AVES. 
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NEARCTIC REGION. 
Rrown, Robert. Synopsis of the Birds of Vancouver Island. 
Ibis, 1868, pp. 414-428. 
After a concise notice of the literature of the subject, 153 spe- 
cies are enumerated as said to occur on the island, five of uhich 
are perhaps doubtful, and fourteen more did not come within the 
author^s observation. Some sixty-two more ought to be looked 
for. The notes on the various species are not numerous. 
CouES, Elliott. List of Birds collected in South Arizona by 
Dr. E. Palmer. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philadelphia, January 
1868, pp. 4* 
The author adds four species to those named in his former 
paper (Zool. Record, iii. p. 61) ; and the list is also valuable in 
clearly indicating some differences between the avifauna of the 
southern desert and that of the northern mountain portions of 
the district. [Cf, Ibis, 1868, p. 485.] 
. Synopsis of the Birds of South Carolina. Proc. Boston 
Soc. Nat. Hist. xii. pp. 104-127. 
After a few remarks on the characters of the ornis of this 
State, the author gives a list of the 294 species which compose 
it, appending brief notes containing much information as to their 
distribution, and particularly with regard to the season of their 
appearance. Those which are characteristic of the South- Atlantic 
and Gulf States, 14 in number, have an asterisk prefixed to their 
names. \_Cf, Ibis, 1869, pp. 118-120.] 
. Catalogue of the Birds of North America contained in 
the Museum of the Essex Institute ; with which is incorpo- 
rated a List of the Birds of New England. With brief 
Critical and Field Notes. Proc. Essex Instit. v. pp. 249- 
314. Separately printed as ^ A List of the Birds of New 
England.^ Salem, Mass. ; 1868. 8vo, pp. 71. 
This capital paper, the author remarks, is perhaps more 
needed since than before the appearance of Mr. Samuelses 
work,^^ which we noticed last year (Zool. Rec. iv. pp. 67, 68). 
Dr. Cones gives a list of authors who have previously treated 
the subject ; and his critical remarks throughout are of the best; 
those on the peculiarities of the New-England avifauna (pp. 2, 3) 
deserve especial mention, as being of general interest. About 335 
species are enumerated as having certainly occurred; many 
more rest on doubtful evidence. \Cf. Ibis, 1869, pp. 228, 229.] 
Duoes, Alfred. Apcr9U general sur la Fauna dc Guanajuato 
(Mcxique). Bull, de la Soc. Imper. zool. d^Acclimatation, 
1868, pp. 546-578. 
Of no very great value to the zoologist ; as to the ornithology 
* We are unable to give the precise pagination for tlie reason before men- 
tioned (p. 30, note). 
