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P. cuneatus , P. bulleri (upon the authority of 
Loomis), P. creatopus , P. opisthomelas, P. 
auricularis , /'. griseus; and P. tenuirostris. 
The extended biographical accounts of some 
of these Shearwaters are mostly from the pub- 
lisht writings of Anthony. 
Part III consists of pages 153 to 232, plates 
40 to 66. One more species of Puffinus is in- 
cluded, and besides, one species of Priofinus, 
one of Thalassceca , one of Priocella , two of 
Majaqueus and 23 species of CEstrelata. Of 
these latter genera only now and then a strag- 
gler visits the shores of North America. 
While there was some delay in the appear- 
ance of Part III, the remaining two parts are 
promised subscribers within a reasonably short 
time. — -J. G. 
Report on the Immigration of Summer 
Residents in the Spring of 1907: Also 
Notes on the Migratory Movements during the 
Autumn of 1906. By the Committee appointed 
by the British Ornithologists’ Club. 
October 1908. Pp. 1-202, maps. = Bulletin 
British Orn. Club, Vol. XXII. 
This is the third of a series of annual reports 
dealing with the migration of birds into the 
British Isles, issued by the British Ornitho- 
logists’ Club. In an introduction of thirty-six 
pages the species treated are divided into four 
classes, according to the part of the coast on which 
they arrive, the daily weather conditions from 
March 14 to May 31 are tabulated, and the de- 
tails of the chief movements as observed at the 
various lighthouses are given. In the body of 
the work thirty-three species are treated in de- 
tail, each with a chronological summary of the 
records, including dates of nesting, all but 
three with maps showing time and place of ar- 
rival, and there is a long list of unscheduled 
birds treated much more briefly. There are 
brief notes on the fall movements of 1906, cov- 
ering twenty-five species, among which we 
note the House Sparrow ( Passer domesticus) 
treated apparently as a migrant, which is rather 
surprising to those familiar with the species in 
this country only, where it is resident where- 
ever found. 
The report is strictly a tabulation of infor- 
mation received, generalizations being re- 
served for some future time when a sufficient 
mass of data shall have been accumulated. — 
H. S. S. 
The Winter Birds of Colorado is the 
title of an article written by W. L- Sclater, 
which appeared in the July (1908) number of 
The Ibis. Mr. Sclater in an easy (tho concise) 
style which is characteristic of his writings, 
has succeeded in condensing a great deal of 
general information concerning the subject 
mentioned into seven printed pages. 
The paper was evidently written to convey a 
general idea of the winter bird life of Colorado 
to English readers, and for a short paper is 
comprehensive. 
It begins with an outline of the topography 
of the State, and a recapitulation of the total 
number of species recorded in Cooke’s “Birds 
of Colorado.” The body of the article treats of 
twenty-nine species observed during winter 
near Colorado Springs, and the paper closes 
with a list of sixty species of birds resident in 
El Paso County, and one of eighteen species 
classed as winter visitors. 
Mr. Sclater, who is at present the Curator of 
the Colorado College Museum at Colorado 
Springs, was for some years the director of the 
South African Museum at Capetown, and is 
the son of Philip Lutley Sclater, the renowned 
British Ornithologist. — R. B. R. 
Notes on Some Northern Arizona Birds 
by Alex. Wetmore. [=Kansas University 
Science Bulletin, Vol. IV, No. 19; Whole 
Series, Vol. XIV, No. 19, pp. 377-388; Sept., 
1908.] 
This is an annotated list of forty species ob- 
served from February 24 to April 1, 1907, in the 
vicinity of Williams, Arizona, and on the 
lower slopes of Bill Williams Mountain. Ex- 
amples were secured of all the species observed 
but one, Buteo borealis calurus. Of exceptional 
interest is the capture of specimens of Stur- 
nella magtia hoopesi , a species heretofore 
known only from the extreme southern border 
of the territory. Cyanocephalus cyanocephahis 
and Loxia curvirostra stricklandi were found 
breeding, or preparing to do so, while no less 
than five species of Juncos were taken (includ- 
ing the dubious ‘ Junco annectens”), tho J. 
dorsalis appeared to be the only breeding 
species. Identifications of the doubtful species 
seem to have been made with care, tho the 
Canyon Wren of the region is referred to the 
exceedingly unsatisfactory Catherpes mexi- 
canus polioptilus Oberholser, on the ground 
that those taken were “almost identical in col- 
oration with a specimen of C. mexicanus punc- 
tulatus from Summit, Cal.”! — H. S. S. 
Grinnell's Biota of The San Bernar- 
dino Mountains. 3 — This paper presents the 
results of a biological reconnaissance of the 
San Bernardino mountains of southern Califor- 
nia. The summers of 1905, 1906, and 1907 
were devoted to field work by the author and 
assistants from Tliroop Institute, and a consid- 
erable mass of material in the form of facts 
and specimens was garnered. The report is 
modeled somewhat on the lines of Merriam’s 
a The Biota of the San Bernardino Mountains. By 
Joseph Grinnell. (Contribution from the Museum of 
Vertebrate Zoology of the University of California) 
University of California Publications in Zoology, V, No. 
i, pp. 1-170, pis. 1-24. Dec. 31, 1908. 
