60 The Wilson Bulletin— No. 78. 



Reptiles and 103 Birds are here recorded, many of tliem accom- 

 panied witli copious annotations. We notice witli some surprise 

 that the word America preceeds Coot, Barn Swallaw and also 

 Magpie. In the last case it seems more defensible in order to 

 distinguish it from the Yellow-billed Magpie, We also note the 

 use of the word Eastern in reference to Tyrannus tyrannus. 

 which seems to us entirely proper when Tyrannus verticalis is 

 called Western Kingbird. 



Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 1-124, pis. 1-14. February 1.3, 1012. Report on 

 collection of Birds and Mammals from A'ancouver Island. By 

 Harry S. Swarth. The collection was made by the author with 

 the assistance of Mr. E. Despard. The collecting begin on April 

 24 and closed on September 28. Ill birds and 20 mammals are 

 here recorded, accompanied by interesting and valuable annota- 

 tions. Mr. Swarth is an adept at making collections and carry- 

 ing away facts relating to the lives of animals. 



This series of papers from the Zoological department of the Uni- 

 versity of California indicates in an incomplete and feeble way 

 what it is doing toward securing an accurate picture of the ani- 

 mal life of that incomparable coast region. If every state univer- 

 sity was as wide awake to its possibilities in the same line of 

 work the time would not be long until we would have at hand 

 the preliminary surveys of the animals of the whole nation as a 

 basis for the more intensive studies whicTi we may see just 

 ahead. l. j. 



SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS. Volume 56. 



No. 25. Descriptions of Seven New African Grass-Warblers of 

 the Genus Cisticola. By Edgar A. Mearns, Associate in Zoology, U. 

 S. National Museum. " This paper is the fifteenth dealing with the 

 results of the Smithsonian African Expedition, under the direction 

 of Col. Theodore Roosevelt." The paper is concerned only with 

 descriptions of the new forms, two of which are full species. 



No. 27. A New Kingfisher from Panama. By E. A. Goldman. 

 This new form is appropriately named Ceryle americana isthmica. 

 since the type is from Rio Indio (near Gatun), Canal Zone, Panama. 



No. 28. Description of a New Species of Sun-bird, Helionympha 

 raineyi. from British East Africa. By Edgar A. Mearns. 



No. 30. A New Subspecies of Ptarmigan frorii the Aleutian 

 Islands. By A. C. Bent. This is described as Lagopus rupestris 

 sanfordi, Tanaga Ptarmigan collected at Tanaga Island. Alaska 

 during Mr. Bent's 1911 expedition to the Aleutian Islands. 



No. 32. Notes On Bird? Observed During a Brief Visit to the 



