Recently published Ornithological Works. 451 



existence " of a species which barely boasted a score of known 

 specimens up to the date of the United States Expedition to 

 Point Barrow, on which Mr. Murdoch was the naturalist. 

 He considers that Keenan Island, to the north of Point 

 Barrow, will probably prove to be one of the main breeding- 

 grounds of this beautiful Gull, although colonies doubtless 

 exist on Dr. Nansen's Hvidtenland and in other localities 

 within the circumpolar area. Passing over papers of local 

 interest, Mr. Witmer Stone's article on " Some Philadelphia 

 Ornithological Collections and Collectors, 1784-1850/' is 

 of considerable value and full of quaint incidents. For 

 instance, when Peale attempted to open his Museum on 

 Sundays the local press was hostile in its criticism, " to 

 counteract which he had a sign prepared for display on the 

 Sabbath, bearing the legend: ' Here the wonderful works 

 of the Divinity may be contemplated with pleasure and 

 advantage. Let no one enter to-day with any other view.' " 

 The public spirit of Dr. Thomas B. Wilson in purchasing 

 the Massena, Gould, and Boys collections is admirably 

 shown ; and, perhaps from a narrow-minded point of view, 

 we may regret that for want of such energy in Europe 

 these magnificent collections crossed the water. 



65. Bangs on the Birds of Santa Marta, Colombia. 



[(1) On some Birds from Santa Marta, Colombia. By Ontram Bangs. 

 Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, xii. p. 131 (1898). 



(2) On some Birds from Pueblo Viejo, Colombia. By Outram Bangs. 

 Ibid. p. 167 (1898). 



(3) On some Birds from the Siei'ra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. 

 By Outram Bangs. Ibid. p. 171 (1898).] 



These three papers, which until recently have escaped our 

 notice, contain an account of the specimens of birds obtained 

 for the author by Mr. W. W. Brown, Jun., who is collecting 

 at Santa Marta, on the north coast of Colombia, and on the 

 celebrated isolated peak of the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta, 

 which rises to a height of 17,400 feet above the sea-level^. 



In the first paper Mr. Bangs writes on a series of 700 



* Cf. Simons, Proc. R. G. S. 1879, p. G89. 



