554 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



met witli^ as also Tetraophasis szechenyi, Tetraogallus hima- 

 layensis, and Tetrastes severtzovi. 



74^. Butler on the Distribution of Crossbills in North 

 America. 



[The Range of Crossbills iu the Ohio Valley, with Notes on their 

 unusual occurrence in Summer. By A. W. Butler. Amer. Nat. 1894, 

 p. 136.] 



Mr. Butler gives numerous instances of the occurrence of 

 " Loxia curvirostra minor " in the Ohio Valley, and in other 

 localities south of what was supposed to be the limit of its 

 range. This erratic bird appears to have bred on several 

 occasions in Ohio and Indiana. L. leucoptera also occurs in 

 the Ohio "Valley, but not so often. 



75. Collet t on Bird-life in Arctic Norway. 



[Bird Life in Arctic Norway, a Popular Brochure. By Robert Collett, 

 F.M.Z.S. Translated by Alfred Heneage Cocks, M.A., F.Z.S. 8vo. 

 London, 1894.] 



We are thankful to IVIr. Cocks for his translation of Prof. 

 Collett's memoir^ which cannot fail to be of great interest to 

 all those who study the Palsearctic Ornis or any part of it. 

 The paper was originally written in German for the Second 

 International Congress^ held at Budapest in JMay 1891. 

 The English translation has been made from a revised and 

 somewhat condensed edition subsequently published in Nor- 

 wegian. 



Prof. Collett, in his introductory remarks^ divides Arctic 

 Norway into three principal regions : — (1) the Coast-district 

 and adjacent islands up to the North Cape ; (2) the deep 

 fjords of the Arctic Ocean and adjacent river-basins ; and 

 (3) the interior plateau of Finmark, or Lapland. On each of 

 these subjects he gives us a chapter full of information. 

 Svserholt-klubben, inhabited almost exclusively by Kittiwakes 

 {Rissa tridactyla), is probably the largest " bird-rock " in the 

 world. On another bird-rock near Vardo was shot in 1848 

 what is believed to have been the last living specimen of 

 Alca hnpennis. In the birch-woods of Finmark the voice of 



