STATEMENT. 65 
Statement 
Through a correspondence with Prof. R. Ridgway we have found 
out that he did not receive many copies of the Wilson Bulletin in 
the past, through no fault of the editor, howeyer, to whom no 
blame is attached. Hence, of course, it was impossible for him to 
quote the Wilson Bulletin in his work on ‘““{he Birds of Middle and 
North America,’ for you cannot quote from a magazine that you 
have not received. Under these circumstances the statement that 
Prof. R. Ridgeway “persistently ignored” the Bulletin, as stated 
in the December, 1910 issue, is incorrect and is hereby retracted. 
WwW. I. H. 
Publications Reviewed 
Catalogue of Canadian Birds, by John Macoun and James M. 
Macoun. Ottawa, 1900. 
The Catalogue proper covers 761 pages exclusive of 26 pages of 
prefatory matter and index. It is avowedly a compilation, and as 
such shows a great amount of painstaking labor. Since the au- 
thors are primarily botonists rather than ornithologists, one could 
hardly expect to find in such a compilation anything more than a 
faithful reproduction, in abridged form for the most part, of pub- 
lished writings relating to Canadian birds. We miss some of the 
later publications on the region, notably the Point Pelee list by 
Taverner and Swales, which appeared in this magazine. Nor 
do we find evidence of discrimination in citing records. Rather, 
the reader is left to use his own knowledge and discrimination 
in accepting the cited records. We heartily commend the mod- 
est position taken by the authors in disclaimnig perfection for 
their work, and earnestly calling for corrections and additional 
known in order that we may have a better basis for knowing the 
reasons for the invasions of the United States by species whose 
normal winter range lies within Canada, ty Wo 
Birds and Mammals of the 1909 Alexander Alaska Wxpedition.— 
Harry S. Swirth. 
This Bulletin has noticed briefly the work of Harry S$. Swarth 
among the lower coast island of Alaska, during the year 1909, the 
published results of which expedition have lately appeared, bear- 
ing the Berkeley Press date of January 12, 1911. 
It is in bulletin form, constituting No, 2 of Vol. 7 
ical publications of the University of California. 
This expedition was organized and financed during that year by 
of the zoolog- 
