752 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. [Tol.Y. 



1876. EiDGWAY, E. The Genus Glancidium. <; lUs, 3cl ser.. vi, Jan. , 187G, pp. 11-17, 

 pl.i. 



Qf. Eidway, Proe. Bost. Soc, xvi, 1873, pp. 91-106, and Sharpc, Ibis, 3d ser., v, Jan., 1875, pp. 

 35-39 ; the latter being a review of the former. "The present paper represents the conclusions 

 arrived at after a careful reconsideration of the subject, with much additional material, and the 

 benefit of Sharpe's monograph, ..." The author here allows OG. gnoma, jardini, nanum, 

 ferrugineum, pimnilum, and siju, all of which are analyzed, and several of which arc described 

 at length, with synonymy. The plate gives G. jardini, in its two phases of coloration. 



1876. [Salvin, O. ] [Notice of Sharpe's Catalogue of the Striges in the British 

 Museum.] <^Ibis, 3d ser., vi, Apr., 1876, pp.273, 274. 



1876. Sharpe,R. B. On the Geographical Distribution of Barn Owls. <^BowL Orn. 

 J/isc, pt. iv, May, 1876, pp. 269-298, 3 maps; pt. v, Oct., 1876, pp. 1-21. 



In this article Mr. Sharpe goes much farther into the subject of the distribution, local 

 names, etc., of Strix flammea and its allies, than he did in the Srit. Mus. Cat, ii, pp. 294-296, 

 where his general conclusions are stated. He divides the birds into the true Bam Owls and 

 the G-rass Owls, of which latter two African and Asiatic species are known. Map I shows 

 the distribution of the diflferent races of Strix flammea; Map II the ranges of S. novce hoi- 

 landico', S. tenebricosa, and /S. castanops ; Map III, of 8. Candida, 8. capensis, and 8. thomen- 

 sis— these three beuig the Grass Owls. 



1876. Sharpe, R. B. [Remarks on Exhibition of a British-killed specimen of Surnia 



uhtla. ] < P. Z. *S. , Apr. 4, 1 876, pp. 334, 335. 



1877. Anon. [Nyotea nivea on its southward migration invariably accomj)anied by 



Ptarmigans. ] <^ Forest and Stream, viii, Feb. 22, 1877, p. 33. 

 1877. Brewer, T. M. A new Form of Surnia [ulula] to New England. <] Bull. Nutt. 

 Ornith.Clul), ii, No. 3, July, 1877, p. 78. 



1877. CoALE, H. K. Notes on [occurrences, etc., of] Nyctale acadica. <^Bull. Nutt. 

 Oniiih. Club, ii, No. 3, July, 1877, pp. 83, 84. 



1877. Deane, R. Probable Breeding of the Acadian Owl (Nyctale acadica) in Massa- 

 chusetts. < Bull. Nutt. Orvith.. Club, ii. No. 3, July, 1877, p. 84. 



1877. Deane, R. Unusual abundance of the Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) in New 

 England. < Bull. Nutt. Ornitli. Club, ii, No, 1, Jan., 1877, p. 9-11 . 



1877. Frazar, a. M. The Mottled Owl [Scops asio] as a Fisherman. <^Bull. Nutt. 



Ornith. Chih, ii, No. 3, July, 1877, p. 80. 

 1877. Ragsdale, G. H. An Inquiry [concerning identity of supposed Speotyto cunic- 



ularia var. hypogaea, Cs. ]. <^ Forest and Stream, viii, Feb. 22, 1877, p. 33. 

 1877. "R. T. G." land Editor]. A tough owl [colliding with railway train]. 



<^ Forest and Stream, vii, Feb. 1, 1877, p. 405. 

 1877. [ScLATER, P. L.] [Note on the abundance of Nyctea nivea in Europe and 



America in the winter of 1876-77. ] <^P.Z.S., Jan. 2, 1877, p. 1. 

 1877. [ScLATER, P. L.] [On addition of a Mexican Eared Owl (Asio mexicanus) to 



the Society's Menagerie.] < P. Z. S., Mar. 6, 1877, pp. 1.59, 160. 

 Important synonymatic note on the name here used. 



1877. [SCLATER, p. L., and SALAaN, O.] Irruption of Snowy Owls [Nyctea uivea] from 



the North. < Ibis, 4th ser., i, Jan., 1877, pp. 131, 132. 

 Occurring in the United States. 



1878. Anon. The Acadian Owl [Nyctale acadica]. < The Oologist, iv, No. 5, July, 



1878, p. 38. 

 Note of its habits as observed in Central New York. 



1878. Abbott, C. C. The barn owl. < The Country, i, Mar. 2, 1878, p. 260. 

 1878. Allen, C. A. The Pygmy Owl (Glaucidiumcalifornicum). <^ Bull. Nutt. Ornith. 

 Club, iii, No. 4, Oct., 1878, p. 193. 

 Note of habits. Mobbed by small birds. 

 1878. [Fitch, E. H.] The Great Grey Owl. (Syrnium cinereum.) -^ The ,Journ. of 

 Sci. (Toledo, Ohio), 2d s(-.r., i. No. 5, Aug., 1878, cut. 

 Popular biography, with an excellent figure. 



