Aves. 1 
AVES. 
BY 
OsBBRT Salvin, M.A., F.R.S., &c. 
Titles of Separate Works and of Papers Published in 
Proceedings op Societies, etc.* 
Alix, E. Sur la Myologie des Rhynchotas rufescens. J. Zool. v. p. 411. 
Allen, J. A. The availability of certain Bartramian names in 
Ornithology. Am. Nat. x., pp. 21-29 and 176 & 177. See also 
CouES, E., tom. cii. pp. 98-102. 
A discussion as to the validity of certain names for birds used by 
Bartram in his “ Travels,” originally raised by Coues in P. Ac. Philad. 
1875. [Cy. Zool. Bee. 1876, p. 30.] 
. Progress of Ornithology in the United States during the last 
Century. Tom. cit. pp. 636-550. 
A concise history of the literature of the Ornithology of the United 
States down to the present time. It contains a brief account of the 
early papers on the subject, of the general works, and of the works and 
papers of a special or local character, and a summary of the progress 
made in the study of the subject. 
. Decrease of Birds in Massachusetts. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, i. 
p. 53. 
An interesting paper, giving evidence of the reduced numbers (in 
some cases amounting to extinction) of a considerable number of birds 
once abounding in the State of Massachusetts. 
. Geographical Variation in the Number and Size of the Eggs of 
Birds.. Tom. cit. p. 74. 
The eggs of Icteria viridis and of Molothrus pecoris are shown to be 
larger at the northern than at the southern extremity of the range of 
these birds. 
* In addition to the papers cited, numerous notices of birds, chiefly relating 
to their local distribution, unusual occurrence, &c., will be found in “ The 
Field,” “ Land and Water,” “ The American Sportsman,” “ Field and Forest,” 
and other periodicals of a similar kind. — 0. S. 
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