No. 4.] COUES'S ORNITH. BIBLIOGRAPHY TETRAONID^. 821 



1877. Axon. [Editorial.] Are the Prairie Chickens [Cupidonia cupido] Going to 

 California ? < Forest and Stream, ix, Dec. 27, 1877, p. 397. 

 Reported westward migration [later shown to be erroneous]. 

 1877. Anon. Taming Prairie Chickens [Cupidonia ciTpido]. < Bod and Gun, ix, Mar. 

 17, 1877, p. 374. 

 Reprinted from "Canadian Gentleman." 



1877. Anon. Save the Prairie Chickens [Cupidonia cupido]. < Eod and ami ix 

 Mar. 31, 1877, p. 409. ' ' 



Reprinted from St. Paul (Minn.) "Pioneer-Press." 



1877. ''AWAHSOOSE." [Robinson, R. E.] A fe^Y words concerning ruffed grouse 

 [Bonasa unibellus]. < Forest and Stream, ix, Dec. 6, 1877, p. 346. 



1877. Brewster, W. An undescribed Hybrid between two North American Grouse. 



< Bull. mat. Ornith. Club, ii, No. 3, July, 1877, pp. 66-68. 



Cupidonia cupido X Pedicecetes columbianus; named O. cupidini-columbiana, p. 68. 

 1877. COUES, E. Letters on Ornithology. No. 13 [bis = 14].-[Cupidonia cupido as 

 a destroyer of] Grasshoppers. < The Chicago Field, Mar. 17, 1877, fio-. 



Urging the important services of this hird as one of the natural agencies by which Galop- 

 tenus spretus is held in chect. 



1877. [Editorial.] Frank Schley's American Partridge and Pheasant Shootino- 



< Eod and Gun, ix, Feb. 3, 1877, p. 279. " 

 Review of above-mentioned work, published by Baughman Bros., Prederick, Md., 1877. 



1877. INGERSOLL, E. Notes of the U. S. Geological Suxvey-No. 1. <r Forest and 

 Stream, viii, July 19, 1877, p. 407. 

 Observations upon Centrocerctts urophasianus. 

 1877. Lawrence, G. N. A Note on Cupidonia cupido var. pallidicinctus, Ridgwav. 



< Bull. Nutt. Ornith, Club, ii. No. 2, Apr. , 1877, p. 52. 



Recognizing this variety among the Prairie Chickens brought to Eastern market. 

 1877. MURDOCK, A. American Grouse. < Forest and Stream, ix, Aug. 23, 1877, p. 44. 



Criticisms upon certain alleged habits. 

 1877. ''MONON." [Laurie, J.] Cupidonia Cupido.-How the Prairie Chickens 

 Woo. < Forest and Sirmm, ix, Nov. 22, 1877, p. 307. 



1877. ''Penobscot." [Libbey, D. S.] Habits of the Ruffed Grouse [Bonasa umbel- 



lus]. < Forest and Stream, ix, Sept. 27, 1877, p. 143. 

 1877. S[mith], J. T. B. The Ruffed Grouse [Bonasa umbellus]-A Query. <:Forest 



and Stream, ix, Sept. 6, 1877, p. 85. 

 Pemale parent transporting her young. 

 1877. "Stony Island." Ruffed Grouse [Bonasa umbellus] Shooting. ^Bod and 



Gun, ix, Feb. 10, 1877, p. 290. 



1877. Williams, W. H. An interesting question [respecting Bonasa umbellus]. 



<^Forest and Stream, ix, Dec. 13, 1877, p. 366. 

 la there a disparity in numbers between the sexes of Ruffed Grouse? 



1878. Anon. Ruffed Grouse's [Bonasa umbellus] Drumming. <: Forest and Stream, 



ix, Jan. 10, 1878, p. 430. 

 The operation not entirely confined to the pairing season. 

 1878. Anon. [Editorial.] Ruffed Grouse [Bonasa umbellus] in Texas. <C Forest 

 and Stream, x. May 9, 1878, p. 256. 



1878. . Habits of the Ruffed Grouse [Bonasa umbellus]. <_ Forest and Stream, 



IX, Jan. 17, 1878, p. 450 ; Jan. 24, 1878, p. 469 ; x, Mar. 7, 1878, p. 76 : Mar 21 1S7S 



p. 177. ' ' 



This head covers a series of letters from a dozen or more correspondents on the subject 



of the habits of the Ruffed Grouse, with special reference to the ' ' drumming ' ' of that bird. 



1878. — . [Discussion and correspondence relative to alleged] Prairie chickens 



m California and Colorado. < Forest and Stream, x, May 23 1878 p 296 

 See p. 175. 



