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the species of birds, 37 in number, examples of which were 
collected by Mr. Adrianof. This list, although containing 
nothing very remarkable, forms an addition to our knowledge 
of the avifauna of that almost unexplored country. 
31. ‘The Auk.’ 
[‘The Auk/ a Quarterly Journal of Ornithology. Vol. HI. No. 1. 
January 1886.] 
Nearly half the present Part is devoted to an important 
resume of the Birds of the West Indies by Mr. C. B. Cory, so 
well known for his labours on the ornithology of the Antilles. 
Mr. Edgar A. Mearns sends notes of his observations in 
Arizona on the Zone-tailed Hawk ( Buteo abbreviatus ) and 
the Mexican Black Hawk ( Urabitinga anthracina) ; Mr. 
Henshaw concludes his list of Birds observed in New 
Mexico ; and Mr. W. E. D. Scott contributes a fifth paper on 
the breeding-habits of some Arizona Birds, so that the south¬ 
western section of North America is receiving its fair share of 
attention. From the first instalment of an interesting paper 
by Mr. Evermann, on the Birds of Ventura County, Calk 
fornia, we learn that not only is the Barn-Owl {Strioo flam- 
meus americanus) gregarious in winter to the extent of con¬ 
sorting in flocks of upwards of fifty, but that it also nests in 
the holes of the barrancas in such close proximity that eleven 
nests were dug into, involving some time and labour, in a 
single day. Mr. William Brewster commences an account 
of his experiences in the western portion of North Carolina, 
a mountain-region which, with the adjacent portions of 
Georgia and South Carolina, may be said to have formed a 
terra incognita to the ornithologist, although not unvisited 
by the tourist and sportsman. Two new subspecies are dis¬ 
tinguished— Junco hyemalis carolinensis and Vireo solitarius 
alticola. 
Among the General Notes, a communication by Mr. W. 
A. Jeffries will be read with interest owing to its bearing 
upon the question of migration, which is now receiving so 
much attention. Mr. Jeffries ’ states that at 2 p.m. on the 
8th of last May, when two days and a few hours outward- 
