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to be rare in our locality that therefore the person who comes 

 for a brief study will not find it. For nine years I have looked 

 in vain for the Short-billed Marsh Wren in this county; but last 

 year one of my students found one! A week later 1 also had 

 that privilege. 



In our critic's statement, "It is unnecessary to call atten- 

 tion to other identifications almost as glaring, for enough has 

 been said to illustrate the danger of publishing local lists with- 

 out years of experience gained in the locality itself." I cannot 

 but feel that- he has been led into a too sweeping statement by 

 the style of criticism adopted, and certainly his idea that this 

 list is intended to pose as a localist i>5 mistaken. A careful 

 scrutiny of the list does not reveal any othar species than those 

 which he has mentioned to which serious exception should be 

 taken. 



It is our intention to revise the whole paper to conform to 

 the late Supplement to the A. O. U. Check-List, when other 

 records which seem to us questionable will be called attention 

 to. Another expedition of a similar nature, but with a scienti- 

 fic setting, is being planned, when we shall have opportunity 

 to compare this initial wor4< with the later. 



LYNDS JONES, Oherlin, Ohio. 



Publications Received. 



■ ■ Pacific Coast 'Ai)ifatma, No. 2. (A List of the Land Birds of 

 Santa CrUz County, California.) By Richard C. McGregor'. 

 Cooper Ornithological Club of California. May 15, 1901. 

 '■ This paper of nearly 22 pages is the second in the series 

 of papers tod e'xtensive for publication 1n the official organ of 

 the Cooper Club. It Is a most happy arrangement by which 

 the papers of greater importance which this active organization 

 is presenting from time to time may be preserved separately, 

 with their own paging. 



The papfer consists of two parts, the Introduction and the 

 list of Land Birds. The Introduction gives one an insight into 

 the methods of work, the amount of time spent, the sources of 



