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great usefulness to those who desire an acquaintance with the bird life of 

 New Jersey. — J. A. A. 



G. M. Allen's List of the Birds of New England.'— Volume VII of the 

 'Occasional Papers' of the Boston Society of Natural History, entitled 

 'Fauna of New England,' will contain a Catalogue of the animals of New 

 England, of which the present part is devoted to a 'List of the Aves.' 

 These lists, it is stated, are considered by the Committee having the matter 

 in charge to be "a necessary preliminary to a series of comprehensive, illus- 

 trated monographs, the publication of which it is hoped the Society will 

 at some later time take upon itself." The preliminary lists are to include: 

 "(1) the accepted name (scientific and vernacular); (2) reference to the 

 original description, with record of locality; (3) reference to an authentic 

 description and illustration; (4) habitat and occurrence." 



The present list of birds is constructed on these lines, the references being 

 restricted to the place of original description and to some later work in 

 which, respectively, the species and its eggs have been figured. To this is 

 added the manner of occurrence of the species in each of the New England 

 States, usually condensed into a general statement of one to three lines for 

 each State, without citations of authority, even in the case of species of 

 rare or casual occurrence. Nor is there a bibliography. The nomenclature 

 is that of the A. O. U. Check-List, including the changes of the 14th 

 Supplement published July, 1908. 



The list includes 402 species and subspecies, with a supplemental list of 

 57 'Species Introduced or Erroneously Accredited" to New England. 

 This list includes a considerable number of species, mostly game birds, 

 introduced from the West or from the Old World, with a summary of the 

 results of such introductions, from which it appears that the greater part 

 have been unsuccessful. The 'List of the Aves' is thus a convenient 

 and useful catalogue of the birds of New England, without adding greatly 

 to previously existing knowledge of the subject. The work has been com- 

 piled with evident care and accuracy and is thus an entirely trustworthy 

 and up-to-date record. The vernacular names include those of local use as 

 well as the standard Check-List vernacular name. A tabular, separately 

 paged Check-List of 10 pages accompanies the 'List,' in which is shown the 

 distribution of the species by States, and also whether or not they are 

 represented in the Society's collection. — J. A. A. 



Osgood's 'Biological Investigations in Alaska and Yukon Territory.' ^ — 



During 1903 Mr. Osgood's work was done "along the middle Yukon River 



1 Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History, Vol. VII. Fauna of 

 New England. 11. List of the Aves. By Glover M. Allen. Boston: Printed for the 

 Society from the Gurdon Saltonstall Fund. June, 1909. 8vo, pp. 1-230. 



2 Biological Investigations in Alaska and Yukon Territory. I, East Central 

 Alaska. II, The Ogilvie Range, Yukon. Ill, The Macmillan River, Yukon. 

 By Wilfred H. Osgood, Assistant, Biological Survey. Prepared under the direction 

 of Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Chief of Bureau of Biological Survey. North American 

 Fauna, No. 30, October 7, 1909. Pp. 96, pU. i-vi, and 2 text figures (maps). 



