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the observer appeared to have paid special attention to the distribution 

 of birds in the wide area traversed. After a ri-Htiuu- of the leading 

 ornithological features of the region is presented an annotated list of 

 the species secured. 10U in number . . . \Ve feel at liberty to call atten- 

 tion to some manuscript alterations made by the author in our copj'. 

 For Coturniciilua pttsaerinus read Zoiiotricfi'm alb'taMi* ; for Mytarcitus 

 crinUits, read Tyranmm reiticalis; lor Archibuteo lii<i<ip"s. read A. Jtrru- 

 t/ineus . . . for Tritvjn canutus read 7*. bnirdi ; for Podtlymbtu poilictps, rea<l 

 Podiotps califarnicus. . . E C., Bull. Au. (JniilL Club, Vol. VII , p. 113, 

 April, 1882. 



UATHBUN, FRANK R. Bright Feathers or some North American 

 Birds of Beauty. By Frank R. Buthbuu. Illustrated with Draw- 

 ings from Nature, aud carefully colored by hand. Auburn, N. Y. 

 Published by the Author, 1880. 4to. Part I., pp. i-viii, 9-24, 

 colored Plate and colored Vignette. 



... .is an attractive piece of book making; the drawing of the plate 

 is passable, and the coloring is not more highly exaggerated than in 

 many plates by authors of reputation for accuracy. The text more 

 clearly betrays the baud of inexperience . . The author is evidently 

 not wanting in knowledge of his subject; the faults of style he will 

 doubtless be able to overcome as the work proceeds. . J. A. A., Bull. 

 Nutt. Ornilk. Club, Vol V., p. 234, October, 1880. 



Part II. 



Part II. of this work is devoted to the Rose-breasted Grosbeak 



(Gonlaphea ludociciana. ) The colored plate illustrates the adult male 

 and female, but the sixteen quarto pages (pp. 25 40) of text leave the 

 history of the species still unfinished. In noticing Part I . . we were 

 compelled to speak unfavorably of the literary execution of the work, 

 and regret that the present issue will not permit of a more favorable 

 notice . .. J. A. A., Bill. Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. VI., pp. 172, 173, July, 

 1881. 



RIDGWAY, ROBERT. Revisions of Nomenclature of certain North 

 American Birds. By Robert Ridgway. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 Vol. III., 1881, pp. 1-16. Author's separates issued March 27, 

 1880. 



....Mr. Ridgway takes as a starting-point Dr. Coues's "Check 

 List" published in 1873, and formally notices many of the changes from 

 the nomenclature there adopted . . .and proposes many additional ones, 

 the whole number here receiving attention amounting to upward of 



eighty J. A. A., Bull. Nad. UrnitL Club, Vol. V., pp. 177, 198, July, 



1880. 



RIDGWAY, ROBERT. Nomenclature of North American Birds chiefly 

 contained in the United States National Museum. By Robert 

 Ridgway. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 21. Published under the 

 direction of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington : Gov- 

 ernment Printing Office, 1881. 8vo., pp. 1-94. 



....its publication marks an epoch in North American ornitho- 

 logy. . . .The actual number of names . . .in the present catalogue (.1881), 



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