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 Sept., I9O 5 I THE EDITOR'S BOOK SHELF I47 Toluca, Mexico; ]mpidonan'fulvifrons usciceps, Highlands of Chiapas; 4rremonops supercilio- sus chiapensis, valley of the Chiapas River: 7'elmalodyles painsIris lointens[s, Tuluca Valley. ON A COI.LECTION OF BIRDS AND 'IAMMALS FROM MOUNT SANHEDRIN, CALIFORNIA. Bv WITMER STOU. (With Field Notes by A. S. Bunnell.) From Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philall. Oct. 17, [904, pp 576-585. This paper is based on a collection of birds and mammals from Moun Sanhedrin, Mendocino County, taken by Mr. A.S.Bunnell. A short account is given of the physiographical and faunal features of the peak, which attains an elevation of 50o0 feet. The mountain is drained by one of the tributaries of Eel River and is covered with Douglas spruce and 'ponderosa' pines. Mr. Bun- nell is in error, howerot, in supposing that the mountain reaches the Hudson[an zone. It is even extremely doubtful if there is any uudiluted Canadian, even on the north side. The list of birds includes 88 species, all the land' birds being representative Upper Sonoran and Transition forms, but some of them also occurring in Canadian. The list is of especial interest on account of the paucity of records from this general region. We note that Mr. Stone accepts Uyamcilla stelleri carbonacea, and we hope that he will persuade the Committee on Nomenclature to coincide with his views. LIST OF BIRDS COLLICTED IN ALASKA BY THE ANDEW J. STONE [q]XPEI)ITION OF I9o 3. By FR.a.XK M. CUPA. Fronl Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. XX, Nov. 4, ,o4, PP. 399-4 6. Mr. Chapnmn has given au account of 62 species of birds collected at several localities on the Alaska Peninsula and Kenai Peninsula, from May 9 to October 8, by Mr. M.P. Anderson, a member of the expedition Twenty vater birds are listed and forty-iwo land birds. 'y,ttocitta slelleri borealix is maintained as a valid race and l)endroira coromla hoover[ is regarded as untenable. A BIOLO(ICAL RECONNAISANCE .)F THE BASE OF TIlE ALASKA PENINSULA. By VILFRED H. OSGOOD. North American Fauna No. 24. Nov. 23, [904, 86 pp. VII plates. This report "contains all account of a hasty trip made during the latter part of the summer aud fall of I9o2 to the base of the Alaska Peninsula. Work was done on both coasts and iu part of the interior." The preliminary portion of the paper contains the following subheads: Intro- duction; ;eneral Account (Outlille of Route, Iliatuna Bay to Lake Clark, Lake Clark to Nusbagak, Nushagak to Cold Bay); Life Zones; Previous Work. Then follows a List of Mammals and a List of Birds, the latter comprising pages 51 to 8L Mr. Osgood considers the greater part of the Alaskan Peninsula to belong to the Arctic zone, which is especially characterized by the absence of tim- ber. The Hudsonlan zoue sends a tongue of timber south of Lake Iliaurea. The chgmcteristic animals were found to conform very satisfactorily to this division of the area A map graphically illustrates the areas occupied hy the two zones. One hundred thirty I)irds are listed. of which seventy are water birds. The notes, in several cases extended, inchide information on the status of the species in the region raider discussion, distribution, critical matter, and observations on the habits. Numerous half-tone illustrations from photographs admirably illustrate the char- acter of the region visited. THE BIRDS OF NOR'rII AND IIDI)I.E A.MER1CA, ETC. PART III. By ROBERT RIDGWAY. 8 vo, pp. I--XX  I--8o[, pll. --XIX(--BuI1. U.S. Nat. Mns. No. 50, Pt. IfI.) Volume three of Mr. Ridgway's well-known work appeared during the last days of [904, and contains accounts of the follosvlng families: Motatilt[die, tlirmldinidte, Anlpelida, Ptilogo- natida, Dulidae, Vireonidte, Laniida, (2orvidae, Par[die. Sittidze (2erthiidte, Troglodytidte, Cinclidte, C'hamteidte, Sylviidae. It is thus full of interest to the student of western birds. Among the few changes in nonleuclature may be noted the following: l'7reosylz,a, and Laniz, ir?o are accorded generic rank: ('racles replaces /e, risoreus (p. 75o); and ?'nthestes be- comes the generic name of our common chickadees, ]'arus being restricted to the old world, vith laru. major as type. Among the Par[die a number of additions and changes are to be noted. Our plain titmouse of the San Francisco Bay region is described aq /3tva/ophus inorna/us res/riclus and that of the San Diegan district as B. i. muritttts. ]?(ro/opbus ?t,o//?i,(ber[ is revricted to the highlands of Mexico, and the form froin the United States is called /3. it,. tltt#t'.l'#S (Cassin). /a//riparus minimu. salu alas is described as ne,v (Puget Sound) Trolo4vles action aztecu. is nlade a synonym of 7' a. parkman[ and consequently drops out of nomenclature. 3/pinctes obxo/etns ptt/z,erius is recognized, as are also 7?lmalodv/es p. philus, Thr..vomanes b. eremophiln.. 7: b. cerroeti.. 7: b. ttev,philus, 7: b. dyna'cn., and (thepes me.ricanus poliopt[Ins, 5rvus bra7tyrhynchos he.Teris and Uyanocitta s. carbtmacea. rvns canfinns is reduced to a subspecies of brachyrhvnchos. Our water onzel becomes Cinclus ne.ricanns unit'o/or the typical form being found in Mexico and Central America. The Califor- nia check-list receives an addition by the recording of 5r*'u.' cora.'clarionensis from the Santa Barbara Islands. In the preface we are told that "Part IV, which is about half completed, includes the Tur- dida (Thrushes), Mimida (Mockingbirds), Alaudidze (LarksL Sturnida (Starlings), Ploceida (Weaver Birds), Oxyruncidm (Sharp-bills), Tvrannidm (Tyrant Flycatchers), Pipridm (Manakins), and Cotingida (Chatterers). In the three v(lumes which have been published there have been described about i25 species and subspet[es, or about two-fifths of the total number of North and Middle American birds."--WxLWER K. FISHER.