350 Recently published Ornithological Works. 



States, Dr. Shufcldt gives us a considerable amount of 

 information on various points, and shews that the morphology 

 of the group is particularly homogeneous. He selects 

 Ectopistes as " a very good average Columbine type/^ and 

 gives full details of its osteology, in comparison with those 

 of Zenaidura, Zenaida, Engyptila, Melopelia, CoJumbigaWma, 

 Scardafella, Geotrygon, and Starnoenas, the last-named dif- 

 fering somewhat from the others in its trunk-skeleton. 

 Didunculus is treated separately and is figured, while for the 

 genus Columba the author has been obliged to rely upon the 

 work of his predecessors. The affinities of the group are 

 shown to be with the Gallinaceous birds. 



72. Studer and Fatio on the Birds of Switzerland. 



[Katalog der Schweizerischen Vogel bearbeitet im Auftrag des eidgen. 

 Departeinents des Innem (Abteilung Forstwessen) von Dr. Th. Studer 

 und Dr. V. Fatio. Lief. III.* Pp. 193-418 ; 2 maps. 8vo. Bern, 1901.] 



Many observers have assisted the authors in the produc- 

 tion of this carefully compiled Catalogue, of which the 

 present part contains the Insessores, Coraces, Sca7isores, and 

 a portion of the Captores, to use the names that evidently 

 reflect the preferences of the learned Avriters. Perhaps 

 the most interesting species included are Merops apiaster, 

 Coracias garrula, Pastor roseus, and Oriolus galbula, for 

 which maps of distribution are given; with Ficoides tri- 

 dactylus and Bomby cilia garrula, for which none are thought 

 necessary. The birds are considered from all points of view 

 — as residents, migrants, and so forth; references to the 

 literature are given in profusion for the several regions ; 

 and other information is added ; the whole forming a standard 

 work on Swiss Ornithology. 



73. Verrill on the " Cahow " of the Bermudas. 



[Tlie Cahow of the Bermudas, an Extinct Bird. Ann. & Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. (7) ix. p. 26.] 



The '' Cahow, ^' or '^ Cohowe," was a bird described by the 

 earliest settlers in the Bermudas as good for food, very 



* For notices of Parts 1 and 2 see ' Ibis,' 1889, p. .394 ; 1899, p. 394. 



