^'o.4.] COUESS ORNITH. BIBLIOGRAPHY ANATID^. 977 



1877. SCLATER, P. L. Notice of au apperently new Species of Spur- winged Goose of 

 the Genus Plectropterns [niger]. < P. Z. S., Feb. 5, 1877, pp. 47, 48, pi. vii. 



1877. "Semi-Occasional." The Habits of Wild Geese [Bernicla canadensis! . How 

 to Capture the Birds. <; Forest and Stream, vii, Feb. 1, 1877, p. 412. 



1877. Smith, Greene. Brant [Bernicla brenta ; habitat of, investigated]. < Forest 

 and Stream, Nov. 15, 1877, p. 285. 



1877. Trimen, R. [Letter on Sarcidiornis, with reference to P. Z. S., 1876, pp. 694, 



695. ] < P. Z. S. , Nov. 6, 1877, p. 683. 

 1877. ViBERT, p. Breeding of the Wild Goose [Bernicla canadensis] in Confinement. 



<^ Forest and Stream, vii, Jan. 18, 1877, p. 373. See p. 405. 



1877. Yarrow, H. C. The Black Duck [Anas obscura] in the Rocky Mountains. 



<^ Forest and Stream, viii, Feb. 8, 1877, p. 4. 



Correcting previous remark by editor that Anas obscura had not been found "West previous 

 to record on p. 404 of Vol. VII. 



1878. A[llen], J. A. Rowley's ''The Pied Duck [Camptolsemus labradorius]." 



< Butt. Nutt. Ornith. Club, iii. No. 2, Apr., 1878, p. 79, 80. 

 Eevlew of this monographic essay. 



1878. Allen, J. A. Occurrence of three Species of Sea-Ducks [CEdemia americana, 

 • OE. fusca, CE. perspicillata] at St. Louis, Missouri. <; BuU. Nutt. Ornith. Club, 

 iii. No. 3, July, 1878, pp. 148, 149. 

 1878. Brewster, W. Occurrence of the Whistling Swan (Cygnus americanus) in 

 Massachusetts. < Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, iii. No. 4, Oct., 1878, pp. 198, 199. 

 "With full particulars of the capture. 

 1878. Brewster, W. Breeding of the Hooded Merganser (Mergus cucuUatus) in 

 Florida. < Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, iii. No. 1, Jan., 1878, p. 40. 



1878. B[oiSEAU], R. F. Our Washington Letter [concerning Ducks on the Potomac]. 



< Forest and Stream, ix, Jan. 17, 1878, p. 458. 



1878. COUES, E. Peculiar Feathers of the young Ruddy Duck [Erismatura rubida], 



< Am. Nat. , xii. No. 2, 1878, p. 123, 124, fig. 1. 



1878. GOSS, N. S. The true Brant [Bernicla brenta] in Kansas. <^ Forest and Stream, 



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

 1878. "H. G." A Domesticated Teal [Querquedula discors]. <[ Forest and Stream, x, 



March 14, 1878, p. 95. 

 1878. "Homo." [C. S. Westcott.] The Brant of the United States. <_ Chicago 



Field, Feb., 1878, p. 4, fig. 

 Discussing these Geese, with special reference to Bernicla nigricans, which is iigured. 

 1878. Jones, J. M. The Mollusca of Nova Scotia. < Forest and Stream, x, March 7, 



1878, p. 75. 

 !N"ote of contents of craw of Glangula islandica. 



1878. Lawrence, N. T. The European Widgeon (Mareca penelope) in the United 

 States. < Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, iii, No. 2, Apr., 1878, p. 98. 



1878. McCarty, p. Swan [Cygnus americanus] Shooting on the Potomac. <^Forest 



and Stream, x, Mar. 14, 1878, p. 93. 

 1878. Packard, A. S; , Ji;. Wild Geese [Bernicla canadensis] Nesting in Trees. <[ Jm. 



Nat., xii, No. 1, Jan., 1878, p. 54. 

 1878. Rowley, G. D. On the Breeding-places of two Members of the British Ana- 



tidse. <^Rowl. Orn. Misc., iii, pt. xiv. May, 1878, pp. 229-232, pi. ex. 

 Anas fuligula, Anas ferina. 

 1878. SCLATER, P. L. Further Remarks on Fuligula nationi. <[-?• Z. S., May 7, 



1878, pp. 477-479, figg. 1, 2, pi. xxxii. 

 See P. Z. S., 1877, p. 522. The species is here recharacterized, with flgg. of trachea, and pi. 



of cf ?. 



