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the most recent works on tlie birds of the same region. Dr. 

 Brewer (p. 49) restores Totanus ochropus, Larus canus, and 

 jEgialitis hiaticula to, and subtracts Podiceps cristatus from, 

 the North American fauna. As regards the latter bird, we 

 have Mr. Ridgway^s authority for saying that it is " quite 

 numerous in Franklin Lake,^^ though no specimens could be 

 obtained (Rep. Geol. Survey 40th Parallel, iii. Ornith. p. 642), 

 so that Dr. Brewer^s verdict may require reconsideration. 



Mr. C. H. Merriam (pp. 52, 123) has some remarks on 

 some of the birds of Lewis county. Northern New York. 

 Mr. W. Brewster (pp. 56, 115) continues his descriptions of 

 the first plumage in various species of North- American birds. 

 Mr. Ridgway (p. 64) gives notes on some of the birds of 

 Calaveras county, California, and adjoining localities. Dr. 

 W. A. Cooper (p. 68) gives notes on the breeding-habits of 

 Vireo huttoni and Lophophanes inornatus, with descriptions 

 of their nests and eggs. Mr. E. A. Mearns (p. 69) describes 

 unusually developed individuals of three species of birds, and 

 remarks on uncommon plumages in several others, taken 

 near West Point, New York. Dr. Brewer (p. 72) has some 

 notes on Junco caniceps and the closely allied forms, and 

 Mr. J. Murdoch (p. 75) describes the eflPects of a warm winter 

 on the migration of birds. Amongst the reviews we may 

 call special attention to Dr. Coues^s abridged translation of Dr. 

 Bureau's interesting paper {vide infra) . In the July number 

 Dr.Coues (p. 105) gives us one of his carefully wrought articles, 

 and treats of " The Eave, Cliff, or Crescent Swallow {Petroche- 

 lidon lunifrons) :" Mr. Henshaw (p. 112) describes the nest and 

 eggs of the Blue Crow [Gymnokitta cyanocephala) : Mr. E. 

 P. Bicknell (p. 128) has some interesting notes on the ''Evi- 

 dences of the Carolinian Fauna in the Lower Hudson Valley, 

 principally from observations taken at Riverdale, New York," 

 on which Mr. J. A. Allen (p. 149) has something to say. 

 Mr, Brewster describes (p. 133) the nesting of the Large- 

 billed Water-Thrush {Siurus motacilla (Yieill.)). Then Mr. 

 Trotter describes a hybrid between two North-American 

 Swallows {Hirundo horr'eori-lmiifrons !) . Amongst the notices 

 of recent literature Dr. Coues reviews Mr. Saunders's paper 



