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APPENDIX II.

FAUNAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

When one is engaged in a study of the birds of a certain region or locality it is of the first importance to learn what has been published about them by previous workers. Such information may appear in general works on the bird-life of a large area, but more frequently it is found in 'local lists' of the birds of a limited district. These lists const.i.tute one of the most characteristic and numerous types of ornithological publication. They are of value to the student of distribution and migration, in the broader phases of these subjects, and they are of especial interest and a.s.sistance to students living in the region to which they relate.

The appended t.i.tles of works of this nature have been selected from a card catalogue of faunal publications which the author began to prepare some twenty years ago, in part with regard to their historic importance, but mainly on the basis of their present working value.

Unfortunately many of these papers are now out of print or are hidden in scientific publications of but limited circulation and are therefore correspondingly inaccessible. When, however, other means to secure them fail, the Librarian of the American Museum of Natural History, in New York City, may be consulted with a view to securing, at cost, a type written copy of any list desired.

THE WORLD

1875-1895. SHARPE, B., and others. Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum. 27 vols. with descriptions of the birds of the world, ills.--1885. STEJNEGER, L., and others. Riverside Natural History.

Vol. IV, Birds, 4to, 558 pp., ills. (Houghton, Mifflin).

Cla.s.sification, structure, habits, distribution.--1893-1836. NEWTON, A., and others. A Dictionary of Birds. Pop. Ed., 8vo, 1088 pp., ills.

(Macmillan).--1894-95. LYDEKKER, R., and others. Royal Nat. Hist., Birds, 4to, Vols. III, 584 pp., and IV, 576 pp., ills., General account.--1899. EVANS, A. H., Birds. Vol. IX, Cambridge Natural History (Macmillan). 8vo, 635 pp. ills. Cla.s.sification, habits, distribution.--1899-1909. SHARPE, B. A Hand-List of the Genera and Species of Birds. 8vo, 5 vols. Published by British Museum. Names and Ranges.--1909. KNOWLTON, F. H., and others. Birds of the World, sm.

4to, 873 pp., ills. (Holt). Habits, distribution.

NORTH AMERICA

1804-14, WILSON, A. American Ornithology. 9 vols., 4to Many subsequent editions, the last, in one volume, by Porter & Coates, Philadelphia, is crude, but at least places Wilson's text within reach of every one.--1831-39. AUDUBON, J. J. Ornithological Biography. 5 vols., 8vo of text to accompany the 4 elephant folios of plates (1827-38).

Republished in 8 vols., 8vo, 1840-44 and later editions. The elephant folios with the 5 volumes of text sell for $2500-$3000; the text can sometimes be purchased at $5 per volume; the first 8vo edition brings about $350.--1832-34. NUTTALL, T. Manual of the Ornithology of the United States and Canada. 2 vols. Several later editions, the last revised by Montague Chamberlain (Little, Brown & Co.), 1903, 2 vols.

in one, 473 and 431 pp.--1858. BAIRD, S. F., Ca.s.sIN, J., and LAWRENCE, G. N. Pacific R. R. Reports. Vol. IX. Birds (of North America). 4to.

pp. LVI+1005--1872. COUES, E. Key to North American Birds. 1903, 5th and last ed., 2 vols., roy. 8vo. 1152 pp. The introduction, of 233 pages, treats of general ornithology and the anatomy of birds.--1874-1884. BAIRD, S. F., BREWER, T. M., and RIDGWAY, R.

History of North American Birds. Land birds, 3 vols.: water birds, 2 vols., 4to. The volumes on land birds republished in 8vo size but from same plates, 1905, 596, 590, 560 pp. (Little, Brown & Co).--1886.

American Ornithologists' Union Check-List of North American Birds. New York, Rev. Ed. 1910, 8vo, 430 pp.--1887. RIDGWAY, R. A Manual of North American Birds. 2d Ed. 1896, 653 pp. (Lippincott).--1892-5. BENDIRE, C. Life Histories of North American Birds. I, 414 pp., Gallinaceous birds, Pigeons, Hawks, and Owls; II, 1895, 508 pp., Parrots, Cuckoos, Trogons, Kingfishers, Woodp.e.c.k.e.rs, Goatsuckers, Swifts, Hummingbirds, Cotingas, Flycatchers, Larks, Crows and Jays, Blackbirds and Orioles.

(Pub. by U. S. Nat. Mus.)--1893. NEHRLING, H. Our Native Birds of Song and Beauty. Vol. I, 371 pp.; Vol. II, 1896, 452 pp.

Biographical.--1898. DAVIE, O. Nests and Eggs of North American Birds. 5th Ed., 8vo, 509 pp. (Columbus, Ohio).--1901-1911. RIDGWAY, R.

