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PipUo alleni — leucopsis of Maynard — is a different one. The author here 

 re-names a bird admitted by him to have before been properly introduced 

 into ornithological circles. But he of course did so without any expectation 

 that the second name would stand. Viewed simply as an expression of his 

 claim to the discovery of the form — a perfectly valid one, it may be 

 remarked — it can do no special harm ; it simply adds one more to the list 

 of synonyms. 



The general typographical features of the book are extremely pleasing, 

 and excellent judgment is shown in the selection of the type, so that the 

 printed page not only looks fair to the eye, but makes good reading. We 

 notice here and there evidences of careless proof-reading, but in the main 

 the " get up " of the book is all that is to be desired. 



It is evident that the " Birds of Eastern North America " was written 

 more with a view of striking the popular taste than as a hand-book for 

 the systematic ornithologist, and that it is from the former stand-point 

 that its chief success must come. The reader will find that the author's 

 rambles among the Florida Keys, in the Everglades, and in the forests 

 from Maine to Florida, have given him a wide experience from which to 

 cull his facts, and that fi-om it he has drawn much interesting matter, both 

 in the way of personal incident and of bird histories. 



In conclusion, we may be permitted to express the feeling that the por- 

 tions of the work now before us do not by any means represent the author's 

 best efforts, and that in certain particulars, but especially as regards the 

 plates, he is capable of placing the work on a far higher plane than can at 

 present be accorded it. — H. W. H. 



Gregg's Birds of Chemung County, N. Y.* — In Dr. Gregg's 

 " Revised Catalogue " we have a list of the birds of a locality to which little 

 attention has been paid by ornithologists. The list of which this is a 

 revision was issued ten years ago, and contained many errors. These 

 have been corrected — notably that about the Creeper's nest and the 

 case of" Collyrio chenuingensls" — and considerable additions made, some, 

 perhaps, upon doubtful authority. In all, 217 species are enumerated, 

 excluding the record of Parus carolinensis, which we are bidden to ex- 

 punge. A few lines of notes accompany each name, but the only general 

 fact of particular interest is the absence, or extreme rarity, of some 

 Southern birds that might be expected to occur. The immediate locality 

 of observation is Elmira, to which the often-written " here " refers, although 

 there is nothing to show that this is the case. — E. I. 



Freke on Birds common to Europe and North America. — 

 Mr. Freke's Catalogue f of Birds found in Europe and North America 



* Revised Catalogue of the Birds of Chemung County, New York. By W. 

 H. Gregg, M. D. Elmira, N. Y. : 0. H. Wheeler. 1880. 



t A Comparative Catalogue of Birds found in Europe and North America. 

 By Percy Evans Freke. Dublin, 1880. 8vo, pp. 44. "From the Scientific 

 Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society." 



