IOO Recent Literature. T^ 



in the ' Catalogue,' but it is not always clear whether the- information 

 given is new or taken from published sources, as the proposed bibliog- 

 raphy of works consulted has been omitted, it having been found, per- 

 haps, too voluminous for the space at the author's command. As a 

 supplemental part, or' addendum' "will, it is hoped, be published in the 

 near future," to include the voluminous "notes on and references to the 

 species included in the first two parts of this Catalogue," it may be that 

 we shall have a bibliography in the proposed additional part. Part III 

 closes with two pages of addenda and an index to the whole work. 



Mr. Macoun has succeeded in bringing together and rendering avail- 

 able a vast amount of information on the distribution and habits of Can- 

 adian birds, and has thereby placed the ornithological world under grate- 

 ful obligations. — J. A. A. 



Todd on the Mammal and Bird Fauna of Beaver County, Pennsyl- 

 vania. 1 — Beaver County, in its faunal relationships, is Carolinian, a 

 dozen or more characteristically Carolinian species of birds being enu- 

 merated by Mr. Todd as of common occurrence in the County. The lists 

 are briefly annotated; the bird list numbers 178 species, and is believed 

 to be fairly complete. — J. A. A. 



Stone on Birds and Mammals from Mt. Sanhedrin, California. ' 2 — 

 Mount Sanhedrin is in Mendocino County, California, and attains an 

 altitude of 5,000 feet. The birds here recorded were collected by Mr. A. 

 S. Bunnell of Berkeley, and number 56 species, with field notes on these 

 and 33 others observed by Mr. Bunnell. As nothing had previously been 

 published on the region, the present paper forms a welcome addition to 

 the faunal literature of California. — J. A. A. 



Raine on the Eggs of the Solitary Sandpiper. 3 — "At last," says 

 Mr. Raine, "the long-sought for eggs of the Solitary Sandpiper have been 

 found, and it affords me much pleasure to be the first ornithologist to 

 have the opportunity of recording its nesting habits, which are unique 

 amongst North American birds, for I have positive proof that this species 

 lays its eggs in the [abandoned] nests of other birds." After considering 



1 The Mammal and Bird Fauna of Beaver County, Pennsylvania. By W. 

 E. Clyde Todd, Custodian, Depart. Mammals and Birds, Carnegie Museum, 

 Pittsburg, Pa. Bausman's History of Beaver County, Pa., Vol. II, 1904, pp. 

 1195-1202. Separates, dated Nov. 23, 1904. Birds, pp. 1 198-1202. 



2 On a Collection of Birds and Mammals from Mount Sanhedrin, California. 

 By Witmer Stone. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1904, pp, 576-585. 

 Oct. 17, 1904. Birds, pp. 580-585. 



3 Discovery of the Eggs of Solitary Sandpiper. By Walter Raine. Ottawa 

 Naturalist, Vol. XVIII, 1904, pp. 135-13S. Published Oct. 20, 1904. 