The Birds of North and Middle America. Bull. 50, U. S. Nat. Mus. Part I, 1901, Fringillidae; Part II, 1902, Tanagridae, Icteridae, C?rebidae, Mniotiltidae; Part III, 1904, Motacillidae, Hirundinidae, Ampelidae, Ptilogonatidae, Dulidae, Vireonidae, Laniidae, Corvidae, Paridae, Sittidae, Certhiidae, Troglodytidae, Cinclidae, Chameidae, Sylviidae; Part IV, 1907, t.u.r.didae, Zeledoniidaee, Mimidaee, Sturnidae, Ploceidae, Alaudidaae, Oxyruncidae, Tyrannidae, Pipridae, Cotingidae. Part V, 1912, Pteroptochidae, Formicariidae, Furnariidae, Dendrocolaptidae, Trochilidae, Micropodidae, Trogonidae. Other volumes to follow. The standard work.--1903. CHAPMAN, F. M. Color Key to North American Birds. 312 pp., upward 800 col. ills.--1904. REED, C. S. North American Birds'

Eggs. 355 pp., many ills.--1910. American Ornithologists' Union Abridged Check-List of North American Birds. Pocket Edition, 77 printed + 77 blank pp. (New York).

EASTERN NORTH AMERICA.

1872-1881. MAYNARD, C. J. Birds of Eastern North America; 1896, Rev.

Ed., 4to, 721 pp., ills. (West Newton, Ma.s.s.).--1884. LANGILLE, J.

H.... Our Birds in Their Haunts. 12mo, 624 pp. (Ca.s.sino).--1889.

MERRIAM, F. A. Birds Through an Opera-gla.s.s. 12mo, 223 pp.

(Houghton).--1895. WRIGHT, M. O. Birdcraft, 12mo, 317 pp., ills.

(Macmillan).--1895. CHAPMAN, F. M. Handbook of the Birds of Eastern North America, 421 pp., ills.; 1912. Rev. Ed. (Appleton's).--1897.

CHAPMAN, F. M. Bird-Life. A Guide to the Study of our Common Birds.

12mo. 269 pp. 75 plls.; 1901, Rev. Ed., with col. plls.

(Appleton's).--1897. WRIGHT, M. O., and COUES, E. Citizen Bird, 12mo, 430 pp. ills. (Macmillan).--1898. BLANCHAN, N. Bird Neighbors, 234 pp., col. Plls. (Doubleday).--1898. MERRIAM, F. A. Birds of Village and Field. 12mo. 406 pp., ills. (Houghton).--1898. SCOTT, W. E. D. Bird Studies, an Account of the Land Birds of Eastern North America. 4to, 363 pp. Many half-tones (Putnam's).--1898. APGAR, A. C. Birds of the United States East of the Rockies. 12mo, 415 pp. ills. (Am. Book Co.).--1899. CORY, C. B. The Birds of Eastern North America. 8vo, 387 pp., ills. (Field Museum).--1905-6. REED, C. A. Bird-Guide.

Oblong, 32mo, Part I, 254 pp.; Part II, 197 pp.; many ills. (Doubleday).

GREENLAND

1861. REINHARDT, J. List of Birds. .h.i.therto Observed in Greenland; Ibis, III, pp. 1-19, 118 species.--1875. NEWTON, A. Notes on Birds Which Have Been Found in Greenland, ... London, 8vo pamphlet, pp. 94-115 (Author's extra from Man. Nat. Hist. Greenland). 63+62 species; bibliography.--1889. HAGERUP, A. Some Account of the Birds of Southern Greenland, from the MSS.. of A. Hagerup, edited by Montague Chamberlain. Auk, VI, pp. 211-218, 219-297, 39 species.--1891.

HAGERUP, A. T. The Birds of Greenland, translated from the Danish by Fremann B. Arngrimson, edited by Montague Chamberlain, Boston (Little, Brown & Co.), 8vo, 62 pp.; 139 species.--1892. STONE, W. Birds Collected by the West Greenland Expedition. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1892, pp. 145-152; 147 species.--1895. STONE, W. List of Birds Collected by the Peary Expd. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1895, pp.

502-505; 28 species.--1895. SCHALOW, H. VON. Ueber eine Voglesammlung aus Westgronland. Jour. fur Orn., 1895, pp. 457-481; 35 species.--1899.

CHAPMAN, F. M. Report on Birds Received Through the Peary Expeditions to Greenland. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XII, pp. 219-244; 48 pages.--1904. SCHALOW, H. Die Vogel der Arktis, Band IV, Leiferung, I, pp. 81-288; Gustav Fischer, Jena. A detailed synopsis of Arctic bird-life.

