624 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. [YolY. 



Fringrillidae. 



(With Eniberizidw.) 



1740. LiNN^us,C. Doctor Carl LinnffiiBeskrifning pa Suo-Sparfven. <^Kongl. Svenalc. 

 Fetensk.-Akad. Handl. , i, 1740, pp. 368-374, tab. i, figg. 9-11. 



This, which I have not seen, is the original description of the subsequent Emheriza nivalis 

 L. {Plectrophanes nivalis). (Vol. i, for 1839-40, was pub. 1841.) 



1743. LiNN^us, C. Beskrifning p& Su6-sparfwen. < Eongl. Sivensk. Wetens. Acad. 

 Handl., i (1740), 1743, pp. 36'2-368, pi. i, figg. 9-11. 



This is simply the original description of ^m&erwa nimlis in the later edition of the 1st vol 

 of the Handlingar. 



1749? LiNN^us, C. Besclireibung ciues Schiieesperlings. <^Abhandl. d. Schwed. 

 Akad. auf d. Jahr. 1740, 1749 .' pp. 134-141, taf. i, figg. 9-11. 



This, which I have not seen, is the same description of the subsequent Emberiza nivalis 

 m the German version (Kastner) of the Handlingar. 



1749? SUNDIUS,P. B.C.D. I Suriuaniensia Grilliaua | [ . . . ] | curlosis examinaiula 

 sistit I Alnmmis Oxeiistioruiauus | retrus Sundius Nic. fil. | Stockholmieusis. 

 I In audit. Carol. Maj. d. xviii Jmiii | Anni MDCCXLIIX [sic] | H.A.M.C. 

 I — I Holmiic, I Typi.s Lanreutii Salvii. | sm. 4to, l.p. 1., pp. 1-24, 1 pi. 



Classis II, Avcs, p. lo. Solum de EmUrizm specie tractatur, Passer caerttleofuscm, Sloane 

 Jam. ii, p. 311. ' 



1750. LiNNiEUS, C. En In.lianisk Sparf. EUcr Fringilla capite cieruleo, dorso viridi, 

 abdoraine fulvo. <CEo)iol Svensk. Vctcnsk.- Acad. Handl., yii, 1750, pp. 278-28o' 

 pl.vii.fig. 1. 



This is the original desoripli.m of the subsequent Emberiza ciris-L. ( = Cyanosviza ciris 

 Baml), erroneously cousideied as a bird of India. 



1750. LIXN.EUS, C. Beschreibnng cines indianisclien Sperlings, Fringilla, capite cae- 

 ruleo, dorso viridi, abdoinine fulro. <Anmndl.d.ScUved.Akad.&Vif(i.3ahx 

 1750, pp. 287, 288. 



The same descrip tion of the sub.spqueut Emberiza ciris L. ( Cyanospiza ciris Bd. ) in the Ger- 

 man version of the Handlingar. -^ 



1757. SCHONBEKG, A. Auinarkningar Om Svanska Papegojau, Loxia [enucleator], 

 linea alarnni dnplici alba. Fanu. Sv. N. 176. <^o«^?. Svensk. Vetensk.-Acad. 

 Handl., xviii, 17.')7, pp. 139-143. 



1757. SCHONBERG, A. Aumcrkuugon fiber den scliTvedisclien Papagey (Loxia [enu- 

 cleator]). < Abhandl. d. Schwed. Akad. , auf d. .Jalir. 1757, pp. 132-135. 

 The German version, not seen by me, of the original Swedish. 



1773. Anon. Le Pie-gri^che noire de la Caroline [Pipilo erythrophthalmus]. <J(,«r« 



Ohserr. do Phys. , ii , 17 73, pp. 570, 571 . 



2fot seen : the article is anonymous, nor have I been able to discover the author ; whoever 

 he may be, he is not " Le Piegriche" whom Giebel invented in his BibUography, p. 139. 



1774. GUNTHEK, D. F. C. Vorlaufige Nachriclit von dem selir seltenen Nest und den 



Eyern des Krcnzvogels, oder des Krummschnabels [Loxia curvirostra] <I)er 

 Naturforschcr, ii, 1774, pp. 66-75. 



1778. OXTO, -. Abliandlnng von den Abarten der Kreutzsclinabel [Loxia cimdrostra], 

 nebst emigen Aumerkungen fiber die Anordnung der Thi^re. <rDer Natur- 

 forscher, xii, 1778, pp. 92-99. 



1785-1787. KuHN,— . Von dem Krfinitz oder &umsclinabcl (Loxia curvi-rostra,). <Z>e>- 



^aturforsclier, xxi, 1785, p. 197; xxii, 1787, p. 142. 

 1796. TOLMAN, T. Account of the Crossbill Bird [Loxia curvirostra amcricana]. . 



< The Bural Magazine; or, Vermont BeposUory, vol. ii, 1796, p. 475. 

 Seen only in the. reprint, by R. Deaue, Bull. Nutt. Olub, iv. No. 2, Apr. 1876 p Hi The 



breeding of the species in winter is recorded : "they lay their eggs and hatch their young in 



the middle of winter. " j t. "* 



