Recent Literature, 6i 



White Mountains of New Hampshire, where his observations were 

 made, he recognized 9782 birds, representing 95 species, between 

 July 6 and October 14. 



Mr. Jonathan Dwight, Jr. pubhshes his study of*' The Horned 

 Larks of North America," based upon an examination of no less 

 than 2012 specimens **and material is still wanting." How well Mr. 

 Henshaw did his work upon this group six years ago with only 350 

 specimens is shown in the present paper, which leaves his results 

 practically unchanged. Mr. Dwight describes two new races and 

 adds one from the MS. of Mr. Chas. H. Townsend as follows: 



Otocoris alpesiris adusta Dwight. Scorched Horned Lark. Hab. 

 Southern Arizona and New Mexico, Western Texas and southward 

 into Mexico. 



Otocoris alpestris merrilli Dwight. Dusky Horned Lark. Hab. 

 Eastern Oregon, Washington and British Columbia, between Cas- 



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cade and Rocky Mountains; southward in winter into Nevada and 



California. 



Otocoris alpestris pallida Townsend, MS. Hab. Lower California 



and Sonora. 



The paper concludes w^ith a key to the horned larks in all plum- 

 ages and a map of North America indicating the range of the eleven 

 known forms. 



Mr. F. Stephens has described a new vireo from Southern Califor- 

 nia, Vireo viciyiior calif or yiicus ^ California Gray Vireo, but fails to 

 designate type specimens or define closely the habitat of the new 

 form. Such neglects in the past have occasioned inconveniences 

 and errors, and should be studiously avoided. w. E. b. 



Report on the Explorations 



of 



of 



of the Fishes found in each of the 



By David Starr Jordan. Ex- 



tract. Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. viii, for 1888. Wasl 



1889. Dr. Jord 



of his former 



students in ichthyology in making these explorations which, as he 

 states, were made for two general purposes: First, to ascertain the 

 general character of the streams in question, their present stock of 

 foqd-fishes and their suitability for the introduction of other species; 

 second, to catalogue the fishes native to each stream in order to 



