338 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



Mr. Cory's new work on the birds of San Domingo. To the 

 exploration of this interesting but much neglected island 

 Mr. Cory has, as we all know, devoted his attention for 

 several years, and now gives us the results of his investi- 

 gations. The present number contains his account of the 

 Oscinine Passeres down to the commencement of the Tana- 

 gridte, namely, 2 Turdidre, 15 Sylvicolidse, 1 Coerebidse, 

 2 Plirundinidse, 1 Vireonida3, 2 Ampelidse, and 2 Tanagers. 

 Of these species nine or ten are forms peculiar to the island, 

 the rest are mainly North-American visitors in the winter. 

 The number of generic forms restricted to San Domingo is, 

 as is well known, remarkable. We already have in that island 

 Lig'uiy Dulus, and Phmiicophilus, and there are several others 

 to follow. 



The species figured in the present number are Mimocichla 

 ardesiaca, with its nest and eggs, Ligia palustris, Hirundo 

 sclateri, Myiadestes montanus, and Spindalis unicolor. 



Mr. Cory will forgive us for reminding him that in these 

 days every local fauna should have a map attached to it, with 

 the special localities given in the text plainly marked. Such 

 an addition greatly enhances its scientific value, not to men- 

 tion its convenience. 



46. Crawford's 'Across the Pampas.' 



[Across the Pampas and tlie Andes. By Robert Crawford. London : 

 Longmans, .1884.] 



This is a book of travels, containing an interesting account 

 of Mr. Crawford's adventures while surveying a route for 

 the proposed Transandine Railway from Buenos Ayres to the 

 Pacific. It contains many allusions to birds, particularly to 

 those that served to vary the diet of the travellers. The 

 " Blackbird " of Mendoza (p. 198) is, of course. Tardus 

 fuscater, d'Orb. et Lafr., and the following passage, no doubt, 

 relates to the singular Andean Duck, Merganetta armata : — 



" Our route lay through the lovely valley of the Teno. In 

 its rushing waters we saw in several places birds with the^ 

 most wonderful power of swimming I had ever observed in 

 any class of divers. From time to time they darted from the 



