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This would hardly have been the case had it been present, for it 

 is exceedingly tame and familiar. 



Mr. A. K. Fisher, in Bird Lore, Oct., 1901, p. 178, states that 

 the original MotaciUa stalls Linne, ed. x, p. 187, was from Ber- 

 muda. This is not correct. Linne gave it as from " Bermudis 

 & America calidore." He also quoted Catesby, Hist. Carolina, 

 etc., p. 47, pi. 47, 1731. Catesby says that he had seen it in 

 "Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, and the Bermudas." But he 

 states in his preface that his birds were mostly drawn in Caro- 

 lina and Georgia, where he spent several years in drawing them. 

 A few were drawn in the Bahamas, where he spent about a year, 

 mostly on the fishes and plants. He does not say that he made 

 any drawings in Bermuda, where he probably made a mere pass- 

 ing visit. The Bluebird does not occur in the Bahamas. His 

 figure clearly represents the common North American variety. 



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2. Reports on the Fauna of Porto Rico. — As a result of the 

 scientific expedition to Porto Rico on the Steamer " Fish Hawk," 

 1898-99, the United States Fish Commission has published, in 

 its Bulletin for 1900, several valuable reports on the fauna of 

 the island. 



The largest and most fully illustrated is the Report on the 

 Fishes and Fisheries, by Everman and Marsh, 1900, (350 pages, 

 49 colored plates, and a map). In this report 291 species of 

 fishes are included. The plates are excellent. They were drawn 

 and colored from life by A. H. Baldwin and C. B. Hudson. It 

 forms an excellent manual for any part of the West Indian 

 region. 



The Report on the Brachyura and Macrura, by Miss M. J. 

 Rathbun (137 pages, 2 colored plates) is also a very complete 

 report on these Crustacea. It contains descriptions of all the 

 genera and species, with analytical tables, and will serve as a 

 standard manual. 



The Report on the Anomura, by J. E. Benedict (17 pages, 4 

 plates) is of the same excellent character. 



Mr. R. P. Bigelow has reported on the Stomatopoda (10 pages, 

 with cuts). 



Mr. H. F. Moore has prepared the Report on the Isopoda (14 

 pages, with cuts, and 5 plates), and Mr. M. A. Bigelow, a very 

 short Report on the Cirripedia, which were evidently much neg- 

 lected. 



The Report on the Echinoderms is by Professor H. L. Clark 

 (33 pages, 3 plates). It is fairly complete for the shallow water' 

 forms, though many common West Indian starfishes and 

 ophiuroids are lacking. 



The Report on the Annelids, by A. L. Treadwell (27 pages, 

 with cuts) contains a considerable number of new species, but is 

 evidently based on a very incomplete collection. 



Mr. W. R. Coe has also contributed a short report on the very 

 few nemerteans that were obtained. 



