1018 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. [Yol.r. 



1877. Saunders, H. [On the Occurrence of the Panay Sooty Tern, Sterna ansestheta, 

 in Great Britain.] < P. Z. S., Feb. 6, 1877, p. 43. 



1877. Saukders, H. [Remarks on Exhibition of a Specimen of Sterna aleutica from 

 Alaska. ] < P. ^. «. , Nov. 20, 1877, p. 754. 



1877. Saunders, H. Reports on the Collections of Birds made during the Voyage of 

 H. M. S. ' Challenger.' — No. V. On the Laridse collected during the Expedi- 

 tion. < P. Z. S. , Nov. 20, 1877, pp. 794-800. 



Eemarks on 17 spp., with special reference to geographical distribution. "On the whole 

 this collection of Laridce, although small in numbers, is one of the most productive of know! 

 edge which has yet been made by any of our national expeditions." 



1877. [Scott, W. E. D.] Terns. < The Country, i, Dec. 1, 1877, p. 67. 



Observations and data concerning the Sternince of the TJ. S. Atlantic Coast. 



1878. Allen, J. A. Sabine's Gull [Xema sabinii] in Maine. <^Bull. Nutt. Ornith. 



Club, iii, No. 4, Oct., 1878, p. 195. 



Only other Kew England record for this species is found in Am. Sportsman, v, 1875, p. 370 j 

 Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xvii, 1875, p. 449. 

 1878. Ballou, W. H. Additions to the Avi-fauua of Illinois. < The Oologist, iv, No. 

 4, June, 1878, p. 32. 



Stercorarius huffoni. 



1878. Benner, F. The gulls of New York Bay. <T/te Country, i, Jan, 5, 1878, p. 133. 

 1878, B[rewer], T. M. Saunders on the Larinte. < Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, iii, No. 



4, Oct., 1878, pp. 185-187. 



Review of the paper in P. Z. S., Peb. 5, 1878, pp. 155-212. 

 1878. Brewer, T. M. The Skua Gull (Stercorarius catarractes) on the Coast of Massa- 

 chusetts. < Bull. mm. Ornith. Club, iii. No. 4, Oct., 1878, p. 188. 



A suspicious statement that this is the first recorded instance of its occurrence in "any 

 part of North America other than Greenland". {Cf. Lawr. in Baircfs B. N. A., 1858, p. 838; 

 "California".) 



1878. Brewster, W. The Short-tailed Tern (Hydrochelidon fissipes) in Massachu- 

 setts. < Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, iii. No. 4, Oct., 1878, p. 190. 

 Its common occurrence, Avhere it had been considered a rare visitor. 



1878. Collins, W. H. Notes on the Nesting of the Black Tern [Hydrochelidon lari- 



formis], at St. Clair Flats, Mich[igan]., June 7, 1878. <^ The Oologist, iv, 



No. 4, June, 1878, p. 26. 

 1878. COUES, E. Mr. H. Saunders on the Steruina?-. <^ Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, iii, 



No. 3, 1H78, pp. 140-142. 

 Favorable review of the paper in P. Z. S., 1876, pp. 638-672 ; presenting also a synonymatic 



synopsis of the 17 North American species, according to the author reviewed. 



1878. Dbane, R. The Sooty Tern [Sterna fuliginosa] in New Hampshire. <^Bnll. 

 Nutt. Ornith. Clul), iii, No. 4, Oct., 1878, p. 195. 



Its first recorded occurrence in that State, thougli well known as a bird of Massachusetts, 

 Connecticut, and Rhode Island. 



1878. [Editorial. ] Instinct in Birds. < The Country, ii, July 6, 1878, p. 168. 



Remarks upon an anecdote of "instinct" in a Gull. 

 1878. Feilden, H. W. [Letter on the occurrence of Rhodostethia rosea in the Novaya 

 Zemlya Sea.] < Ibis, 4th ser., ii, Apr., 1878, pp. 200, 201. 



Shot by Julius Payer, summer of 1873 ; Cf. English ed. of ISFeio Lands within Arctic Circle, 

 ii, p. 91. 



1878. Gaetke, H. [Letter on the occurrence of Larus affinis in Heligoland. ] </6is, 

 4th ser., ii, Oct., 1878, p. 489. 



1878. Rowley, G. D. Larus tridactylus. (The Kittiwako Gull.; " < Bowl. Orn. Misc., 

 iii, pt. xiv, May, 1878, pp. 233-236, pi. cxi. 



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