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extant. We are also surprised to see the Common Cormorant (Pkhala- 
crocorax carbo) given (on the author’s own authority) as a rare migrant, 
this being a strictly maritime species, while P. d//ophus is not infrequent 
on the Great Lakes, though not given in the list. 
The rather northern character of the fauna is indicated by the breeding 
of such species as the Winter Wren, the Mourning Warbler, the Canadian 
Warbler. the Red-bellied Nuthatch, the Hermit Thrush, the Yellow- 
bellied Flycatcher, and the Slate-colored Junco. 
The list is obviously far from complete, and further observations will 
doubtless prove that many species now given as merely migrants are 
really more or less common summer residents. It has, however, evident- 
ly been prepared with considerable care. The author appeals to orni- 
thologists familiar with the region in question for aid in perfecting it. 
—J. A.A. 
Keyes and Williams’s Preliminary Catalogue of the Birds of Iowa.*— 
The present brochure is stated to be preliminary toa more extended 
account of the birds of Iowa already in course of preparation. Theauthors 
state that ‘‘only such species are inserted as have come under the personal 
observations of the writers,” and that ‘‘for the most parts kins or mounted 
specimens” of the species enumerated are to be found in their collections. 
The observations have been made mainly ‘‘in the vicinities of Charles 
City, Des Moines, and Iowa City,” but are supplemented by notes made at 
various other points. The dates of arrival and departure are based on 
studies made chiefly at Des Moines. 
The list follows the classification and nomenclature of the A. O. U. 
Check-List, including the names of the higher groups, from order to sub- 
genus, as well as of the species. The latter are not, however, numbered, 
but a careful count shows the number recorded to be 260. The list 1s 
very fully and carefully annotated. It is evidently highly trustworthy, 
and exceedingly creditable in respect to typography and general execu- 
tion.—J. A. A. 
Taylor's Catalogue of Nebraska Birds.*—Nebraska, like Kansas and 
some of the other Central States, includes portions of two quite distinct 
faunal regions, although mainly within the so-called Middle Province of 
the continent. The eastern border of the State lies so far eastward as to 
include nearly all of the species proper to the States east of the Mississippi 
River, while the western part of the State is fairly within the arid, 
* A Preliminary Annotated Catalogue of the Birds of Iowa. By Charles R. Keyes 
and H. S. Williams, M. D. Extracted from Proceedings Davenport Academy Natu- 
ral Sciences, Vol. V. Davenport, Iowa. 1888. 8vo, pp. 49. 
* A Catalogue of Nebraska Birds arranged according to the Check List of the Ameri- 
can Ornithological Union. By W. Edgar Taylor, State Normal, Peru, Nebraska. Ann. 
Rep. Nebraska State Board of Agriculture, for the year 1887, pp. 111-118. Published, 
1888. 
