Letters, Extracts from Correspondence , Notices, fyc. Ill 
Boston Society of Natural History/ of which we had received 
early copies. Looking over the perfect volume, which has lately 
reached us, we find a third paper likely to interest the readers 
of f The Ibis/ being some remarks by Dr. H. Bryant, “ On some 
of the Birds that breed in the Gulf of St. Lawrence*.” The 
occasion of these remarks was a trip that Dr. Bryant made to 
Labrador in the summer of 1860, “for the purpose of procuring 
specimens of eggs of those sea-birds that breed there, and also 
to ascertain what changes, if any, had taken place in their eco¬ 
nomy since Audubon's visit.” The whole of Dr. Bryant's paper 
will amply merit perusal, and, did space permit it, would be well 
worthy of being reproduced in these pages. As, however, that 
is not the case, we must content ourselves with stating that 
notes, more or less copious, are given on Somateria mollissima, 
Sula bassana, Phalacrocorax carbo, P. dilophus, Thalassidroma 
leachii, Larus marinus, L. argentatus, Ale a torda , XJria grylle, 
U. troile, U. ringvia, U. lomvia, and some others. “Every 
available spot on the sides of Gannet Rock, not already occupied 
by Gannets or Kittiwakes, had been taken possession of by the 
three last-mentioned species of Guillemots and the Razor-billed 
Auks; their comparative numbers were about three of U, troile 
to two of U. lomvia and one of U. ringvia, and about one Auk 
to fifty Guillemots.” 
XI.— Letters, Extracts from Correspondence, Notices, fyc. 
We have received the following letters:—■ 
Akyab, Arracan, August 13, 1862. 
Sir, —In No. 7 of ‘ The Ibis/ for July 1860, p. 297, which 
I have only now had an opportunity of seeing, occurs a passage 
on which I beg the favour of your allowing me to say a few 
words. 
In allusion to an “ Itinerary” contributed by me to the 5th 
Number of vol. xxviii. of the Asiatic Society's Journal, you re¬ 
mark that “ an appendix to this paper contains descriptions of 
some birds supposed to be new, procured during the journey; but 
* Proc. B. S. N. II. viii. p. 65. 
