Recently published Ornithological Works. 483 



on the habits and nesting of certain rare birds of Texas, in- 

 cludes an interesting account of the nesting of Dendroeca 

 chrysoparia, which has at last been traced to its home 

 in Comal County, Texas. Mr. Brewster gives also an ac- 

 count of Vireo atricapillus, which will be read with interest. 

 Mr. Cory records the capture of Dendrceca kirklandi in the 

 Bahamas. 



In the July number Mr. Ridgway has an article on zoolo- 

 gical nomenclature, wherein the best method of treating 

 transitional forms is discussed, Mr. Ridgway being disposed 

 to revert to the practice of Linnaeus in certain cases, when 

 the subspecies, or whatever it may be called, has prefixed to 

 its name a letter of the Greek alphabet. Mr. Henshaw has 

 an instructive account of the Thrushes allied to Tardus pal- 

 lasi, birds with which he is familiarly acquainted. Dr. Brewer 

 gives an article on Bucephala islandica, now known in America 

 as the Rocky- Mountain Golden-eye. Amongst the notices 

 of rare birds Mr. Purdie records the existence in collections 

 of three specimens of Helminthophaga leucobronchialis, making 

 eight that are now known, and Mr. Covert sends a note on 

 the capture of the ninth specimen of Dendrceca kirklandi at 

 Ann Arbor, Michigan. 



97. Gundlach's 'Ornithology of Cuba.' 



[Contribucion a la Ornitologia Cubaua. Por el Dr. .Tuaii Gundlacb. 

 Habana : 1876. Large 8vo, pp. 364.] 



In this volume, which has only recently reached us, the 

 veteran ornithologist of Cuba, Dr. Gundlach, has collected 

 together all the various papers that he has written on the 

 birds of Cuba, and incorporated them into a work the great 

 utility of which can hardly be overestimated. In addition to 

 his own work. Dr. Gundlach has examined critically that of 

 his predecessors over the same ground, from the paper of 

 Vigors, published in 1827, the great work of La Sagra, and 

 the contributions of Poey, Lembeye, and others. We have 

 thus a book which deals thoroughly with the subject, the 

 value of which is enhanced by the copious notes concerning 

 each species, which Dr. Gundlach, as an experienced field- 



