I l6 Recent Litcratine. [April 



the January Bulletin was issued, but too late to be inserted in that num- 

 ber. We maj further state that we are informed that the authors were 

 away on a collecting trip when the paper was printed, and had no oppor- 

 tunity to correct the proof-sheets. The list of errata sent by Mr. Scott 

 are here appended. — Edd.] 



List oi Errata. — Omit Nos. 12, 132, and 329. For "34 P. rufescens^ 

 Chestnut-backed," read "33 P. kudso?ttus, Hudsonian." After No. 337 read 

 "One specimen seen, not shot." No. 406, for "Brown" read "Brant." 

 For No. "470 Z'. Jamaicensis, Black," read "467 R. Virginianus^ Virginian 

 Rail." No. 507, for "Buffalo" read "Buffle." For "555 L. Franklinii" 

 read "556 L. Philadelphia'''' ; the English name is correct. 



Nos. 162 and 398 are doubtful, both specimens having been mislaid. 



In the "Report" itself the following corrections have to be made : Page 

 27, line 6, for "Iwelin" read "Gmelin"; 1. 10, for "•' Columbtis" read '•'■Colym- 

 bus"; 1. 13, for '•'■Halialtus'^ read '■'•Halia'etus"; 1. 25, for ^"-Sayomis" read 

 '^Sayor7iis.'" P. 28, 1. 5, for "ZT. ci?iereous'" read '^^H. rufus." — W. L. 

 Scott. 



Minor Ornithological Publication.s. — "Forest and Stream" for 

 1882 (Vols. XVIII and XIX) contains the following notes and articles 

 (Nos., 190-235) : 



190. Birds observed iti Central Dakota. During the Summer of 1881. 

 By W. L. Abbott. Forest and Sireatn, XVII, No, 24, p. 486, Jan. 12, 

 1882. — A briefly annotated list of 81 species, observed "on a trip through 

 central Dakota." 



191. Questions about Wild Turkeys. By W. M. Waite. Ibid., XVII, 

 No. 25, p. 487, Jan. 19, 1882. — Remarks on " two distinct kinds [of 

 Turkey], with a cross between the two, inhabiting one locality." 



192. Habits of Woodpeckers. Ibid., XVII, No. 26, p. 507, Jan. 26. — 

 Two communications, signed respectively "Byrne" and "S. H. M.", chiefly 

 on Woodpeckers storing food for winter use. 



193. The Road-runner. By J. E. Wadham. Ibid. XVIII, No. 2, p. 

 27, Feb. 9, 1882. — On the habits of Geococcyx calif or niatius. 



194. Habits of Cormorants \_Pkalacrocorax "■tnexica?ius.'"^ By "Byrne." 

 Ibid., XVIII, No. 2, p. 27, Feb. 9. 1882. 



195. The Fauna of Spirit Lake [_Io%va}. By A. A. Mosher. Ibid., 

 XVm, No. 4, p. 66, Feb. 23, 1S82.— Chiefly about" birds. 



196. {Habits of^ Red-headed Woodpeckers. By H. W. Merrill. Ibid., 

 XVIII, No. 5, p. 66, Feb. 23, 1882. 



197. Recapture of the Australian Crested Parroquet at Sing Sing, 

 N. r. By A. K. Fisher, M. D. Ibid., XVIII, No. 4, p. 67, Feb. 33, 1883. 

 — An escaped example of Callopsittacus novce-hollandice. 



198. Crafty Feathered Fishers. By J. C. Hughes. 73?^., XVIII, No. 

 5, pp. 85, 86, March 2, 1882.— Capture offish by the Bald Eagle {Haliaettis 

 leucocephalus) and the Fish Crow (^Corvus caurifius) . 



199. English Widgeon on the New Jersey Coast. By " Homo." 

 Ibid., XVIII, No. 5, p. 86, March 2, 1882. — " Several" taken during "the 



