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Reports of the Princeton University 

 ExPEDiTioNS to Patagonia, 1896-1899. 

 Vol II. Ornithology, Part I. Rheid.t- 

 Spheniscid.t;. By William Earl Dodge 

 Scott, associated with R. Bovvdler 

 Sharpe. 4to, pages i-n2, numerous 

 text cuts. 



This handsome work, when completed, 

 will evidently be an exhaustive treatise on 

 the ornithology of the region to which it 

 relates. With each species there is given a 

 full synonymy, detailed description of plu- 

 mage, one or more pen-and-ink drawings, 

 usually of the head; a statement of its geo- 

 graphical range, list of specimens secured by 

 the expedition, discussion of relationships, 

 and remarks on habits. It is to be hoped 

 that the succeeding parts will appear with- 

 out undue delay. The absence of a pref- 

 atory note, descriptive of the labors and 

 personnel of the expedition, of the area cov- 

 ered and extent of collections secured is to 

 be regretted. Possibly this will be sup- 

 plied later. — F. M. C. 



A Monograph of Marcus Island. By 

 Wm. Alanson Bryan. Occasional Pa- 

 pers, Bernice Pauahi, Bishop Museum, 

 II, I, 1903, pages 77-139 ; Birds, pages 

 95-116; map and half-tones. Honolulu, 

 1903. 



Marcus Island is a small coral islet some 

 2,400 miles from Honolulu and 1,200 miles 

 southeast of Yokohama. Mr. Bryan reached 

 it July 30, 1902, and passed a week in the 

 study of its formation and life. Eighteen 

 species of birds, all sea-birds, most of 

 which were breeding, were found. Several 

 species of Terns were exceedingly abundant 

 an.1 a small colony of Japanese has settled 

 on the island, to secure skins of these birds 

 for millinery purposes. Of the Sooty Tern 

 alone, Mr. Bryan tells us, "not less than 

 50,000 birds" are slaughtered during the 

 six months from March to September. 

 Fortunately, since his visit, the island has 

 become an American possession and the 

 birds, thanks to the efforts of the Chair- 

 man of our National Committee, will re- 



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ceive much needed protection. Surely all' 

 bird -lovers should be expansionists ! 



Mr. Bryan's description gives us a clear 

 idea of the character of the island, while 

 his graphic notes on its bird-life not only 

 make capital reading but add not a little ta 

 our knowledge of the species treated. — 

 F. M. C. 



Papers from the Hopkins - Stanford 

 Galapagos Expedition, 1898-1899. 

 XVI. Birds. By Robert Evans Snod- 

 GRASS and Edmund Heller. 8vo, pages 

 231-372. 



In this admirable book, also, we miss an 

 introduction which would inform us of the 

 conditions under whicli the authors worked, 

 actual time devoted to collecting, islands 

 explored, etc. For the work itself we have 

 only the highest praise. None of the many 

 naturalists who have visited this faunally 

 remarkable group of islands appears to have 

 made so close a study of its bird-life as the 

 present authors. With a biological training 

 which prepared them to appreciate the sig- 

 nificance of the many facts in distribution 

 and habits which came under their observa- 

 tion, their notes are of the highest impor- 

 tance to the student of the relationships of 

 Galapagos birds, as well as to the general 

 subject of evolution by environment. — 

 F. M. C. 



The Birds of New Hampshire. By 

 Glover Morrill Allen. Proc. Man- 

 chester Inst, of Arts and Sciences. IV. 

 1902. 8vo, pages 19-222. 



Birds of the Huachuca Mountains, Ari- 

 zona. By Harry S. Swarth. Pacific 

 Coast Avifauna No. 4, Cooper Orn. 

 Club, Los Angeles, Calif. 1904. Royal 

 8vo, pages 1-70. 



The Birds of Erie and Presque Isle, Erie 

 County, Pennsylvania. By W. E. Clyde 

 Todd. Annafs Carnegie Museum, II. 

 1904. Pages 481-596, I map, 3 half-tones 



Here are three authoritative faunal lists 

 which will doubtless long remain the stand- 



