786 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. [Vol.Y. 



1878. Pennpck, C. J. Relaying of Hawks in the same Nest when robbed. < Bull. 

 JSfuti. Ornith. Club, iii, No. 1, Jan., 1878, p. 41. 



1878. Stearns, R. E. C. A Strange Flight of Hawks [in California]. <^A7n.Xat., 

 xii, No. 3, 1878, pp. 185, 186. 



1878. Wood, W. The Birds of Connecticut, No. 4. White-headed Eagle: Bald 

 Eagle. Haliaetus leucocephalus (Linn.) Sav. <^ Familiar Sci. and Fancier's 

 Journ.,r, No. 4, Apr., 1878, pp. 73-75. 



1878. Wood, W. The Birds of Connecticut. No. 5. Fish Hawk : Osprey. Pandion 



haliaetus, (Linn.) Sav. <^ Familiar Soi. and Fancier's Journ.,\, No. 5, May, 



1878, pp. 93, 94. 



1879. Anon. Notes on the Nesting Habits of the Sparrow Hawk (Falco Sparverius). 



< TU Oologist, iv. No. 8, Mar., 1879, p. 58. 

 1879. Anon. Nesting of Accipiter fuscus. < The Oologist, iv. No. 10, May, 1879, p. 76, 



pi.-, £4. 

 1879. Anon. The Caracara Eagle [Polyborus tharus auduboni]. <^ The Oologist,iY, 

 No. 10, May, 1879, p. 83. 

 CompUed notice of its habits. 

 1879. Anon. The Marsh Harrier (Circus hudsonius). <^Tem2)erance Vedette (news- 

 paper of Terrill, Texas), Nov. 22, 1879. 

 A few paragraplis on the habits of this species. 

 1879. BoAEDMAN, G. A. Caiitiu-e of Two Escaped Prisoners. <^ Forest and Stream, 

 xiii, Nov. 27, 1879, p. 848. 



Notes shooting of specimen of Haliaetus leucocephalus with a steel trap attached to its leg, 

 and of "gray duck" (? Chaulelasmus streperus) with a string tied to its leg. 



1879. Brewer, T. M. A Mistake Corrected. <^ Forest and Stream, Oct. 9, 1879. 



Respecting date of first publication of Buteo albocaudatus as a bird of the United States, in 

 op. cht. of July 11, 1878, not in The Country of July 13, 1878. 



1879. COUES, E. A Correction. < Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, iv. No. 4, Oct. , 1879, p. 242. 



Of his mistake in proposing to substitute the name Buteo aquilinus for Falco lorealis Gm. 

 1879. Davis, F. J. Nesting of Buteo j)ennsylvanicns in a Hemlock Tree. <[ The 

 Oologist, iv, No. 7, Feb., 1879, p. 51. 



1879. [Fitch, E. H.] The Swallow-tailed Kite [Elanoides forficatus]. < The Journ. 



of Sci. (Toledo, Ohio), 2d ser., i. No. 12, Mar., 1879, cut. 



Popular biography, with a figure. 



1879. [Gilbert, E. S.] The Hawk's Spiral Flight. <*ScieMce iVetys,i,No. 11, Apr.l, 



1879, pp. 171, 172. 

 Digest of observations of C. Darwin and J. B. Holder. 



1879. GuENEY, J. H. Note tii^on Three American Raptorial Birds apparently new to 

 Science. < Ibis, 4th ser., iii, Apr., 1879, pp. 171-178, pi. iii. 

 Mierastur amaurus, p. 173; Morphnus tceniatus, p. 176, pi. 3 ; Buteo pcedlochrotts, p. 176. 

 1879. [Ingersoll, E. ] [On the Breeding Habits of Buteo liueatus. ] < Science Neios, 

 i,No. 9, Mar. 1,1879, p. 138. 



Editorial report of a meeting of the Liunoean Society of Kew York, Jan. 25, 1879, giving 

 the observations of S. D. Osborne on the subject. m i 



1879. Johnson, F. E. Capture of the Golden Eagle [Aquila chrysaetus] at Graves- ■ ' 

 end, L. I. < Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, iv, No. 3, July, 1879, p. 189. 



1879. PURDIE, H. A. MacFarlane's Gerfalcon (Falco gyrfalcosacer) in Maine. <^Bull. 

 Nutt. Ornith. Club, iv, No. 3, July, 1879, pp. 188, 189. 



1879. Sale, C. J. Early Nesting of Eagles. < Forest and Stream, xii, May 8, 1879, p. 

 265. 

 j^est of Haliaetus leucocephalus completed Jan. 20 in Virginia. 



1879. Stevens, F. Nesting of Buteo zonocercus in New Mexico. <^Bull. Nutt. Ornith, 

 Chil), iv, No. 3, July, 1879, p. 189. 



