'^^•5- 1 Recent Literature. j /y j 



Birds of PENNSYLVANiA.-The "Qiiarterly Journal of the Boston Zool- 

 ogical Society," IV, Jan., 18S3, contains (pp. S-ii) the conclusion of a "List 

 of Birds observed near Bradford, Pa.," by James A. Tuelon. As the whole 

 number is only 77, without exception very co'mmon and well-known spe- 

 cies, and as the annotations are of no special consequence, the reason why 

 the list is printed is not evident. — E. C. 



Minor Ornithological Publications.— 236. Song Birds of Western 

 Ne%v York. ByE.'E. Fish. ^«/«/« Co?<r/er (newspaper), Feb. 12, 1SS2. 

 —A pleasantly written, discriminating notice of about 30 species, occu- 

 pying three columns of the newspaper. Read before the Buffalo Soci- 

 ety of Natural History, Feb. 10, 1882. 



237. Die Einfilhrung des Sterlings in den Vereinigten Staaten. Von 



H. Nehrling. Im familien Kreise (Zeitung), Jahrg. 3, Nr. 14 und 15, pp. 



271, 300. Milwaukee, Wise, 3 und 17 Juli, 1880. —General review of the 



^introduction, history, and habits oi Passer domesticusxn the United States. 



23S. Die Vogel des South Park in Colorado. Von Friedrich Trefz. 

 Monatsberichte des Deutschen Vereins ziim Schtike der Vogelvjelt. VI 

 Jahrg., Nr. 12, Dec. 1881; pp. 280-289, VII Jahrg., Nr. 2, Feb. 1882, pp. 

 39-44, Nr. 4, April, 18S2, pp. 93-96, Nr. 7, Juli 1882, 183-190, Nr. 9, Sept. 

 1882, pp. 243-246 —A very fully annotated list of the species. 



239. Ornithologische Beobachtungen aus Texas, III, IV, und V. Von 

 H. Nehrling. Monatsb. des Detit. Vereins zum Schtike der Vogelwelt, 

 VII Jahi-g., Nr. 345, Marz, April u. May, 1882, pp. 72-78, 96-104, 127-134. 

 — Running notes on various species. (For notice of parts I and II see 

 this Bulletin, VII, pp. 109, 117.) 



240. Der Wald- oder Rothaiigenvireo {Vireosylvia olivacea^ Bonap., 

 Red-eyed Vireo). Von H. Nehrling. Monatsb. des Dentscheii Vereins 

 zum Schtike der Vogel-welt, VII Jahrg. , Nr. 9. pp. 233-243, Sept. 18S2. — 

 Very full biography of the species. 



The department of " Zoological Miscellany" (Dr. F. W. Langdon, 

 editor) in the "Journal of the Cincinnati Soc. of Nat. Hist.," Vol. V, 

 1882, contains the following (Nos. 241-258) : 



241. Dichromatism in the Screech Owl (^Scofs asio, Bp.'). By the 

 Editor. Journ. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist., pp. 52, 53.— Of 56 specimens 

 32 were red, and 24 gray. 



242. Albinism — Buteo borealis, Vieillot. — Red-tailed Buzzard. By 

 John W. Shorten. Ibid., p. 53.^ — The "entire plumage white as snow." 



243. [^Bird Visitors at Schoolroom tVindozus.] By E. R. Quick. 

 Ibid.,p.S'i- — Three species of Woodpecker, a Nuthatch, and Tufted 

 Titmouse ; locality, Brookville, Ind. 



244. Winter Birds of 1880 and 188 1 in the Whitewater [Ifzd.^. By 

 E. R. Quick. Ibid., pp. 54-56. — Brief notes on 41 species. 



245. Mimus polyglottus, Boie. — Mocking Bird. By the Editor. Ibid., 

 p. 56. — Specimen taken at Bardstown, Nelson Co., Kentucky, Jan. 25, 

 1S82. 



