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fectly distinct from Traillii ‘and minimus, between which Mr. 
aynard misconceives it to stand. As an example of the faulty 
reasoning with which we must charge the author, we may cite the 
case he presents of E. minimus. Finding a certain amount of 
variation in the proportions of the quills, he assumes that the 
wing-formula is entirely unreliable ; which is not the case. If, for 
example, he had said of E. minimus “ second, third and fourth 
quills subequal and longest, fifth little shorter, first and sixth sub- 
equal and shortest,” he would have laid down a formula by which 
the species is always distinguishable from Acadicus* (not from 
Traillii, however). Reverting to a matter of more consequence, 
we should note that in the localities visited by Mr. Maynard * the 
Alleghanian and Canadian faunæ meet. . . Starting on the north- 
eastern coast of Maine, near Mt. Desert, the dividing line of these 
faunz proceeds in a southwesterly direction along the southern 
margin of the mountain range which stretches across the state to 
the White Mountains. Here it declines to the south, reaching 
even to Rye Beach. Then once more proceeds northwest along 
the western borders of the mountain range into Vermont. . . So 
abruptly is the line defined in many places by the range of moun- 
tains, that some birds which occur in abundance on one side are 
found only as stragglers, or not at all on the other.” 
For the numerous typographical errors which deface the paper 
we understand that the author cannot be held responsible, since 
he had no opportunity of revising the proofs. The paper itself is 
such a forcible commentary upon the inexcusably faulty practice, 
by far too common, and quite needlessly so, of printing scientific 
matter without author’s revise, that we refrain from the sermon 
which nevertheless we are strongly inclined to preach on this 
occasion. — E. 
Annats or Bee Cutture.+ — This annual contains several 
essays of great interest and value to bee keepers; they are all 
good, and some of sterling value, and apparently above the ave- ae 
rage of articles appearing in the ordinary bee journals. ce 
*The formula of Acadicus is: second and third quills subequal and longest, fourth 
little if any shorter, first and fifth subequal aad much shorter, sixth much shorter 
still. 
tA s of Bee Culture for 1872. A Bee Keeper’s Year Book. D. L. Adair, editor. 
With mapi ii from the best American Apiarians and Naturalists. Louisville, 
Ky., 1872. 8vo, pp. 64. ; 
