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1859. Heermann, A. L. — Continued. 



the Pacific Oceiin. | Made under the direction of the Secretary of 

 War, in | 1853-6, | according to act8 of Congress of March 3, 1853, 

 May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854. | — | Volume X. | — | Washing- 

 ton : I Beverley Tucker, printer. | 1859. 4to. > Boute near the 

 thirty-second parallel, from the Eio Grande to the Pimas Villages, 

 explored by L'eutenant J. G. Parke, Corps of Engineers, 1853-'54. 

 >No. 1. Report upon Birds collected on the Survey. By A. L. 

 Heermann, M. D. pp. 9-20 -f- 1 1., pll. i, iv, vi. 



A deferred article, pertaining to a report given in a previons volnme. It con- 

 Biets of speciiic chars, of, and field-notes on, 25 spp. PI. i, Hypotrwriihis femo- 

 ralis. PL iv, f. 1, PasBerculua ataudinuB ; f. 2, Peuc<za caggini. PL vi, Actidwnu 

 ncettiue. 



1859. HEERMAim, A. L. 3|^ ^""fj^""' | Senate. \ ^§-^:^; \ - | Reports | 



of I Explorations and Surveys, | to | ascertain the most practicable 

 and economical route for a railroad | from the | Mississippi River to 

 the Pacific Ocean. | Made under the direction of the Secretary of 

 War, in | 1853-6, | according to Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, 

 May 31, 1854, and August 5, ia54. | — | Volnme X. | — | Washing- 

 ton: I Beverley Tucker, printer. | 1859. 4to. ]> Routes in Cali- 

 fornia, to connect with the Routes near the thirty-fifth and thirty- 

 second parallels, explored by Lieut. R. S. Williamson, Corps of Top. 

 Eng., inl853. Zoological Report. ]> Part IV. No. 2. Report upon 

 Birds Collected on the Survey. By A. L. Heermann, M. D. pp. 29-80, 

 pi. ii, iii, V, vii-x. 



A deferred article pertaining to the Eeport in vol. V of the series, being a por- 

 tion of Part IV of that Eeport. It consists of extended iield-notes on a large 

 namher (about 140) of species. Pll. ii, iii, Sut^o elegami; ^}.Y,Myiarchu8 nt£Xi- 

 canua (of BuirS); j^i. wii, StrepsUas melarwcephalus ; pl.viii, Podiceps califomUus ; 

 pi. ix, PodilymJms lineatua; pi. x, Pkalacrocorax pcnwUlatus. 



1859. Henry, T. C. Catalogue of the Birds of New Mexico as compiled from 

 Notes and Observations made while in that Territory, during a resi- 

 dence of Six Years. •< Proc. Acad. Nat. Sei. Phila., xi, 1859, pp. 

 104-109. 

 198 spp., partially annotated. 



1859. Jones, J. M., Weddeeburn, J. W., and Hurdis, J. L. The | Natural- 

 ist in Bermuda ; | a sketch of the | Geology, Zoology, and Botany, | 

 of that remarkable group of islands ; | together with | meteorologi- 

 cal observations. | By John Matthew Jones, Esq., | (Of the Middle 

 Temple.) | Assisted by | Major J. W. Wedderburn (Late 42nd Roy. 

 Highlanders), and J. L. Hurdis, Esq. | — | With a map and illustra- 

 tions. I — I [Quotation.] | London : | Reeves & Turner, 238, Strand. 

 I — I 1859. 1 vol. 12mo size. pp. i-xii, 1-200, mop, 10 cuts in text. 



More than half of this interesting treatise is devoted to hirjs : it is claimed to 

 contain "the first ncconnt ever submitted to the public of the Natural His- 

 tory of the Bermudas", and certainly is the best authority we have on the birds 

 of those islands. Birds occupy pp. 33-97 ; the .account consisting of "Notes and 

 Observations on the resident and migratory Birds of the Bermudas ", by Major 

 Wedderburn, pp. 23-56, and "Pnrther Notes and Observations" on the same, by 

 J. L. Hurdis, pp. 56-97. The occurrence of the European Alaudi arvcfms makes 

 perhaps the most notable single item ; other European stragglers are Saxieola 



