420 Mr. E. Adams on the Birds of Michalaski. 



XXXIII. — Notes on the Birds of Michalaski, Norton Sound. 

 By Surgeon Edward Adams. 



[This paper was sent us by Mr. II. Stevenson^ to whom it 

 was intrusted by relatives of tlie late ISIr. Adams. As it refers 

 to the birds of a region that has only recently been studied 

 by American naturalists^ and as the biographical notes are of 

 considerable interest, we have no hesitation in publishing the 

 paper as it stands. The chief authorities on the birds of 

 these islands of the Pacific coast of North-western America 

 are Messrs. W. H. Dail and H. M. Bannister^ whose " List of 

 the Birds of Alaska^ with Biographical Notes/' published in 

 the ' Transactions ' of the Chicago Academy of Sciences, is 

 doubtless familiar to many of the readers of ' The Ibis.^ We 

 have added references to this paper where the species are in- 

 cluded in Mr. Adams's list. It will be observed, from the 

 date when Mr. Adams's observations were made (1850-51), 

 that, had this paper been published at the time it was written, 

 several interesting discoveries of more recent explorers would 

 have been anticipated. 



Mr. Stevenson has kindly supplied us with the brief memoir 

 of Mr. Adams which we now subjoin : — 



" The late Mr. Edward Adams. 



" The following particulars of the brief but eventful career 

 of the talented author of this paper are gathered from a 

 memoir which appeared in the 'Bury and Norwich Post' for 

 December 17, 1856; Mr. Adams's death having occurred at 

 Sierra Leone on the 12th of November of that year, at the 

 early age of 32. 



" The paper itself, found among other MSS. and drawings, 

 was recently brought under the notice of Mr. Stevenson by 

 Mr. William Adams, a brother of the deceased_, now residing 

 in Norwich. 



" Mr. Edward Adams was born at Great Barton, near 

 Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, on the 24th of February, 1824, 

 and was educated for the medical profession, passing the 

 usual examinations with honour and credit. Ardently fond 



