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it has been begun it can scarcely fail to take the highest rank among the 
few publications of its kind which this country has produced. — W. B. 
Minor Ornithological Papers. — 141. Food of tke Great Blue Heron. 
By Wm. P. Neild. Forest and Stream , XV, p. 7. — Large snakes and 
fish. 
142. A Captive Woodcock. Editorial, Ibid., XV, p. 27. — Account of a 
caged specimen kept for some weeks in confinement and fed on earth- 
worms. 
143. Mocking Bird i?i Canada. Ibid., XV, p. 67. — Record of its appear- 
ance at Strathroy, Canada, on the authority of L. II. Smith, in the Strath- 
roy “Age.” 
144. Kingbirds catch Fish. By Milton P. Pierce. Ibid., XV, p. 85. — 
Kingbirds catchings minnows. 
145. Croxvs as Fruit Thieves. By F. C. Brown [e]. Ibid., XV, p. 85. 
— Destruction of ripe apples by these birds. 
146. An unlucky Crow. Editorial, on the authority of George C. Cole. 
Ibid., XV, p. 85. — Crow caught by a Goshawk. 
147. Owls. By S. B. Buckley. Ibid., XV. p. 104. — 44 Screech Owls’’ 
inhabiting a Wren-box, and capture of a Snowy Owl ( Nyctea nivea') near 
Austin, Texas. 
148. Another Captive [Wood] Cock. By A. E. Godeffroy. Ibid., XV, 
p. 148. 
149. Breeding Quail in Confinement (title covering a communication 
by Dr. Bradley Hull, and two pseudonymous ones. Ibid., XV, p. 166. — 
Accounts of attempts to raise Qyiails in confinement. See also Tame 
Quail , Ibid., XV, p. 186. 
150. European Ruff in Massachusetts. Editorial. Ibid., XV, p. 186. 
— Its capture at Chatham, Mass., Sept. 11, 1880, with references to pre- 
viously recorded New England captures of this species. 
15 1. More Quail Bred in Confinement. By B. F. Concklin. Ibid., 
XV, p. 206. — Eggs hatched under bantam hens, and the young successfully 
reared. 
152. Death of the Woodcock Dick. By F. P. Magoun. Ibid.. XV, p. 
286. — Further history of the captive specimen previously recorded, ( 1 . c., 
XV, p. 27; see above No. 142). 
153. Our Waterfowl. Editorial [G. B. Grinnell]. Ibid., XV. pp. 285, 
286, 306, 307, 327, 345, 365, 385, 406, 425, 465. A popular general account 
of North American Anatidce. 
154. Late Stay of Swallows. By F. C. Browne. Ibid., XV, p. 307. — 
“One or two thousand” White-bellied Swallows ( Tachycineta bicolor ) at 
Clark’s Island. Plymouth, Mass., Oct. 13, 1880. 
155. Trigger and Reel on Martha's Vineyard. By E. A. D. Ibid., XV, 
pp. 306, 307. — Contains the following important reference to Cupidonia 
cupido (p. 306) : 44 In no other part of Massachusetts, and I know not if 
in any of the Eastern States besides, can be found the gamy and toothsome 
prairie chicken, which abound[s] here in quite large numbers and retain[s] 
