. The Auk. Birds. Recent Literature- 333 Professor Ridgway writes (1S84) that the only bird in the National Museum collection having abnormal toes is a Gull. It is evidently a thing of rare occurrence, and further light on the subject from other collectors would be of interest. "No. 76S5 (Mus. H. K. C), Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linn.), Bobolink, $ . Prairie, 1 mile west of S. Englewood, 111., May 24, ; While collecting prairie birds with Mr. Amos W. Butler, I shot this specimen. On each wing is a horny spur, growing from the thumb The illustration shows the left wing,
. The Auk. Birds. Recent Literature- 333 Professor Ridgway writes (1S84) that the only bird in the National Museum collection having abnormal toes is a Gull. It is evidently a thing of rare occurrence, and further light on the subject from other collectors would be of interest. "No. 76S5 (Mus. H. K. C), Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linn.), Bobolink, $ . Prairie, 1 mile west of S. Englewood, 111., May 24, ; While collecting prairie birds with Mr. Amos W. Butler, I shot this specimen. On each wing is a horny spur, growing from the thumb The illustration shows the left wing, natural size. In both wings the spurs are exactly alike. We secured some twenty- three males and ten females the same day (Bobolinks being a rarity with Mr. Butler). This was the only specimen having spurs on the wings. RECENT LITERATURE. Ridgway's 'Manual of North American Birds.'*—-The late Professor Baird long since projected a work on North American Birds which should serve as a manual and handy reference work for the sportsman and trav- eller as well as the naturalist. His great responsibilities and engrossing public duties, however, "precluded the possibility of his completing the work which he had so long cherished, and had even begun, when called to the high positions which hehas filled with so much advantage to science and honor to ; The work was therefore very naturally and fit- tingly intrusted to his pupil and collaborator in previous works on the * A I Manual | of | North American Birds. | By | Robert Ridgway. | — | Illustrated by 464 outline drawings of the | generic characters. | — | Philadelphia: | |. B. Lippin- cott Company. | 1887.—Royal 8vo. pp. i-xi, 1-631. pll. i-exxiv. (Reviewed from ad- vance sheets, received from the Publishers, Aug. 5, 1887.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perf
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