390 Recently published Ornithological Works. 
of beginning his lists at the <c wrong end,’* which is very 
confusing. 
57. Osgood on Chamsea fasciata. 
[Chamcea fasciata and its Subspecies. By Wilfred H. Osgood. Proc. 
Biol. Soc. Washington, xiii. p. 41.] 
The Wren-Tits ( Chameea ) of California have been divided 
into two subspecies, C. fasciata typica and C. /. henshawi. 
Mr. Osgood has discovered that the latter, from Southern 
California, is really the typical form, and he, therefore, 
proposes to rename the dark northern form C. f. pheea. 
58. Palmer on the Birds of the Pribilof Islands. 
[The Fur-Seals and Fur-Seal Islands of the North Pacific Ocean. By 
David Starr Jordan. Part 8, Chap. xvii. The Avifauna, by William 
Palmer. 4to. Washington, 1899.] 
The author of this interesting report to the Fur-Seal 
Commission of 1896-97 was on the Pribilof Islands from 
May 27 to August 11, and seems to have added about 20 
species to the list of birds observed there by Mr. H. W. Elliott 
and others. Mr. Palmer distinguishes the Turnstone of the 
area north of Hudson Bay from the Mackenzie river eastward 
and from the Atlantic watershed to the Falklands as Arenaria 
morinella , and devotes several pages to the maintenance of 
his contention. There are some interesting illustrations and 
diagrams of the development of feathers. Mr. Palmer holds 
some novel and decidedly bold opinions on the subject of the 
migration of Pribilof birds. 
59. Pearson on the Islands of Barents Sea. 
[‘Beyond Petsora Eastward’: Two Summer Voyages to Novaya 
Zemlya and the Islands of Barents Sea. By Henry J. Pearson. With 
Appendices on the Botany and Geology. By Col. H. W. Feilden. 4to. 
London, 1899.] 
The interesting expeditions made by Mr. Pearson and his 
companions to the above-mentioned district were described 
in this Journal for 1896, pp. 199-225, and 1898, pp. 185-208, 
though chiefly, of course, as regards the ornithological results, 
