646 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. [VolT. 



1879. EiDGWAY, E. Ou a new species of Peuceea [illinoensis] from Southern Illinois 

 and Central Texas. < Bull. Nutt. Orniih. Cliib, iv, No. 4, Oct., 1879, pp. 218-222. 

 Extended critical comparison with its allies, and G-. H. Ragsdaie's notes on it's habits. 



1879. EiDGWAY, E. [Letter ou Peucisa illinoensis.] < Teryiperanoe VideUe (Texas 

 newspaper), Oct. 11, 1879. 



1879. EiDGWAY, E. Henslow's Bunting (Coturniculus henslowi) near Washington. 



< Bull. Nuit. Ornitlu Club, iv, No. 4, Oct., 1879, p. 238. 

 1879. Egberts, T. S. Note on Hesperiphona vespertina. < Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, 



iv. No. 4, Oct. , 1879, pp. 237, 238. 

 The lateness (May 19) of its departure in the spring from Minnesota, -where it winters. 

 1879. Sabin.W.W. [Nesting of Pipilo erythrophthalmus off the Ground.] < TAe 



Oologisf, iv. No. 6, Jan., 1879, p. 43. 



1879. Smith, G. S[tuakt]. Nesting of the Black-throated Bunting (Euspiza ameri- 



cana) < The Oologist, iv, No. 8, Mar. , 1879, pp. 58, 59. 

 1879. Smith, G. S[tuart]. Nesting of the Sharp-tailed Finch (Ammodromus cauda- 



cutus). < The Oologist, iv, No. 9, Apr. , 1879, pp. 66, 67. 

 From original observations in Massachusetts. 

 1879. [WiLLAED, S. L.] Studies on Certain Fringillidae.— The Savannah Sparrow 



[Passercuhis savanna]. < The Oologist, v. No. 2, Aug., 1879, p. 14. 

 1879. [WiLLARD, S. L.] Studies on Certain Fringillidgs.— The White-throated Spar- 



row [Zonotrichia albicollis]. < The Oologist, iv. No. 9, Apr., 1879, p. 71. 

 1879. [WiLLARD, S. L. ] Studies on Certain Fringillidee.— The Black Snow Bird [ Junco 



hyemalis]. < The Oologist, iv. No. 11, June, 1879, p. 90. 

 1879. [WiLLARD, S. L. ?] Nest and Eggs of Carpodacus purpureus. < Temperance Vi- 



deite (newspaper of Terrill, Texas), Nov. 22, 1879. 

 Copied from The Oologist. 



1879. W[iLLiAMS, Mrs. J.] The Potato Bug Bird [t. e., Goniaphea ludoviciana]. 

 < Forest and Stream, xiii, Nov. 20, 1879, p. 827. 



In the issue of the same paper of Dec. 18, 1879, appeared letters from "M." [A. C.McEl- 

 wrath], T. S. Roberts, and S. A. Forbes identifying the bird referred to by Mrs. WilUams as 

 above, and testifying to its usefukiess in destroying Doryphora 10-lineata, The same impor- 

 tant fact had been noticed by W. H. Ma.pes, Am. Nat, vii, 1873, p. 493. 



