504 Recent Literature. \^ 



those of the American Ornithologists' Union, instead of those used by 

 Mr. R. H. Howe, Jr., and myself in the ' Birds of Massachusetts ' [c/". 

 ' Auk,' XVIII, July, 1901, p. 278]," since " it is believed that the use of the 

 order more commonly adopted will make the list more convenient as a 

 working basis for more complete catalogues." The list now given is 

 considered as only a preliminary one, to be further perfected, especially in 

 respect to the water birds. 



Ten pages are devoted to a review of the literature of the subject, in- 

 cluding a literal reprint of Jeremy Belknap's list of New Hampshire 

 birds, published in 1792, in the third volume of his • History of New 

 Hampshire,' with pertinent comment and the equivalent modern names 

 of the identifiable species, — all but about seven or eight out of a total of 

 130 names. A resume is given of the later contributions to New Hamp- 

 shire ornithology, together with a bibliography (pp. 194-204), numbering 

 about 150 titles. 



A discussion of 'The Faunal Areas of New Hampshire ' occupies about 

 eighteen pages (pp. 36-53). This includes a short account of the topog- 

 raphy of the State, and an attempt to define in considerable detail the life 

 zones. These include (i) the upper austral (= Carolinian Fauna), which, 

 however, does not really reach New Hampshire, and is only suggested by 

 a few sporadic instances of the occurrence of two or three ' upper austral ' 

 species ; (2) the transition (:= Alleghanian Fauna), which occupies the 

 river valleys up to 600 feet, and under favorable local conditions up to 

 1500 feet, and the low area along the coast; (3) the Canadian (:= Canadian 

 Fauna), which includes a large part of the forested portions of the State ; 

 (4) the Hudsonian (=: Hudsonian Fauna), limited to a few small isolated 

 areas in the extreme northern part of the State, but, so far as known, not 

 inhabited by any strictly Hudsonian species of birds; (5) the 'arctic- 

 alpine,' restricted to the treeless barren summits of the highest peaks of 

 the White Mountains, and also without any distinctively arctic species of 

 birds. In describing and defining the limits of these several faunal areas 

 the characteristic species of plants, mammals, and reptiles, as well as of 

 birds, inhabiting them are mentioned, and much interesting information 

 is incidentally included respecting the extension of the ranges of a num- 

 ber of birds through the clearing away by man of the heavy primeval 

 forest. 



There are also (pp. 54-61) extended remarks on certain phases of bird 

 migration in the State, especially on the periodic incursions of the Red 

 Crossbill and the White-winged Crossbill. 



The very fully annotated list (pp. 62-186) includes 283 species, of which 

 29 are added in a postscript on the basis of a paper by Mr. Ned Dearborn 

 on the ' Birds of Durham and Vicinity,' which appeared while Mr. Allen's 

 paper was passing through the press. The annotations give, in many 

 instances, the distribution of species of local occurrence in the State in 

 considerable detail, in addition to the usual notes on the 'manner of 

 occurrence,' dates of migration, etc. An elaborate index, giving refer- 



