228 Recent Literature. 



69. Oceanites oceanica. Wilson's Petrel. — At sea off Barnegat 

 Light, on August 10, I observed many Petrels, all apparently of this spe- 

 cies. Took several. 



70. Colymbus torquatus. Great Northern Diver. — Common 

 (luring April and early May in the bay and ocean. 



71. Colymbus septentrionalis. Red-throated Diver. — Saw 

 and took a number during April. 



72. Podiceps cornutus. Horned Grebe. — Rather common during 

 April, when they were assuming full plumage. 



73. Utamania torda. Razor-billed Auk. — On the 7th of Feb- 

 ruary, 1878, I procured a fine specimen of this species, — a female. 



74. Mergulus alle. Little Auk, — A regular winter resident. I 

 have procured many specimens during the past four winters. 



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Obituary. — We learn with great regret of the death of Miss Gene- 

 vieve E. Jones, of Circle ville, Ohio, one of the authors of the beautiful 

 work just begun, on the nests and eggs of the Birds of Ohio. The sad 

 event occurred at her home, on the 1 7th of August, after a painful illness 

 of several weeks' duration. Bearing her trial with the greatest fortitude, 

 she seemed, as we ai'e informed, to fear less for herself than for the fate 

 of the work upon which she had set her heart ; and she expressed hope of 

 her recovery chiefly that she might resume this, " the most pleasurable oc- 

 cupation of her life." In the death of this most talented and amiable 

 young lady, ornithologists have common cause to deplore the loss of an 

 artist and author so capable of adorning this branch of science, — a loss 

 only less irreparable than that sustained by those who have been bereaved 

 of friend and daughter, and to whom we beg the privilege of offering 

 our heart-felt sympathy. We learn from the lady's father, Dr, W. E. Jones, 

 that the second number of the work is nearly ready for distribution, and 

 that the present intention is for Miss Schulze to go on with the publica- 

 tion, for a time at least, under the same ostensible authorship of Jones 

 and Schulze. — E. C. 



Lawrence on the Birds of the Lesser Antilles. — Since our 

 notice of Mr, Lawrence's papers on the birds of Dominica and Saint 

 Vincent in the January number of this Bulletin (Vol. IV, p. 48), he has 

 concluded his series of reports upon Mr. Ober's collections, made at 

 various points of the Antillean chain. The birds reported from the 

 islands of Antigua and Barbuda* number respectively 42 and 39 species, 



* Catalogue of the Birds of Antigua and Barbuda, from Collections made 

 for the Smithsonian Institution, by Mr. Fred. A. Ober, with his Observations. 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1878, Vol. I, pp. 232-242, December, 1878. 



