THE GENERAL SUBJECT. AveS 5 
Brewer, T. M. [Letter, maintaining that Podice^ys cristatus has not 
been proved to occur in North America.] Ibis, 1879, p. 112. 
Some additional Notes upon Birds observed in New England, 
with the names of Five Species not included in his previous List of 
New England Birds. Am. Nat. xx. pp. 263-277. 
. Catalogue of the Humming-Birds {TrochilidcB) in the Museum of 
the Boston Society of Natural History. Tom. cit. p. 335. 
The latest work of the author, who did not live to revise it. He died 
in January, 1880. 
. See also T'ringa suh-arquata [Scolopacidce'], Bucephala ialandica 
\^Anatidaf\^ Empidonax \^TyrannidcB\ Rhynchops [Lar/Jce]. 
Brewster, William. The Terns of the Nbav England Coast. Bull, 
Nutt. Orn. Club, iv. pp. 13-22. 
A graphic account of the Sterninoi visiting New England, 4 species 
being brooders on that coast. [ Laridm.'] 
. Descriptions of the First Plumage in various species of North 
American Birds. V. Tom. cit. pp. 39-46. 
A- continuation \cf. Zool. Rec. xv. Aves^ p. 5] of the author’s important 
contributions on this subject. 
. On the Habits and Nesting of certain Rare Birds in Texas. Tom. 
cit. pp. 75-80. 
Remarks upon a collection of birds and eggs obtained by W._ H. 
Werner in Comal Co., Texas. The novelties appear to be eggs of 
LophopTianes aty'icristatus [Paridoc], Dendrceca chrysoparia \^MniotiUid(c\ 
Geryle americanaY'AV. cabanisi^Alcedinidcc]. Buteo zonocercus [^Faiconidce]. 
. See also Peuccea {FringillidcB]^ Vireo [yireonidce], Certhia [Cer- 
thiidce]. 
Brooks, W. E. See Milvus \Falconidcp\ Reguloides, PTiylloscopus^ 
Horornis \^Sylviidcc1. 
Brown, J. A. Harvie. The Capercaillie in Scotland. Edinbvirgh ; 
1879, 8 VO, pp. 155. 
An excellent monograph of Tetrao urogallus siqce its re-introduction in 
1837, with a map showing the extension of its range, and other illustra- 
tions. [ Tetraonidix.'] 
Brown, N. C. A List of Birds observed at Coosada, Central Alabama. 
Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iv. pp. 7-13. [Conclusion : cf. Zool. Rec. xv, 
Aves, p. 5.] 
The species observed make a total ofTl^. 
. Notes on a few Birds occurring in the vicinity of Portland, Me, 
[Maine]. Tojn. cit. pp. 106-108. 
Buller, W. L. Remarks on a Species of Lestris {^Stercorarius^ inhabit- 
ing our Seas. Tr. N. Z. Inst. xi. pp. 355-359. {^Lai'idaf]. 
. Note on Mr. Howard Saunders’s Review of the Larince, or Gulls. 
Tom. cit. pp. 359 & 360, 
1879. [voL. xvj.] B 3 
