62 BIHDS'-NESTING. 



and lists of extralimital species (23 in number) 

 treated in the general report, and of others (31) 

 claimed, on apparently insufficient grounds, as North 

 American ; also a summary of the number of species 

 given in the works of Wilson, Bonaparte, and Aud- 

 ubon.] 



(2) Catalogue of North American Birds, chiefly 

 in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. By 

 Spencer F. Baird. First octavo edition. "Washing- 

 ton, Smithsonian Institution. [Smithsonian Miscel- 

 laneous Collections, No. 108. J 1859. 8vo. 2 p. 11., 

 pp. 19 + 2. [Based upon the quarto list of 1858, 

 but without habitats, and the matter relating to 

 classification, etc. The two additional pages are an 

 alphabetical index of the North American genera. 

 As in the quarto list, there are, ostensibly, 738 spe- 

 cies, but there are 22 interpolations, making a total 

 of 760 names in the list.] 



(3) A Catalogue of the Birds of North America. 

 By Robert Eidgway. <Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mus. iii., 

 Aug. 24-Sept. 4, 1880, pp. 163-246. 



(4) Nomenclature of North American Birds chiefly 

 contained in the United States' National Museum. 

 By Robert Ridgway. < Bulletin U. S. Nat. Mu- 

 seum, No. 21. Washington, March, 1881. [Though 

 Mr. Ridgway's catalogue of the previous year is 

 really the basis of the present one, this revised edi- 



