Becently published Ornithological Works. 133 



ton's Line/' Tliese he terms C fmmliaris and C. familiaris 

 scnndalaca. I'ut the series of specimens in the U.S. Nat. 

 Museum is "very scant/' and additional examples are much 

 wanted. 



47. Taczanoivski on the Birds of Poland. 



[Liste des Oiseaux observes depuis cinqiiante ans dans le Iioyaume de 

 I'ologne. Par L. Taczauowski. Ornis, iv. p. 441.] 



M. Taczanovvski's article on the birds of the Kingdom ot' 

 Poland is the result of fifty years' close attention to this 

 subject, and supplies us with notes on 303 species known to 

 belong to the avifauna of that country. Such Eastern species 

 as Aquila mevia and A. clanga, Lusciola philomela, Erythro- 

 sterna parva, Lanius minor, and Carpodacus ery thrums, which 

 we hardly know^ in Western Europe, are found in Poland in 

 more or less abundance. We are pleased to observe that Otis 

 tarda and Gallinago major are still to be found breeding 

 there in several localities. 



48. Turner on the Birds of Alaska. 



[ContributioBs to the Natural History of Alaska. Results of Investi- 

 gations made chiefly in the Yukon District and the Aleutian Islands. 

 By L. M. Turner. 4to. Washington : 1886.] 



]\Ir. L. ]\I. Turner's field-notes on the birds of Alaska are 

 very full and will be read with great interest by students of the 

 arctic avifauna. It is not, however, explained why, if, as it 

 appears, they were prepared and transmitted to headquarters 

 in 188.2, and printed in 1886, it should have taken two more 

 vears to issue them to the public. 



]\Ir. Turner's observations were made in connection with 

 his work under the U.S. Signal Corps. From May 1874 to 

 Jidy 1877 he was at St. Michael's, whence he returned to 

 Washington. In May 1878 he again took service with the 

 Signal Corps, and was resident at Unalashka and at other 

 stations in the Aleutian Islands until July 1881. 



The notes on the birds are, except in few instances, the 

 results of Mr. Turner's own observations. Those on tiie 

 Alcidse and I^ariche are very full and contain much novel 



