251 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOaiCAL SURVEY. [Vol.TI. 



1874-75. EiDGWAT, Egbert. List of Birds observed at Various Localities, contiguous 

 to the Central Pacific Eailroad, from Sacramento City, California, to Salt Lake 

 VaUey, Utah. <Bull. Essex Inst., Tol. vi. No. 10, 1874, pp. 169-174 ; vol. vii, 

 No. 1, 1875, pp. 10-24 ; vol. vii, No. 2, 1875, pp. 30-40. 



1875. Henshaw, H. W. Annual Eeport upon the Geographical Explorations and 

 Siu'veys west of the one hundredth meridian, in California, Nevada, Nebraska, 

 Utah, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming and Montana, by George M. 

 Wheeler, First Lieutenant, U. S. A. ; being Appendix LL of the Annual Eeport 

 of the Chief of Engineers for 1875. Washington : Government Printing Office. 

 1875. 8vo pamph., pp. i-iv, 1 1., pp. 1-196, maps, ill., etc. ^App. 12, pp. 

 153-166. 



Consists of an annotated list of the birds of Arizona comprising t'wo hundred and ninety- 

 one species, based upon the author's observations and supplemented by those of other ob- 

 servers, prominent among which is Dr. Cooper, Trhose notes form the authority for the ■west- 

 em portion of the territory and the Colorado Valley. 



1875. Hexshaw, H. W., Engineer Department, United States Army. Eeport upon 

 Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys West of the One Hun- 

 dredth Meridian, in charge of First Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, 

 U. S. Army, under the direction of Brig. Gen. A. A. Humjihreys, Chief of En- 

 gineers, U. S. Army. Published by authority of Hon. Wm. W. Belknap, Sec- 

 retary of War, in accordance with Acts of Congress of June 23, 1874, and Feb- 

 ruary 15, 1875. In six volumes, accompanied by one Topographical and one 

 Geological Atlas. Vol. V. — Zoology. Washington : Government Printing 

 Office. 1875. 4to pp. 1021, pll. >Chap. III. Eeport upon The Omitho. 

 logical Collections made in portions of Nevada, Utah, California, Colorado, 

 New Mexico, and Arizona, during the years 1871, 1872, 1873, and 1874, by H. 

 W. Henshaw. pp. 133-507, with xv col. pll. 



The report is baaed upon the material gathered by the regular collectors of the expeditions 

 •which, in a few instances, was increased by other of the survey assistants. Much valuable 

 matter is contained in the work in addition to the extensive synonymatic lists, the classifica- 

 tion and nomenclature followed being that adopted by Baird, Brewer, and Eidgway for the 

 Land Birds, and for the "Water Birds, that given by Dr. Cones in his "Check List." 



1875. Nelsox, E. W. Notes on Birds observed in portions of Utah, Nevada, and Cali- 

 fornia. <;Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. , vol. xvii, 1875, pp. 338-365. 



Article HI, pp. 349-352, notes 33 spp. found in the vicinity of Elko, Nev., bet. Aug. 9-14th; 

 followed by a list of 17 spp. (pp. 352-355) found 25 miles north of Elko. 



1875. Eidgway, Egbert. First Impressions of the Bird-Fauna of California, and 



General Eemarks on Western Ornithology. <^Scientific Monthly, 1875, pp. 

 2-13. 



1876. Hoffman, W. J. Habits of Western Birds. <Am. Nat. x, 1876, p. 238, 239. 



Treats of Icterus bullocki, Buteo swainsoni, Corvus americanus (= O. frugivorus), and O. 

 corax (== O. corax carnivorus). 



1877. Henshaw, H. W. Eeport on the ornithology of portions of Nevada and Cali- 



fornia. By Mr. H. W. Henshaw. <Ann. Eep. Geog. Surveys West of the 

 100th Meridian, etc., being Appendix NN of the Ann. Eep. of the Chief of En- 

 gineers for 1877, Washington, 1877, pp. 1303-1322. 



I. Consists of general remarks on the distribution of certain species, with notes on breed- 

 ing, migrations, etc., occupying pp. 1303-1307. II. "List of birds observed near Carson City, 

 Nev., from Aug. 25 to Sept. 16, and from Nov. 10 to Nov. 20, 1876, with notes," enumeratiag 

 ninety-six species, pp. 1307-1315. HI. "List of birds observed on the eastern slope of the 

 Sierras, near Carson City, Nev., from Sept. 16 to Nov. 7 ; with not-es," enumeraticg sixty-nine 

 species, pp. 1315-1322. In the present paper is noted for the first time the occurrence in 

 Nevada of the Fulvous Tree Duck (Dendrocycna falva), and the Varied Thrush (Turdus 

 noBvius). 



