872 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SUEVEY. [VoJ.V. 



1873. [Appleton, G. L.] A Large Woodcock [weight nine ounces]. <^ Forest and 

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



It is not impossible that this and some similar records of unusually laige Woodcock shot 

 in the. United States have actual reference to the European Scolopax rusticola. 



1878. Brewer, T. M. The Stilt Sandpiper (Micropalama liimantopus). <^BuU.Nutt. 

 Ornith. Club, iii, No. 3, July, 1878, p. 148. 

 Its frequent occurrence on Long Island, according to ohservatioiis of Gr. N. Lawrence. 

 1878. Brewer, T. M. Eggs of the Solitary Sandpiper (Ehyacophilus solitarius Bp,). 



< Bull. mitt. Ornith. Club, iii, No. 4, Oct., 1878, p. 197. 



Important as being doubtless the first description of an authentic egg of this species. The 

 supposed egg had occasionally been reported before, but never with positive identification, 

 that of Tringoides macularius or JEgialitis vocifera having been usually mistaken for it. 



1878. Brewer, T. M. Notes on the Occurrence of Micropalama himantopus in New 

 England. <^Proc. Bost. Soc.Nat. Mist., xis, for Oct. 3,1877, pub. Jan. Feb., 

 1878, pp. 252-256. 

 This is quite an extensive paper, giving the particulars of various occurrences. 



1878. Brown, N. C. The Stilt Sandpijier (Micropalama himantopus) at Portland, 

 Maine. < Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, iii, No. 2, Apr. , 1878, p. 102. 



1878. [Chubb, J.] Early Snipe [Gallinago wilsoni, at Cleveland, Ohio]. <^ Forest 

 and Stream, x, Mar. 28, 1878, p. 135. 



1878. Head, J. F. Breeding of the Woodcoct [Philohela minor] in Georgia. <^ Bull. 



Mttt. Ornith. Club, in, 'No.S,J-alj, 1878, IX 151. 

 Communicated by E. C[oues] ; comment by W. Brewster on its breeding in Florida. 



1878. "J. M. W." Woodcock [Philohela minor] killed by Telegraph "Wires. <^Fami- 



liar Sci. and Fanciers' Journ., v. No. 5, May, 1878, p. 94. 

 1878. [WiLLARD, S. L.] "Tip-up" [Tringoides macularius]. <^The Oologist, ir, 



No. 3, May, 1878, pp. 22, 23. ' 

 Notice of its habits, mostly quoted from Cones's "Birds of the Northwest." 



1878. Wood-Mason, J. On the Structure and Development of the Trachea in the 



Indian Painted Snipe (Rhynchsea capensis). <^ P. Z. S., June 18, 1878, pp. 

 745-751, figg. 1, 2, pi. xlvii. 



Peculiarly convoluted trachea in the ? . This sex offers reversal of secondary sexual cha- 

 racters and instincts — being larger and more richly colored than the J', having the trachea 

 tortuous instead of simple, deputing the duty of incubation to the cf , and doing the courting 

 business herself. The parts in mention are figured. 



1879. Brewer, T. M. The Eggs of the Curlew Sandpiper (Triuga subarquata). 



< Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, iv, No. 3, July, 1879, p. 190. 



Doubtless a mistake. In Ihis, 1879, p. 375, Dr. Brewer juakes the same statements. H. 

 W. Feilden criticizes the statements in Ihis, 1879, p. 468 ; and the case is revievved at length 

 by J. E. Harting, Zool., Mar. , 1880, p. 104. The bird may have been Tringa eanutus or Pha- 

 laropus fuliearius. Authentic eggs of Tringa subarquata continue to be unknown. 



1879. COUES, E. Letters on Ornithology. No. 19. — The Ciu-lews [Numenius spp. ] of 

 North America. <^ T/te Chicago Field, Apr. 26, 1879. 

 Matter rearranged from accounts of three species in "Birds of the Northwest." 



1879. CouES, E. Letters on Ornithology. No. 25.— The Solitary Tattler; Wood Tat- 

 tler. Totanus Solitarius. <^ The Chicago Field, June 21, 1879. 

 From " Birds of the Northwest." ' 



1879. CouES, E. Letters on Ornithology. No. 26. — Semipalmated Tattler, Willet, 

 Stone Snipe. (Totanus SemiiDalmatus.) <^ The Chicago Field, June 28, 1879. 

 From "Birds of the Northwest." 



1879. CouES, E. Letters on Ornithology. No. 27.— Bartramian Sh,ndpiper or Tattler; 

 Upland Plover. Actiturus Bartramius. <^ The Chicago Field, July 5, 1879. 

 From "Birds of the Northwest." 



1879. CouES, E. Letters on Ornithology. No. 28.— The Buff-Breasted Sandpiper^ 

 Tryngites Rufesceus. < The Chicago Field, July 12, 1879, p. 348. 

 From "Birds of the Northwest." 



