736 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL APPENDIX. 187'?-18'!'8 [l70 



1877. Streets, T. H.— Continued. 



1873-75. By Thos. H. Streets, M. D., Passed Assistant Surgeon, 

 U.S. Navy. — ^Washington: Goyernment Printing Office. 1877. 8vo. 

 pp. 172. = Bulletin of the United States National Mmeum, No. 7. 



Ornithology, pp. 9-33. Identifications of the speoien ascribed to Dr. Cones by 

 the author. The matter is synonymatic, descriptive, and miscellaneous, includ- 

 ing critical and field notes. The most interesting species noted are OoripMlus 

 huhli, OaUinula sandvicensis, OhavZelasmue couesi, and Pufinua nativitatia, sp. 

 n., p. 29. 



1877. Tenney, S. The Eaven [Corvus camivorus] and the Sooty Tern 

 [Sterna fuUginosa] in WiUiamstown, Mass. <^Am.Kat.,xi,'So.A, 

 1877, p. 243. 



1877. Thompson, M. Hunting with the long bow. <C_ Harper's Tfeio Monthly 

 Mag., pp. 238-255, 13 illustrations. 

 Biographies of waterfowl and other game birds, with exquisite drawings of each. 



1877. Vbnnor, H. G. Our Birds of Prey ; or, the Eagles, Hawks, and Owls 

 of Canada. By Henry G. Vennor. Montreal, Dawson Brothers, 

 1877. Roy. 8vo or sm. 4to. pp. 154, with 30 photog. pll. 



Title defective ; from my review of the book. The Nation, xxiv, No. 623, Jane 7, 

 1877, p. 341 



1877. Ward, L. F. A Congress of Birds. < MeU and Forest, ii. No. 7, Jan., 

 1877, pp. 122, 123. 



Gathering of numerous spp. in one spot along Kock Greek, near Washington, 

 B.C. 



1877. Wheaton, J. M. The Ruff [Philomachus pngnax] and the Purple Gal- 

 linule [Porphyrio martinica] in Ohio. <^ Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, ii. 

 No. 3, July, 1877, p. 83. 



1877. Wilson, T. J. Ornithological. <^ Daily Advertiser (newspaper of Au- 

 burn, N. T.) of Sept. 6, 1877. 



A few annotations of F. E, Bathban's list, which appeared in same paper for 

 Aug. 14, 1877. 



1877. " Wolverene." Protect the Birds. <[ Bod and Gun, ix, Jan. 6, 1877, 



p. 216. 



1878. Abbott, C. C. Birds' Architecture. < TAe Covmtry, i,Mar. 9, 1878, p. 



276. 

 Discussing "Wallace's Theory of Birds^ Nests, and Allen's criticism thereon. 



1878. Allen, J. A. A List of the Birds of Massachusetts, with Annotations. 

 < Bull. Essex Inst, x, 1878, pp. 3-37. 



This may be considered to supersede the various previous tracts on the same 

 subject, both by the same and other authors, as it completely sums our knowl- 

 edge of the subject. The paper opens with summary considerations, followed 

 by a valuable historical resume. 1. Species of authentic occurrence within the 

 State, 317. 2. Extirpated, 4. 3. Of probable occurrence, 24. 4. Hypothetical 

 and doubtfal species, 3 {Myiodioctes minutus, Empidonax pygmcBue of Minot, 

 Thavjmaiiaslinncei). 5. Introduced undomesticated species, 6. " Considered as 

 fairly entitled to recognition as Massachusetts birds ", 340. Known to breed in 

 the State, about 135. Extremely rare or accidental visitors, 90. North Amer- 

 ican species added since 1867, 35. 



1878. Allen, J. A. An inadequate '' Theory of Birds' Nests." <; Bull. Nutt. 

 Ornith. CM, iii, No. 1, Jan., 1878, pp. 23-32. 



A critique upon Wallace's well-known essay entitled " Theory of Birds' Kests " 

 (Intellectual Observer, July, 1867, and numerous subsequent reprints) ; its appli- 

 cability tested by reference to the breeding habits of North American birds. 



