Recently published Ornithological Works. 133 



have made only short stays, mostly in the -winter and spring. 

 He has paid special attention to the migrants, among which 

 he specifies Tardus musicus, An thus arboreus, Motacilla alba, 

 and Vanellus cristatus as regular visitants. Many field-notes 

 on various resident species and occasional visitors are given. 



28. Todd on the Birds of Erie District, Pennsylvania. 



[The Birds of Erie and Presque Isle, Erie ( Jounty, Pennsylvania. By 

 W. E. Clyde Todd. Ann. Carnegie Mas. ii. pp. 48*1 -59G.] 



This is a paper on a local Avifauna, but is perhaps of 

 greater general interest than many of its fellows. A con- 

 siderable portion of Western Pennsylvania borders on Lake 

 Erie, and the author, who has lately been attached to the 

 great Carnegie Museum at Pittsburgh, was sent, accompanied 

 by a taxidermist, on a special mission to obtain a series 

 of birds from that district. In this mission he appears to 

 have achieved considerable success, having secured nearly 

 1000 specimens in a few months. The present memoir is 

 based mainly upon this collection, but includes all other 

 available information upon the birds of the Erie district. 

 The species recorded in the list are 237 in number and 

 the held-no f es are ample and well written. The occurrence 

 of Biiumich's Murrc (Uria lomvia) so far from the sea- 

 coast is interesting. In December 1896 a large flight of 

 these birds seems to have made its way up the basin of 

 the Great Lakes far into the interior. Other stray speci- 

 mens of the same species were obtained in the winter of 

 1899-1900. The Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius), 

 formerly "very abundant," is now "almost exterminated " ', 

 the last recorded specimens were killed in 1889. 



29. True on the U.S. National Museum in 1903. 



[Report upon the Condition and Progress of the U.S. National Museum 

 during the Year ending June 30th, 1903. By II. Rath bun. Washington, 

 1904.] 



The portion of this report relating to the Department of 

 Biology is by Mr. Frederick W. True, the Head Curator. 



