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1874. Henshaw, H. "W. Synopsis of tlie Genus Junco. < Bep. Ornith. Sjiecs. Coll. in 

 1871, 1872 and 1873 (Expl. W. 100 Merid. 8vo. Washington, 1874), pp. 113, 

 114. 



Scarcely citable as a separate article, as it occurs iu a report having a much wider scope. 

 It is well, however, to thus call attention to this one among several essays on this perplexing 

 genus. 



1874. Kerr, W.J. Crossbills in Denbighshire. <^Zoo/o^isf, 2cl ser., ix, 1874, p. 4156, 



1874. Nation, W. On the Habits of Spermophila simiilex. <^ P. Z. S., xlii, 1874, pp. 

 329, 330. 



1874. Newton, A. The Lesser Redpoll not in Spitsbergen. <^Zoologist, 2d ser., ix, 



1874, pp. 3880, 3881. 



1874. KiDGWAY, E. Description of a new bird [Leucosticte atrata] from Colorado. 

 <^ Am. Sjjortsman, iv, 1874, p. 241. 



1874. SwiNHOE, E. [Note on the species of Pyrrhnla from the Kurile Islands and 



Japan.] <^ IMs, 3d ser., iv, 1874, pp. 463, 464. 



1875. Allen, J. A. [Note on Ammodromus candacutus var. nelsoni, n. var. , from Illi- 



nois. ] < Proc. Bost. Soc. Xai. Hist. , xvii, 1875, pp. 292-294. 



1875. "Beverly, Fred." \_i. e., F. A. Ober.] The pine grosbeak — (Pinicola Cana- 

 densis) [i. e., enucleator]. <^ Forest and Stream, iv. Mar. 4, 1875, p. 54. 



1875. [COUPER, W.] Ornithological Curiosity. <^ Montreal Herald (newspaper) of 

 Mar. 30, 1875. 

 Notices nest of Loxia leucoptera, containing nearly fledged young, in the snow. 



1875. Crittenden, G. W. [Pinicola enucleator in Massachusetts.] <^ Forest and 

 Stream, iv, Feb. 18, 1875, p. 23. See also vol. iii, p. 389. 



1875. HoPFNER, P. Briefliche Mittheilungen [iiber den Hakengimpel (Pinicola enu- 

 cleator)]. <^ Ber. liber d. xxi. Vers. d. dent. Orn.-Ges., 1875, pp. 101-103. 



1875. " L. W. L." The pine bullfinch [Pinicola enucleator]. <^ Forest and Stream, iii, 

 Feb. 4, 1875, p. 405. See vol. iv, p. 22. 



1875. Maynard, C. J. A New Sijecies of Finch [Ammodromus mclanoleucus] from 

 Florida. < Am. Sportsman, v, Jan. 16, 1875, p. 248. 



This is the bird before described by R. Ridgway {Bull. Essex Inst, v, Dec, 1873, p. 198) as 

 A. maritimus var. nigrescens. 



1875. Ridgway, E. A Monograph of the Genus Leucosticte, Swainson ; or, Gray- 

 crowned Purple Finches. <Z?i(Z7. U. S. Geol. Surv., 2d ser., No. 2, May 14, 1875, 

 pp. 53-82. 



History — Bibliographj" — Material examined — Discussion of races and varieties — Geographi- 

 cal Distribution — Habits. Then the species monographed are: L. atrata, L. tephrocotis, L. t. 

 vars. littoralis and griseinueha, L. australis, L. brunneinucha. 



The article is very complete, entering fully into the characters of all these forms of the 

 genus. It became the occasion of a protracted discussion between the author and J. A. Allen : 

 cf. Bull. v. S. Oeol. and Geogr. Surv. Terr., ii, 1876, pp. 345-350 ; Field and Forest, ii, 1876, pp. 

 37-43, and 76-79. 



1875. S[ennett], G. B. Albino Linnet [^giothus linaria]. <^ Forest and Stream, \\, 

 May 13, 1875, p. 215. 



1875. Sill, J. M. B. The Western Nonjiareil [Cyanosi^iza versicolor] in Michigan. 

 <^?ft. Nat., ix, No. 12, 1875, p. 665. 



1875. Anon. Pine Grosbeaks [Pinicola enucleator]. <^ Forest and Slream,iY,A.'^r.\^, 



1875, p. 149. [Eeprinted from Meadville (Pa.) "Eepublican."] 



1875. Anon. The Confined Purple Finch [Carpodacus purpui-eus]. <^ Oologist, i, 

 1875, p. 5. 



