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prehensive work on the odlogy of North America there is incorporated 
in the text the latest information as to the life history, the migratory 
and breeding ranges, and the food of each species. The classification 
given in the Code and Check List of the American Ornithologists’ 
Union has been followed. 
The illustrations comprise 12 chromolithographic plates, reproduced 
from water-color drawings of eggs belonging to the collections in the 
U. S. Natl. Museum 
The long residence of Capt. Bendire in the far west, has given him 
exceptional opportunities for observing the habits of the birds. He 
describes them in a most interesting manner, and he weaves into his 
narratives some glimpses of military life, and frontier adventure, which 
add an especial flavor to the book. 
Geology of the Coastal Plain of Alabama.’—Under this title 
Mr. E. A. Smith presents a report which embodies the results of a thor- 
ough study of the Cenozoic formations of the Coastal Plain of Alabama. 
Part I is substantially a republication of Bull. 43 U. S. Geol. Surv. 
with some additions and slight alterations, followed by a full report by 
D. W. Langdon of the variations of the Eocene and Cretaceous forma- 
tions in the territory between the Alabama and Chattahoochee rivers, 
together with a account of his discoveries of the Marine Miocene forma- 
tions at Chattahoochee and Alum Bluff in Florida. Part II, deals 
with the various phosphatic marls, green sands, etc., occurring in this 
part of the state. Part III, includes county descriptions in detail. 
The series of Marine Eocene and Cretaceous formations is exposed 
along the Alabama rivers more fully than anywhere else in the East- 
ern States, and the scale here illustrated will serve as a standard for 
other regions. 
Thirteenth Annual Report ofthe U. S. Geological Survey 
for 1891-92. Part II.‘—The report of the Director for 1891-92 is 
published in three parts, of which Part II is devoted to Geology and 
‘comprises the following papers: Second Expedition to Mt. St. Elias 
including an account of the Malaspina Glacier, by Israel Cook Russell ; 
The Geological History of Harbors, by N. S. Shaler; The Mechanics 
Report on the Geology of the Coastal Plain of Alabama by E. A. Smith, L. 
C. Johnson and D. W. Langdon, Jr. With Contributions to its Paleontology by 
T. H. Aldrich and K. M. Cunningham. Montgomery, Alabam 94. 
t Thirteenth Annual Report ofthe United States Geological Survey, 1891--’92, 
Pt. II, Geology; Pt. III, Irrigation. By J. W. Powell. Washington, 1893. 
