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" An important article, very critical, complete and workmanlike, bring- 

 ing the snbjecb up to date. " * * x hold it for a model of this sort of 

 work." — Couea. Names as Ohioan, Contopns borealis, Harelda glacialis, and 

 CEdemia americana. New species, 1. 



1878. Ballotj, W. H. The Natural History of the Islands of Lake 

 Erie.< Field and Forest, iii, 1878, pp. 135-137. 



S'hirty-eight species given by their common names, 30 breeding. 



1878. CotJES, Elliott. Department of the Interior. United States 

 Geological Survey of the Territories. F. V. Hayden, U. S. 

 Geo]ogi8t-in-Charge. Miscellaneous Publications. — No. 11. 

 Birds of the Colorado Valley, a repository of scientific and 

 popular information concerning North American Ornithology. 

 By Elliott Coues. Part First. Passeres to Laniida. Biblio- 

 graphical Appendix. Seventy Illustrations. Washington. 

 Government Printing Office. 1878. 



Mentions Sitta pusilla, Dendrceca kirtlandi, Ampelis garralns and Lanlns 

 ludovicianus as Ohioan. 



1878. Langdon, p. W. Observations on Cincinnati Birds. By Frank 

 W. Langdon. < The Journal of the Cincinnati Society 

 of Natural History, Oct., 1878. 



Interesting and valuable notes on 54 species, Alanda arvensis, introduced, 

 acclimated and breeding. 



1878-9. Brewstke, W. Descriptions of the First Plumage in various 

 species of North American Birds. < Bull. Nutt. Olub, Vol. 

 III-IV, 1878, 1879. 



"Describes from Ohio specimens, Vol. iii, p. 121, Chondestes grammioa, 

 first plumage ; p. lv!3, Enspiza americana, ^rsi^Zttmoje; p. 177, Empidonax 

 acadicus, ^rst plumage ; Vol. iv, p. 41, Euspiza ameiicana, autumnal plum- 

 age, young. The same (1859) reprinted and repaged, pp. 1-39. 



1878 — . Jones, G. E. and Shulze, E. J. Illustrations of the Nests and 

 Eggs of the Birds of Ohio with text. By Genevieve E. Jones 

 and Eliza J. Shulze. Circleville, Ohio. 



"Too late for the fuller notice we may hope to give hereafter comes to 

 us the first number of a beautiful work, which we sincerely hope may be 

 successfully completed according to the announced design of the lady 

 authors. Part I contains figures of the nests and eggs of Icterus baUimore, 

 Turdus musielinue, and Coecygus erythrophthalmus, colored by hand, printed 

 on Whatman's antiquarian drawing-paper, and forming three of the most 

 exquisite pictures of bird-homes we have ever seen. Each plate has its 

 sheet of letterpress, which fitly illustrates these artistic plates. The work 

 is to appear, if it meets with sufficient support, in parts of three plates 

 each, to be completed in about thirty parts; it is published by subscription, 



