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that bird collectors of this Coast will aid me 
in m}^ studies of these parasites by collecting 
specimens of them. In the last few years I 
have been able to determine about 250 species 
of Mallophaga from North American birds, of 
which number I have described about 150 as 
new . The other 100 are assigned to species 
previously described from European birds. 
Most of the American birds from which these 
Mallophaga were taken were collected by Mr. 
Loomis of the California Academy of Sciences 
by zoological students of Stanford, or by my- 
self, and hav'e been chiefly Pacific Coast birds 
(from -Alaska to Panama). A really good start 
has thus been made toward a knowledge of the 
Mallophaga of western birds. But more speci- 
mens are necessary, and I must trust to bird 
collectors for help in getting this material. One 
can hardly bring oneself to shoot birds for the 
sake of collecting Mallophaga. but birds taken 
for skins can be made to render a double offer- 
ing to biological science in their death if the 
ornithologist will take the little trouble neces- 
sary to collect their insect parasites. 
.\11 the Mallophaga from a single bird s])eci- 
men should dropped into a vial of alcohol, 
with a label bearing the name of bird, date and 
locality of capture, the name of collector, [se 
a separate vial for each bird individual. One 
dram vials are the best, because smallest and 
cheapest. The vials should be well packed in 
cotton infirm wooden or tin boxes, and may be 
sent free by Well’s Fargo Express, addressed 
to Entomological Museum, Stanford, California. 
Mark also, “Specimens, Donations” on the 
outside of the package. 
I make this request now hoping that Con- 
dor readers may have it in ndnd this sum- 
mer. .As I shall be away from .Stanford all 
summer, sending of specimens should be post- 
])oned until after September. 
Sincerely yours, 
V. L. Kei.i.ogg. 
WWW 
PUBLICATIONS REVIEWED. 
.A New R.\ce of the Gre.^t Bi,ue Heron, 
With Rem.\rk.s on the St.\tus .\nd R.\nge 
OK Ardea wardi. By Frank M. Chapman. 
(.Author’s edition. Bulletion of the .Am. Mus. 
of Nat. History, V’ol. XIV, .Article VIII pp. 87- 
QO. Apl. 18, igoi.) 
In the ])resent paper Mr. Chapman separates 
the Great Blue Heron of the northwest coast 
region under the subspecific name of Ardea 
herodias fannini, the type coming from Queen 
Charlotte Island. The proposed subspecies 
differs from Ardea herodias in having “a 
shorter tarsus and with plumage throughout 
much darker, the upper parts being bluish 
slate-black instead of bluish gray: tibiae more 
feathered.’’ It is suggested that this form in- 
tergrades with true herodias further south. 
The author mentions that in the examination 
of material incident to the description of A. 
h.fannini, the Florida heron, {Ardea wardi) 
has not been found to possess characters en- 
titling it to specific rank, that there is nothing 
to indicate that the bird is other than a south- 
ern form of Ardea herodias and it is there- 
fore suggested that it become Ardea herodias 
wardi. It is also proposed to extend theTange 
of this southern form to the coast of Texas, 
whence specimens epute identical with the 
Florida birds have been taken. — C. B. 
Tho.se of an analytical turn of mind should 
‘rest’ in the .April Auk. There are subspecies 
to fit all tastes. .Some them an .Auduhonian 
will accept, while others need a severely sub- 
jective state and a north light. It is worth 
remarking that thesubjective enters into every 
science which has reached an advanced stage 
and it seems to have been used occasionally by 
enthusiasts iii discriminating too closely relat- 
ed races. But this does not necessarily militate 
against subs])ecies properly used. 
We cannot touch upon the articles of a gen- 
eral nature, but note the new races which are 
of interest to western ornithologists. Joseph 
Grinnell describes the varied thrush of the in- 
terior of Northern .Alaska as J lesperocichla 
nceria nierulofdes, reviving a name given by 
vSwainson very probably to this form. He also 
separates the .Aphelocoma of the Willamette 
Valley under the name Aphelocoma calif ornica 
immanis. I'rancis J. Birtwell describes 
Parus gamheli thayeri from Albiujuerque.N. M. 
Wilfred H. Osgood separates the white- 
tailed ptarmigan of Colorado from the northern 
form under the name Lagopus leucurus 
altipetens. He also describes Anorlhttra 
hiemalis hellei i from Kadiak, Certhia fami- 
liaris zeloles from the southern Cascade Mts. 
of Oregon and Sierra Nevada of California, 
and Hylocichla aonalaschkce verecunda uhich 
is distributed on the islands and coast of British 
Columbia and Southern Alaska. Descriirtions 
of fifteen subspecies are reprinted from other 
sources. Those which have not appeared in 
The Condor are: Colymbus dominicus 
brachypterus Chapman, Lower Rio Grande, 
Texas: Arenaria morinella (Linn) from Hudson 
Bay region and Northeast; Asio accipitrinus 
mcilhennyi Stone, Arctic barren grounds; 
Stuj'uella magna argutula Bangs, Florida; 
Hirundo erylhrogastra uneilaschkensis'yfjmPow) 
Lbialaska; Merula migratoria achrustera 
Batchelder, lowlands of Georgia and Carolina. 
Personally we miss the colored plates which 
The Auk seems to have discontinued — and, we 
believe, to the detriment of the magazine. 
W. K. F. 
