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includes species of probable occurrence in the region, but not as yet 
positively known to the writer to have been found there. As most of 
them are natural to the region, the conservatism here shown is the more 
commendable. As said in the ‘Introduction’: ‘‘ That the present paper 
may serve as a basis for future observations is the chief excuse for its 
existence. With this purpose in view much care has been exercised to 
avoid the inclusion of any but perfectly reliable records. All but four 
species have been personally identified by the writer, either in the field or 
from specimens in local collections; and these four exceptions have been 
admitted only upon what has been considered satisfactory evidence of 
their occurrence.” The paper is based mainly on observations made by 
the writer between February 8, 1890 and April 9, 1894. Of the 183 
species noted, 30 are classified as permanent residents, 61 as summer 
residents, and 57 as transient visitors, and these latter are further subdi- 
vided in accordance with their manner of occurrence. The annotations 
are often quite extended, relating to the nesting habits of the species 
as well as to their relative abundance and seasons of occurrence. The 
nomenclature is that of the A. O. U. Check-List, and includes the names 
of the higher groups as well as those of the species. Also various fami- 
liar text illustrations are introduced.— J. A. A. 
Publications Received.— Bocage, J. V. Barboza. Aves d’Africa de que 
existem no Museu de Lisboa os exemplares typicos. (Jorn. de Scien. 
Math., Phys. e Nat., Lisboa, IV, No. XV, pp. 179-186, 1896.) 
Chamberlain, Montague. Nuttall’s Ornithology, 2d rev. ed., 2 vols., 
crown 8vo., Boston, 1896. Little, Brown and Co. (Cloth, $7.50, net; 
Levant mor., $13.50, net.) 
Chapman, Frank M. Notes on Birds observed in Yucatan. (Bull. Am. 
Mus. Nat. Hist. VIII, Dec. 1896, pp. 271-290.) 
Committee Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. Digest of the Observations of the 
Migrations of Birds at Lighthouses and Lightships, 1880-1887. S8vo., pp. 
27. 1896. 
Knowlton, F. H. The Carolina Paroquet. (The Feather, Oct., 1896 pp. 
32, 33-) 
Lee, Oswin A. J. Among British Birds in their Nesting Haunts. 
Illustrated by the Camera. Part I. Folio, pp. 39, pll. x. David Douglass, 
Edinburgh, 1896. 
Lucas, Frederic A. The Cranium of Pallas’s Cormorant. (Proc. U.S. 
Nat. Mus., XVIII, No. 1095.) 
North, Alfred J. A List of the Insectivorous Birds of New South 
Wales. 8vo., pp. 18, 10 col. pll. 1896. 
Oberholser, Harry C. A preliminary List of the Birds of Wayne 
County, Ohio. (Bull. Ohio Agr. Exper. Station, I, No. 4, pp. ii, 243-254, 
July, 1896.) 
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