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Feilden, H. W. — List of Birds observed in Smith Sound, and in the 

 Polar Basin during the Arctic Expedition of 1875-76. By H. W. 

 Feilden. The Ibis, Fourth Series, Vol. I., pp. 401-412, October, 



1877. 



. . . .enumerates twenty-four .species observed "in Smith Sound 



and northward between the seventy-eighth and eighty-third degrees of 

 north latitude,". .. .The quite detailed notes respecting the species of 

 this list render it a paper of unusual interest. — J. A. A., Bull. Nutt. 

 Ornith. Club, Vol. III., p. 86, April, 1878. 



Gextry, Thomas G. — Life -Histories of the Birds of Eastern Penn- 

 sylvania. By Thomas G. Gentry. Vol. II., 8vo., pp. 336. The 

 Naturalist's Agency, Salem, Mass., 1877. 



... .It abounds in original observations, combined with much that 

 is gleaned from other authors. . . .Despite some faults of execution, the 

 work before us contributes much of value respecting the habits of our 

 birds, and records many interesting points in their history not given 

 by previous writers. — J. A. A., Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. III., pp. 

 36, 37, January, 1878. 



Harvie Brown, J. A. — On the Distribution of Birds in North Russia. 

 Part I. On the Distribution of Birds of the Lower Petchora, in 

 Northeast Russia. Part II. Longitudinal Distribution of Species 

 North of 64° 30' N. lat., or the Northern Division. Part III. 

 On the Longitudinal Distribution of the Birds of the Southern 

 Division (between 64^° N. and 58°-60 Q N.). By J. A. Harvie- 

 Brown. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, April, July, 

 and September, 1877. 



.... By means of a system of symbols the range of each of the two 

 hundred and eighty-one positively identified or authentic species is 

 given in tables, in such a way as to indicate the abundance or scarcity 

 of the species in each of the several districts . . It is good work in a 

 most important direction . . .The number of circumpolar species (nearly 

 fifty) embraced in these lists render these papers ot special iaterestto 

 students who commonly confine their attention to the birds of the 

 North American Region. — J. A. A., Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. III., pp. 

 35, 36, January, 1878. 



Henshaw, H. W. — Annual Report upon the Geographical Surveys 

 West of the One-Hundredth Meridian, etc. By George M. 

 Wheeler, First Lieutenant of Engineers, U. S-. A. Being Appen- 

 dix NN of the Annual Report of Eogineers for 1877. Washing- 

 ton: Government Printing- Office, 1877. Report on the Ornitho- 

 logy of Portions of Nevada and California. By Mr. H. W. Hen- 

 shaw. Pp. 1303-1322. 



....following is a systematic and very able consideration of the 

 faunal provinces of the United States. . . .The full results of the season's 

 work are given in two detailed lists, entitled, respectively, "List of 

 Birds observed near Carson City, Nevada, from August 25 to Septern 

 her 16, and from November 10 to November 20, 1876, with Notes," 



