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28. Stejneger on Japanese Nutcrackers. 



[Review of Japanese Birds. — VIII. The Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryo- 

 catactes maerorhynchos). By Leonhard Stejneger. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 1888, p. 425.] 



Dr. Stejneger has studied the Nutcrackers and come to the 

 conclusion that the correct names for the two slightly dif- 

 ferent forms of this widely spread species are Nucifraga 

 caryocatactes maerorhynchos and N. c. brachyrhynchos. As 

 regards the Japanese Nutcrackers, his material " contradicts 

 Mr. Seebohm's suggestion that the resident bird is to all 

 intents and' purposes identical with the resident form in 

 Europe." On the contrary, he considers it identical with 

 the Siberian or slender-billed form, N. c. maerorhynchos. 



29. Stejneger on Japanese Wrens. 



[Review of Japanese Birds.— IX. The Wrens. By Leonhard Stej- 

 neger. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1888, p. 547.] 



Continuing his studies on Japanese birds, Dr. Stejneger 

 now discusses the Wrens, of which he assigns two forms to 

 the Japanese Empire, Troglodytes fumigatus, from Yezo, 

 Hondo, and Kiusiu, and T. f. kurilensis, from the Kurile 

 Islands. 



30. Tristram's Catalogue of his Collection. 



[Catalogue of a Collection of Birds belonging to H. B. Tristram, D.D., 

 LL.D., F.R.S. Durham: 1889.] 



Our much-valued friend and correspondent, Canon Tris- 

 tram, has every reason to be proud of his collection of birds 

 which embraces more than 17,000 specimens, and is certainly 

 one of the most important of English private collections, after 

 that of Messrs. Salvin and Godmau. Like most other orni- 

 thologists, he began with " British birds," adding in 1844 

 specimens obtained in Switzerland and North Italy. Then 

 a residence in Bermuda and a visit to North America induced 

 him to study and collect the feathered tribes of the Nearctic 

 Region. To these were subsequently added the fruits of his 

 well-known expeditions to Algeria and Palestine, with the 



