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no reason to change any of his views, additional specimens con¬ 
firming the position assumed, especially as regards jE. exilipes . 
We must take this opportunity of acknowledging Mr. Coues 5 s 
courtesy in transmitting to us specimens of the latter species 
and JE. fuscescens. 
The e Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 9 
for October of last year contain a paper by Mr. A. E. Verrill, 
entitled “ Notes on the Natural History of Anticosti/ 5 con¬ 
taining an account of the investigations made during an expedi¬ 
tion to that island, undertaken by the author in the summer 
of 1861, in company with Messrs. Hyatt and Straker, “for the 
purpose of studying the geology of Anticosti, and making col¬ 
lections of fossils and other objects of natural history. 55 The 
catalogue of the birds observed at Anticosti and in the vicinity 
contains about sixty species. The most interesting notes are 
those relating to the birds which breed on the rocks and shores of 
Anticosti. Of these the principal seem to be the Cliff-swallow 
[Hirundo lunifrons ), which was breeding in large numbers at 
Cape Eagle “under the high overhanging limestone-cliffs, 55 July 
15th; the Long-tailed Duck ( Harelda glacialis), which “breeds 
abundantly ; 55 and the Bed-breasted Merganser [Mergus serrator), 
which is “very common. 55 Amongst the land-birds, two spe¬ 
cimens of a species of Passerella were obtained, apparently dis¬ 
tinct from the common American P. iliaca ) and provisionally de¬ 
scribed as nett under the name P. obscura . 
Another ornithological paper by the same gentleman, of which 
we have received a separate copy, is a “ Catalogue of the Birds 
found at Norway, Oxford Co., Maine 55 *. Short notes are given 
referring to each species, and some very pertinent remarks on the 
importance of the study of geographical distribution precede 
the list, which is very superior to most of the local lists which 
come before us. 
* Reprinted from vol. iii. of the ‘ Proceedings of the Essex Institute.’ 
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