No.i.] COUES'S ORNITH. BIBLIOGRAPHY ANATID^. 979 



1879. Henshaw, H. W. Occurrence of Ross's Goose (Auser [Chen] rossii) ou tlio 

 Pacific Coast [of the United States] and Inland. <^ Bull. 2{utt. Ornith. Club, 

 iv, No. 2, Apr., 1879, p. 126. 



1879. [Ingersoll, E. ] [Occurrence of Anser liyperboreus ( var, albatus ?) in Ireland. ] 

 <[ Science JSfeivs, i, No. 5, Jan. 1, 1879, p. 76. 

 Referring to the captures before annoTmced by J. E. Harting, in . 



1879. "J. P. H." Ducks Attracted by Light. < Forest and Stream, xiii, Nov. G, 1879, 

 p. 785. 

 "Coots," CEdemia, killed by flying against the windows of a light-house. 

 1879. Neilson, J. Another Rare Bird. <^News^aper of Quebec, Canada, name un- 

 known, date late in May (about the 21st), 1879. 



Description indicates Aix sponsa, and a colored drawing of the head sent to the Smith- 

 sonian by J. M. Le Moine of Quebec confirms this diagnosis. The specimen was albinotic to 



1879. Trimen, R. [Letter relating to the habitat of Plectropterus niger (Zanzibar).] 

 <P. Z. S., Jan. 14, 1879, p. 5. 



