WORKS AND PERIODICALS REFERRED TO. 
A. C.—Avifauna Columbiana, being a list 
of birds ascertained to inhabit the 
District of Columbia, etc., by Elliott 
Coues and D. W. Prentiss. Second 
edition, 1883. (This includes the first 
edition, 1861, and the gist of P. L. 
Jouy’s list of 1877.) 
A. 0. U.—The American Ornithologists’ 
Union, Check List of North American 
Birds, 1886. (This is the present 
standard of nomenclature.) 
Audubon.—The Birds of America, by 
John James Audubon, Vols.I to VII, 
1840-44, 
Auk.—The Auk, a eagles Journal of 
Ornithology. (The official organ of 
the American Ornithologists’ Union. 
Vol. I, No. 1, appeared January, 1884. ) 
B. N. 0. €.—Bulletin of the Nuttall 
Ornithological Club. (Vol. I, No.1, 
appeared in January, 1876. In 1884 it 
was continued as the Auk.) 
Bendire.—Life Histories of North Am- 
erican Birds, with special reference 
to their breeding habits, and eggs, 
by Chas. Bendire, 1892. (Gallinaceous 
Birds, and Birds of Prey.) 
Birds E. Pa. and N. J.—The Birds 
of Eastern Pennsylvania and New 
Jersey, by Witmer Stone, 1894. 
Birds N. W.—Birds of the North-West, 
by Elliott Coues, 1877. 
Birds Pa.—Report of the Birds of Penn- 
sylvania, by B. H. Warren. Second 
edition, 1890. 
Birds Vas.—A Catalogue of the Birds 
of the Virginias, by Wm. C. Rives, 
October, 1890. 
Chapman.—Handbook of the Birds of 
Eastern North America, by Frank 
M. Chapman, 1895. 
Fisher’s Hawks and Owls.—The 
Hawks and Owls of the United States 
in their Relation to Agriculture, by 
A. K, Fisher, 1893. 
Forest and Stream.—A weekly Jour- 
nalof the Rod and Gun. (Vol. XXVI 
No. 1, January 27, 1886, is the firs! 
number I have access to. Two vol- 
umes each year. No.1 bearing date 
ot ot fourth Thursday of January or 
uly. 
Key.—Key to the North American Birds, 
ry, ‘ Elliott Coues. Fourth edition, 
Manual.—A Manual of North American 
Birds, by Robt. Ridgway, 1887. 
©. and 0.—The Ornithologist and Odlo- 
gist: Birds, their nestsand eggs. (A 
ony publication begun in 1876, 
issued several parties, published 
to Vol. XVIII, No. 10, October, 1893. 
Odlogist.—The Odlogist, for the student 
of birds, their nests and eggs. (A 
monthly publication begun in 1884.) 
Smith. Rept.—Annual Report of the 
Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 
Institution (year, not vol.). 