ALASKA

1869. DALL, W. H., and BANNISTER, H. M. List of the Birds of Alaska, with Biographical Notes. Trans. Chic. Acad. Nat. Sci., I, pp. 267-310, pll. XXVII-x.x.xIV; 212 species.--1873. DALL, W. H. Notes on the Avifauna of the Aleutian Islands, from Unalashka, eastward. Proc. Cal.

Acad. Sci. V, pp. 25-35; 53 species.--1874. DALL, W. H. Notes on the Avifauna of the Aleutian Islands, especially those west of Unalashka.

Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. V, pp. 270-281; 45 species.--1875. COUES, E. A Report upon the Condition of Affairs in the Territory of Alaska. By H.

W. Elliot. 8vo. pp. 277. Chapter IX. Ornithology of the Prybilov Islands, pp. 166-212; 39 species.--1882. BEAN, T. H. Notes on Birds Collected during the Summer of 1880 in Alaska and Siberia. Proc. U. S.

Nat. Mus., V, pp. 144-173; 77 species.--1885. MURDOCH, J. Bird Migration at Point Barrow, Arctic Alaska. Auk, II, p. 63; 50 species.--1883. HARTLAUB, G. Beitrag zur Ornithologie von Alaska, nach dem Sammlungen und Noten von Dr. Arthur Krause und Dr. Aurel Krause.

Journ fur Orn. pp. 257-286; 83 species.--1883. NELSON, E. W. Birds of Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean. Cruise of the Revenue steamer Corwin in Alaska and the N. W. Arctic Ocean in 1881. Was.h.i.+ngton.--1885.

MURDOCH, J. Report of the International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska. Was.h.i.+ngton. Birds, pp. 104-128; 54 species.--1885.

TURNER, L. M. Notes on the Birds of the Nearer Islands, Alaska. Auk, II, pp. 154-159; 69 species.--1887. TOWNSEND, C. H. List of the Midsummer Birds of the Kowak River, Northern Alaska. Auk, IV, pp. 11-13; 52 species.--1888. NELSON, E. W. Report upon Natural History Collections made in Alaska Between the Years 1877 and 1881. Edited by Henry W. Henshaw. 4to. pp. 337. Birds, pp. 19-230, pll. I-XII, colored; 260 species; important.--1888. TURNER, L. M. Contributions to the Natural History of Alaska. Results of Investigations made chiefly in the Yukon District and the Aleutian Islands. 4to, pp. 226; birds, pp. 115-191, pll. I-X, colored; 168 species.--1898.

GRINNELL, J. Summer Birds of Sitka, Alaska. Auk, XV, pp. 122-131; 66 species.--1899. PALMER, W. The Avifauna of the Pribilov Islands.

The Fur Seals and Fur Seal Islands of the North Pacific Ocean, Part III, pp., 355-431; 68 species; bibliography.--1900. GRINNELL, J.

Birds of the Kotzebue Sound Region, Alaska. Pacific Coast Avifauna No. 1. Cooper Orn. Club, Los Angeles, Calif. 80 pp. 1 map; 113 species.--1900. STONE, W. Report on Birds and Mammals obtained by the McIlhenny Expedition to Pt. Barrow, Alaska, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci.

Phila., birds, pp. 4-33; 69 species.--1901. OSGOOD, W. H. Natural History of the Cook Inlet Region, Alaska. North American Fauna, No. 21; birds, pp. 72-81; 78 species.--1902. McGREGOR, R. C. A List of Birds Collected in Norton Sound, Alaska. The Condor, IV, pp. 135-144; 63 species.--1904. OSGOOD, W. H. A Biological Reconnaissance of the Base of the Alaska Peninsula. North American Fauna, No. 24; birds, pp.

51-81; 134 species.--1906. McGREGOR, R. C. Birds Observed in the Krenitzin Islands, Alaska. The Condor, VIII, pp. 114-122; 44 species.--1909. GRINNELL, J. Birds and Mammals of the 1907 Alexander Expedition to Southeastern Alaska. Univ. Cal. Pub. Zool. V, 2 pp.

171-264; 99 species.--1909. OSGOOD, W. H. Biological Investigations in Alaska and Yukon Territory. North American Fauna, No. 30; 96 pp.

6 plls. I. East Central Alaska, 76 species; II. Ogilvie Range, Yukon, 43 species; III. The Macmillan River, Yukon, 55 species.--1909.

SHELDON, C. List of Birds Observed on the Upper Toklat River near Mt. McKinley, Alaska, 1907-1908. The Auk, XXVI, pp. 66-70; 63 species.--1910. CLARK, A. H. The Birds Collected and Observed in the North Pacific Ocean, and in Bering, Okhotsk, j.a.pan, and Eastern Seas, from April to December, 1906. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 1727, pp.

