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bearing on the interesting and somewhat complex subject of the distribu- 
tion of species within this State. Several of them, of course, must be 
regarded as stragglers : Polioptila ccerulea, Eremopliila alpestris, Helmi- 
therus vermivorus, Helminthophaga pin us, H. chrysoptera, Dendrceca ccerulea , 
Icteria virens , Myiodiocies mitratus, Stelgidopteryx serripennis, Vireo nove- 
boracensis, Lanins ludovicianus var. excubit oroides, Coturniculus pas- 
serinus, Pipilo erytliroplitlialmus, Icterus spurius, Empidonax acadicus, 
Centurus carolinus, Strix flammea var. americana, Zencedura carolinensis , 
JEgialitis wilsonia , Nyctiadea grisea var. ncevia, Ardetta exilis, Gallinula 
galeata , Somateria mollissima, S. spectabilis , Graculus carbo, Icarus tridcic- 
tylus, Sterna dougalli , and S', fuliginosa. It is interesting to note that the 
last-mentioned bird was killed (“ September 20, 1876 ”) about the same 
time that nine individuals of the same species were taken in Southern 
New England.* 
In conclusion, it is but just to say that “ The Ornithological Four” have, 
in their “ Revised List of Birds of Central New York,” not. onlv done 
themselves great credit, but have also made a contribution to our science 
which must long remain authority concerning the region of which it treats. 
I consider it the best list of the birds of any part of this State that has 
appeared for many years. — C. H. M. 
Hallock’s Sportsman’s Gazetteer. — Mr. Charles Hallock, the 
author of several books on field sports, and the editor and founder of 
“Forest and Stream,” the well-known sportsman’s journal, has just 
issued a fifth edition of his “ Sportsman’s Gazetteer and General Guide.” 
This book has become a recognized authority on all subjects of which it 
treats, having been already republished in England, France, and Germany. 
The naturalist, as well as the sportsman, may find in it convenient direc- 
tions for reaching desirable localities for the prosecution of his field 
work. The ornithological portions were, we believe, prepared by Mr. 
George B. Grinnell. — J. A. A. 
Coues’s Bibliography of Ornithology. — In the January number 
of the present volume of the Bulletin (pp. 54-57), in reviewing Dr. Coues’s 
“ Birds of the Colorado Valley,” we referred in terms of high praise to the 
“Bibliographical Appendix” of that work, comprising a “List of Faunal 
Publications relating to North American Ornithology.” This, as was then 
stated, forms only the North American section of the “Faunal Publi- 
cations ” series of a general “Bibliography of Ornithology,” upon the 
preparation of which Dr. Coues is well known to have been for a long 
time engaged. That our unreserved commendation of the work was well 
merited is evinced by the subjoined “ Memorial,” signed by the leading 
* Merriain, Birds of Connecticut, p. 134, 1877 ; and Allen, List of Birds of 
Massachusetts, p. 30, 1878. 
