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are here rt-corcicd, and reference is made to the tyjie of the former species 

 secured just over the line, in Essex County. The brief annotations refer 

 mostly to the abundance of the species and the dates of rare captures are 

 usually given. There are four species that one would expect to find in- 

 cluded which have evidently not been met with by our author, i.e. Einpi- 

 doiKix fnsillu.^ traillii, E. acadicu.<, Geothlypis fofmosa, and Tnrdiis 

 alicice (including, perhaps, bickiielli). These are found near New York 

 Citv. where the fauna may be said to be almost identical with that of 

 Morris County, but with these exceptions the list seems complete save for 

 the probable future records of accidental visitors. Though Porzana 

 (■«/-(?////« is called a " common migrant," it has been known to breed in 

 the County near Whippany, and it may breed abundantly. Ammodramu.'^ 

 caudacutus is said to be " not uncolnmon." Occurring as it does on fresh 

 water marshes, the question naturally suggests itself, may this not be 

 uelsoni ? Further comment seems unnecessary. The list bears evidence 

 of unusual care in its compilation, and is worthy of more prominence 

 than is found in the columns of a local newspaper. — J. D., Jr. 



Publications Received.— Blasius, Rudolf, (i) Die Vogelwelt der .Stadt 

 Braunschweig und ihrer nachsten Umgebung. (Verein fiir Naturw. zu 

 Braunschweig, V Jahresber. fiir 1S86-S7, pp. 59-116.) (2) Mergiis anota- 

 riiis Eimbeck, ein Bastard zwischen Mergiis albellus Linn, und Glaucion 

 claiii^nla Linn. (Monatschrift des Deutschen Vereins zum Schutze der 

 Vogelwelt, XII Jahrg., 1S87, No. 14.) 



Blasius, R., A. Reichenovv, u. and. X. Jahresbericht (1885) des Aus- 

 schusses fiir Beobachtungsstationen der Vogel Deutschlands. (Journ. fiir 

 Orn., Oct. 1SS7, pp. 337-648-) 



Blasius, Wilh. (i) Die Vogel von Palawan.. (Ornis, 18S8.) (2) 

 Beitriige zur Kenntniss der Vogelfauna von Celebes. III. (Zeitschrift fiir 

 die ges. Ornithologie, 1S86, Heft 3.) 



Evermann, B. W., and O. P. Jenkins. Ornithology from a Railroad 

 Train. COrn. & Ool., May, 1888.) 



Lucas. F. A. The Home of the Great Auk. (Pop. Sci. Monthly, Aug. 

 1 888, pp. 456-464.) 



Ramsey, E. P. Catalogue of the Australian Accipitres or Diurnal 

 Birds of Pi-ey inhabiting Australia, in the Collection of the Australian 

 Museum at Sidney, N. S. W. Svo., 1876. (From Australian Museum, 

 with eight other publications of the Museum.) 



Shufeldt, R. W. Osteology oi Porzana Carolina. (Journ. Conip. Med. 

 c<c Surg., July. 18S8.) 



Tschusi zu Schmidhoffen, Victor Ritter von. Die Verbreitung und der 

 Zu<^' des Tannenhehers {Nucifraga caryocatactcs L.), mit besonderer 

 Beriicksichtigung seines Auftretens im Herbste und Winter^ 1885, ""d 

 Bemerkuno'en ijber seine beiden Varietiiten : Nucifraga caryocatacies 

 fachyrhynchus und leptorhynckifi R. Bias. (Verhandl. der k. k. zoologisch- 

 botanischen Gesells. in Wien, Jahrg. 1 888, pp. 407-S06, pi. xi.) (2) Die 

 ornithologische Literatur Oesterreich-Ungarns, 1887. (Mitth. des Orn. 



