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1878. Jaspek, T. The Barred Owl (Symium uebulosum). < TAe OoZog^ is «, iv, No. 3, 

 May, 1878, pp. 21, 22. 

 A notice of the habits of this species, from liis ' Bii-ds of North America, ' Part 6. 

 1878. Lawrence, G. N. On tlie Members of the Geuus Gymnoglaux. < Ibis, 4th ser., 

 ii, Apr., 1878, pp. 184-187. 



The author maintains "three well-marked species," — nudipcs Daud., from Porto Rico; 

 ncwtoni Lawi-., from St. Croix and St. Thomas; and laivreneei, S. and S., from Cuba, — which 

 are described and compared. Editors incline to differ. 



1878. EiDGWAY, E. A Eevievv of the American Species of the Geuus Scoxjs. <^Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1878, pp. 8.5-117. 



This is an elaborate article, in which the several American species are described at full 

 length and critically discussed, upon more material than appears to have been commanded 

 by previous writers. The six species recognized are thrown into three groups, according 

 to the feathering of the feet. —A, S. nudipes alone, with toes and lower half or more of 

 tarsus bare ; B, with SS. brasilianus, barbarus, and jiamtneolus, with toes alone, or merely 

 lower end of tarsus, completely naked; C, SS. asio and cooperi (n. sp., p. 116), with toes 

 strongly bristled, sometimes densely feathered, at base. /S. nudipes stands alone, without 

 subspecies. Of S. brasilianus are recognized subspp. brasilianus, atricapillus, ustus, guate- 

 malce, and cassini (subsp. n., p. 102). SS. barbarus and Jlammeolus have no subspecies. Of 

 S. asio are recognized subspp. asio, maccalli, kennicotti, floridanus, and maxwellice. S. coo- 

 peri has no subspp. Besides these six distinct forms, with their several races, the author . 

 treats (S. trichopsis, Wagl., as a doubtful form. The descriptions given are very elaborate, 

 and the synonymy is copious. Cf. Ibis, 1879, p. 209. 



1878. [Scott, W. E. D.] [Attacks by Scops asio upon human beings.] <^ The Country, 



i, Feb. 23, 1878, p. 245. 

 1878. [ScOTT, W. E. D. ] Winter Notes. Owls. < The Country, i, 1878, pp. 229, 244. 



1878. "Subscriber." [Attack upon a man by] Another Vicious Owl. <C^ Forest and 

 Stream, x, Mar. 14, 1878, p. 95. 



1878. WiLLiSTON, S. W. The Prairie Dog, Owl [Speotyto cunicularia hypogsea] and 



Eattlesnake. < Am. Nat. , xii. No. 4, Apr. , 1878, pp. 203-208: 



1879. Anon. [Cooper, J. G.?] The Great Gray Owl [Syrnium cinereum]. <^ Pacijic 



Rural Press, xvii, No. 1, Jan. 4, 1879, p. 9, fig. 



Compiled account of the species, and a very good figure, from Baird, Brewer and Kidgway's 

 Mist. N. A. Birds. 



1879. Ballou, W. H. Does the Snowy Owl [Nyctea nivea] Breed in the United 

 States ? < Am. Nat. , xiii. No. 8, Aug. , 1879, pp. 524, 525. 



Asserting as a fact that the bird is seen along Lake Ontario throughout the year, and that 

 in the ' ' ISTorth Woods " of K"ew York the writer once saw a young Snowy Owl not nearly full- 

 fledged. 



1879. Cooper, W. A. Notes on the Breeding Habits of the California P.ygmy Owl 

 (Glaucidium californicum), with a Description of its Eggs. <^ Bull. Nutt. 

 Ornith. Cliih, iv. No. 2, Apr. , 1879, pp. 86, 87. 



Note by J. A. A[llen] refers to Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xix, 1877, p. 232, as the only pre- 

 vious account of the eggs of this species, based on the same specimens as here described. 



1879. Deane, R. Capture of a Third Specimen of the Flammulated Owl (Scoi^s flam- 

 meola) in the United States, and first Description of its Nest. <^ Bull. Nutt. 

 Ornith. Cluh, iv. No. 3, July, 1879, p. 188. 



1879. Hawes, C. a. Nesting of the Barred Owl (Syrnium uebulosum). < The Oolo- 

 (fist, iv. No. 10, May, 1879, pp. 77, 78. 

 From original observations made near Boston, Mass. 



1879. King, M. B. A. A Family Ai-rangement [Bubo virginianus]. <^ Science News, 

 i. No. 16, June 15, 1879, p. 256. 

 Occurrence of five young, apparently of difi'erent ages, in one nest. 

 1879. [Wood, C. S. ] Scops flammeola. <^ Colorado Springs Gazette [daily newspaper], 

 Sept. 3, 1879. 



First publication of the exhibition by C. E. Aiken of the fourth specimen of this species 

 known from the United States. 



