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Scandinavia; (ifl) L. mtita vulgaris, the Alps of Southern Europe, the 

 Pyranees, and probably Scotland; (2) L. ridgzvayi, Commander Islands; 

 (3) L. hyperborea, Spitzbergen ; (4) L. isla?tdorum, Iceland; (5) /,. 

 rupestris, Arctic America and the Siberian tundras ; (5«) L. rupestris 

 reinhardti, Greenland; ($b) L. rupestris nelsoni, Unalashka; (5c) L. 

 rupestris atkhensis, Atkha (Alutian Islands) ; (6) L. leucura, Rock}- and 

 Cascade Mountains. The synonymy and distinctive characters of each 

 form are briefly given. The paper is here and there marred by typograph- 

 ical errors, for which the author is doubtless not responsible.— J. A. A. 



Stejneger on New Species of Birds from Kamtschatka and the Com- 

 mander Islands.* — These are : (1) Pica camtschatica, (2) Corvus greb- 

 nitzskii, (3) Alauda blakistoni, (4) Dendrocopos immaculatus, (5) 

 Lagopus ridgzvayi — all closely allied to species of Siberia or Japan. 



Stejneger on Recent Ornithological Publications in the United States, t 

 — This is a carefully annotated list of all the more important works and 

 papers published in the United States between January 1, 1883, an< ^ May 

 1, 1884, and numbers about 65 titles. The remarks about each are suffi- 

 cient to indicate the general scope and character of the papers and works 

 mentioned. — J. A. A. 



Merriam on a Bird New to the Bermudas, etc. J — The Song Sparrow 

 {Melospiza J'asciata) is added to the species of birds previously recorded 

 from these islands, and there are observations on three other species met 

 with there, namely, Pyranga rubra, Pelionetta perspicillata, and Cymo- 

 chorea leucorrhoa. — J. A. A. 



Shufeldt on the Osteology of Ceryle alcyon.§— This is another of Dr. 

 Shufeldt's carefully prepared osteological memoirs, and is devoted, as the 

 title indicates, to the osteology of our common Belted Kingfisher. The 

 osteological characters of the bird are fully detailed, and its structure com- 

 pared with that of allied forms. The paper is illustrated by an excellent 

 plate, and figures in the text of the skull of Alcedo ispida. — J. A. A. 



* Diagnoses of New Species of Birds from Kamtschatka and the Commander 

 Islands. By Leonhard Stejneger. Proc. Biolog. Soc. of Washington, II, pp. 97-98. 

 (Separates issued April 10, 1884.) 



t Die wichtigsten ornithologischen Fublicationen aus den Vereinigten Staaten vom 

 1. Januar 1883 bis 1. Mai 1884. Von Leonhard Stejneger. Zeitsch. fur die gesammte 

 Ornithologie, I, pp, 179-189, 1884. 



X On a Bird new to the Bermudas, with notes upon several other species of rare or 

 accidental occurrence in these Islands. By Clinton Hart Merriam, M.D. Bull. No. 25. 

 U. S. National Museum, pp. 283, 284, 1884. 



$ Osteology of Ceryle alcyon. By R. W. Shufeldt, Captain Med. Corps, U. S. 

 Army [etc-.], Journ. of Anat. and Physiol., XVIII, pp. 279-294, pi. xiv. 



