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Robinson and Richmond on Birds from La Guaira, Venezuela.i — 

 — This annotated list of 83 species is based on collections made bj 

 Captain Robinson in 1895 and 1900. The "identifications, descriptions 

 of new species, and critical notes" are b_)- Dr. Richmond and the field 

 notes by Captain Robinson. One species, Microcercuhis pecforah's, is 

 described as new, and there are a few corrections of nomenclature. The 

 proper generic name of Falco unicinctus Temm. [^ Regerhinus, uni- 

 c/«c/«5 auct.) is given as Chondrohierax Lesson, 1843. — J. A. A. 



Embody's 'Birds of Madison County, New York.' ^ — This list was 

 presented as a thesis for the degree of Master of Science at Colgate Uni- 

 versity, and forms a brochure of 36 pages. It "is not supposed to be 

 complete," being based mostly on the observations of the writer during 

 the period 1895-1901, and includes for the most part only species actually 

 taken by him, "whose object has been to put forth an accurate list rather 

 than one great in numbers." The list proper, judiciously annotated, 

 numbers 191 species, with a supplementary ' Hypothetical List ' of 16 

 species. The paper is a welcome contribution to faunal literature. — 

 J. A. A. 



Osgood's Contributions to the Natural History of the Queen Charlotte 

 Islands and the Cook Inlet Region of Alaska.'' — During the field season 

 of 1901 Mr. Osgood, with Mr. Edmund Heller as assistant, was sent to ex- 

 plore the Qiieen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, and the Cook Inlet 

 Region of Alaska, in the interest of the Biological Survey. A little over 

 a month, Jvme 13 to July 18, was devoted to the Queen Charlotte Islands, 

 the three largest of the group, Graham, Moresby, and Prevost being 

 visited. The weather proved very unfavoi^able, yet the results of the trip 

 greatly increase our knowledge of these previousl}' little known islands. 

 A brief account is given of their discovery and previous slight exploration, 

 of their physiography, flora, fauna, and life zones, and a bibliography of 

 previous references of their natural historv. An extensivelv annotated 



^An Annotated List of Birds collected in the vicinity of La Guaira, Vene- 

 zuela. By Wirt Robinson, Captain. U. S. Army, and Charles W. Richmond, 

 Assistant Curator of Birds, [U. S. National Museum]. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 Vol. XXIV, No. 1247, pp. 163-178, 1901. 



^Birds of Madison County, New York. By George Charles Embody, B. S. 

 Bull. Depart. Geol. and Nat. Hist., Colgate University. Svo, pp. 36, Hamil- 

 ton, N. Y., 1901. 



^Natural History of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Nat- 

 ural History of the Cook Inlet Region, Alaska. By Wilfred H. Osgood, As- 

 sistant, Biological Survey. Prepared under the direction of Dr. C. Hart Mer- 

 riam, Chief of Division of Biological Survey. North American Fauna, No. 

 21, Sept. 26, 1901. Pp. 87, map, and 5 half-tone pll. 



