134 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



Dr. Martorelli's theme is an example of a species of the 

 genus Ldmosa obtained in Italy near Foggia. Having de- 

 scribed and figured this bird^ the author gives an account of 

 the specimens of L. uropygialis, L. nov<B-zealandi(B, and L. 

 lapponica in the Turati Collection (now in the Museo Civico 

 of Milan, cf. Ibis, 1888, p. 150). He quotes other writers 

 on this subject, and seems to be of opinion that the speci- 

 men from Foggia must be referred to the Eastern form of 

 the Bar-tailed Godwit, i. e. L. uropygialis. 



14. Merriam on the Birds of Arizona. 



[North American Fauna. No. 3. Results of a Biological Survey of 

 tlie San Francisco Mountain Region and Desert of the Little Colorado, 

 Arizona. Part IV. Annotated List of Birds. By Dr. C. Hart MeiTiam. 

 Washington, 1890.] 



Arizona, in the extreme south-west corner of the great 

 Republic, is traversed from north-west to south-east by a 

 high escarpment, which marks the southern boundary of the 

 great Colorado Plateau. San Fraricisco mountain, a volcanic 

 peak on the edge of the plateau, which attains a height of 

 over 12,700 feet, is cut oflF from the surrounding hills to a 

 height of 8000 feet, and consequently offers an excellent 

 field for the study of the dififerent climates and zones of life 

 resulting from high elevation in a southern position. Dr. 

 Merriam spent the summer of 1889 on a physical survey 

 of this mountain region, and of the " Painted Desert of the 

 Little Colorado" which adjoins it to the north-east, and 

 gives us the results of his expedition in the report now before 

 us. He claims, amongst other things, to be able to show 

 that there are but two primary life-areas in the Nearctic 

 region — a northern (Boreal) and a southern (Subtropical), 

 and that the three life-areas commonly accepted by American 

 naturalists (the Eastern, Central, and Western Provinces) 

 must consequently be abandoned altogether. 



As regards birds, with which we are more immediately 

 concerned in this Journal, Dr. Merriam gives us a list of the 

 species collected and observed within the area investigated, 

 and many field-notes thereon. About 150 species are men- 



