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fined the nests, eggs, and breeding habits of Texan birds receive 



the larger share of attention, and much of the matter pertaining thereto 

 is as valuable as it is new. . . .Numerous notes by Mr. Ridgway and Dr. 

 Brewer occur throughout the paper and greatly enhance its value. ... In 

 a few details of arrangement the paper is opeu to adverse criticism .... 

 Altogether, however, the paper is a most excellent one, and its contents 

 supply a fund of information the lack of which has been long felt. — 

 VV. B., Bull. Nuit. Ornith. Club, Vol. IV., pp. 50-52, January, 1879. 



Rathbun, Frank R. — A Revised List of Birds of Central New York. 

 Based on the Observations of Frank R. Rathbun, H. Gilbert 

 Fowler, Frank S. Wright, Samuel F. Rathbun, in the Counties of 

 Cayuga, Onondaga, Seneca, Wayne, and Yates. Collated and 

 prepared for Publication by Frank R. Rathbun. Auburn, N. Y. : 

 Daily Advertiser and Weekly Journal Book and Job Printing 

 House, April 17, 1879. 



... .in the present "Revised List" are enumerated 236, showing an 

 addition of 46 species. . . .In conclusion, it is but just to say that " The 

 Ornithological Four" have in their "Revised List of Birds of Central 

 New York," not only done themselves great credit, but have made a 

 contribution to our science which must long remain authority concern- 

 ing the region of which it treats. I consider it the best list of the birds 

 of any part of this State that has appeared for many years. — C. H. M., 

 Bull. Hutt. Ornith. Club,Yol. IV., pp. 172-175, July, 1879. 



Ridgway, Robert. — On a new Humming-bird (Atthis ellioti) from 

 Guatemala. By Robert Ridgway. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. , Vol. 

 I., 1879, pp. 8-10. 



Ridgway, Robert. — A Review of the American Species of the Genus 

 Scops, Savigny. By Robert Ridgway. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 Vol. I., 1879, pp. 85-117. Author's separates issued August 6, 

 1878. 



Ridgway, Robert. — Description of Several New Species and Geo- 

 graphical Races of Birds Contained in the Collection of the United 

 States National Museum. By Robert Ridgway. Proc. U. S. 

 r Nat. Mus., Vol. I., 1879, pp. 247-252. Author's separates issued 

 December 10, 1878. 



Ridgway, Robert. — Descriptions of Two New Species of Birds from 

 Costa Rica, and Notes on other Rare Species from that Country. 

 By Robert Ridgway. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. I., 1879, pp. 

 252-255. Author's separates issued December 10, 1878. 



Ridgway, Robert. — Descriptions of New Species and Races of Amer- 

 ican Birds, including a Synopsis of the Genus Tyrannus, Cuvier. 

 By Robert Ridgway. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. I., 1879, pp. 

 466-486. Author's separates issued April 25, 1879. 



These (five) papers all notably evince Mr. Ridgway's well-known 

 acuteness of discrimination and critical care in description and diag- 

 nosis.... — J. A. A., Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. V., pp. 41, 42, Januaiv, 

 1880. 



