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have been eminently satisfactory. The protection has 

 reference chiefly to the Atlantic coast between New England 

 and Virginia, but we understand that strenuous efibrts are 

 being made to enforce similar measures along the shores 

 of Louisiana and Florida. 



In the issue for April, besides papers of local interest, 

 Mr. W. Brewster records the occurrences of the Wigeon 

 [Mareca 2^enelope) and the Teal {Querquedula crecca) in 

 Massachusetts-; while Mr. J. L. Bonhote sends a list of the 

 birds obtained at the Cay Lobos lighthouse, Bahamas. Mr. 0. 

 Widmann^s account of a visit to Audubon's birthplace appeals 

 to naturalists on both sides of the water. A study of the 

 genus Macrorhamphus, with a map shewing breeding-ranges 

 and the lines of migration of il/. griseus and M. g. scohpaceus, 

 shows conscientious work on the part of Mr. R. H. Howe, 

 jr. ; while Mr. Henshaw makes some instructive remarks 

 upon " Birds of Prey as Ocean Waifs,'' with special reference 

 to the Short-eared Owl [Asio otus) in the Hawaiian Islands 

 where it has been a resident sufficiently long to obtain an 

 important place in the mythology of the natives, though not 

 long enough to occasion perceptible variation from the main- 

 land type. In a paper on '' The Pterylosis of Podargus, with 

 notes on the Pterylography of the Caprimulgi/' Mr. H. 

 Lyman Clark lays stress upon the Strigine affinities displayed 

 by these birds and their remoteness from the Cypselidre. 

 Prof. J. Allen's republication (No. 2) of descriptions of new 

 species and subspecies of North American birds will doubtless 

 receive due attention from the Recorder of ' Aves.' Dr. L. 

 Stejneger's article on the Wheatears of North America has 

 been already noticed {v. s. p. 513). Mr. A. W. Anthony 

 states from numerous observations, when taking his " trick " 

 at the wheel, that the Albatross does fly in the wake of 

 ships, even on dark nights ; and after a lapse of thirty-five 

 years the writer of this notice is pleased to have his ex- 

 periences (Ibis, 1866, p. 125) confirmed by one who is a 

 seaman as well as an ornithologist. We are sorry to 

 learn from an eye-witness, Mr. H. K. Job, that the Magdalen 

 Islands, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, are not protected 



