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ou September 20, 1876. The list comprises one hundred and sixty-eight 
species. In Volume VI, p. 300, Mr. H. Ernst, of Cleveland, Ohio, gives 
a List of the Warblers of the Western Eeserve. in which he notes thirty- 
one species. In Volume VII, pp. 389 and 404, Colonel A. S. Brackett, 
U. S. A., gives a List of Birds of Southeastern Wyoming, including 
eighty-four species. In Volume VIII, pp. 33, 49, 96, 113, a List of the 
Birds of Webster, N. H., and adjoining towns, is given by Mr. Chas. F. 
Goodhue. This list comprises one hundred and thirty-three species. In 
Volume VIII, pp. 176, 192, 224, 241, 261, is a List of the Birds of the 
Coteau des Prairies of Eastern Dakota, by Chas. E. McChesney, M. D., 
U. S. A., of Fort Sisseton, comprising one hundred and three species. 
— R. D. 
Californian Ornithology. — Dr. J. G. Cooper has recently published 
a paper * of fourteen pages, entitled “ New Facts relating to Californian 
Ornithology. — No. 1.” This’ is supplemental to the same author’s 
“ Ornithology of California,” and “ includes only observations not pre- 
viously published, and such opinions as differ from those of later authors.” 
About fifty species are noticed, the notes respecting them relating mainly 
to their seasonal distribution and habits, but include descriptions of the 
nests and eggs of several species, with occasional remarks upon disputed 
points of nomenclature. He claims the name nanus for the species of 
Thrush usually known as Turdus jpallasi (as has also Dr. T. M. Brewer), 
but inclines to the opinion that the name guttatus of Pallas (1811) will 
finally prove to be the only tenable name for the species. He also claims, 
on the ground of priority, that sandwichensis should take the place of 
savanna for the species of Sparrow, commonly known as Passerculus sav- 
a7ina. The paper is replete with interesting matter, and forms a valuable 
contribution to our knowledge of Californian Ornithology. — J. A. A. 
McCauley’s Notes on Texan Ornithology. t — Lieutenant C. A. H. 
McCauley has just given us the results of six weeks’ ol^servations made in 
May and June, 1876, on the ornithology of the country about the source 
of the Red River of Texas, embracing a portion of the region known as the 
Staked Plain. The paper includes notices of about one hundred species, 
with quite copious notes respecting the habits of a considerable proportion 
of them, with, in some cases, descriptions of their nests and eggs. This 
is almost the first special paper treating of the ornithology of Western 
* Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1876. Only the author’s separates have yet been 
seen by the writer. 
+ Notes on the Ornithology of the Region about the Source of the Red River 
of Texas, from Observations made during the Exploration conducted by Lieuten- 
ant E. H. Ruffner, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A. By C. A. H. McCauley, Lieu- 
tenant Third United States Artillery. Annotated by Dr. Elliott Cones, U. S. A. 
Bull.U. S. Geol. and Geogr. Survey, Vol. HI, No. 3, pp. 655-695, May 15, 1877. 
