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style. The other genera treated in the present number are 

 Pugndroma, Bulweria, Macronectes, Fulmarus, Dupt'wn, 

 Halobcena, and Prion. Macronectes, we may remark, is a 

 new name for Ossifraya, it having been discovered tliat the 

 latter term has been previously used in Zoology in 1835. 

 The next number, we believe, will be mainly devoted to the 

 Albatrosses, and Part VI, will conclude the work. 



62. Grinnell on the Birds of the San Bernardino Mountains. 



[The Biota of the San Bernardino Mountains. By Joseph Grinnell. 

 University of California Publications in Zoology, vol. v. No. l,pp. 1-170. 

 Berkeley, Cal., 1908.] 



This memoir contains the results of explorations of the 

 San Bernardino Mountains in 1905, 190(5, and 1907. But 

 some of our readers may ask, where are these mountains ? 

 To this we answer, in the words of the author, '' The San 

 Bernardino Mountains constitute the largest high mountain- 

 group in Southern California, and include the highest peak 

 south of Mt. Whitney. The forested area is more extensive 

 than elsewhere in Southern California.^^ Furthermore the 

 isolation of this mountain-group from any other of approxi- 

 mately similar altitude affords an attractive feature. 

 Mr. Grinnell's map and sections fully illustrate these points, 

 and shew^ that the Lower Sonoran Zone, the Upper Sonoran 

 Zone, the Transition Zone, and at least the two lower divisions 

 of the Boreal Zone (of Dr. Merriam) are represented in this 

 mountain-range. 



Mr. Grinnell discusses at full length the Plants, Birds, 

 Mammals, and Reptiles which he collected, in order to 

 establish these views. The Birds, with which we are mainly 

 concerned, met with special attention, as might be expected 

 from the Editor of 'The Condor,' Over 1260 skins were 

 collected, as well as many nests and eggs. Of 139 species 

 found in the district examined, 48 are believed to be per- 

 manently resident, 68 are summer visitors, and only 23 are 

 transient. 



The following passage contains Mr. GrinnelFs general 

 views as to the Avifauna of this mountain-group : — " The 

 Ornis of the San Bernardino Mountains, in common with 



