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Although the list includes no species whose occurrence in Tennessee is 

 improbable, it is to be regretted that Mr. Rhoads should not have been 

 content to record not only the " 10 of doubtful record," but a few others 

 also, as species of probable occurrence, without including them and num- 

 bering them as a part of his list. He could have given the evidence in 

 such cases 'for what it may be worth,' and thus have saved giving to his 

 list, to say the least, a very unscientific flavoring. So many such inclu- 

 sions render it very far from a ' hard-and-fast ' list. In fact we are sur- 

 prised to see a writer of Mr. Rhoads's scientific ability and experience 

 setting such a bad example in the matter of a local list. — J. A. A. 



Short's Birds of Western New York. 1 — Mr. Short's former list (see 

 Auk, XI, 1S94, p. 16S), published in 1893, contained 207 species, one of 

 which is here omitted, and to which 23 are now added, giving a total of 

 229 species in the present edition. The annotations respecting the rarer 

 species are brought down to date. The typographical execution has been 

 greatly improved, the list being for the most part neatly arranged and 

 printed : towards the close the compositor seems to have run short of tvpe, 

 supplying the deficiency, in certain letters, from a smaller font. The list 

 has evidently been prepared with care, and may doubtless be regarded as 

 a trustworthy enumeration of the birds of the region to which it relates. 

 — J. A. A. 



A List of Nebraska Birds. 2 — This paper is primarily designed to give 

 the residents of Nebraska some knowledge of the distribution, compara- 

 tive numbers, and economic value of the birds which occur in their State. 

 An opening chapter, 'Remarks about Birds in general,' treats of their 

 relation to man and of their economic and esthetic importance. The 

 list proper includes brief annotations on distribution and manner of 

 occurrence, with, in some cases, remarks on the bird's food and its value 

 to the agriculturist. Herein are recorded 415 species and subspecies. 

 Of these Xema sabinii, Sterna flaradis&a, Tantalus loculator, Ammo- 

 dramus eaudacutus nelsont, Sitta fiusilla and Merula migratoria fropin- 

 qua, seem to have been introduced on insufficient evidence, while 

 ^jdsealns quiscula, Acantkis linaria rostrata, Jutico hyemalis oregonits, 

 Lanius litdovicianus, Seiur/is noveboracensis are included as a result of 

 evident misidentifications. Subtracting these eleven birds and we have 



1 Birds of Western New York. With Notes. By Ernest H. Short. Second 

 Edition, 1896. Frank H. Lattin, Publisher, Albion, N. Y. 8vo, pp. 20. 



-'Some Notes on Nebraska Birds. A Eist of the Species and Subspecies 

 Found in the State, with notes on their distribution, Food-Habits Etc. 

 Corrected to April 22d, 1S96. By Lawrence Burner, Professor of Entomol- 

 ogy and Ornithology, University of Nebraska. Rep. Nebraska State Horti- 

 cultural Society, 1896, Lincoln, Neb. pp. 48-178, 51 cuts in the text. 



