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THH CONDOR 
Vol. Ill 
PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 
Chap.\[an, Frank M., A New Race of flie 
(ireat Blue Heron with Remarks on the Status 
and Range of Ai'dea wardi. (Bull. Am. Mus. 
Nat. Hist. XIV. .“Vrt. VIII, Apl, 15, 1901). 
Horn.ad.ay, \Vm. T., Notes of the Moun- 
tain Slieej) of North America, With a Descrip- 
tion of a New .Si^ecies. (Re])rinted from An- 
nual Re])ort N. V. Zoological Society, June i, 
1901). 
Morris, Robert ()., The Birds of Sjiring- 
held and Vicinity. 46 pp.; .Springfield, Mass, 
1901 (See notice). 
SiH’FELDT, Dr. R. W. Notes on the Oste- 
ology of Scopus unibretta and Baiccniceps rex 
(Ext. Journ. of Anat and Phys, XXXV 405-412. 
1 pl). 
Shueeldt, Dr. R. \\’. Osteology of the 
Penguins, (Pixt. Journ. of Anat. and Phys. 
XXXV. 390-404. I pl, ) 
Shufei.dt, Dr. R. W'., Osteology of the 
Herodiones. (Reprint Annals Carnegie Mu- 
seum, pp. 15^-249). 
Stone, Witmer. On Moult and Alleged 
Color-change in Birds. (Ibis, April, 1901), 
Strong, R, IM., A Quantitative Study of 
Variation in the Smaller North-American 
Shrikes. (Reprinted from Am. Nat. XXX\', 
No, 4i2)._ 
American Ornithology, i, Nos, 3, 4, 5, hand 
7, Mar,, .A.pl., May, June and July, 
Annual Report of the Directors of Field 
Columbian Museum, Vol. I, No, 6, Chicago, 
Oct. 1900, 
Annual Report Gaine and Forestry Warden 
of Oregon, 1889-1900, 
Aujiual Report F, S. National Museum, 
Part 2, 1S97, Issued 1901, 
Annual Report U, S, National iMuseum, 
1899, Issued 1901. 
Auk, The, XV II I, Nos, 2 and 3, April and 
July, 1901. 
Bird-Lore, III, Nos. 2 and 3, Mch-Apl, 
May-June, 1901 , 
Birds & Nature, IX, Nos, 3, 4, 3, Mch, Apl, 
May, X, No. I, June, 1991. 
Circular, No. jj Biological Survey ; Pro- 
tection of Birds and Game ; Directory of .State 
Officials and Organizations for 1901, ,4pril 18, 
1901, 
Journal of APaine Ornithological Society, in. 
Nos I and 2, Jan, Apl, 1901, 
lAind of Sunshine, SW . No. 3, .March, 1901. 
Pfaine Sportsman, VIH, Nos. 91, 92, 93, 94. 
Mch, .\pl. May: n, No. i, 2, June and July, 
1901 . 
Maine Sportsmen, Vlll, Nos. 91,92, 93,94. 
Mar., Apl, May, June. 
Nature Study, I, Nos. 10, ii, 12, Mch, .‘Vpl, 
May; No. 1, 2, June and July, 1901. 
Notes on Rhode Jslami Ornithology, 11, No. 
2, April, 1901. 
Ohio Naturalist, I. Nos. 5, 6, 7 and 8; 
March, April, May, June, 
Ootogist, The, XVHI, Nos. 4, 5, b ; .\])ril. 
May and June, 1901. 
Ornithologisches Jahrhuch, XII, Nos. i, 2-3 : 
Jan-Feh, Mch-Juue. 
Osprey, The, \’, Nos. 3, 4, 5. Jau-l'eh, 
Mcl’i-.\])1, May, 1901. 
Our Animal P'riends, XX\'III, Nos. 7, S, 9. 
10, II ; March, .'Vjiril, May, June, July, 1901. 
Our Itumb Animals, XXXIII, Nos, 10, ii, 
12, Mch, .^jil. May ; XXXIV, No. i, June, 
1901 . 
Plant ll'ortd, IV, Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5 ; F'eh, 
Mch, .^pl. May, 1901. 
IPpular Science, XXX\', Nos. 4, 3, 6, 7 ; 
April, May, June, July. 
Proceedings I’. S. Nat. Museum, Vols. 19, 
20, 21 and 22. 
Proceedings (Abstract) of the Deleware Val- 
ley Orn. Club for, 1900. Published 190T. 
Recreation, XIV, Nos. 3, 4, 3, 6; Mch, Apl, 
May, June ; XV, No. i, July, tooi. 
Report of the Secretary of Smithsonian In- 
stitution 1899-1900. 
Wilson Bulletin, Nos, 34 and 35 ; March 30, 
1901, May 30, 1901. 
® ® 
Official Minutes of Northern Division. 
The July meeting was held at the residence 
of C. Barlow in Santa Clara, Prof. P'. E. L. 
Beal being present as a visitor. VJ . Otto Em- 
erson acted as president for the evening. The 
followdng persons were elected to active mem- 
bership: Miss Ora Boring, Palo .\lto. Cal., 
Willis H. Jackson, Pescadero, Cal.. andH. R. 
Noack. Berkeley, Cal. The names of H. P. 
Goodman and George Grimm of Napa were 
recommended for membership. The resigna- 
tion of James M. Hyde was accepted. 
The pre])ared draft for a new constitution 
was given its first reading and ordered trans- 
mitted to the Southern Division for similar 
action. Rollo H. Beck spoke on “The Occur- 
rence of some North American Birds as ob- 
served on a trip to the Galapagos Islands.” .A 
paper by Walter K. Fisher, entitled “Breeding 
of Hesperocichla ncevia in California” was 
read, after which Prot. Beal addressed the 
meeting with reference to the work being 
done by the Biological Survex- in the matter 
of analyzing the contents of bird’s stomachs. 
The Division meets on September 7 at the 
residence of R. S. Wheeler in Alameda. 
C. Bareow, Secretary. 
‘'T' W W 
The Birds of Springfield and Vicinity is the 
title of a recently published work by Robert 
O. Morris of .Siiringfield, Mass. The work 
consists of an introduction and an annotated 
list of 23a species observed within the vicinity 
of Springfield, together with a bibliography of 
the literature pertaining to the birds of this 
region. The work is bound in cloth and. 
barring typograjihical errors in its nomencla- 
ture, is neatly printed. Published by Henry 
R. Johnson, Springfield, Mass. 
