68 PACIFIC COAvST AVIFAUNA [No. i. 



TowNSEND (C. H.). Notes on the Natural History and Kthnology of North- 

 ern Alaska. Cruise of the Revenue-marine Steamer Corwin in the Arctic Ocean 

 in 1885. pp. 90-roi. 1887. 



Although apparently based on the same material and notes as his list in The 

 Auk, Townsend here for the first time records Clivicola riporia, Melospisa lin- 

 rc/«/V and Zflr«.y^/a/^r«(r<^;M, from the Kowak River. He also leaves out several 

 species given in the other list, for what reasons he does not say. 



McLenegan (S. B.). Birds. Exploration of Noatak River, Alaska. Cruise 

 of the Revenue-marine Steamer Corwin in the Arctic Ocean in 1885. pp. 76-80. 

 1887. 



The following birds not attributed by previous writers to the Kotzebue Sound 

 region are recorded from the Noatak River: Tinnunculus {=Falco) sparverius, 

 Clangula glaiicium americana (^C. clangula americana), Squatarola helvetica {^^S, 

 squatarola), Calidris arenaria, Stercorarius parasiticus. 



RiDGWAY (R.) Man. N. Am. Birds, Aug., 1887, p. 591. 



Parus stoiieyi, new species. {^^P. hudsonicus evura). Also p. 364, Picicorvus 

 {=Nucifraga) columbianus recorded from the Putnam (==Kowak) River. 



A. O. U. Checklist, ist Supplement, 1889.. p. 17. 

 Parus hudsonicus stoneyi (=/". //. evura). 



McLenegan (S. B.). Birds of the Kowak River. Cruise of the Revenue- 

 marine Steamer Corwin in the Arctic Ocean in the year 1884. PP- 111-125. i88g. 



The following species not given by previous writers are recorded from the 

 Kowak River or Hotham Inlet: Parus cinctiis (=/". cinctus alascejisis), Pica rus- 

 tica hudsonica {^ P. pica hudsonica), Ulula {=Scotiaptex) cinerea, Hierfalco gyrfalco 

 sacer {j=^Falco rusticolus gyrfalco), Bonassa umbellus unibelloides, Lagopus rupestris, 

 Limosa lapponica novce-zealandicE (==/,. /. baneri), Liniosa hcemastica, Rhyacophilus 

 {^=^ Helodrotnas) solitarius, Phalaropus {=Crymophilu s) f2ilicarius, Lobipes hyper bor- 

 eus {^^ Phalaropus lobatus), Branta canadensis hutchinsii, Harelda glacialis (=11. hy- 

 emalis), Mergus merganser americaiius {;=^Merganser amcricanus), Pagophila 

 eburnea (=/*. alba). 



The two papers by McLenegan are characterized by many irrelevant remarks 

 and statements too general to be of much value. On this account the notes on 

 the species are to a large degree of little use in compiling a faunal list. There are 

 also many apparent errors, and in regard to the records of such unexpected 

 species as Fako sparverius, I have serious doubts. McLenegan, however, olfers 

 many records and notes of undoubted authenticity an value, backed up by 

 specimens in some cases. It is hard for one to discriminate, and I deem it inadvis- 

 able therefore to reject any of his questionable records, though, in the Checklist 

 to follow, I take the liberty of expressing doubt in one or two cases.. 



Rhoads (S. N.). The Hudsonian Chickadee and its Allies, with Remarks on 

 the Geographic Distribution of Bird Races in Boreal America. Auk, Oct., 1893. 

 Vol. X. pp. 321-333- 



Refers to the supposed race Parus hudsonicus stoneyi from the Kowak River. 



A. O. U. Checklist. 2nd Edition, 1895. pp. 33, 87, 90, 102, 201, 310. 



