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445. The CcBrulean Warbler. By J. H. Langille. Ibid.., pp. igt, 192. 

 . — Description of habits, nest and eggs, as observed near Buffalo, N. Y. 



446. Notes fro7n Colorado. By D. D. Stone. Ibid., pp. 191,192. — 

 Describes nests and eggs of the White-croAvned Sparrow, "Mountain 

 Mockingbird," "Oregon? Snowbird," "Stellar's [^zc] Jay," etc. See cor- 

 rections by Robert Ridgway in O. and O., VIII, p. 13, where the "Moun- 

 tain Mocking Bird" is said to be Townsend's Solitaire, etc., etc. 



447. Tke Migration of Birds, ^y J. A. Allen. Scribner's Monthly, 

 XXII, Oct. 18S1, pp. 932-938.- An attempt to present a general summary 

 of present knowledge of the causes and phenomena of the migratory 

 movement, with reference more especially to North American Birds. 



448. Birds of Amherst. — [By Winfred A. Stearns.] Amherst Record 

 (newspaper), June 13, July 11, 18, and 5, and August 8, 1SS3. — An anno- 

 tated list of 157 species, containing several records of interest. 



449. Tke Tragedies of the Nests. By John Burroughs. Century Il- 

 lustrated Motithly Magazine, XXVI, pp. 681-687, Sept. 1883.— On the 

 destruction of eggs and young by predaceous birds and mammals. Ad- 

 vises the destruction of all red squirrels and weasels in behalf of the birds. 



450. Bits of history of the Great Auk. [By Wirtfred A. Stearns.] 

 Fishkill Standard (newspaper), Fishkill Landing, N. Y. , June 30, 1883. 

 — A good accouni; of the species, compiled from various sources. 



451. List of Birds obserx'ed at St. Berthold, D. T., during the month 

 ofSeptetnber, 1881. By J. W. Hoffman, M. D. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. 

 Hist., XXI, pp. 397-405' Oct., 1882. — Notes on 58 species. Describes the 

 method of capturing the Bald Eagle practised by the "Eagle Hunters of 

 the Hidatsa and Arikara Indians, namely, by concealing themselves in 

 holes in the ground excavated for the purpose, baiting with a live rabbit 

 or domestic fowl, and seizing the Eagle by the legs when he alights to 

 secure the bait ! 



452. Observations of the Nesting Habits of the Guillemots at Bird 

 Rock \_Gulf of St La-wrence'\. By Col. N. S. Goss. Trans. Kansas 

 Acad, of Science, VIII, 1881-82, pp. 59, 60.— From differences observed in 

 the eggs and habits of the birds the writer believes that Lomvia ritigvia 

 will prove to be not an individual phase merely of L. troile, as now gen- 

 erally held. 



453. Notes on Meleagris ocellata Cuvier (lege Temm.^. By Geo. F. 

 Gaumer. Ibid., pp. 60-62. — Account of external characters and habits. 



454. Notes on the Habits of the MomotidcE. By Geo. F. Gaumer. Ibid., 

 pp. 63-66. — Refers especially to Eumomotus superciliaris, and the mutila- 

 tion of the tail, which the birds themselves effect with the bill. 



