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interest in this paper ; but we are by no means sure of it, as the 

 author, having apparently no pity for reviewers or recorders, 

 omits to lighten their labours by the usual and simple mode of 

 indicating the novelties he introduces. 



The same Journal contains also " A List of Vertebrates ob- 

 served at Okkak, Labrador/' by Mr. Weiz, with annotations by 

 Mr. A. S. Packard. Unfortunately the latter do not extend to 

 the Birds, of which consequently we have but a bare list of 

 names of the species, which are confounded in many cases with 

 their European representatives, though, as the editor justly re- 

 marks, " experts in American zoology will readily correct " such 

 mistakes. The list shows the Ornis of Labrador to be much as 

 might have been expected. Its most useful part is perhaps the 

 information it gives as to the native (Eskimaux) names. 



Mr. Lawrence continues his unwearied labours in elucida- 

 ting the Central and South American avifauna, and, in a paper 

 read to the Lyceum of Natural History of New York in June 

 last and printed in their ' Annals,' describes seven more new 

 species of birds from that region. These are Campylorhynchus 

 brevipennis fromVenezuela, Automolus rufescens, Grallaricula cos- 

 taricensis, and Euphei'usa cupreiceps from Costa Rica, Grallaria 

 gigantea from Ecuador, Phaethornis cassini from New Granada, 

 and Geotrygon veraguensis from Veragua. 



From a paper of some considerable length in the ' Proceed- 

 ings of the Philadelphia Academy ' we are very glad to learn that 

 our contributor Dr. Cones intends publishing a full account of 

 the birds of the remote region whei'e he was lately quartered, 

 and of his journey to and from which he gave such an interest- 

 ing description in the pages of this Magazine. " The Prodrome 

 of a work on the Ornithology of Arizona Territory," as the sepa- 

 rately printed copies of this paper are headed, is, however, in 

 itself a very elaborate performance, and one which is entitled to 

 the highest praise. But we must here be brief, and content 

 ourselves with mentioning that Dr. Coues's notes refer to no 



