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and " List of Birds observed on the Eastern Slope of the Sierras, near 

 Carson City, Nevada, from September 16 to November 7, with Notes." 

 ...The genus Posserella is again overhauled.... — W. B., Bull. Nutt. 

 Ornith. Club, Vol. III., pp. 137, 138, July, 1878. 



Langdon, Fbank W. — A Catalogue of the Birds of the vicinity of 

 Cincinnati, with Notes. By Frank W. Langdon. Salem, Mass. 

 The Naturalist's Agency, 1877, 8vo., pp. 18. 



....embraces two hundred and seventy-nine species, about one 

 third of which are marked as known to breed in the vicinity. . . The 

 list is evidently prepared with care, and gives a convenient and un- 

 doubtedly trustworthy summary of the Avian Fauna of the locality of 

 which it treats.— J. A. A., Bull. Rutt. Ornilh. Club, Vol. III., p. 34, Jan- 

 uary, 1878. 



Lawrence, Geobge N. — Descriptions of New Species of Birds from 

 the Island of Dominica. By George N. Lawrence. Ann. N. Y. 

 Acad. Sci., Vol. L, pp. 46-49. Issued Dec, 1877. 



The important explorations by Mr. F. A. Ober in some of the 

 smaller West India Islands (Lesser Antilles)have been rich in interest- 

 ing results relating to birds. The collections and observations made 

 by Mr. Ober have been made the basis of several recent papers by Mr. 

 George N. Lawrence, in which no less than fourteen species supposed 

 to be new have been described. . — J. A. A., Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, 

 Vol. IV., pp. 48, 49, January, 1879. 



McCauley, C. A. H. — Notes on the Ornithology of the Region about 

 the Source of the Red River of Texas, from Observations made 

 during the Exploration conducted by Lieutenant E. H. Ruffner, 

 Corps of Engineers, U. S. A. By C. A. H. McCauley, Lieutenant 

 Third United States Artillery. Annotated by Dr. Elliott Coues, 

 U. S. A. Bull. U, S. Geol. and Geogr. Surv. of Terr., Vol. III., 

 No. 3, pp. 655-695, May 15, 1877. 



The paper includes notices of about one hundred species, with 



quite copious notes respecting the habits of a considerable proportion 



of them, with, in some cases, descriptions of their nests and eggs 



—J. A. A , Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. II., pp. 76, 77, July, 1877. 



Meekiam, C. Hart. — A review of the Birds of Connecticut, with 

 Remarks on their Habits. By C. Hart Merriam. Trans. Conn. 

 Acad, of Arts and Sciences, Vol. IV., pp. 1-150, July -Oct., 1877. 



Since the appearance of Linsley's "Catalogue of the Birds of 



Connecticut" in 1843, no detailed enumeration of the birds of that State 

 has been published. Hence the advent of Mr. Merriam's paper must 

 be hailed with interest by all engaged in the study of New England 

 Ornithology. The author gives in all two hundred and ninety-two 

 species. . . In the careful elaboration of interesting details culled from 

 personal experience and the note-books of well-known and trustworthy 



field collectors, this paper is most rich — W. B., Bull. Nutt. Ornith. 



Club, Vol. II., pp. 107, 108, October, 1877. 



