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has been carefully sifted on the lines so well begun bj Mr Sherborn in 

 his ' Index Animalium.' 



Some errors are apparent in the 'Index' that might have been avoided 

 had it been practicable to circulate proof-sheets among specialists for 

 correction. Among the bird names we note Ag'ropsa, for Agropsar \ 

 Arguata, for Arquata ; Eubates., for Eribates ; Megaquiscalis, for Alega- 

 quisralus ; Pereiioptertis, for Perciiopterus ; and Connropsis is credited to 

 Hasbrouck, instead of Salvadori. — C. W. R. 



Ornithological Magazines. ' The Osprey.' — With the number for Janu- 

 ary, 1902, 'The Osprey ' 1 entered upon Volume I of its 'New Series' 

 (Vol. VI of the whole series). Up to January, 1903, however, only six 

 numbers had appeared; another has since been printed but apparently 

 has not been issued. The January number contains : 'The California 

 Jay [Aphelocoma californica) ; some of its habits and characteristics,' by 

 D. A. Cohen ; ' Random and Reminiscent Maine Bird Notes,' by W. C. 

 Kendall (on the decrease of birds in Maine during the last twenty years, 

 and advocating more stringent bird protection) ; 'August Birds of Stony 

 Man Mountain, Virginia,' by William Palmer; 'Life and Ornithological 

 Labors of Sir John Richardson,' compiled by Theodore Gill (with por- 

 trait of Richardson). Reviews of Lucas's 'Animals of the Past (illus- 

 trated) ' and of Macoun's ' Catalogue of Canadian Birds ' complete the 

 regular text, to which is added, as a separately-paged supplement, ' Gen- 

 eral History of Birds,' Chapter I (pp. 1-4), treating of ' The English 

 Names,' and 'The Birds' Place in Nature.' 



The February number has: ' Notes on the Habits of the Broad-winged 

 Hawk {Buteo platypterus) in the Vicinity of Washington, D. C.,' by J. H. 

 Riley (nest illustrated); 'Rambles about my Old Home,' by Milton S. 

 Ray (at San Mateo, Cal., contrasting present conditions with those of 

 eighteen years ago) ; ' The Mocking Bird at Home,' by F. H. Knowlton ; 

 ' Reminiscent and Random Maine Bird Notes,' by W. C. Kendall (con- 

 tinued from Jan. number); ' Professor Alfred Newton, F. R. S.,' by Dr. 

 R. W. Shufeldt (with portrait). Reviews of Ridgway's ' Birds of North 

 and Middle America,' Part I, and Herrick's 'The Home Life of Wild 

 Birds' (with sample illustrations), complete tlie regular text, with pp. 5- 

 12 of 'The General History of Birds,' containing 'Characters of the 



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 Robert Ridgway, Leonhard Stejneger, Frederic A. Lucas, Charles W. Rich- 

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