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species more or less distinctive of the Alleghanian and Carolinian 
faunæ, representatives of the former prevailing in the highlands, 
and representatives of the latter in the valleys. The capture of a 
pair of Dendræca Dominica is reported, — a species whose north- 
ern limit of distribution has generally been supposed to be the 
lowlands of the South Atlantic and Gulf States. Mr. Scott calls 
especial attention to the fact that certain species which range over 
a wide area in latitude differ appreciably in color at this locality 
from their representatives from more northern or southern locali- 
ties, being more intensely colored than those from points to the 
northward, while they are less so than those found further south. 
Thryothorus Ludovicianus and Ortyx Virginianus are cited as 
strongly marked instances. As a faunal list, the paper affords 
valuable data concerning the summer distribution of the birds of 
the Atlantic States 
Mr. T. Martin Tipi has published “ Notes on the Birds of 
Southern Iowa,”* based on “ the author’s observations during a 
period of nearly two years in Southern Iowa. . . . One year was 
spent in the southwestern part of Mahaska County; the other in 
the northeastern part of Decatur County, the latter point being 
fifty or sixty miles southwest of the former.” Mr. Trippe states 
that although these localities are so near each other, and similar 
in their physical features, there are quite marked differences in 
_ their avian faune. In Mahaska County, for instance, the War- 
blers are much more abundant than in Decatur County, while sev- 
eral species were met with at the latter or more southern point that 
were not seen at the other. Among these are Zonotrichia querula, 
Spizella pallida, Vireo Belli and Salpinctes obsoletus, birds whose 
range is chiefly westward and southward. Spizella pallida is prop- 
erly a bird of the plains, and Salpinctes obsoletus has not been pre- 
viously reported much to the eastward of the Rocky Mountains. 
veral pages of remarks descriptive of the locality and its faunal 
peculiarities introduce the list, and add much to the value of the 
paper, 
The list, though not presented as a complete one, is believed by 
its author to pretty fairly represent the main avian characteristics 
of the region in question. Of the one hundred and sixty-two 
Species mentioned, ninety-two were observed breeding, or in such 
numbers durin ng summer as to leave no doubt of their breeding 
* Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. XV, pp. 229, March, 1873 (Read Oct. 16, 1872). 
