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he concludes that " the Courlans possess a greater number of gruine 

 characters than thev do ralline ones." The Pah.dicolee are divided mto 

 two superfamilies, the Gruioidea, and the Rallioidea, the first including 

 the Cranes and Courlans, each as distinct t-nnilies. and the other the 

 Rails, Gallinules and Coots. — J. A. A. 



Grundtvigon the Birds of Shiocton, Wisconsin. - Mr. (irundtyig's 

 paper was originallv published in Danish in 1888. and has recently been 

 trai^slated into English and republished.' It is a copiously annotated 

 list of 183 species, the result of systematic daily observations earned on 

 by the author "from October, i88x, to October, 1883," ^vithm the limits 

 oLvervsmall area Outagamie County, Wisconsin. The introductory 

 pa<^es (pp. 73-94) describe the author's method of work the general 

 chSractei and extent of the region treated and the distribution ot the 

 hirds therein, and also notes the influence of the spring weather upon 

 the an-ival of the migratorv birds in both 188. and 1883. During he 

 period n.entioned the author appears to have given a large part of his 

 Ume to the studv in the field of the birds of his immediate vicinity 

 and the results of such detailed work, here presented, possess unusual 

 value and interest. Thanks are due Mr. Faxon and to the Wisconsin 

 Academy for rendering Mr. Cirundtvig s paper accessible to English 

 readers. — J- A. A. 



Bourns and Worcester on the Birds of the Philippine Islands.'^ - 'rhe 

 authors of the present paper " had the honor of forming two ot he 

 M t of five collectors from the Cnited States' which constiuted the 

 ^tler-e Expedition to the Philippines" ^^ ^^87-88, when tl^rt^en of 

 the lar..er islands of the group were visited in company with D, Steeie. 

 ' Being%onvinced.'- sav these authors, "that much remained to be done 

 both iit the discovery of new species and in the working out of the exa t 

 distribution of spedes already known, we were extre-ly anxious o 

 return and continue the work. This we were enabled to do ,n the 

 ::::er of 1890 through the liberality of Mr. Louis F. Memig. a ^jub ic 

 spirited citizen of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and a membei ot the Muine 



•On the Birds of Shiocton in Bovina. Outagamie County, Wisconsin 1 88 1- 

 S^ Bv F L. Crundtvi^^ Trans. Wisconsin Acad. Sciences, Arts, and 

 Letters Vol. X, 1894, PP- 73-i5«^ with map. Translated by Charles E. taxon, 

 f?om he VidensklbeUge Meddelelser fra den naturhistonske toremng 1 

 K-6benhavn for Aaret ,887, pp. 305-396 d^^S). Translation Issued July, 

 1894." 



•^Preliminary Notes on the Hnds and Mammals collected by the Menage 

 Sclent fie Expedition to the Philippine Islands. By Frank S Bourns and 

 DeTc Worcester. Minnesota Acad. Xat. Sciences, (Occasional Papers. 

 Vol. I, No. I, Dec, 1894. 4to.. pp- 64- 



