100 The Wilson Bulletin — No. 95 



been authentically recorded as winter birds within the state. The 

 list includes 85 species and 5 subspecies, and they are listed in 

 four groups, as follows: 



Permanent Residents — 32 species, 3 subspecies. 



Winter Visitants — 16 species, 1 subspecies. 



"Half Hardy" — 10 species, 1 subspecies. 



Accidental — 27 species. 



Forty-one are marked as common in the vicinity of St. Paul and 

 Minneapolis. 



Copious annotations accompany each species referring to their 

 differential characters, status, etc. Notwithstanding the rather 

 long list, it seems to be very conservatively compiled; in all un- 

 usual records data as to time and place are offered, and in most 

 cases the observer is also named. The list will be of value to stu- 

 dents in the adjacent states as well. — T. C. Stephens. 



The Status of Harris's Sparrow in Wisconsin and Neighboring 

 States. By Alvin R. Cahn. From Bulletin of the Wisconsin 

 Natural History Society, Vol. XIII (New Series), No. 2. Pp. 



102-108. 



The summary which the author makes of the published occur- 

 rences of this large and handsome sparrow in the regions in which 

 it is uncommon — from eastern Iowa eastward — is a valuable piece 

 of work. Sixteen new records are here published. No attempt is 

 made to give specific references in the regions where the species 

 is common, or of regular occurrence. We miss the following ref- 

 erences from the list given by Mr. Cahn: Ekblau, Geo., at Ran- 

 toul. 111. March 15, 1914. "An even dozen." Bird-Lore, Vol. XV. 

 Schafer, J. J., Port Byron, 111. March 15, 1914. One bird. Ibid. 

 Vol. XVI, p. 190. Simpson, Mrs. Mark, Milwaukee, Wis. May 12, 

 1914. One. Ibid. Vol. XVI, p. 282. Schafer, J. J. Port Byron, 

 111. April 26, one; May 3, two; May 5 and 7, one. 1914. Ibid. 

 Vol. XVI, p. 283. Saunders, W. E. London, Ont. March 18, 1907, 

 one. Auk. Vol. XXX, p. 114. L. J. 



Birds of Porto Rico, by Alex. Wetmore, Assistant Biologist. U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture, Bulletin No. 326. March 24, 1916. 

 140 pages. 



There is a colored frontispiece of the Porto Rican Tody by Louis 

 Agassiz Fuertes, a map of the island of Porto Rico and adjacent 

 islands which were visited, and eight black and white full-page 

 pictures of birds and stomach contents. The scope of this paper 

 is given in the Introduction: "The following report on) the Birds 

 of Porto Rico is the result of investigations made by the Biolog- 



