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burrows with our LeacVs Petrel (0. leucorrhoa) , on an islet 

 at the mouth of Sitka Bay, Alaska ; and it may be ad- 

 visable to warn British ornithologists that the trivial name 

 " Fork-tailed Petrel/' which we apply to " Leach's Petrel/' 

 is used by Americans for 0. f areata. Mr. J. Grinnell gives 

 an account of the land- birds observed in winter on the lofty 

 island (3000 ft.) of Santa Catalina, California^ and follows 

 with descriptions of a new subspecies or geographical race 

 of Thrasher [Harporhjnchus) and a new subspecies of Wren 

 [Salpinctes) ; while Dr. E. A. Mearns, as well as Mr. 

 McGregor, describe otlier new species from Lower California. 

 Mr. W. Palmer has a paper on the smaller Shrikes found in 

 North America to the east of the Plains. In the General 

 Notes Dr. Elliott Coues opposes Dr. L. Stejneger's views 

 about the generic names of some of the Swallows. 



Dendroica kirtlandi, with a coloured plate, is the subject 

 of the first article, by Mr. P. M. Chapman, in No. 4. Next, 

 Mr. D. G. Elliot calls for nothing less than the rejection of 

 Canon xl. of the A. O. U. Code, which is that " the original 

 typography of a name is rigidly preserved, unless a typo- 

 graphical error is evident j" and Prof. J. A. Allen defends 

 Canon xl. against Mr. Elliot and Dr. Elliott Coues. It is 

 not for us to express an opinion, but those who are interested 

 in questions of nomenclature will find much amuse- 

 ment and some instruction in these articles, especially if 

 they have had a classical education. Passing over contribu- 

 tions of purely local interest, we reach Mr. A. W. Anthony's 

 paper on the Avifauna of the Revillagigedo Islands, oft' 

 Lower California. Mr. Pidgway publishes a second instal- 

 ment of his new species and subspecies of American birds ; 

 and he also describes a new Humming-bird, Atthis morcomi 

 (near A. heloisa), from a female obtained in the Huachuca 

 Mountains, Arizona, the adult male being as yet unknown. 

 From the Truando River, Colombia, Mr. C. W. Richmond 

 describes Gynostimops cassini sp. n. Lastly, Mr. C. K. Clarke 

 claims to have discovered the loug-sought-for nest (with 5 

 eggs!) of Totanus solitarius on Lake Ontario, but the evidence 

 of identification seems to us to be by no means conclusive. 



