Recently published Ornithological Works. 141 



the earthquake and fire in April 1906, which destroyed all 

 the collections of the Academy and the material gathered 

 by this expedition forms the nucleus of the new collections 

 acquired since the catastrophe. 



The primary object of the expedition was the collection 

 and study of the reptilian fauna, but the birdskins brought 

 back numbered no fewer than 8,691 : it is obvious that a 

 good deal of attention must have been paid to ornithology. 



The schooner of 87 tons, in which the party sailed, was 

 apparently navigated entirely by the scientific stafi^, and was 

 absent from San Francisco from June 1905 to November 

 1906, and most of the time was spent among the numerous 

 islands which form the Galapagos group. 



In the present contribution only a small portion o£ the 

 collection is dealt with, and under each species is given 

 a good series of field-notes and detailed observations on the 

 moult and nesting-habits. All the birds recorded seem to 

 have been met with by previous expeditions, nor are there 

 any new species or subspecies described. 



Grinnell on new races of North- American Birds. 



[Leucosticte tephrocotis dcnosoni, a new race of Rosy Finch from the 

 Sierra Nevada. By Joseph Grinnell. Condor, xv. 1913, pp. 76-79. 



Two new races of the Pigmy Owl from the Pacific Coast. By 

 J. Grinnell. Auk, xxx. 1913, pp. 222-224.] 



Mr. Grinnell believes that the Rosy Finch found breeding 

 at 9800 ft. in the Sierra Nevada on the borders of the States 

 of California and Nevada, can be distinguished from that 

 breeding in the northern Rocky Mountains of Britisli 

 Columbia and Alberta by its more greyish tone of plumage 

 and by its rather more rounded wing. This race appa- 

 rently only migrates to somewhat lower-lying grounds 

 to the eastwards of the breeding-ground, while the typical 

 race is found in winter in Oregon and Colorado. 



In the second paper Mr. Grinnell distinguishes two new 

 races of Pigmy Owl — Glaucidium gnoma vigilante from the 

 mountain-ranges of southern California, and G. g. swarthi 