25-74; 175 species.--1910. GRINNELL, J. Birds of the 1908 Alexander Alaska Expedition, with a note on the Avifaunal Relations.h.i.+ps of the Prince William Sound District, Univ. Cal. Pub. Zool. V, 12, pp.

361-428; 2 plls; 89 species.--1911. SWARTH, H. S. Birds and Mammals of the 1909 Alexander Alaska Expedition. Univ. Cal. Pub. Zool. VII, 2, pp. 9-172; 6 plls. Birds, pp. 23-112; 137 species.--1912. BENT, A. C.

Notes on Birds Observed during a Brief visit to the Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea in 1911. Smiths. Miscell. Colls. Vol. 56 No. 32; pp. 29; 60+22 species.

LOWER CALIFORNIA

1859, BAIRD, S. F. Notes on a collection of Birds made by Mr. John Xantus, at Cape San Lucas, Lower California. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci.

Phila., XI, pp. 299-306; 42 species.--1876. RIDGWAY, R. Ornithology of Guadeloupe Island based on notes and collections made by Dr. Edward Palmer. Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr. Vol. II, pp. 183-195; 10 species.--1877. STREETS, T. H., M. D. Contributions to the Natural History of the Hawaiian and Fanning Islands and Lower California.

Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 7, p 172; birds, pp. 9-33.--1883. BELDING, L. Catalogue of a Collection of Birds made near the Southern Extremity of the Peninsula of Lower California. Edited by R. Ridgway. Proc. U. S.

Nat. Mus. V. 1882, pp. 532-550; 154 species (See also _Ibid._, pp.

527-532; VI, pp. 344-352).--1888. BRYANT, W. E. Cerros Island. Forest and Stream, XXVII, pp. 62-64; 27 species.--1887. BRYANT, W. E.

Additions to the Ornithology of Guadeloupe Island. Bull. Cal. Acad.

Sci. II, 6, pp. 269-318; 35 species.--1888. GOSS, N. S. New and Rare Birds found Breeding on the San Pedro Martir Isle. Auk, V, pp. 240-224; 5 species.--1890. BRYANT, W. E. A catalogue of the Birds of Lower California, Mexico. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 2nd Ser. II, pp. 237-320, with map; 320 species; bibliography.--1890. TOWNSEND, C. H. Birds from the Coasts of Western North America and adjacent Islands Collected in 1888-89, with Descriptions of New Species. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIII, 1890, pp. 131-142. Clarion Islands, 10 species; Socorro Island, 9 species; San Benedicte Island, 6 species; Lower California, 23 species; Mouth of Rio Colorado, Sonora, 3 species; Cerros Island, 2 species; Guadeloupe Island, Lower California, 3 species; Santa Barbara Island, California, 4 species; San Clemente Island, California, 9 species; San Nicolas Island, California, 1 species; Santa Rosa Island, California, 5 species; Santa Cruz Island, California, 10 species.--1895.

ANTHONY, A. W. Birds of San Fernando, Lower California. Auk, XII, pp. 134-143; 65 species.--1898. ANTHONY, A. W. Avifauna of Revillagigedo Islands. The Auk, XV, pp. 311-318. San Benedicte Island, 11 species; Socorro Island, 24 species; Clarion Island, 17 species.--1902. BREWSTER, W. Birds of the Cape Region of Lower California. Bull. Mus. Comp.

Zool., No. 1, XLI, 241 pp., 1 map; 255 species; bibliography.--1903.

GRINNELL, J. and DAGGETT, F. S. An Ornithological Visit to Los Coronados Islands, Lower California. The Auk, XX, pp. 27-37; 22 species; bibliography.--1904. BRENINGER, G. F. San Clemente Island and its Birds. The Auk, XXI, pp. 218-223.--1905. KAEDING, H. B. Birds from the West Coast of Lower California and Adjacent Islands. The Condor, VII, pp. 105-111; 168 species.--1905. STONE, W. and RHOADS, S. N.

On a Collection of Birds and Mammals from the Colorado Delta, Lower California. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci Phila., pp. 676-690; 50 species.--1907. THAYER, J. E. and BANGS, O. Birds Collected by W. W.

Brown, Jr., on Cerros, San Benito and Natividad Islands in the spring of 1906, with Notes on the Biota of the Islands. The Condor, IX, pp.

77-81. Cerros, 29; Natividad, 9; San Benito, 7 species.--1907. THAYER, J. E., and BANGS, O. Catalogue of Birds Collected in Middle Lower California. The Condor IX, pp. 135-140; 73 species.--1908. THAYER, J. E. and BANGS, O. The Present State of the Ornis of Guadeloupe Island. The Condor, X, pp. 101-106; 20 species.--1909. OSBORN, P. I.