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1874. Hoy, P. E. Some of the peculiarities of the Fauna near Eaciue. 



< Trans. Wisconsin Acad., ii, for 1873-74, 1874, pp. 120-122. 



8 spp. birds from the south, 10 from the north, showing the meeting of distinct 

 faunae at this point. 



1874. "J. E. M." Early Birds [at Columbia, Pa.]. < ^m. Sportsman, iii, 

 1874, p. 411. 



1874. Jenks, J. W. P. Instinct or Reason ? < Am. Sportsman, v, Dec. .5, 

 1874, p. 145. 



Sagacity of Orioles {.Icterus baltimore) in giving extra support to their nest 

 after experience had proved that its fastenings were weak i departure from type 

 of architecture to meet an emergency in the Boat-tailed Gralile (Quiscalus major). 



1874. Jordan, D. S., and Vais- Vlbck, B. H. A Popular Key | to the J Birds, 

 Reptiles, | Batrachians and Fishes, | of the | Northern United 

 States, I East of the Mississippi River, j By | Prof. David S. Jordan, 

 M. S., I and Balfour H. Van Vleck. | Appleton, Wis. : | Reid & Mil- 

 ler, Printers and Publishers. | 1874. sq. 16mo pamph. 2 p. 11., pp. 

 85 + 3. 



The less said of this crude production the better. Bat it proved to be the ini- 

 tial step toward Prof. Jordan's admirable MamiMlof Vertebrates, etc., 1876, q. v. 



1874. KiRTLAND, J. P. Letter from Prof. Kirtland [dated 1857, on the 

 natural history of Indiana— mention of various birds]. <^ Proc. 

 Cleveland Acad. Nat. Sd., 1874, pp. 131-132. 



1874. Kirtland, J. P. Peculiarities of Climate, Flora and Fauna of the 

 South Shore of Lake Erie, in the vicinity of Cleveland, Ohio. 



< Proc. Cleveland Acad. Nat. Sd., 1874, pp. 165-171. 

 Bead 1851, and originally published in A7n. Joum. Sci., xiii, 1852. 



1874. Kirtland, J. P. Mounted Birds from Northern Ohio, in the Academy's 

 Museum. < Proc. Cleveland Acad. 2(at. Sd., 1874, pp. 200-287. 



The article includes only the Accipitres and a few Insessores, but is quite full, 

 as far as it goes, with characters (f the genera and higher groups, and descrip- 

 tions and biographies of the species. It is annotated by Thomas Brown, editor 

 of the Ohio Farmer, in which the descriptions originally appeared, and was 

 prepared in 1858-59. 



[1874.] Krider, J. Ornithological | and Oological List | of | North Amer- 

 ica. I — I John Krider, | Taxidermist, | N.E. corner Second and Wal- 

 nut sts., I Philadelphia, U. S. A. [1874.] Sm. 4to. pp. 20. 

 Same as the list of 1861, with addition of 24 a, Buteo hriderii. 



1874. Lawrence, G. N. The Birds of Western and Northwestern Mexico, 

 based upon Collections made by Col. A. J. Grayson, Capt. J. Xantus, 

 and Ferd. Biscboff, now in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, at Washington, D. C. < Mem. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., ii, pt. iii, 

 art. ix, 1874, pp. 265-319. (Also issued separately, 4to, paper.) 



Important. 316 spp., the list fully annotated, with extracts from MSS. 

 biographies of Col. G-rayson's, and author's critical commentary. Various new 

 species contained in the several collections had shortly before been described 

 elsewhere by the author or S. F. Baird. 



1874. LocKiNGTON, W. N. [Notice of a communication containing notes 

 on the Mammals and Birds of Humboldt Co., California.] < P. Z. 

 S., 1874, p. 129. 



1874. Long, J. W. American Wild-fowl Shooting, [etc.] By Joseph W. 

 Long. 1 vol. 12mo. New York, 1874. pp. 285. 

 Above title defective and inexact. 



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