1020 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. \Yol.\. 



1878. Saunders, H. — Contimiefl. 



Gavia, subgg. Melagavia, Cirrhocephala, Bp., Naum., 1854, pp. 212, 213. (Cirrhocephalus, 

 Bruch.) 1857. Bruchigavia, Bp., G. A., ii, p. 228: a jote. 1854. Procellarvs svve Epitelarus, 

 Bp., Naum., pp. 211, 213; type neglectus=seoresbii, juv. (done to "chaff" Cabanis). 18.57 

 Olupeilarvs, Bp., C. A., ii, p. 220; L. fiiscus, and so forth. 



1878. Sharpe, R. B. On a small Collection of Birds from the EUice Islands. . . 



Witli a Note on the other Birds found there, by the Rev. S. J. Whitmee 



< P. Z. S., Feb. 19, 1878, pp. 271-274. 



The collection consists almost entirely of Terns, 5 spp. of which are given, with an Ardea 

 The synonymy of the two Grey Pacific Noddies, alleged to be wrongly given by Saunders 

 (P. Z. S., 1876, p. 671) is worked out, Anous cinereiis and Anous cmruleus being differentiated, 



1879. Brewer, T. M. The Black Skimmer [Rhyuchops nigra] in Massachusetts 



< Bull. Nutt. Ornitli. Club, iv, No, 4, Oct., 1879, p. 243. 



1879. Boardman, G. A. Rhynchops nigra in the Bay of Fundy. <^ The Oologist, v, 

 No. 2, Aug., 1879, pp. 13, 14. 



An account of the remarkable flight of these birds, northward from the Middle and South- 

 ern States, which occurred this year. 



1879. Brewster, W. The Terns [Sterninee] of the New England Coast. <^ Bull. 

 Nutt. Ornitli.. Club, iv, No. 1, Jan. , 1879, pp. 13-22. 

 A well- written popular account of habits, &c. 



1879. " C. E. P." and " R. H." The Black Skimmer [Rhynchops nigra] in New Jersey. 



<^ Forest and Stream, siii, Oct. 2, 1879, p. 684. 

 Note of capture. 

 1879. Deane, R. The Black Skimmer (Rhynchops nigra) in New England. < Bull. 



Nutt. Ornith. Chib, iv, No. 4, Oct., 1879, pp. 242, 243. 



1879. " F. M." The Gull's Flight. < Science News, i. No. 15, June 1, 1879, p. 240. 

 On the mechanics of the case. 



1879. Goss, N. S. Bonaparte's Gull [Larus bonapartii] in Kansas. <C^Bull. Nutt. 

 Ornith. Club, iv. No. 3, July, 1879, pp. 190, 191. 



1879. Henshaw, H. W. Occurrence of the Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia) upon the 

 Coast of Virginia. < Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, iv, No. 4, Oct., 1879, pp. 243, 244. 

 1879. Maynard, C. J. The Kittiwake Gull. (Rissa tridactyla. ) < Town and Country 

 (newspaper of Boston, Mass.) for August, 1879. 

 Being Chap. VI of his Wanderings of a Naturalist. 

 1879. Richmond, C. A. A Tame Gull [Larus marinus]. <[ Forest and Stream, xii, 

 June 12, 1879, p. 365. 

 Notice of a specimen kept in captivity for twenty years. 

 1879. ''R. H. R. M." [R. H. Robertson and G. B. Grinnell.] Northern Range of 

 the Black Skimmer [Rhynchops nigra]. <^ Forest and Stream, xiii, Nov. 6, 

 1879, pp. 784, 785. 



Notice of capture of this species at Martha's Vineyard, Mass., by Mr. Eobertson, in Aug., 

 1879, with introduction by G. B. GrinneU, noting the occurrence of the species in New Eng- 

 land during the same summer. 



