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Stratford, and several others are taken from Dr. Merriam's 'Review of the 

 Birds of Connecticut,' on the basis of their known occurrence at Milford. 

 In the main, however, the List is based on the author's own observations, 

 and those of a few fellow-observers, whose names are given in the List. 

 The writer says that "no species has been admitted on unreliable evi- 

 dence," and a careful examination of the List indicates that it has been 

 prepared with excellent judgment and great care. The number of species 

 recorded as actually known to occur in the immediate vicinity of Bridge- 

 port is 246, all of which are briefly annotated, explicit data being given for 

 the more notable rarities. — J. A. A. 



Summer Birds of Greene County, Pa. — Mr. J. Warren Jacobs has just 

 issued a carefully annotated list ' of the summer birds of Greene Co., Pa. 

 The list gives about 90 species as breeding in the county, and several 

 others are mentioned as found there during the breeding season. The 

 author says he has "aimed to give a correct list of birds found during the 

 breeding season, and to describe, briefly, the localities frequented by the 

 birds, and to state, where sufficient data has been gathered, the nesting 

 date and the numberofeggs composing the complement." Greene County, 

 Pennsylvania, is situated in the extreme southwestern corner of the State, 

 and includes an area of about 600 square miles, the elevation nowhere 

 much exceeding 1200 feet. The list thus relates to a region of which we 

 previously knew little except inferentially, and being restricted to the 

 breeding season, gives most important information respecting tin- 

 character of its fauna. A similar list for almost any locality south of 

 the latitude of the Ohio and Potomac Rivers, and east of the Plains, would 

 be a most welcome addition to our knowledge of the breeding ranges of 

 many species of our birds, and form a valuable contribution to faunal 

 literature. — J. A. A. 



Nutting's Zoological Explorations on the Lower Saskatchewan River. * 

 — Mr. Nutting's 'Report' of nearly 60 pages records the results of two 

 months' work, in July and August, 1S91, by himself and Messrs. Frank 

 Russel and A. G. Smith, on the Lower Saskatchewan River. Although 

 general collections were made, mammals and birds received particular 

 attention, 3S pages of the 'Report' being devoted to birds (pp. 247-2S6). 

 Besides an annotated list of 104 species, — all taken between July 6 and 

 August 25, and hence assumed to be "summer residents," — several 

 pages are devoted to a discussion of the cause of migration, and several 



1 Summer Birds | of | Greene County, | Pennsylvania. | By | J. Warren Jacobs, | 

 Waynesburg, Pa. | — | Waynesburg, Pa., | — | Republican Book and Job Office. | — 

 I 1893.— 8vo., 15 pp. 



1 Report on Zoological Explorations on the Lower Saskatchewan River. By 

 C. C. Nutting. Bull. Labratories of Natural History of the State University of 

 Iowa, Vol. II, No. 3, Jan. 1893, pp. 235-293. 



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