694 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL APPENDIX. 1873 [i28 



1873. [Anon.] Eail or Ortolan. <.4m. (Sporfsmaji, iii, I873,p. 141. 



DoUckonyx oryzivorus and Porzana Carolina known as "Ortolans", but shown 

 to be distinct from the tme Ortolan (Emheriza hortula/na). 



1873. [Anon.] [Birds of Florida.] < .4m. .^oWsmoji, iii, 1873, p. 165 ; see, 

 also, iv, 1874, p. 41. 

 Advance notice of C. J. M atn ard's Birds of Florida. 



1873. [Anon.] The Birds of Florida. <, Forest and Stream, i, Oot. 16,1873, 

 p. 158. 

 Eeview of first two parts of TA* Birds of Florida, by C. .J. Maynard. 



1873. [Anon.] [Instances of albinism.] <^ Forest and Stream, 1, Dec. 4, 



1873, p. 263. 

 1873. [Anon. — Hallock, C] Migrations of Birds and the Telegraph. 



< Forest and Stream, i, Dec. 24, 1873, p. 312. 



1873. [Anon.] Introduction of European Birds in the United States for 

 Economic Purposes. < Zoologist, 2d ser., viii, 1873, p. 3696. 

 Prom Nature, Ang. 14, 1873. 



1873. Baird, S. F., and Eidgway, E. On some new Forms of American 

 Birds. < Bull. Essex Inst, v, No. 12, Dec, 1873, pp. 197-201. 



"Continaed from the October number of the American Naturalist, Tii, 1873." 

 We have here the original preliminary notices, published to secure priority, of 

 various spp. ostensibly described as new in the History of North American Birds, 

 which appeared very shortly afterward. The paper was prepared by the junior 

 author, and the following new names are his, with three exceptions : — Leucosiitte 

 tephrocotis var. australis Allen, Ammodromus maritimus var. nigrescens, Zono- 

 trichia leucophrys var. intermedia, Poospiza belli var. nevadensis, Dolickonyx ory- 

 zivorus var. albimicha, p. 198 ; Perisoreus canadensis tslt. capitalis Bd., P. cana- 

 densis var. obscurus, Cyanocitta ultramarine var. arizonce, 0. Jloridana var. sitmi- 

 ckrasti, Canace obscura vav.fuliginosa, Oupidonia cupido var. paUididncta, p. 199; 

 Strix fiammea var. guatemalce, Syrnium n^bulosum vat. sartorii, Scops asio var. 

 floridanus, S.asio rar.enano Lawr., MS.,p. 200; Falco communis vai. pealei, F. 

 columbarius var. suckleyi, p. 201. — See 1873, Eidgway, it. 



1873. Batty, J. H. The U. S. Geological Survey. < Forest and Stream, i, 

 Aug. 28, 1873, p. 35. 

 Some rare birds of Colorado. 



1873. Brewer, T. M. The Avifauna of Colorado. < Am. Nat, vli, 1873, 

 pp. 631, 632. 



Reply to E. Couea's criticism of his editorship of the paper on this subject, 

 Proc. Post. Soc, XV, 1872, pp. 193-210.— See 1872, Holden, C. H. 



1873. Brewer, T.M. Description of some Nests and Eggs of Arizona Birds. 



< Proo. Bost Soo. Nat Hist, xvi, 1873, pp. 106-111. 



From Lieut. C. Bendire's collection. 14 spp., several described for the first 

 time. For "Myiadestes townsendii"readPAoBnoi?)!pZam(ens; for "Carpodacus 

 cassinii " read 0. frontalis. Cf. CouES, Am. Nat., viii, Sept., 1874, p. 542. 



1873. Bruhin, T. A. Zoologische Mittheilungen aus Wisconsin. < Zool. 

 Gart, xiv, 1875, pp. 431, 432. 

 Mentions a very few birds. 



1873. CouBS, E. A I Check List | of | North American Birds. | — | By | El- 

 liott Coues. I — I Salem. | Naturalists' Agency. | 1873. 8vo pamph. 

 2 p. 11., pp. 1-137 + 2 11. 



The body of the list was printed, and some early copies were dlstribnted, in 

 Dec, 1B73 ; but its full publication was held over until 1874, to insert In an ap- 



