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known as Erebia haydenii, Edw., which, however, Mr. Elwes 

 considered would prove to be a Ccenonympha. " Entomologists* 

 Monthly Magazine," Nov., 1888, p. 144. ' T. D. A. C. 



C. H. Merriam describes a new fox, Vulpes macrotis n. sp- > 

 from S. California. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 1888. 



T. D. A. C. 



I. W. Douglas describes a new species of Coccus, which he 

 calls C. agavium n. sp., in Ent. Mo. Mag., Dec, 1888, p. 150. 

 It was from an Agave which had been brought to England from 

 one of the Southern States. Search should be made for the 

 "white cottony matter" on the under side of the leaves of 

 Agaves in California, Arizona, etc., in the hope of meeting with 

 this species. T. D. A. C. 



I. P. Norris. A series of eggs of Sitta pygmcea. Orn. and 

 Ool., Nov., 1888, p. 173. Nine sets described, one from Estes 

 Park, Colo., and the rest from Fort Klamath, Oregon. 



T. D. A. C. 



Chas. F. Morrison. A list of the Birds of Colorado. Ornithol- 

 ogist and Oologist, Oct., 1888, p. 145; Nov., p. 165. This valu- 

 able list, of which the first two parts have appeared, was com- 

 piled for the Colorado Ornithological Association (now the Colo- 

 rado Biological Association). It gives full and interesting details 

 respecting every species of bird at present known from Colorado. 

 The only omissions we note at present are of the entirely light 

 cream-colored aberration (might be called albescens) of Anas 

 boschas recorded by W. G- Smith in 1887, and two hybrid ducks 

 recorded by the same author, and referred to Querquedula 

 Cyanoptera x discors, and Anas strepera x Americana respec- 

 tively. T. D A. C. 



I. P. Norris. Nesting of Otocoris alpestris strigata Orn. and 

 Ool., Nov., 1888, p. 162. On the nesting of this bird in Oregon; 

 description of the eggs. T. D. A. C. 



H. R. Taylor. Nesting of the Golden Eagle. Orn. and 

 Ool. , Nov., 1888, p. 172. The nesting of Aquila Chrysaetus 

 canadensis in Santa Clara County, California. T- D. A. C. 



California State Board of Forestry. The second bien- 

 nial report (1887-88) contains an essay on the il Pines of the 

 Pacific Coast," particularly those of California, by the State 

 botanist, J. G. Lemmon, accompanied by numerous artotype 

 illustrations of the cones, seeds, leaves and trees of the various 

 species treated. Of special interest is the recording on pages 

 106 and 111-112 of the discovery by T. S. Brandegee, on the 

 east (the shore) end of Santa Rosa Island of about 100 trees of 

 Pinus Torreyana, Parry — a species hitherto only known from a 

 very limited area at Delmar, San Diego County. Mr. Brandegee 

 does good work wherever he goes, and this discovery of his dur- 

 ing the past season (1888) is not the least important of his con- 



