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Cooke, W. W.— Bird Migration in the Mississippi Valley. By W. W. 

 Cooke. Forest and Stream, Vol. XIX., Nos. 15, 16, 20, pp. 283, 

 284, 306, 384, November 9 and 16, and December 14, 1883. 



Cory, Charles B.— Beautiful and Carious Birds of the World. By 

 Charles B. Cory. Published by the Author. Part IV. Elephant 

 folio. Three Plates, with Text. 



contains plates of Pseudoqryphus californianus . . . ; Camptolamus 



lahradorius ; Asirapia nigra, the Incomparable Bird of Paradise — 



W. B., Bull. Xuit Ornith. Club, Vol. VIII., pp. 55, 56, January, 1883. 



Cory, Charles B.— Beautiful and Curious Birds of the World. By 

 Charles B. Cory. Published by the Author. Part V. Elephant 

 folio. Three Plates, with Text. 



has illustrations of Epimachus magnus, the Magnificent Bird of 



Paradise, Epimachus elliotti, Elliott's Bird of Paradise and Pluvionua 



cvgyptius, the . .Crocodile Bird of the Nile — W. B., Bull. Nutt. 



Orniih. Club, Vol. VIII., pp. 55, 56, January, 1883. 



Cory, Charles B.— Beautiful and Curious Birds of the World. By 

 Charles B. Cory. Published by the Author. Parts VI. and VII. 

 Elephant folio, 



.... completes the work, which consists of twenty plates, with ac- 

 companying text .... The plates . . are superb illustrations of some of the 



most striking forms of bird-life — W. B., 'lhe Auk, Vol. I., p. 81, 



January, 1884. 



Coues, Elliott. — A Hearing of Birds' Ears. By Elliott Coues. 

 Science, Vol. II., Nos, 34, 38, and 39, pp. 422-424, 552-554, 586- 

 589, Sept. 28, Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 1883, figg. 9. 



... .A clear and detailed account of the mechanism of the ear in 



birds, taking the human ear as the chief basis of comparison —J. A. 



A., The Auk, Vol. I, p. 182, April, 1884. 



Coues, Elliott, and Prentiss, D. Webster. — Bulletin of the United 

 States National Museum, No. 26. Avifa-ma Columbiana : being 

 a list of Birds ascertained to inhabit the District of Columbia, 

 with the times of arrival and departure of such as are non- 

 residents, and brief notices of habits, etc. The Second Edition, 

 revised to date and entirely rewritten. By Elliott Coues, M.D., 

 Ph.D., Professor of Anatomy in the National Medical College, 

 etc., and D. Webster Prentiss, A.M., M.D. , Professor of Materia 

 Medica and Therapeutics in the National Medical College, etc. 

 Washington : Government Printing Office, 1883. 8vo., pp. 133, 

 100 woodcuts, frontispiece, and 4 folded maps. 



The title of this interesting brochure, although explicit, fails to 

 fully imply the scope of the work, 4 pages of which are devoted to the 

 'Literature of the Subject,' 17 to the Location and Topography ot 



