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cently described by Dr. Brewer in this Bulletin (Vol. IV, p. 190), and in 

 the "Ibis" (1879, p. 375); but Captain Feilden (Ibis, 1879, p. 486) has 

 considered their authenticity doubtful (cf. Harting, Zoologist, March, 1880, 

 p. 104). Mr. Kumlien also notes the occurrence near Oosooadluin Harbor 

 of a bird he took to be a species of Pyn-hula, but as it was merely seen, 

 and not captured, and the presence of the genus there seeming improbable, 

 the record can evidently be accepted only with reservation. — J. A. A. 



GiBBs's List of the Birds of Michigan.* — Although several 

 prior lists of the birds of Michigan have appeared, the present one is a 

 welcome addition to our knowledge of the ornithology of that State. Mr. 

 Gibbs's list enumerates 310 species and sub-species, and contains brief 

 notes on their relative abundance, breeding, times of migration, etc. The 

 region in question is ornithologically a too well-tilled field to lead one 

 to expect many novelties, but the list is not without points of special 

 interest. Although mainly based on the observations of the author, he 

 expresses his indebtedness to other sources of information, and it would 

 have added greatly to the interest of the list, if not a little to its value, if 

 the authorities for the introduction of certain species and statements 

 admittedly given at second hand had been cited ; and also if, in respect to 

 certain species entered as breeding, it had been stated whether this relates 

 to the State at large, or only to the " upper peninsula " in some cases, and 

 to the " lower peninsula " in others, as, for example, the Winter Wren, 

 Red-bellied Nuthatch, the Towhee Bunting, and several of the Warblers. 

 This discrimination, it should be added, is in many cases clearly made. — 

 J. A. A. 



Harvik-Brown on thk Capercailme in Scotland. t — The 

 Capercaillie {Tetrao iirogallus), the finest of the Game Birds of Northern 

 Europe, became extinct in Scotland prior to the beginning of the present 

 century. As early as 1827 or 1828 some feeble attempts were made 

 toward its restoration by the importation of a pair of these birds from 

 Sweden, followed by a second importation of a single pair the year follow- 

 ing. These efTorts very naturally resulted unfavorably, but ten years 

 later the matter was taken more vigorously in hand, when between forty 

 and fifty birds were introduced in the years 1837 and 1838 to Taymouth, 

 and turned down. This importation was to a high degree successful ; 

 the birds rapidly increased, and gradually spread to quite distant points, 

 in some directions to upward of fifty miles within thirty years. They 



* Annotated List of the Birds of Michigan. By Dr. Morris Gibbs. Bull, 

 of the U. S. Geol. and Geogi-. Survey of the Territories, Vol. V, No. 3, pp. 481 - 

 497. November 30, 1879. 



t The Capercaillie in Scotland. By .J. A. Harvie- Brown, F. Z. S., Member 

 of the British Ornithologists' Union, etc. Edinburgh : David Douglas. 1879. 

 Svo, pp. i-xv, 1-155, map and pU. 



