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points. Lack of space forbids a statement of- the problems, which, how- 

 ever, are of great interest to students of geographical distribution. The 

 paper is illustrated with a map, and a series of charts showing the distri- 

 bution of certain genera and species in the IMiilijipiiK's with special 

 reference to ' Steerc's Law.' — J. A. A. 



Publications Received.— Apgar, Austin C Birds of the United States 

 east of the Rockv Mountains, A Manual for the Identification of Species 

 in hand or in the bush. American Book Co., 1898. i2mo., pp. 416. 



Bangs, Outram. On Some Birds from Santa Marta, Colombia. (Proc. 

 Biol. Soc. Wash., XII, 189S, pp. 131-144.) 



Beal, F. E. L. Birds that injure Grain. (Yearbook Dept. of Agric. for 

 1S97, pp. 345-354.) 



Blandford, W.T. The Fauna of British India and Cejlon. Birds, Vol. 

 IV. London, 1898. 8vo., pp. xxi + 500. 



Cooke, W. W. Further Notes on the Birds of Colorado. Bull. No. 44, 

 Colorado State Agricultural College, Fort Collins, Colorado. March, 

 1898. 



Grinnell, Joseph. Birds of the Pacific Slope of Los Angeles County, 

 Cal. Publ. No. 2, Pasadena Acad, of Sciences, Cal. March, 1898. 



Hornaday, William T. The Destruction of our Birds and Mammals. 

 (Second Ann. Rep. New York Z06I. Soc. pp., 77-126, March 15, 1898.) 



Huntington, Dwight W. Brush, Sedge and Stubble, Part I. The 

 Sportsman's Society Cincinnati, 1898. Folio, pp. 16, illustrated. 



Jacobs, J. Warren. Gleanings from Nature, No. i. Oological x\bnormal- 

 ities. Waynesburg, Pa., 189S, 8vo. pp. 36. 



Lee, Oswin A. J. Among British Birds in their Nesting Haunts. 

 Folio, Pts. X, xi, 189S. 



Nelson, E. W. Notes on the Wild Fowl and Game Animals of Alaska. 

 (Nat. Geogr. Mag., IX, April, 189S, pp. 131-132.) 



Newton, Alfred, (i) On Some New or Rare Birds' Eggs. (Proc. Zool 

 Soc. Lond., 1897, pp. S90-894, pi. li.) (2) Preface to Lord Lilford's 

 ' Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands.' 8vo. pp, iii-xviii, 

 1897. 



Prazak, J. P. (i) Materialien zu einer Ornis Ost-Galiziens. (Journ. f. 

 Orn., XLV, Oct. 1897, pp- 365-479.) (2) Ueber einen neuen Vogel vom 

 oberen Yangtse Kiang und Tungting See. (Orn. Monatsschrift des 

 Deuts. Vereinszum Schutze der Vogelwelt, XXII, No. 11.) (3) Ueber 

 die Vergangenheit und Gegenwart der Ornithologie in Bohmen, nebst 

 einer Bibliographia ornithologica bohemica. 8vo. pp. 1-87, 1S97. 



Scott, W. E. D. Bird Studies, An account of the Land Birds of Eastern 

 North America. With illustrations from original photographs. G. P. 

 Putnam's Sons, 1S9S. 4to. pp. xii+363. 



Silloway, P. M. Sketches of Some Common Birds. Editor Publishing 

 Co., Cincinnati, 1S98. Svo., pp. 331. 



