THE GENERAL SUBJECT. 
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Merriam, C. H. Annual Report of the Department of Agriculture 
[U.S.J, for the year 1887. Report of the Ornithologist and Mam- 
malogist. Washington : 1888, 870 , pp. 399-456, 1 pi., cut [not 
Birds], 
Including (1) statement of work done ; (2) special reports [for which 
see Fisher, A. K.]. 
. [See also Euetlieia , Spizella ( Fringillidce ).] 
Merrill, J. C. Notes on the Birds of Fort Klamath, Oregon. Auk, 
1888, pp. 139-146, 251-262, & 357-366, with [important] remarks by 
W. Brewster. [Cf. Zool. Rec. xvi, Aves, p. 19.] 
Admirable field-notes ou the Birds and their breeding, most of the 
specimens obtained being from the immediate neighbourhood of the fort 
[4250 ft.], where there are several very large marshes. [See jdEthyia 
(Anatidce), Bartramia (Scolopacidce).] 
Meyer, A. B. [See Syrrhaptes (Pteroclidce).']. 
, & Helm, F. hi. Jahresbericht (1887) der ornithologischen 
Beobachtungstationen im Konigreich Sachsen, nebst einem Anhange 
fiber das Yorkommon dos Steppenhuhns in Europa im Jahre 1888. 
Abh. u. Ber. Mus. Dresden, 1888-89. No. 1, iv & 124 pp. [Of. 
Zool. Rec. xxiv, Aves, p. 21.] Also in Z. ges. Orn. 1887, pp. 194-412. 
Middendorff, E. v. II. Ornithologischer Jahresbericht (1886) aus den 
Russischen Ostsee-Provinzen. Ornis, 1888, pp. 273-300. [ Cf 1 Zool. 
Reo. xxiv, Aves, p. 21.] 
Miller, G. S. [Junr.]. [See Pocecetes gramineus affinis, n. subsp. 
( Fringillidce ).] 
Mitchell, F. S. [See Vanellus (Charadriidai) .] 
Montlezun, A. de. [See Anatidce).~] 
Muller, A. Zur Ornithologie des unteren Congo-Gebietes. Z. ges. 
Orn. 1887, pp. 425-434. 
76 species are given as occurring in the above locality, of which 10 or 
12 appear to be new to it. Tho collection concerned was made at Lan- 
dana, just north of tho Congo. 
Mutzel, — . [A double feather of a Parrot.] J. f. O. 1888, p. 100. 
Nancarrow, R. II. [See Acanthiza ( Sylviidce ).] 
Nelson. E. W. Report upon Natural History Collections made in 
Alaska between the years 1877 and 1881. Edited [Revised and 
brought up to date] by Henry W. Hensiiaw. [Being No. hi of 
Arctic Series of Publications issued in connection with the Signal 
Service, U.S. Army.] Washington: 1887, 4to, 337 pp., 21 pis. 
[Birds, pp. 21-226, pis. i-xii.] 
This important work consists of a narrative of Nelson’s explorations ; 
followed by a description of the fauna, in four parts, of which Birds 
constitute the first ; while a partial bibliography is appended. Interesting 
notes, some of great length, are given on many species ; as, for instance, 
