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a good species. It also embraces specimens of the rare Kuhl's Pajrot 

 (Coriphilus kiilili) of the Fanning Islands, the precise habitat of wl>fch is 

 now for tlie tii-st time determined, and three new species, one of which, 

 Pujlimis {Xectris) nntirilatis, from Christmas Island, is here for the first 

 time described. The otliers are a Gallinule (GaUinida sandvicensii, Streets, 

 Ibis, 1877, p. 25) from the Hawaiian Islands, and a Duck (C7i(iH/e?<i.smH« 

 couesi, Streets, Bull. Xut. Orn. Club, Vol. I, 1876, p. 40) from Washing- 

 ton Island. The breeding haV)its and eggs of CraverVAuk {Brachyrham- 

 phus craveri) are also described, and there are many valuable biographical 

 and other notes on several hitherto little known species. — J. A. A. 



Bexdire's Notes on't^e Birds of Southeastern Oregon. — In a 

 list einbrac-ng one hundred and ninety-one species and varieties, Captain 

 Bendire • gives the results of field observations made in the vicinity of 

 Camp Harney, Oregon, covering a considerable period. Aside from some 

 former notes by the same author,t which treated more especially of the 

 winter birds of this locality, we have here otir first detailed information 

 respecting the ornithology of the immediate region under consideration. 

 Camp Harney, tlie central point, is situated on tlie sonthern sIo|>e of one of 

 the western spurs of the Blue Mountains, ami has an altitude of about 

 four thousand eight hundred feet. The country to the northward is moun- 

 tainous, and well forested with pine, spruc&s, and fir, internji-xed with 

 groves of aspen and juniper ; in all other directions it is open, consisting 

 of desert wastes of sagebrush and grcasewood, with here and there more 

 fertile tracts covered with nutritious grasses. As would be naturally ex- 

 pecteil, fullj' one half of the species are emphatically Western, or are 

 represented by Western varieties. The fauna is distinctlj', however, that 

 of the Middle Province, although a few forms usually considered as con- 

 fined to the Pacific slope are here represented. The list is enriched with 

 copious biographical notes, including descriptions of the breeding-habits, 

 nests, and eggs of a large number of the less well-known species, and 

 forms a most important contribution to the ornithology of the West. — 

 J. A. A. 



i/kidowat's Report on the Ornithology of the Fortieth Par- 

 allel. — This long-delayed work J has by no means lost its importance 



• Notes on sonic of the Birds found in Southeastern Oregon, particularly in 

 the A'icinity of Camp Harney, from November, 1874, to January, 1S77. By 

 Captain Charles Buudiro, U. S. Army. Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., VoL 

 XIX, pp. 109-149, Nov. 1877. 



t Notes on Seventy-uine Species of Birds observed in the Neighborhood of 

 Cain]i Harney, Oregon, comjiiled [by Dr. T. M. Brewer] from the Correspond- 

 ence of Captain Charles Bendire, 1st Cavalry U. S. A. Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. 

 Hist., Vol. XVIII, pp. 153-168, Nov. 1875. 



} Report of Geological Kxplorations of the Fortieth Parallel. Clarence King, 



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