534 Eepost of State Geologist. 



1874. 



KiKTLAND, J. P. Letter from, dated 1857, mentioniog various Indiana 

 birds Proc. Cleveland Acad. Nat. Science, 18"4, pp. lSl-132. 



EiDGWAY, E. The Wabash Valley and Its Avian Fauna. Proc. Bos- 

 ton Sec. Nat. Hist., Vol. XVI, pp. 303-332. 

 y RiDGWAY, R. The Lower Wabash Valley, considered in its relation to 

 the Faunal Districts of the Eastern Regions of North America, with 

 a Synopsis of Its Avian Fauna, by Robert Ridgway. Boston, 1874, 

 p. 31. Repaged edition of the above. 

 "^ CouES, Elliott. Birds of the Northwest, a handbook of the Ornithol- 

 ogy of the region drained by the Missouri River and its tributaries. 

 Dept. of the Interior, U. S. Geol. Survey of the Territories, Mis- 

 cellaneous Publications, No. 3, 1874. 



Editok's Note. Wild Turkey found breeding at Valparaiso, Ind. 

 Forest and Stream, N. Y., Vol. Ill, 1874-5, 10, p. 150. 



Editor's Note. Wild Pigeon, very abundant in Michigan, Indiana 

 and Wisconsin in beech woods. Sept. 15, 1874. Forest and 

 Stream, N. Y., Vol. HI, 1874-5, 7, p. 107. 



1876. 



JoKDAN, David Starr. Manual of the Vertebrates of the Northern 

 United States, including the District East of the Mississippi River 

 and North of North Carolina and Tennessee, exclusive of marine 

 species, by David Starr Jordan, Ph. D., M. D., Porfessor of Nat- 

 ural History in N. W. C. University and in Indiana State Medical 

 College. Chicago, Jansen, McClurg & Co., 1876. Refers to a 

 number of Indiana birds. A second edition, dated 1878; a third, 

 1880; a fourth in 1888. 



Smith, G. Aug. Birds of Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Forest and Stream, 

 Vol. X, 1876, p. 148. Fifty species mentioned, some by error. 

 V CouES, Elliott. Peculiar nesting site of Bank Swallow (i. e. , Stelgido- 

 pteryx serripennis). Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club, Vol. I, 1876, p. 96. 



Haymond, R. Notes on the Bank Swallow (i. e. , Stdgidopteryx serripen- 

 nis). Field and Forest, Vol. I, 1876, No. 11, p. 88. 



CouBS, Elliott. Notable change of habit of the Bank Swallow (i. e., 

 8telgidopteryx serripennis). American Naturalist, Vol. X, 1876, pp 

 492-493. 

 -I Nelson, E. W. Additions to the avifauna of Illinois, with notes on 

 other species of Illinois birds. Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club, Vol. I, 

 1876, pp. 39-44. Notes some observations on the Wabash River. 



1877. 



■' Nelson, E. W. The Louisiana Heron in Indiana. Bull. Nuttall Orn. 

 Club, Vol. II, 1877, p. 51. 



