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the most recent works on the birds of the same region. Dr. 
Brewer (p. 49) restores Tot anus ochropus, Larus canus, and 
^gialitis hiaticula to_, and subtracts Podiceps cristatus from, 
the North American fauna. As regards the latter bird, we 
have Mr. Ridgway^s authority for saying that it is quite 
numerous in Franklin Lake,^^ though no specimens could be 
obtained (Rep. Geol. Survey 40th Parallel, iii. Ornith. p. 642), 
so that Dr. Brewer^s verdict may require reconsideration. 
Mr. C. H. Merriam (pp. 52, 123) has some remarks on 
some of the birds of Lewis county. Northern New York. 
Mr. W. Brewster (pp. 56, 115) continues his descriptions of 
the first plumage in various species of North-American birds. 
Mr. Ridgway (p. 64) gives notes on some of the birds of 
Calaveras county, California, and adjoining localities. Dr. 
W. A. Cooper (p. 68) gives notes on the breeding-habits of 
Vireo huttoni and Lophophanes inornatus, with descriptions 
of their nests and eggs. Mr. E. A. Mearns (p. 69) describes 
unusually developed individuals of three species of birds, and 
remarks on uncommon plumages in several others, taken 
near West Point, New York. Dr. Brewer (p. 72) has some 
notes on Junco caniceps and the closely allied forms, and 
Mr. J. Murdoch (p. 75) describes the eflPects of a warm winter 
on the migration of birds. Amongst the reviews we may 
call special attention to Dr. Coues^s abridged translation of Dr, 
Bureau^s interesting paper [vide infra). In the July number 
Dr.Coues (p. 105) gives us one of his carefully wrought articles, 
and treats of The Eave, CliflP, or Crescent Swallow {Petroche- 
lidon lunifrons) Mr. Henshaw (p. 112) describes the nest and 
eggs of the Blue Crow [Gymnokitta cyanocephala) : Mr. E. 
P. Bicknell (p. 128) has some interesting notes on the Evi¬ 
dences of the Carolinian Fauna in the Lower Hudson Valley, 
principally from observations taken at Riverdale, New York,^^ 
on which Mr. J. A. Allen (p. 149) has something to say. 
Mr. Brewster describes (p. 133) the nesting of the Large¬ 
billed Water-Thrush [Siurus motacilla {YiQill.)). Then Mr. 
Trotter describes a hybrid between two North-American 
Swallows (Hirundo horreori-lunifrons !). Amongst the notices 
of recent literature Dr. Coues reviews Mr, Saunders’s paper 
