 



1875. ScLATER, P. L. [Eemarks on exhibition of the typical specimen of Centropsar 

 mirus. ] <_P.Z.S., June 1, 1875, p. 380. 



Genus fictitum; avis artefacta, capite Icteri (audubonil), caud4 Agelcei phoenicei, pedibua 

 Eremophilce alpestris, m^tcucta.. Of. J.f. 0., xxii, 1874, p. 458. 



1875. Anon. A Word for the Birds [Icteridaj]. <^Eodand Gun, ^n, Sept. 11, 1875, p. 



364. 



Reprint from Boston "Advertiser" concerning utUity of Blackbirds in destroying army 

 worms. 



1876. Fowler, H. G. Asyhimsofthe Cow-bird [Molothrus ater]. <^ Forest an^Stream, 



vii, Aug. 10, 1876, p. 4. 



List of birds in whose nests eggs of this species have been found ; to which is added editorial 

 [iNGEKSOLi-, E.] note. 



1876. ''Frank." Black Birds [Icteridse of New York State]. <^ Bod and Gun, Yiii, 



July 15, 1876, p. 244. 

 1876. Ingersoll, E. A Summer Bird [Icterus baltimore]. <^Rarper''s New Monthly 



Mag. , liii, j). 574-578 ; illustration of nest. 

 1876. Eagsdale, G. H. Nesting of the Hooded Oriole [Icterus cucullatus] in Cooke 



County, Texas. < Oologist, ii. No. 8, 1876, p. 57. 



1876. Anon. A Golden Eobin [Icterus baltimore]. <^Bod and Gun, viii, Aug. 19, 



1876, p. 325. 



Successful amputation of wild oriole's leg. Prom ' ' Boston Post". 



1877. Brewer, T. M. [Eemark on the eggs of Molothrus bonariensis. ] <^Proo. 



Boston Soc. Nat. Hist, xix, 1877, p. 76. 

 1877. \V[iLLCOX], J. Crow Blackbirds [Quiscalus versicolor] eat fish. <^ Forest and 



ySfj-mm, viii, Apr. 5, 1877, p. 129. 

 1877. Merrill, J. C. Notes on [the habits of] Molothrus seneus, "Wagl. < Bull. Nutt. 



Ornith. Club, ii. No. 4, Oct., 1877, pp. 85-87. 

 1877. Eagsdale, G. H. The Nesting of the Hooded Oriole [Icterus cucullatus] in 



Cooke Co. , Texas. < Forest and Stream,Tn, Feb. 1, 1877, p. 404. 

 Prom Oologist, ii, 1876, p. 57. 



1877. WiLLCOX, J. On the [fish-eating] Habits of Quiscalus purpureus. <^Proc. Phila. 



Acad. Nat. Sci., 1877, p. 38. 



1878. Bailey, T. S. That Nondescript Egg. < The Oologist, iv. No. 4. June, 1878, p. 25. 



Decided to be that of Quiscalus purpureus. The article also gives an account of a hybrid 

 between Gallus banJdvi var. and Numida meleagris. 

 1878. Bailey, T. S. A Stray Egg. < The Oologist, iv. No. 3, May, 1878, p, 19. 



Of Molothrus ater, in nest of Spizella pusilla. 

 1878. Barber, E. A. Ornithological Notes. <^m. Nat., xii. No. 7, July, 1878, pp. 

 477, 478. 

 On peculiarities in oviposition of Molothrus ater and Sturnella magna. 



1878. [WiLLARi), S.L.] Flocking of Quiscalus purpureus. < T/ie Oologist, iy, No. 2, 

 Apr., 1878, p. 1.5. 



