324 Recently published Ornithological JForks. 



43. Bishop on the Birds of the Yukon Region. 



[Birds of the Yukon Region, with Notes on other Species. B}' Louis 

 B. Bishop, M.D. North American Fauna, No. 19, p. 47, 1900.] 



Under instructions from the Biological Survey of the 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture, Messrs, Osgood and Bishop 

 proceeded to Skagway, Alaska, in the summer of 1899, 

 thence over the White Pass to the headwaters of the Yukon, 

 and down the whole length of this mighty river to St. Michael 

 on the Pacific. After a general account by INIr. Osgood 

 of the country traversed, which is well worthy of perusal, 

 come reports on the Mammals and Birds of the Yukon region. 

 The latter, drawn up by Dr. Bishop, contains the names of 

 171 species arranged according to the Check -list. Three 

 new subspecies are described as Canachites canadensis osgoodi, 

 Sayornis say a yukonensis, and Contopus richardsoni saturatus. 

 The introduction contains a good general dissertation on the 

 Avifauna, and lists of species from the various localities. 

 The summer visitors in the Y'^ukon basin above Fort Yukon 

 are given as 42 in number, of Avhich 13 have their '^ centre of 

 distribution " in Eastern North America. 



44. Cardiff Naturalists on the Birds of Glamorgan. 



[The Birds of Glamorgan. Compiled by a Committee of the Cardifi' 

 Naturalists' Society. 4to. Cardift", 1900. Pp. xxv & 163. Price 8s.] 



We can hardly praise very highly this latest contribution 

 to our knowledge of the Faunas of the Counties of Great 

 Britain. The introduction gives a very fair idea of the 

 nature of the district and of its scenery, but the list of 

 species which completes the work scarcely gives enough 

 information to justify its publication. Still it may be taken 

 as a preliminary list, on which to ground others, and may 

 afford encouragement to future workers to pursue their 

 investigations. The Welsh names of the birds will doubtless 

 be found useful. 



The Rusty Crackle, the Rock-Thrush, and the Carolina 

 Crake are claimed as stragglers, while the Golden Oriole is 

 supposed to have bred in the county, and the Hawfinch has 

 recently extended its range to the district. 



