286 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



Plate IV. Pratincola maura var. przewalskii, Accentor 

 alpinus var. rufilatus. 



Plate V. Eggs of Turdus auritus, Merula kessleri, Saxicola 

 deserti, S. montana, Ruticilla frontalis, R. schisticeps, Dume- 

 ticola thoracica, Acrocephalus turdoides var. orientalis, Calliope 

 tschehaiewi, Herbivocula armandi. 



Plate VI, Lophobasileus elegans, Leptopcecile sophice, L. 

 obscura. 



51. Ridgway on the '^ Farallon" Rail. 



[Observations on the Farallon Rail {Porzana jamaicensis coturniculus, 

 Baird). By Robert Ridgway. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiii. p. 309.] 



Mr. Ridgway has studied the unique example of the 

 Farallon Rail, Porzana jamaicensis coturniculus of Baird, 

 stated to have been obtained in the Farallon Islands, near 

 San Francisco. These islands have since been repeatedly 

 searched, but are said to contain no spot suitable for Rails. 

 It is therefore suspected that there may have been some 

 mistake in the locality, and that the " Farallon Rail " may 

 be Porzana spilonota of the Galapagos, which it certainly 

 resembles more than P. jamaicensis. 



53. Scott on the Birds of the Dry Tortugas, 



[On Birds observed at the Dry Tortugas, Florida, during parts of March 

 and April 1890. By W. E. D. Scott. The Auk, 1890, p. 301.] 



The Dry Tortugas consist of a group of six coral islands, 

 low and sandy, which lie some sixty miles west of Key West, 

 between Cuba and Florida, as shown in the map accom- 

 panying this memoir. ]VIr. Scott made his headquarters at 

 the Quarantine Station on Garden Key, in the centre of the 

 group. Examples of 80 species of birds were obtained or 

 observed. Of these 57 are land-birds, but none of them 

 breed there. Six examples were obtained of Dendroeca do- 

 minica albilora, the western form of D. dominica (which also 

 occurred), during Mr. Scott's stay. 



