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not only the literary history of the species, but discusses its relation- 

 ship to the Eiders — J. A. A., Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. III., pp. 



79, 80, April, 1878. 



SaijVin, Osbert. — Salvin on the Procellariida). Rowley's Ornitholog- 

 ical Miscellany. Part IV. London, 1887. 



This paper is in two parts. The first is devoted to an exami- 

 nation of the unpublished ''Banks' drawings," and the manuscripts of 

 Dr. Solander, so far as they relate to the Petrels . . .Mr. Salvin's second 

 paper is a careful examination of the new species of Petrels obtained by 

 Dr. H. H. Giglioli during the voyage of the Italian corvette " Magenta " 



round the world — T. M. B , Bu'l. JSutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. II., pp. 



fi9, 70, July, 1877. 



Sharpe, R. Bowdler. — Catalogue of the Birds of the British Museum. 

 Vol. III. Catalogue of the Coliomorpbse, containing the families 

 . Corvidaa, Paradiseidie, Oriolidre, Dicruridse, and Prionopidaa. By 

 R. Bowdler Sharpe. 8vo., pp. xiii., 344, pll. xiv. 1877. 



In the third volume Mr. Sharpe enters upon the great series of 

 Passerine Birds The species here described by Mr. Sharpe number 

 three hundred and sixty-seven. ... We are sorry to see several in- 

 stances ot the use of the same name in a generic and specific sense, for 

 the same species. . . .—J. A. A., Bull. Null Ornith. Club, Vol. III., pp. 78, 

 79, April, 1878. 



Streets, Thomas H. — Contributions to the Natural History of the 

 Hawaiian and Fanning Islands and Lower California, made in con- 

 nection with the United States North Pacific Surveying Expedi- 

 tion, 1873-75. By Thos. H. Streets, M.D., Passed Assistant 

 Surgeon, U. S. Navy. Bull. U. S. Nut. Mas., No. 7, 8vo., (Birds, 

 pp. 9-33), Washington, 1877. 



. . . includes notes en about fifty species of birds, of which rather 

 more than one-half were collected on the coast of Lower California and 

 adjoining portions of the Mexican coast. The author acknowledges his 

 indebtedness to Dr. Elliott Coues, U. S. A., for the identification of the 

 birds, and adds that he has "kindly furnished the notes accompanying 

 that portion of the ornithological collection from the Californian Penin- 

 sula '".... there are many valuable biographical and other notes on sev- 

 eral hitherto little known species. — J. A. A., Bull. Nutt. Ornith Ciub, Vol. 

 III., pp. 80, 81, April, 1878. 



Willard, S. L. — A List of the Birds of Central New York. Utica, 



N. Y., 1877. By S. L. Willard, Esq, 16 pp. 



The author's remarks in the way of a prelude are thus briefly ex- 

 pressed : " The following is a complete list of the birds of Central New 

 York, with notes on their abundance." This might lead one to expect 

 a valuable contribution to our science, but a perusal of the ''List" 

 proves this supposition to be erroneous.... — C. H. M., Bull. Nuft. 

 Ornith. Club, Vol. 111., pp. 83, 84, April, 1878. 



