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The Ottawa Naturalist 



[Vol. XXXII. 



Murrill's and Saccardo's Names of Poly- 

 pores Compared. By W. A. Murrill, Assistant 

 Director of the New York Botnical Garden. New 

 York, published by the author, 1918. 



The object of this pamphlet of 31 pages is to 

 harmonize the names used by Saccardo and the 

 author for the species of polypores and boletes. Some 

 herbaria use one system of nomenclature and some 

 the other. By consulting this pamphlet one can 

 readily obtain the equivalent of any recognized name 

 in either system. Collectors will also find the 

 pamphlet useful as a check list. The price of the 

 publication is 35 cents 



The Peace River District, Canada; its Re- 

 sources AND Opportunities. By F. H. Kitto, 

 Natural Resources Intelligence Branch, Depart- 

 ment of the Interior, Ottawa, Canada. 



This report of 47 pages has recently come to 

 hand. It contains interesting information with re- 

 gard to climate, soil, agriculture, minerals, game, 

 water powers, transportation and education. A 

 map of the district showing general topography 

 companies the report. 



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In the Canadian A [pine Journal,"^ appear three 

 articles of interest to Canadian naturalists. They 

 consist of brief reports on the work done by the 

 Geological Survey of Canada in Jasper Park, Alta., 

 during the summer of 1917, and are in the nature 

 of additions to lists previously published''' by Stand- 

 ley, Hollister and Riley on the adjoining and Mt. 

 Robson regions. Jasper Park was the scene of 

 some very early collecting and is the type locality 

 for many now well-known species, hence it is of 

 more than passing interest to the naturalist. No 

 visitor to the Park should fail to provide himself 

 with these lists. 



The Flora of Jasper Park, Alberta. By J. 

 M. Macoun, pp. 54-61. This is a readable de- 

 scription of the floral conditions surrounding Jasper 

 Station and Mt. Edith Cavell and a generalized 

 account of the species observed. It is of sentimental 

 interest to note that the writer gives a new vernacular 

 name to the Silky Everlasting, Antennaria media, 

 calling it in memory of the martyred nurse, the 

 Cavell Everlasting. 



Addenda to the Birds of Jasper Park, 

 Alberta. By P. A. Taverner, pp. 62-69. This 

 contains a short statement of the field work upon 

 which the article is based, followed by an annotated 

 list of species continuing Riley's list from 79 to 108, 



thus adding thirty species to it besides further notes 

 on nine species already treated by him. The an- 

 notations are mostly of a technical nature discussing 

 the supspecific status of the specimens considered. 



Some Notes on the Mammals of Jasper 

 Park, Alberta. By R. M. Anderson, pp. 70-73. 

 This consists of annotations on twenty species of 

 mammals. They are mostly of a technical nature 

 describing the specimens examined, but the collector, 

 Wm. Spreadborough, is freely quoted as to abund- 

 ance and distribution in the Park. 



In the Condor, Vol. XX, No. 5, September- 

 October, 1918, are several articles of Canadian 

 interest : 



Some Oceanic Birds from off the Coast of 

 Washington and Vancouver Island. By Stan- 

 ton Warburton, Jr., pp. 178-180. This is an account 

 of a week's trip, June 26- July 3, 1917, to the waters 

 described in the title. It records the occurrence of 

 Tufted Puffin, California Murre, Sooty and Pink- 

 footed Shearwaters, Skua, and Black-footed Al- 

 batross. Specimens of most of these were taken 

 and the records placed on firm basis. Whilst the 

 Pink-footed Shearwater does not appear to have 

 been taken within Canadian waters the locality is 

 close enough to be of special interest to Canadian 

 ornithologists. 



Some Birds of Alert Bay, British Columbia. 

 By P. A. Taverner, pp. 183-186. This contains a 

 general description of the locality and the conditions 

 under which a week's visit was made to Alert Bay 

 in midsummer, 1917. This is followed by an an- 

 notated list of 40 species of birds identified or col- 

 lected. The annotations discuss plumage sequence, 

 subspecific status and includes some life-history data. 



The same author in a short note, p. 187, under 

 head of "Heerman Gull and White Primary 

 Coverts, " records an abnormally marked bird from 

 Alert Bay, B.C., similar to those described and 

 figured by Mr. George Willet in the May-June 

 Condor of the current year. 



*The Canadian Alpine .Journal, Vol. IX, 1918, 

 puljlished by the Alpine Club of Canada, price $1.50, 

 from the Sec.-Treas., S. H. Mitcliell, Sidney, Van- 

 couver r., B.C. 



fibid, Special luinihei', \U\'2. 



The Ibis, VI, July 1918, pp. 477-496, contains a 

 bird list of special interest to Prairie ornithologists. 

 Article XXIV, Further Notes on Birds Ob- 

 served AT Alix, Buffalo Lake and Red Deer, 

 IN THE Province of Alberta, Canada, in 1915- 

 1916. By Chas. B. Horsbrough, Canadian Army 

 Medical Corps, C.E.F. These notes are additional 

 to a similar paper (Ibis, 1915, pp. 670-689) and 

 include extensive annotations on 96 species, con- 

 taining some important records and a large amount 

 of life-history, distributional and migration data. 



