224 NATUEAL HISTOEY COLLECTIONS IIST ALASKA. 



I860. CorsTDK (Jean Paul). Notice sur la fauue ornitliologique de l.'lle de Saint-Paul snivie de I'^num^ration de 

 quelques espfeces d'insectes (Col^optferes) des Al^outiennes et du Kamtschatka ; par J. P. Coinde, zoologiste. 

 In Eevne et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliqu^e, 2d series, vol. xii, pp. 396-405, Paris [1860], 8°. 

 1869. Baird (Spencer Fuluekton). On Additions to the Bird-Fauna of North America, made by the Scientific 

 Corps of the Kusso- American Telegraph Expedition. By S. F. Baird. 



In Chicago Academy of Sciences, Trans., vol. i, partii, pp. 311-325, plates xxvii-xxxiv, Chicago, 1869, 8°. 

 In this paper Phyllopneuste Vennicotii, Troglodijlea alaacensis, Pyrrlittla coocinea var. cassinii, Leucostkte lit- 

 ioralis, and Sterna aleutica are described as new to science. 



1869. Dall (Wllliam Hkaley) and Bannister (Heney Martyn). List of the Birds of Alaska, with Biographical 



Notes, by Wm. H. Dall and H. M. Bannister. 



In Chicago Academy of Sciences, Trans., vol. i,part ii, pp. 267-310, Chicago, 1869, 6°. 



This important paper was the first list of the birds of Alaska published in English, and in addition to 



naming several species new to the North American fauna it gives biographical notes concerning 



many species but little known at the time. 



1870. Dall (William Healby). Alaska and its Eesources. By William H. Dall, Director [etc., two lines]. Boston: 



Lee and Shepard. 1870. 



Pp. i-xii, 1-628, 8°, map and 15 plates. 



A nominal list of 212 species, in the appendix. 



1871. Haeting (James Edmond). Catalogue of an Arctic Collection of Birds presented by Mr. John Barrow, F. B. S., 



to the University Museum at Oxford; with Notes on the Species. 



In Zoological Society of London, Proc, vol. xxxix, pp. 110-123, London [1871], 8°. 

 Uurynorhynchus pygmcBus and Mgialitis mmigoUcus were noted from the head of Kotzebue Sound, where the 

 Franklin search party, that secured the specimens, wintered. 



1871. Tristram (Henry Baker). Notes on some Passerine Birds, chiefly Palsearctic. By H. B. Tristram, L. L. D., 



F. E. S. 



In The Ibis, a Quarterly Journal of Ornithology, 3d series, vol. i, pp. 231-234, London, 1371, 8°. 



The palaearotic forms obtained by Dall and Bannister in Alaska furnish the subject of some of Mr. Tris- 

 tram's notes, the specimens having been sent to him for comparison. Mr. Tristram accompanies 

 his remarks with a brief synopsis of the nine species of Pyrrhula. 



1872. FiNSCH (Otto). Zur Omithologie Nordwest-Amerikas 



In Natnrwissenschaftlicher Verein zu Bremen, Abhandlungen, vol. iii, pp. 17-86, Bremen, 1873, 6°. 

 A review of previous literature, with summary. 



1873. Dall (William Healey). Notes on the Avi-fauna of the Aleutian Islands, from Unalashka eastward. 



In California Academy of Sciences, Proc, vol. v, pp. 25-35, San Francisco, June, 1875, 8°. Also printed 



in advance, February 8, 1873. 

 This paper is an annotated list of 53 species observed by the author during a winter passed in the eastern 



part of the Aleutian chain. Eeissaed by the Naturalists' Agency, Salem, Mass. 



1874. Dall (William Healey). Notes on the Avifauna of the Aleutian Islands, especially those West of Unalashka. 



In California Academy of Sciences, Proc, vol. v, pp. 2T0-281, San Francisco, June, 1875, 8°. Also 



printed ill advance, March 14, 1874. 

 Valuable notes on 45 species observed during the season of 1873. Reissued by Naturalists' Agency, 



Salem, Mass., 1874, pp. 1-12. 



1874. EiDGWAY (Egbert). Birds new to the fauna of North America. 



In American Naturalist, vol. viii, pp. 434-435, Salem, Mass., 1874, 8°. 

 Eecords " Falco gyrfalco Linn.," Numenius femoralls Peale. 



1875. CouES (Elliott). Ornithology of the Pribylov Islands. (Based on Mr. H. W. EUiott's manuscripts and 



collections. ) 



In Elliott (Henry W. ), A report upon the condition of affairs in the Territory of Alaska, by Henry W. Elliott, 

 special agent. Treasury Department, pp. 168-212, Washington, Government Printing Office, 1875, 8°. 

 This important paper forms chapter ix of the report, and the birds of the Fur Seal Islands axe treated in 

 a very thorough manner. CharaAriua fuhus is first announced here as occurring in America, and 

 Tringa ptiloonemis is described. 

 1875. Habting (James Edmund). The fauna of the Pry bilov Islands, abridged from the " Eeport on the Prybilov Group 

 or Seal Islands of Alaska," by Henry W. Elliott ; with an Appendix on the Ornithology by Dr. Elliott Coues. 

 London : Eeprinted from the natural history columns of "The Field " for private circulation. 1875. 

 Pp. 1-38, 12°, 1 plate. 

 1878. Adams {Surgeon E.). Notes on the birds of Michaelaski (Saint Michaels), Norton Sound. 



In The Ibis, a Quarteily Journal of Ornithology, 4th series, vol. ii, pp. 420-442, London, 1878, 8°. 

 An annotated list of 49 species, in which is announced the first capture of Cyanecula suecica on this con- 

 tinent. These notes were made in 1850, while Dr. Adams was on one of the Franklin Search Expe- 

 ditions. 



1878. Nelson (Edward William). The Eock Ptarmigan (LagopM rupeatris) in the Aleutian Islands. 

 In Nuttall Ornithological Club, Bull., vol. iii, p. 38, Cambridge, Mass., 1878, 8=. 

 This bird has been described since as Lagopua rupeatria nelaoni Stejneger. 



