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ardsoni, of which there is no authentic record for the State of Iowa. 

 All the others treated in this connection are birds of casual or at least 

 verj' rare and irregular occurience in the State, and i-ecords of any of 

 these to be accepted as valid should be most carefully authenticated. 



H. C. 0. 



ORNITHOLOGY.— 6'owe notes on Connecticut birds. Ira N. Gab- 

 RiELSON. Auk 34:461-465. 1917. 

 Various notes on 42 species of rare or otherwise interesting occurrence 

 in the State of Connecticut are herewith presented. Some of these 

 data relate to breeding and summer occurrence, others to migration or 

 accidental records. Most interesting among these are the Wilson 

 Petrel {Oceanites oceanicus) , which is recorded for the first time from 

 the State; the Black Tern {Chlidonias nigra suriiiamensis) , which is 

 reported for the first time in spring; and the Upland Plover (Bartramia 

 longicauda), which was found summering near South Windsor, Con- 

 necticut. Harry C. Oberholser.. 



ORNITHOLOGY. — Further notes on Alabamahirds. Lew^sS. Golsan 

 and Ernest G. Holt. Auk 34: 456-457. 1917. 

 Notes are here given on ten species of birds, seven of which are addi- 

 tions to the list of Autauga and Montgomery County (Alabama) 

 birds previously published by the same authors. Of these, NuttaUornis 

 borealis and Spinus pinus pinus are the second published State records; 

 and Thryo77ianes bewickii bewickii probably indicates the southern 

 breeding limit for the species within the State. 



Harry C. Oberholser. 



ORNITHOLOGY.— .Some local names of birds. W. L. McAtee. Wil- 

 son Bull. 29 : 74-95. 1917. 

 Local names of birds are of interest, both from a scientific and philo- 

 logical point of view. The present list is a continuation of one previ- 

 ously published by the writer to supplement Gurdon Trumbull's com- 

 pilation of vernacular names of game birds. Local names of 165 species, 

 about half of them water-birds and shore-birds, are here given, in many 

 cases several names for each bird. A partial bibliography of local bird 

 nomenclature is included, together with an alphabetical index to all the 

 local names mentioned in this paper. Harry C. Oberholser. 



