336 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



the breeding-season, Cohjmbus adamsi " abounds " ; '^ quite 

 a large number " of nests of Xema sabinii were found, and 

 numerous nests of Calcarius lapponicus and C. pictus were 

 obtained. Chordeiles virginianus occurs as an occasional 

 straggler. 



46. Menzbier and Sever tzoio on the Ornithology ofTurlcestan. 

 [Dr. N. A. Severtzow. Ornithologie dii Turkestan et des .Pays 



adjacents. Par M. le Docteur M. A. Menzbier. Livr. 3. Text and 

 Atlas. Folio. Moscoii : 1891.] 



The third livraison of this interesting, but somewhat 

 slowly progressing, work was issued last year, and continues 

 the account of tlie Diurnal Raptores, amongst which several 

 forms almost unknown to European ornithologists are intro- 

 duced. Hierofalco altaicus, so far as we are aware, now 

 described for the first time, is said to be allied to H. labra- 

 dorus. The species figured in the accompanying '' Atlas " 

 are Circus spilonotus, Scops brucei, Calliope pectoraUs, and 

 Otis dybowskii. 



47. Merriam on Birds f rum Idaho. 



[Results of a Biological lleconnoissance of South-Central Idaho. An- 

 notated List of Birds, with Description of a new Owl. By Dr. C. Hart 

 Merriam. North-American Fauna, no. 5, p. 89.] 



Idaho is not a familiar name to ornithologists, and our 

 information relating to its natural history generally is so 

 scanty that our friend Dr. IVTerriam did well in selecting it 

 for a " biological reconnoissance " in 1890. What a pleasant 

 trip he must have had, accompanied by his chief field- 

 naturalist and two assistants ! What would our Treasury 

 say if Prof. Flower were to ask them to send four naturalists 

 and suite on a 'Mnological reconnoissance " to Mount Dinkit 

 or IMount Kenia or some other terra incognita within the 

 " British sphere of influence '' ? We will not, however, in- 

 dulge in euvy, but will congratulate Dr. Merriam on his 

 good fortune, and express a hope that many more recon- 

 noissances of the same description may be authorized. 

 Dr. Merrian/s report relates principally to mammals, to 



