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American species of the genus Ardea. By Eobert Ridgway. 

 Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geogr. Sum. of Terr., Vol. IV., pp. 219-251, 

 February 5, 1878. 



The first of a series of papers here begun deals mainly with the 

 Ardeidce and Ciconiidce . . .The A. wiirdemanni of Baird, which has been 

 a puzzle to ornithologists for twenty years is considered to be the 

 "blue phase" of A. o'-cidenlalis . —J. A. A., Butt. Null Ornith. Club, 

 Vol. III., pp. 182, 183, October, 1878. 



Saunders, Howard. — On the Larinaa. By Howard Saunders. Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. London, 1878, pp. 115-212. 



The whole number of species recognized in this paper is forty-nine, 

 of which number twenty may be counted as North American . . . Mr. 

 Sannders's paper evinces a remarkable success in disentangling the 



complicated web of European Gulls and the service rendered by 



Mr. Saunders cannot fail to be appreciated by all who have experienced 

 its need.— T. M. B., Butt. Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. III., pp 185-lb7, 

 October, 1878. 



Sennett, George B. — Notes on the Ornithology of the Lower Rio 

 Grande of Texas, from Observations made during the Season of 

 1877. By George B. Sennett. Edited, with Annotations, by Dr. 

 Elliott Coues, U. S. A. Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geogr. Surv. of Terr., 

 Vol. IV., pp. 1-66, February 5, 1878. 



... .on one hundred and fifty-one species of birds observed on the 

 southern border of Texas. ... Air. Sennett certainly collected under 

 many annoyances, but intensely hot days. . . .did not prevent his secur- 

 ing some five hundred birds, one of which is new to science, namely, 

 Sennett's Warbler (Parula nigrl'ora). The paper is most carefully com- 

 mentated by Dr. Coues . . . — H. A. P., Butt. Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. III., 

 pp. 144, 145, July, 1878. 



Stevenson, H. — Adams's Notes on the Birds of Alaska. By H. 

 Stevenson. The Ibis, 4th Series, Vol. II., pp. 420-442, Oct., 1878, 



Some twenty-eight years ago (October, 1850) Mr. Edward A.dams, 

 a surgeon in the British navy . . .was sent to the Redoubt of Michalaski, 

 on the shores of Norton Sound, Alaska. He remained there until late 

 ia the following June, and made some veiy interesting and valuable 

 notes on the birds of the region. His collections were given to the 

 British Museum, to Mr. John Gould, and to the late Mr. G R. Gray. 

 The latter dedicated to him the Colymbus adamsi ... These early obser- 

 vations of Alaskan species .... have intrinsic interest and are well 

 worthy of attention.— T. M. B., Bull. Nutt Orni'h. Club, Vol. IV, pp. 

 52, 53, January, 1879. 



Wilson, Alexander, and Bonaparte, Charles Lucian. — American 

 Ornithology ; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United 

 States. Illustrated with plates engraved from drawings from 

 Nature. By Alexander Wilson and Charles Lucian Bonaparte. 

 Popular edition. Philadelphia : Porter and Coates. Three vol- 

 umes in one. 



It claims to be an exact reproduction, minus the atlas of colored 

 plates, of the $100, three-volume edition issued by the same firm some 



