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Stearns's Notes on the Natural History of Labrador.* — These 'Notes' 

 relate only in part to birds, which occupy pp. 1 16-123. A list of Mam- 

 mals precedes the bird notes, which are followed bj lists of fishes and 

 plants. The list of birds numbers iii species, and is briefly annotated. 

 It is based on observations made " during a stay of twelve months on the 

 coast in fSSo-Si, and also some additions made in the summer of 1SS2." 

 A few are added on the authority of Dr. Coues's 'Notes on the Ornithology 

 of Labrador,' published in 1861. Several of the records seem to require 

 confirmation, particularly '■Hylocichla niustelina' — the only Hylocichla 

 given ! — which was 'heard repeatedly' 'one day late in July'; and Somate- 

 ria v-nigrum, reported as abundant in large flocks in spring." — J. A. A. 



Balding on Birds found at Guaymas, Sonora, and in Lower Cali- 

 fornia. — Mr. Belding gives a nominal list of 46 species observed at Guay- 

 mas, t 35 of which, it is stated, are "also represented on the opposite side 

 of the Gulf, in Lower California, while five others are represented there 

 by closely allied species or races." , 



This list is followed by a 'second catalogue'^ of birds collected at the 

 southern extremity of Lower California. After stating some of the more 

 prominent physical characteristics of the peninsula south of the parallel 

 of 24° 30', Mr. Belding gives three annotated lists of the birds of as 

 many diff'erent localities, viz., '«. Birds of the [Victoria] Mountains,' 

 numbering 41 species, and including Meriila conjiuis, Psaltrifarus 

 grindcB., and Junco bairdi among the more noteworthy; '3. Birds of the 

 Lowlands (vicinity of La Paz and southward),' numbering 15 species. 

 This is followed by 'c' Species positively identified, but of which no 

 specimens were preserved, occurring south of 24° 30'. These number 21, 

 and consist mainly of water birds. The total number of additions to the 

 list of Lower California birds is 52, raising the total number observed to 

 date to 187 species. — J. A. A. 



Ridgway on New Birds from Lower California.§ — These are i, 

 Lofhophanes inornatus chieraceus, which is "even more decidedly gray 

 than the Middle Province form {L. tnortiatiis griseui)" \ 2. Psaltriparus 

 grindce Belding MS., and 3. Junco bairdi Belding MS., "most nearly 

 related to J. insularis of Gaudaloupe Island." 



Ml". Ridgway also i-eports|| the capture by Mr. Belding of an example 



* Notes on the Natural History of Labrador. By W. A. Stearns. Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mas., 1883, pp. 112-137. Sept. 20, 1883. 



t List of Birds found at Guaymas, Sonora, in December, 1882, and April, 1883. By 

 L. Belding. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, pp. 343, 344. Dec. 27, 1883. 



X Second Catalogue of a Collection of Birds made near the Southern Extremity of 

 Lower California. By L. Belding. (Edited by Robert Ridgway.) Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., 1883, pp. 344-352. Dec. 27, 1883. (For notice of Mr. Belding's former papers on 

 the birds of Lower California, see antca, p. 83. 



^ Descriptions of some New Birds from Lower California, collected by Mr. L. 

 Belding. By Robert Ridgway. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1883, pp. 154-156. Oct 5, 1883. 



II Anthus cervinus (Pall.) in Lower California. By Robert Ridgway. Ibid., pp. 

 156,157. Oct. 5, 1883. 



