1 88 Recent Literature. [April 



Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 



The first series of the 'Proceedings' ended in 1876. Vols. I and II 

 (1887-1889) of the second series contain the following (Nos. 2215-2223). 



2215. Unusual Nesting Sites. II. Bj Walter E. Bryant. '^Proceedings 

 of the California Academy of Sciences,' 2d Series, Vol. I, 1888, pp. 7-10. 



2216. Birds and Eggs from the Farallon Islands. By Walter E. 

 Bryant. Ibid., pp. 25-50. 



2217. Description of a New Subspecies of Song Sparrow from Lozvcr 

 California, Mexico. By Walter E. Bryant. Ibid., pp. 197-200. — M. f 

 rivularis. 



2218. Description of a New Thrush from Calaveras County, California. 

 By L. Belding. Ibid., Vol. II, 1889, pp. 18, 19. — Tardus sequoiensis. 



2219. Descriptions of the Nests and Eggs of Some Lower Californian 

 Birds, -with a Description of the Young Plumage of Geothlypis beldingi. 

 By Walter E. Bryant. Ibid., pp. 20-24. 



2220. The Small Thrushes of California. By L. Belding. Ibid., pp. 



57-72- 



2221. Neiv Birds from Lower California, Mexico. By Alfred W. 

 Anthony. Ibid., pp. 73-82. — Oreortyx picta confinis, Aphelocotna cali- 



f arnica obscura, Junco townsendi, Sitta pygmira leuconucha, Sialia mex- 

 icana anabelce. See also Auk, VII, 28 (. 



2222. General Ornithological Notes. I. Edited by Walter E. Bryant. 

 Ibid., pp. 83-90. 



2223. A Catalogue of the Birds of Lower California, Mexico. By Walter 

 E. Bryant. Ibid., pp. 237-320. See Auk, VII, 281. 



Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada. 



In Vols, I-VIII (1883-1891) there is one contribution to be noted here, 

 No. 2224. 



2224. Notes on the Birds of Hudson s Bay. By Robert Bell. "■ Proceed- 

 ings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada,' Vol. I, Section 

 IV, 1883, pp. 49-54. 



Reports of the Canadian Geological Survey. 



Although these Reports are devoted chiefly to geographical and geo- 

 logical explorations yet they contain a few papers on the plants and ani- 

 mals of the regions explored. In the 'Reports of Progress' dated 1879- 

 1885 and the 'Annual Reports (New Series)', Vols. I-IV, 1886-1890, are 

 the following (Nos. 2225-2227). 



2225. List of Birds from the Region bettveen Norway House and Forts 

 Churchill and York. By Robert Bell. ' Geological and Natural History 

 Survey of Canada. Report of Progress for 18 jS-yg.' IV. Report on Ex- 

 plorations on the Churchill and Nelson Rivers and around God's and 

 Island Lakes, 1879. Appendix VI, pp. 67-70. 



