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some one of the interesting localities he visited. Nevertheless there are 

 a great many scattered items — too many indeed for individual mention of 

 any of them here — that are of interest and that add largely to our knowl- 

 edge especially concerning details of distribution of some of the species. 



In regard to the status of several subspecies the author reaffirms his 

 opinions given in the article above referred to. In some of these cases — 

 Corvus caurinus, for example — he appears to be right, but there are others 

 where his conclusions are not so happy. Such forms, for instance, as 

 Melospiza lincolni striata and Sylvania pitsilla pileolata show characters 

 that even one who runs at Mr. Rhoads's hasty pace may easily read, and 

 there are other cases of subspecies entered on the list that make one 

 wonder whether all his identifications would be sustained were the col- 

 lections on which they are based to be carefully studied by some more 

 experienced ornithologist. In fact he runs atilt at more than one long- 

 accepted conclusion in such a light-hearted spirit that it is hard to avoid 

 suspecting him of superficiality in his investigations, a suspicion that — in 

 two cases at least — is by no means allayed by Mr. Brewster's recent 

 determinations (antea, pp. 236-237) of some material from the same 

 region. — C. F. B. 



Minor Ornithological Publications. — 'Shooting and Fishing.' — The 

 following record (Nos. 25 18-2610) includes all the ornithological articles 

 of importance in the first thirteen volumes (May, 1S85 -April 2 °' l §9?>) OI 

 'Shooting and Fishing.' This journal, which is published in Boston, was 

 first issued under the title of 'The Rifle'; the present name was assumed in 

 No. 5 of Vol. 4. 



2518. A Specimen of Hutchins Goose. By Ben Bent [= Frank S. 

 Pinckney]. ' Shooting and Fishing, 1 Vol. 5, No. 7, Dec 13, 188S, p. 134. 



2519. That Last Woodcock. By Snap Shot. Ibid., Vol. 6, No. iS, 

 Aug. 29, 18S9, pp. 3.S--353- — At Calais, Maine, Nov. 20. 



2520. Observations on the Fall Flight of Woodcock. — iSSq. By C. A. 

 B. [ramble]. Ibid., Vol. 7, No. 5, Nov. 28, 1889, p. 89. 



2521. Snipe in December. By R. Greenwood [ = A. C. Gould]. Ibid., 

 No. 9, Dec. 26, 1889, p. 174. 



2522. Habits of the Ruffed Grouse. By Small Shot. Ibid, No. 14, 

 Jan. 30, 1890, p. 273. 



2523. Ways of the Ruffed Grouse. By Paul Pastnor [ = James Buck- 

 ham]. Ibid., No. 15, Feb. 6, 1890, pp. 292-293. 



2524. The Woodcock in Nova Scotia. By Edward Jack. Ibid., No. 

 17, Feb. 20, 1890, pp. 332-333. 



2525. Some Notes on Woodcock. By Paul Pastnor [ = James Buck- 

 ham]. Ibid., p. 333. 



2526. Notes on Woodcock. By Saint Croix [ = C. A. Bramble]. Ibid., 

 No. 21, March 20, 1890, p. 413. 



2527. The Food of Woodcock. By William Couper. Ibid.. No. 23, 

 April 3, 1890, p. 458. 



