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TJ. S. Northern Boundary Commission. Bull. U. S. Geol. Survey 

 of the Territories, Vol. IV., No. 3, pp. 545-66 L. July 29, 1878. 



The observations relate mainly to the country from Pembina on 



the Ked River to the Rocky Mountains a distance of about eight 



hundred and fifty miles. Dr. Coues in his preliminary remarks divides 

 the country traversed into three regions, which he terms respectively 

 the "Red River Region," the "Missouri Region," and the "Rocky 

 Mountain Region " The physical and zoological characteristics ot these 

 regions are briefly detailed, to which is added a tabular enumeration of 

 some of the more conspicuous birds of the three regions. Then follows 

 a copiouslv annotated list of all the species observed . . . — J. A. A., Bull. 

 Xult. Orniih. Club, Vol. IV., pp. 49, 50, January, 1879. 



Jordan, David Starr — Manual of the Vertebrates of the United 

 States, including the District east of the Mississippi Eiver, and 

 north of North Carolina and Tennessee, exclusive of Marine Spe- 

 cies. By David Starr Jordan, Ph.D., M.D., etc. Second Edition, 

 revised and enlarged. Chicago: McClurg & Co., 1878. 12mo., 

 pp. 407. 



. . . .the second edition has not only been to some extent "revised," 

 but enlarged by the addition of upwards of fifty pages of new matter. 



....The account of the fishes has been entirely re-written — J. A. 



A., Ball. Nult. Ornith. Club, Vol. III., pp. 145, 146, July, 1878. 



Lawrence, George N. — Descriptions of Seven New Species of Birds 

 from the Island of St. Vincent, West Indies. By George N. Law- 

 rence. Ann. _ZV Y. Acad. Sci., Vol. I., pp. 146-152. Issued May- 

 September, 1878. 



Law t rence, George N. — Descriptions of Suppo-ed New Species of 

 Birds from the Islands of Grenada and Dominica, West Indies. 

 By George N. Lawrence. Ann. N. Y Acad. Sci., Vol. I., pp. 

 160-163. Issued May-September, 1878. 



Maynard, C. J.— The Birds of Florida, with the Water and Game 

 Birds of Eastern North America. By C. J. Maynard. Illustrated. 

 4to. Part IV., pp. 89-112, and one Plate. C. J. Maynard & Co., 

 Newtonville, Mass., 1878. 



... .is wholly devoted to the family Fringillidcn, of which fourteen 

 species are described . . .It is illustrated with a fine colored plate of the 

 Ipswich or Pallid Sparrow (Passerculus princeps), representing the adult 

 in spring. To original, somewhat detailed descriptions of the different 

 phases of plumage of the various species treated the author adds shoit, 

 very pleasantly written descriptions of their habits . . . — J. A. A., Bull. 

 Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. Ill , p. 145, July, 187S. 



Ridgway, Robert.— Studies of the American Herodiones. Part I.— 

 Synopsis of the American genera of Ardeidse and Ciconiidre ; in- 

 cluding descriptions of three new genera, and a monograph of the 



