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and Geogr. Surv. of Terr., Vol. V., No. 4, 1879, pp. 521-1,066. 



Published Sept. 30, 1880. 



. . .is by far the largest of the three, .... and completes his " Bib- 

 liography of Ornithology so far as America is concerned"... The 

 present third instalment consists of a selection of titles belonging to the 

 "systematic" department. . . .In reference to the character of the work, 

 it is enough to say that it is fully up to the high standard of excellence 

 of the previous instalments . . Its utility no working ornithologist can 

 fail to highly appreciate, while it will form an enduring monument to 

 the author's patience, industry, and thoroughness of research.— J. A. A., 

 BuU. Nutt. Ornilh. Club, Vol. VI., pp. 44-46, January, 1881. 



Coues, Elliott. — Fourth Instalment of Ornithological Bibliography: 



being a list of Faunal Publications relating to British Birds. By 



Dr. Elliott Coues, U. S. A. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. II. , 



1880, pp. 359-476. Published May 31, 1880. 



This "Fourth Instalment" is of the same character as the first two, 

 and attempts to do for British Birds what those did for American Birds 

 ... As it is, being accurate as far as it goes, it will prove of great use- 

 fulness, and is entitled to the cordial welcome it will doubtless receive. 

 —J. A. A., Bull Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. VI., p. 16, January, 1881. 



Fobbes, S. A. — Studies of the Food of Birds, Insects, and Fishes, 

 made at the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History, at 

 Normal, Illinois. By S. A. Forbes. Illinois State Laboratory of 

 Natural History Bulletin, No. 3, November, 1880, 8?o., pp. 1-160. 



. . a further report of his studies, about seventy pages of which 

 relate to birds. . . .The species of birds investigated are, as before, the 

 Thrushes and the Bluebird .... — J. A. A., Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. 

 VI., p. 110, April, 1881. 



Fbeke, Pebcy Evans. —A Comparative Catalogue of Birds found in 

 Europe and North America. By Percy Evans Freke. Dublin, 

 1880. 8vo., pp. 44. From the Scientific Proceedings of the Royal 

 Dublin Society. 



. . . .forms an important contribution to geographical ornithology, 

 About 225 North American species are enumerated. .. .Of about 100 

 species tbat may be considered as merely stragglers from one continent 

 to the other, fully four-fifths are North American. . . . Despite a fewtypo- 

 pographical errors. .. .the paper gives evidence of careful preparation 

 and admirably fills a long-standing gap in ornithological literature. — 

 J. A. A., Bull Nutt. Ornilh. Club, Vol. V., pp. 173, 174, July, 1880. 



Gentry, Thomas G. — Illustrations of Nests and Eggs of Birds of the 

 United States, with Text, by Thos. G. Gentry. Philadelphia . 

 J. A. Wagenseller, Publisher, No. 23 North Sixth Street. Copy- 

 right by J. A. Wagenseller, 1881. 4to., parts 1-25, pp. 1-300. 54 

 colored chromo -lithographs and chromo-portrait frontispiece of 

 the author. 1880-82. 



the plates were executed by Mr. Edwin Sheppard, " subject to 



the suggestions and dictations of the author." The title is misleading 



