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116. Hartlaub on Birds from Alaska. 



•[Beitrao' znr Orr.ithologie von Alaska. Nach Samiulungeii imd Noten 

 von Dr. Arthur Krause und Dr. Aurel Krause. Von Dr. G. Hartlaub. 

 SeparataMr. aus Cab. Jouru. f. Oru. 1883, Juli-Heft.] 



Dr. Hartlaub gives us an account of the collection of birds 

 made in the Chilcat district of S.E. Alaska in 1882 by the 

 brothers Krause, who contribute some excellent prefatory 

 remarks on the general aspect of the country, and field-notes 

 on the birds. Eighty-three species were in the collection, 

 amongst which are Selasphorus rufus, Lagopus leucurus, and 

 Tringa ptilocnemis. The Selasphorus arrives to breed on 

 May 20th, and disappears at the end of August. 



Dr. Hartlaub (somewhat unwillingly) has given way to 

 the American practice of using trinomials in some cases : 

 for instance Parus atricapillus occidentalis. 



117. Homey er and Tancre's Birds of the Altai. 



[BeitrJige zui" Kenntniss der Ornitliologie Westsibirieus, namentlich 

 der Altai-Gegend. Von E. F. von Homeyer und C. A. Tancre. Mit- 

 theilungen des ornitbologischen Vereiues in V^len. Mai 1883.] • 



Many readers of ' The Ibis ' are aware that Herr Tancre 

 has had a collector in the Altai Mountains for the last two 

 years. The result of his labours, collated with those of Drs. 

 Finsch and Brehm, are given in detail by the above-men- 

 tioned writers, with the exception of the Waders and Water- 

 birds, which are to follow in a future number. Amongst the 

 most interesting species may be mentioned Buteo desertorum, 

 Milvus govinda, Falco vespertinus (not F. amurensis) , Hiruudo 

 urbica (not H. lagopoda), Budytes melanocervix (nov. sp., 

 differing from B. melanocephala in being slightly smaller, 

 less brilliantly yellow, and in having a more or less distinct 

 white eye-stripe) , Fringillauda sordida, Perdix robusta (nov. 

 sp., differing from our Partridge in being larger, paler, and 

 greyer: wing 160 to 170 millim.). The paper is a very 

 valuable contribution to our knowledge of the geographical 

 distribution of Siberian birds. 



