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writers, gives a fairly digested summary of the individual history of 

 each species ...— T. M. B., Bull. Nidi. Ornilh. Club, Vol. II., pp. 24. 25, 

 January, 1877. 



1877. 



Barrows, W. B. — Catalogue of the Alcidse contained in Museum of 

 the Boston Society of Natural History, with a review and proposed 

 classification of the Family. By W. B. Barrows. Proc. Boston Soc. 

 Nat. Hist., Vol. XIX., pp. 150-165. November, 1877. 



The true affinities of the species he (Mr. Barrows) believes can 



only be determined by a thorough study of their embryological develop- 

 ment. The character of this paper indicates that in Mr. Barrows we 

 have a valuable accession to our corps of ornithological students. — 

 J. A. A., Ball. Nutl. Ornith. Club, Vol. III., p. 86, April, 1878. 



Bendire, Charles E. — Notes on some of the Birds found in South- 

 eastern Oregon, particularly in the Vicinity of Camp Harney, from 

 November, 1874, to January, 1877. By Captain Charles Bendire, 

 U. S. Army. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. XIX., pp, 109-149, 

 Nov., 1877. 



a list embracing one hundred and ninety-one species and 



varieties. . . Aside from some former notes by the same author we 



have here our first detailed information respecting the ornithology of 

 the immediate region under consideration .... The list is enriched with 

 copious biographical notes, including descriptions of the breeding- 

 habits, nests, and eggs of a large number of the less well-known species, 

 and forms a most important contribution to the ornithology of the West. 

 —J. A. A., Ball. Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. III., p. 81, April, 1878. 



Burroughs, John. — Wake-Robin. By John Burroughs. Second Edi- 

 tion, corrected, enlarged and illustrated (cut). New York: Pub- 

 lished by Hurd and Houghton. Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 

 1877, 16mo., pp. 1-256, frontispiece and wood cuts. 



Hurd and Houghton have reprinted Mr. John Burroughs's charm- 

 ing little volume " Wake-Kobin," wherein the wild wood-life of the 

 birds, from Washington to the Adirondacks is picturesquely sketched. 

 Mr. Burroughs has a keen eye and a loving heart towards the birds 

 ....— E. L, Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. II., pp. 48, 49, April, 1877. 



Elliot, D. G. — Review of the lbidinre, or Subfamily of the Ibises. 



ByD. G. Elliot, F.R.S.E., F.L.S., etc., etc. Proc. ZooL Soc. 



London, 1877, pp. 477-510, pi. li. 



Mr. Elliot treats the Ibises and Spoonbills as subfamilies of 



one family, for which he adopts the name lbididce. After a short risume 

 of the literature of the subject he gives a key to the nineteen genera 

 (three being new), among which he distributes his twenty-five species 

 Then follows a systematic review of the species, with their principal 

 synonomy, and various critical and descriptive remarks, with general^ 



a short account of their habits and geographical distribution — 



J. A. A., Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. III., p. 182, October, 1878. 



