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on September 20, 1876. The list comprises one hundred and sixty-eight 

 species. In Volume VI, p. 300, Mr. H. Ernst, of Cleveland, Ohio, gives 

 a List of the Warblers of the Western Eeserve, in which he notes thirty- 

 one species. In Volume VII, pp. 389 and 404, Colonel A. S. Brackett, 

 U. S. A., gives a List of Birds of Southeastern Wyoming, including 

 eighty-four species. In Volume VIII, pp. 33, 49, 96, 113, a List of the 

 Birds of Webster, N. H., and adjoining towns, is given by Mr. Chas. F. 

 Goodhue. This list comprises one htmdred and thirty-three species. In 

 Volume VIII, pp. 176, 192, 224, 241, 261, is a List of the Birds of the 

 Coteau des Prairies of Eastern Dakota, by Chas. E. McChesney, M. D., 

 U. S. A., of Fort Sisseton, comprising one hundred and three species. 

 — R. D. 



Californian Ornithology. — Dr. J. G. Cooper has recently published 

 a paper * of fourteen pages, entitled " New Facts relating to Californian 

 Ornithology. — No. 1." This" is supplemental to the same au.thor's 

 " Ornithology of California," and " includes only observations not pre- 

 viously published, and such opinions as differ from those of later authors." 

 About fifty species are noticed, the notes respecting them relating mainly 

 to their seasonal distribution and habits, but include descriptions of the 

 nests and eggs of several species, with occasional remarks upon disputed 

 points of nomenclature. He claims the name nanus for the species of 

 Thrush usually known as Turdus pallasi (as has also Dr. T. M. Brewer), 

 but inclines to the opinion that the name cjuttatus of Pallas (1811) will 

 finally prove to be the only tenable name for the species. He also claims, 

 on the ground of priority, that sandioichensis should take the place of 

 savanna for the species of Sparrow, commonly known as Passerculus sav- 

 anna. The paper is replete with interesting matter, and forms a valuable 

 contribution to our knowledge of Californian Ornithology. — J. A. A. 



McCauley's Notes on Texan ORNiTHOLOOY.t — Lieutenant C. A. H. 

 McCauley has just given us the results of six weeks' observations made in 

 May and June, 1876, on the ornithology of the country about the source 

 of the Red River of Texas, embracing a portion of the region known as the 

 Staked Plain. The paper includes notices of about one hundred species, 

 with quite copious notes respecting the habits of a considerable proportion 

 of them, with, in some cases, descriptions of their nests and eggs. This 

 is almost the first special paper treating of the ornithology of Western 



* Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1876. Only the author's separates have yet been 

 seen by the writer. 



+ Notes on the Ornithology of the Region about the Source of the lied Fdver 

 of Texas, from Observations made during the Exploration conducted by Lieuten- 

 ant E. H. Ruffner, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A. By C. A. H. McCauley, Lieu- 

 tenant Third United States Artillery. Annotated by Dr. Elliott Coues, U. S. A. 

 BuU.U. S. Geol. and Geogr. Survey, Vol. Ill, No. 3, pp. 655-695, May 15, 1877. 



