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Recent Literature. 
Ibid., XVI, March 13, 1881, p. 86. — The former ‘‘quite common” ; small 
flocks of the latter frequent the spruce woods every winter, in Point 
Pleasant Park, Halifax peninsula. 
167. The “Crane's Back.” ^ By J. C. Merrill. Ibid., XVI, March 10, 
1881, p. 105. — A Cree Indian account of the napite-shu-utle . a bird said to 
migrate by taking passage on the backs of Cranes. The bird is believed 
to be a Grebe. 
168. A Hawk new to the United States. By Robert Ridgwav. Ibid., 
XVI, Apr. 14, 1881, 206.— From Oyster Bay, Fla., provisionally referred 
to Buteo fuliginosus. (See this Bull., VI, Oct. 1881, p. 207.) 
•169. The Pine Grosbeak. By Chas. E. Ingalls. Ibid., XVI, Apr. 14, 
1881, pp. 206, 207. — Observations on its habits in winter in Massachusetts. 
170. Our unique Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Eurinorhynchus pygmceus 
(Linn.)., By Tarleton H. Bean. Ibid., XVI, Apr. 21, 1881, p. 225. — 
Brief general history of the species, with record of its capture at Plover 
Bay, Eastern Siberia, and Point Barrow, Alaska. 
171. Domesticated Quail. By Henry Benbrook. Ibid., XVI, May 5, 
1881, p. 266. — Ortyx virginianus successfully reared in captivity to the 
third generation. Believes that under favorable circumstances they could 
be bred “as easily as Turkeys.” 
T72. Great Carolina Wren. By William Dutcher. Ibid., XVI, July 
14, 1881, p. 473. — Record of its capture at Greenville, N. J., within four 
miles of New York City. 
173. The Rail we shoot. [By George B Grinnell.] Ibid., XVII, Sept. 
22, 1881, pp. 146, 147. — Classification, diagnoses and habitats of the Ral- 
lidce of the United States. 
174. Range and Rotary Movements of Limicolce. By W. Hapgood. Ibid., 
XVII, Oct. 20, 1881, pp. 225-228. — An important and suggestive paper on 
the migrations and range of American Limicolce. The greater part of the 
species of this group are noticed at length. The paper relates especially 
to the winter haunts of these birds, and the conclusion is pretty fairly 
sustained that many of them pass beyond the tropics to winter in the 
Southern Hemisphere. 
175. Migration of Shore Birds. By M. H. Simons. Ibid., XVII, 
Nov. 10, 1881, p. 288. — Apropos of Mr. Hapgood’s paper (see No. 174). 
the writer calls attention to the fact that many kinds of Shore Birds win- 
ter in Florida and the other Gulf States. “Didymus,” under the same 
caption, has some pertinent suggestions in reference to Mr. Hapgood’s 
paper. 
176. The Herring Gull and the Ring-bill on Georgian Bay. By Rev. 
J. A. Langille. Ibid., XVII, Nov. 17, 1881, p. 307. — On the habits, etc., 
of these species at their breeding haunts in Georgian Bay. 
177. Beechnuts and Woodpeckers. By C. Hart Merriam, M. D. Ibid., 
XVII, Dec. 1, 1881, p. 347. — A reply to several pseudonymous articles in 
previous numbers of this journal (. Forest and Stream ) in reference to the 
Red-headed Woodpecker’s habit of eating beechnuts. Other notes on 
the same subject, by various contributors, follow in this and succeeding 
numbers. 
